[Rural revitalization] The mechanization rate of spring sowing of millions of acres of cotton in Shaya County, Xinjiang is 93%
[Explanation] Spring is getting warmer, which is the best season for cotton sowing in Xinjiang. A "smart spring sowing map" kicked off in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
Shaya is a major cotton-growing county in Xinjiang, with 1.85 million mu of cotton planted this year.
At the spring planting site, cotton farmers entered important parameters such as the sowing path, row spacing, and plant spacing into the satellite navigation unmanned system, and implemented precise, precise, and precise sowing. Compared with the traditional sowing mode, cotton seeds alone can save 50%.
The cotton farmers only do some simple auxiliary work on the side.
[Explanation] On April 5, in a farmland in Tarim Township, Shaya County, several large agricultural machines shuttled back and forth, ploughing, raking, and planting. The scene was spectacular.
Villager Jumai Aishan is busy planting seeds for his Shaya County Golden Desert Agricultural Service Professional Cooperative. The planter with the global navigation satellite system can realize unmanned driving and complete film laying and drip irrigation tape at one time. , planting, soil covering and other operations, and the sowing row is straight, the farming is accurate, the operation rate is high, and it is also convenient for mechanized harvesting of cotton after maturity.
[Concurrent period] Jumai Aisan, member of the Golden Desert Agricultural Service Professional Cooperative in Shaya County
This year, we started planting on April 2. Our cooperative (has) more than 1,800 mu of land, and it took about five days to complete the planting. Now it is all mechanized and the speed is relatively fast.
[Explanation] The 38-year-old Jumai Aisan has 8 years of cotton planting experience. With the country's implementation of the cotton target price subsidy policy for Xinjiang, agricultural machinery subsidies and land transfer and other policy support, the income of cotton planting has increased. With the continuous improvement, the mechanization level of cotton fields is also getting higher and higher, not only easy and efficient planting and harvesting, but also better and better returns.
In 2020, he added his 120 mu of cotton fields to the cooperative to achieve large-scale operation and group development. Last year, he distributed more than 240,000 yuan in dividends.
[Concurrent period] Jumai Aisan, member of the Golden Desert Agricultural Service Professional Cooperative in Shaya County
Now people don’t need to be tired. Last year, the cooperative’s output per mu of land reached 410 kilograms. We paid more than 2,000 yuan per mu of land. This year, the cotton is managed well, and (the yield per mu) has increased by 20 to 30 kilograms.
[Explanation] Shaya County is located on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert. It belongs to the continental warm temperate arid climate. The light and heat resources are suitable for the growth of cotton. It has the unique advantage of developing the cotton industry.
The cotton planting area has been stable at about 1.9 million mu all year round, the mechanization rate of cotton production in the county has reached over 93%, and the annual output of lint is about 260,000 tons.
[Concurrent] Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Township Head of Tarim Township, Shaya County Reyimu Ablikmu
We expect to complete the planting in mid-to-late April, and strengthen technical services and guidance in the later period to ensure a bumper crop this year.
[Explanation] It is understood that in 2022, the cotton planting in Aksu area will be nearly 7.2 million mu.
Aksu is the main cotton producing area in Xinjiang, accounting for one-sixth of China's cotton production and one-fifth of Xinjiang's.
At present, Aksu region is making every effort to ensure the smooth progress of cotton spring planting, and promote the cotton industry to develop in the direction of high quality, high efficiency and high yield.
Reported by Yang Tao and Liu Yuzhu from Aksu, Xinjiang
Responsible editor: [Ye Pan]