In the golden autumn of October, Jinghe County has 897,000 acres of cotton The harvest period is gradually entering, and various towns and villages have arranged cotton picking machines to enter the fields to harvest according to the actual situation. The cotton fields are full of busy scenes.
Early October, in Jinghe In the cotton field of Zhang Jiangping, a farmer in Harituore Village, Mangding Township, County, the cotton fields are covered with snow-white cotton. Accompanied by the roar of machinery, cotton pickers shuttle back and forth in the cotton field. “This year I have planted 650 acres of cotton, and two machines are harvesting at the same time. About 300 acres are harvested every day. It is expected to be completed in about three days.” Zhang Jiangping said.
A large cotton grower, he has been growing cotton for 22 years. He has grown from the 40 acres of land he initially contracted to the current 650 acres of land. This year, he used a baling cotton picker in selecting cotton pickers, and planted Xinluzao 63 in selecting cotton varieties. Thanks to scientific management and mechanized planting and harvesting, cotton has achieved a bumper harvest. “Judging from the current harvest situation, this year’s cotton yield per mu is about 450 kilograms, and the benefits are pretty good.” Zhang Jiangping said.
Variety selection is the prerequisite for high cotton yields . In recent years, Jinghe County has actively promoted the “Five Unifications” large-scale planting management model in agricultural development, and has continued to put more effort into “saving costs, increasing efficiency, and improving quality” to promote the upgrading of cotton quality.
Jinghe County Mangding Township Agriculture Song Yichun, director of the office, said: “This year, Mangding Township planned, prepared, and started early to reasonably arrange the work of the ‘Three Autumns’, and organized technical personnel to provide good service guarantees in cotton harvesting, transportation, sales, safety and other aspects, so as to ensure timely Help farmers solve problems and ensure high-quality and efficient cotton harvesting.”
It is understood that so far, Jinghe County has prepared a total of 198 cotton picking machines, including 25 baling machines and 173 flower scattering machines, which can ensure the county’s 897,000 acres of cotton harvesting. It is expected that all harvesting work will be completed by the end of October.
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