Currently, all 7.5 million acres of cotton in the Aksu region for 2021 have been picked and have been successively acquired by cotton processing plants. The faces of cotton farmers who have been busy for more than half a year are filled with the joy of harvest.
“I choose new cotton varieties with early maturity, and all adopt the machine-picked cotton planting model. Coupled with scientific management, cotton income increases. Obviously.” On January 11, Jia Xinfeng, a cotton farmer in Duolangkuotamisi Village of the Fengshou Area Management Committee of Awati County, said that cotton is growing well and yielding high yields. Coupled with the high purchase price, his family has grown 300 acres of cotton. The net income brought is not less than 500,000 yuan.
Jia Xinfeng is not the only one who is happy about the bumper cotton harvest and increased income. In Zhenxing Village, Nurbach Township, Shaya County, cotton farmer Yimin Anayeti couldn’t help but feel happy when he talked about cotton.
38-year-old Yimin Anayeti is a major cotton grower in the village. In 2018, he changed all the 100 acres of contracted cotton to machine-picked cotton. Planting pattern. “Beidou navigation is used for sowing, automatic drip irrigation is used for watering, and cotton picking is also mechanized.” Yimin Anayeti said that cotton planting has become an important channel for increasing income for his family, and their life is getting more and more prosperous.
“Last year, the regional cotton achieved steady improvement in quantity and quality, and the income from cotton planting increased.” said the executive deputy director of the Agricultural Office of the Prefectural Committee and deputy director of the regional agriculture and rural bureau. Director Hua Weijie said that both the total cotton output and the yield per unit area of cotton in the region are relatively high.
Last year, due to the comprehensive implementation of the “one main and one auxiliary” cotton seeding model in the region, the coverage rate of high-quality cotton varieties reached 85%, and the comprehensive implementation of water and fertilizer integration technology, The planting area under water-saving drip irrigation reached 6.89 million acres, and the total cotton production per unit area achieved substantial growth. The total output exceeded 1.02 million tons, and the unit yield was more than 135 kilograms.
Cotton is an important source of income for the majority of cotton farmers in the region. In 2022, the region will continue to implement the “one main and one auxiliary” cotton seed use model, strictly control the quality of cotton production, harvesting, processing and other links, optimize and strengthen the cotton industry, and open up a “happy road” for cotton farmers.
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