China News Service, Urumqi, April 7th, title: Xinjiang cotton spring sowing "grabbing farmers", "chips" and mechanization to enhance competitiveness
Author Shi Yujiang
Nowadays, as the temperature gradually rises, cotton spring planting has gradually begun. The divisions of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps located in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are ready to improve the quality and efficiency of cotton and enhance the competitiveness of the cotton industry.
Xinjiang Corps is the main producing area of high-quality cotton in China. In 2020, its total cotton output will reach 2.134 million tons, accounting for 36.1% of the country's total.
Seeds are called agricultural "chips", and choosing a good seed is the prerequisite and key to a good harvest.
Recently, Xinjiang Corps has improved the quality of cotton from the source through the popularization and application of new cotton varieties and Beidou navigation seeding technology.
In the spring breeze, strips of silver mulch became the most beautiful scenery in the eyes of cotton farmers in Xinjiang Corps.
In the fields of the 53rd Regiment of the Third Division, planters roared, and growers were rushing to plant cotton during farming.
In 2021, the division plans to plant 1 million mu of cotton, and it is expected that cotton planting will be completed in mid-April.
In the Red Star Second Field of the Thirteenth Division, the suitable cotton sowing period is about 3 days ahead of 2020. At present, cotton farmers are seizing the opportunity to start the cotton precision planting work. The high-horsepower planter equipped with the latest Beidou navigation system is fully loaded. operation.
Wujiaqu City of the Sixth Division, located north of Tianshan Mountains, is the cotton planting master of Xinjiang Corps. Together with cotton planters such as Huyanghe City of the Seventh Division and Shihezi City of the Eighth Division, they propped up the development of Xinjiang Corps’ cotton industry.
It is worth mentioning that Xinjiang Corps cotton is in the forefront of China in terms of mechanization, large-scale, water-saving irrigation, and scientific and technological support.
According to data, at the end of 2019, the comprehensive mechanization rate of cropping and harvesting of Xinjiang Corps reached 94.3%, and the level of agricultural mechanization is leading the country; it has 2500 cotton pickers and the area of mechanized cotton is more than 10.8 million mu, making it the largest mechanized cotton picking base in China .
Since 2020, all links of Xinjiang Corps cotton operations have been gradually completed by machinery, and the entire cotton production mechanization system has been basically completed, and cotton production is steadily advancing towards intensive and large-scale cotton production.
This year, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has further optimized the regional distribution and variety structure of cotton, vigorously promoted fine varieties and advanced technologies, and continuously improved the core competitiveness of the cotton industry.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps attaches great importance to the sustainable development of the cotton industry. The "Production Action Plan for Cotton Quality Improvement" issued a few days ago pointed out that the cotton quality of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will be greatly improved in 2021, and the main quality indicators are generally higher than the national average. , The main quality indicators of Xinjiang Corps cotton are close to or reach the level of American and Australian cotton, and the brand influence and market competitiveness have been further enhanced. (Finish)