“Mechanized planting, drone spraying, and integrated cotton picking and packaging, not only improves planting efficiency, but also saves production costs.” Li Jinhui, a cotton grower in Qiongkulchak Township, Bachu County, lamented. This year, 6.44 million acres of cotton are planted in Kashgar, of which 3.704 million acres of cotton are planted. With the help of mechanization, it not only reduces the labor intensity of cotton farmers and increases the net harvest rate, but also increases cotton output and farmers’ income.
In recent years, while continuously optimizing the structure of cotton varieties, the Kashgar region has continuously accelerated the promotion and application of advanced agricultural technologies, promoted the modernization, intelligence, and informatization of cotton production, and the level of mechanization has continued to deepen. In particular, the “machine-picked cotton” planting model with fast progress and low cost not only liberates the labor force, but also allows many cotton farmers to see a new way to increase their income and become rich.
Li Jinhui is a cotton farmer in Qikeqike Village, Qiongkulchak Township, Bachu County. This year, he planted 740 acres of cotton. Under the guidance of agricultural technicians, he used modern equipment to plant scientifically. After a year of hard work, Through hard work, the cotton stalks grown by her family are thick and strong, the cotton bolls are well-proportioned and full, and the growth is obviously better than in previous years.
It is now the cotton harvesting period. Cotton farmers in Kashgar are seizing the opportunity to pick new cotton, and there is a busy harvest scene in the fields. On November 3, the reporter came to the cotton field in Qikeqike Village, Qiongkulchak Township, Bachu County. Large cotton picking machines were harvesting and removing miscellaneous materials. Snow-white cotton fell into the carriage one after another and was picked up. They are packed into large cotton “eggs” and “dropped” into the fields, waiting to be loaded onto the truck and transported away.
In the farmland of Jierandun Village, Yangtak Township, Maigaiti County, with the roar of cotton pickers, white cotton is picked. Every half hour or so, cotton is picked. The machine “spits out” a large bundled cotton ball weighing about 1.4 to 1.7 tons. Cotton grower Abdulsalamu Abdulrehiti said happily: “My family’s 100 acres of cotton were harvested in one night. In the past, picking cotton with my parents was time-consuming and laborious. Now all cotton is picked by machine, not only It is efficient and the quality is very good. Next year we plan to expand the cotton planting area, take the express train of technology, and increase family income.”
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