Chinanews.com Urumqi, April 8th (Hu Guokai, Li Jiao, Guzhali Ayi) April is a good time for cotton sowing.
Kumish Town, Toksun County, Xinjiang, located in the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, seized the favorable opportunity to carry out cotton spring planting work. Entering the town, there is a busy scene everywhere.
In the high-standard cotton fields of Sun Wanqing, a big cotton grower in the town, large tractors are preparing land and planting seeds.
According to Sun Wanqing, these large tractors are all equipped with the Beidou satellite navigation system, which can complete operations such as film laying, drip irrigation, planting, and soil covering at one time, and the planting is straight and efficient, which can save a lot of labor and costs.
The cotton seed planter is planting seeds.
Photo by Hu Guokai
Sun Wanqing said: "I have grown cotton this year for the 20th year. I have witnessed the development of Xinjiang cotton from semi-mechanization to large-scale mechanization. Now the technology is very advanced. We have Beidou navigation for planting, drones for spraying medicine, and watering. It’s all drip irrigation, cotton harvesting and picking machines. It saves effort and does not have to worry about. Just find some managers to help me take care of it. It saves me a lot of costs. I now rely on this 10,000 mu of land and remove it in a year. All costs can earn more than 5 million yuan."
The technician replaces the drip tape.
Photo by Hu Guokai
In Inbostan Village, Kumish Town, the 700 acres of cotton land owned by large cotton growers Keranmu Ahmati and his brother Amat Ahmati also started spring planting.
Previously, his cotton fields were transformed into large strips after breaking the ridges and improving the soil, which is especially suitable for large-scale agricultural machinery operations.
Keranmu Aihmati said that a few years ago he was also working for others and couldn’t make much money throughout the year. Later, I was very excited when I saw that others planted cotton and made a fortune. So he borrowed 150,000 yuan from the bank for contracting cotton land and planting. As a result, he made more than 300,000 yuan in the first year. Not only did he pay off the bank loan, but also used the remaining money to buy agricultural facilities such as large tractors.
Nowadays, Keranmu’ai Hemat’s cotton land has more than 320 mu, and his brother Amat’ai Hemat has also grown to more than 270 acres. The brothers not only bought a house in the county seat, bought a car, but also bought it. A lot of large machinery.
Overlooking the cotton sliver field after sowing.
Photo by Hu Guokai
"It's so easy to grow cotton now. Look at our tractor. There is no one on it. It is Beidou satellite navigation. We only need to follow the drip irrigation pipe and change the pipe when it is finished. The rest of the machine will be done by itself. In the past two years, more and more machines have been used, which has saved a lot of costs. Now I can earn more than 900,000 yuan from cotton every year.” Keranmuaihemati said.
It is understood that Toksun County plans to plant more than 70,000 mu of cotton this year, and Kumish Town alone will plant 64,000 mu. (Finish)