On September 6, walked into Huimin Canal, Liumaowan Town, Shawan City Xincun farmer Zhao Duoxu’s 240 acres of cotton land. Looking around, under the clear and cloudless blue sky, the green cotton fields are dotted with white “little flowers”. When I walked in and took a closer look, I saw that each cotton plant was covered with cotton bolls, and some of the cotton bolls had cracked “smiley faces”, which looked very pleasing to the eye.
Zhao Duoxu is a major planter in Huiminqu New Village. This year Planting Jinfeng No. 2 cotton variety, through the guidance of agricultural technicians, scientific management and dry sowing and wet planting methods, the more than 240 acres of cotton he planted this year are growing well, with an average of seven or eight cotton bolls per plant, and they have all entered the harvest stage. It is a critical period for the growth of bells and catkins, and a bumper harvest is in sight.
“Judging from the current growth trend, the overall growth trend of cotton this year is Very good. At present, conventional technologies such as pest control and field management must be strengthened to ensure a bumper cotton harvest, with a yield of 500 kilograms per mu expected,” said cotton farmer Zhao Duoxu.
It is reported that cotton begins to shed catkins in Fuqiantao, and the catdding period starts from Cotton fluffing lasts until the end of harvesting, usually about 75 days, which is a critical period for increasing boll weight, improving fiber quality, and affecting yield. Recently, farmers in the town are cleaning up weeds in the fields for agricultural production, and increasing the light transmittance to improve the maturity and fluffing rate of cotton bolls.
In the cotton field not far away, cotton farmer Zhao Xin is using Drones spray chemicals to prevent thrips and insect pests and ensure the normal growth of cotton during the boll blooming period. It is understood that drone operation is the “messenger” of smart agriculture. It is fast, efficient, time-saving and labor-saving, and can complete spraying operations of more than 100 acres in just one hour.
Liumaowan Town is a major cotton planting town in Shawan City. In order to ensure that villagers grow good cotton, Liumaowan Town has always adhered to the leadership of party building, always grasped the development of the cotton industry, and promoted the cotton industry to become bigger and stronger with new levels of scientific management and new results from industrial chain extension. At the same time, relying on high-standard farmland and empowered by science and technology, we will guide farmers to improve the modernization, intelligent and information-based operations of cotton planting, allowing the masses to prepare land, sow, and The entire process including field management has been mechanized, helping cotton production steadily develop towards speed, low cost, high yield, high efficiency and high quality.
”A total of 140,000 acres of cotton have been planted in Liumaowan Town this year. At this stage, cotton has entered the fluffing period. The overall growth of cotton this year is very good. It is now approaching the critical period of applying defoliants. We will organize party members and cadres and agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields to provide technical guidance to ensure a bumper cotton harvest. It is expected that The harvesting process will begin in early October,” said Xing Jun, deputy secretary of the town party committee.
In the next step, Liumaowan Town will give full play to the resources of the party organization We will coordinate our advantages, continue to expand the advantages of large-scale cotton planting, strive to improve the level of scientific and technological planting, achieve the goals of large-scale, standardized, branded, and industrialized agricultural and rural development, and further broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income and become rich.
</p
