“The precision seeder equipped with the Beidou navigation automatic driving system can complete precise operations such as mulch film, drip irrigation tape laying, seeding, and soil covering in one go. The sowing line is straight, the operation efficiency is high, and it saves time and effort.” April On the 24th, Xu Yuanjiang, a major cotton grower in Haldong Village, Halbach Township, Luntai County, stood on the ridge of the field and looked at the automatic agricultural machinery with a look of joy on his face.
Xu Yuanjiang, who is over sixty years old, has been dealing with the land for half his life. In his early years, he planted wheat and developed the forestry and fruit industry. He tried all the crops that could grow on the land, but the returns were not satisfactory. He often thinks about what the problem is… It turns out that due to extensive management, backward technology, and low mechanization rate, no matter how good the land is, it cannot produce “gold”.
“In the past, small and scattered farmland restricted the development of agricultural mechanization, and it was imperative to build high-standard farmland. Through land leveling, repairing ditch pipe networks, and improving soil, we transformed scattered land into cultivated fields and sloped land into Flat land effectively solves the problems of small, scattered and mechanized farmland,” said Fang Cheng, director of the Luntai County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau.
From scattered plots of land to field planting, from traditional methods to high-tech cotton cultivation, from ordinary farmers to wealthy leaders… Nowadays, the scientific and technological content of farming is getting higher and higher, and Xu Yuanjiang has also become a well-known “soil expert” . Scientific and technological farming has brought benefits to cotton farmers.
Haldong Village is a microcosm of the development of the cotton industry in Luntai County. At present, the county’s cotton planting area is 1.06 million acres, of which 160,000 acres have been sown using the “dry sowing and wet seeding” technology, and 20 cotton planting demonstration bases and 221 professional cooperatives have been built. According to estimates, using the “dry seeding and wet seeding” technology to sow cotton can save more than 20% of water per mu, reduce costs by 15%, increase income by more than 7%, and increase average income by about 500 yuan per mu.
With the goal of “strong agriculture, beautiful countryside, and prosperous farmers”, Luntai County strengthens planning and layout, integrates superior resources, deeply taps internal potential, actively promotes “dry sowing and wet planting” cotton sowing technology, and comprehensively promotes the improvement of the agricultural industry. Quality and efficiency. Continuously explore new ideas and models for water conservation to effectively solve the shortcomings of water resource shortages.
In recent years, Luntai County has continuously improved the level of intelligent and informatization of agricultural machinery operations, and promoted “dry sowing and wet seeding” technology and plant protection drones and cotton picking machines. , the application of the Beidou navigation system provides farmers with full mechanized services for land preparation, sowing and harvesting, achieving large-scale planting and intensive management, and promoting the quality and efficiency of the cotton industry. </p
