As the temperature gradually warms up, towns and villages in Fukang City seize the opportunity to sow cotton when the temperature rises and the soil moisture is good, and the fields are busy. At present, the city’s 200,000 acres of cotton are fully sown, and it is expected that all sowing will be completed in mid-to-late April.
On April 4, in the cotton field of Ba Yunquan Village, Jiuyun Street Town, Fukang City, a precision seeder moved forward at a constant speed under the precise positioning of the Beidou satellite positioning and navigation system, and farmers followed the seeder closely. Check the seeding, film spreading and soil covering conditions to ensure the quality of sowing.
Bayunquan Village, Jiuyun Street Town, Fukang City has more than 2,900 acres of cultivated land, and plans to sow 2,600 acres of cotton, all of which will use early-maturing varieties. Yang Youdong, secretary of the village party branch and director of the village committee, said: “We use the new Beidou navigation automatic driving system seeder to achieve driverless driving, which not only saves seeds and labor, but also has a much higher seedling emergence rate than before. In the past, 500 acres of seeds were sown. It took 6 days to plant the soil, but now it only takes 3 days to complete the precision sowing, laying of film and drip irrigation tapes at one time, and the subsequent management and harvesting are also very convenient.”
This year In order to realize the transformation of cotton production from extensive and low-efficiency to intensive and efficient, Fukang City invested more than 420 agricultural machinery and tools to implement precision sowing, actively promoted fine cotton varieties, and organized professional and technical personnel to go deep into the fields to provide full technical guidance. and tracking services to achieve standard, precise and efficient sowing to ensure a bumper cotton harvest this year.
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