In the golden autumn of October, 1.87 million acres of cotton were planted in Kuqa City, Xinjiang Entering the large-scale picking season, local cotton farmers are seizing the opportunity to harvest. Large cotton picking machines shuttle across the fields, showing a busy harvest scene everywhere.
On October 16, in Xinjiang In the cotton field of Jia Jianwei, a cotton farmer in Nut Village, Yaha Town, Kuqa City, you can see the endless white cotton. Three large-scale cotton picking and baling machines shuttle back and forth, looking at the bags of cotton that are packed and neatly arranged. Bao, Jia Jianwei’s face was filled with joy.
Jia Jianwei is from Shounute Village A large cotton grower, the 1,500 acres of cotton contracted by him are growing well this year. Different from previous years, this year all cotton is harvested by machine, which not only has high picking efficiency, but also saves time, effort and cost.
”This year all cotton picking was used The machines in the real estate can be used for picking at both high and low levels. With three machines working at the same time, all the cotton can be picked in two or three days.” Jia Jianwei said that the next step is to expand the cotton planting area and drive local farmers to get rich together.
Planting in Yaha Town, Kuche City, Xinjiang With 360,000 acres of cotton, it is a major local cotton planting town. The town plans, deploys and acts early to promote the application of excellent varieties, provide technical guidance and information tracking services, and strengthen field support for cotton farmers in scientific fertilizer distribution, pest and disease control, etc. Management guidance, maintenance of agricultural machinery and deployment of cotton picking machines in advance provide a strong guarantee for a bumper cotton harvest.
Party Committee of Yaha Town, Kuche City, Xinjiang Committee member Alim Kurban said: “In order to do a good job in this year’s cotton harvest, we have carried out early maintenance of all large machinery in the jurisdiction and safety training for operators. We have transferred more than 40 large cotton picking machines from northern Xinjiang. At present, there are more than 50 cotton picking machines in our town operating continuously, with an average of about 11,000 acres per day. At the same time, we are striving to mobilize more cotton picking machines based on the needs of cotton farmers, and almost all of them will be harvested before the end of this month.”
In order to continue to consolidate and enhance the dominant position of the cotton industry, Xinjiang Library The automobile market has vigorously promoted high-efficiency water-saving drip irrigation, dry sowing and wet-out and full-process mechanized picking technologies. The cotton mechanization rate has increased year by year. The widespread use of high-horsepower cotton pickers has realized the mechanization of the entire process of cotton from planting to harvesting, and the cotton industry has become more Scientific, sustainable and efficient, it is expected that the average cotton yield per mu this year will increase by about 15 kilograms compared with last year, laying the foundation for continuing to increase farmers’ income and become rich.
Xinjiang Kuche Agricultural Technology Promotion Center Deputy Director Zhao Hongxia said: “This year, the cotton planting area in Kuqa City is 1.87 million acres, and the mechanization rate has reached more than 95%. By vigorously promoting the application of machine-picked cotton planting technology, precise operations, integrated management of water and fertilizer throughout the process, and cotton picking machines have been achieved. The mechanization, scale, standardization and intensification of cotton production have been further improved, with the maximum yield reaching 660 kilograms, providing a strong guarantee for promoting comprehensive rural revitalization and high-quality development of cotton.”
< /p
