** Cotton cultivation area accounts for 80% of the country. Come and see how they achieve high yield.

The total cotton output has ranked first in the country for more than 20 years in a row. The reporter learned from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences that the cotton acreage reached more than 37 million mu in 2018, accounting for 80% of the country's cotton acreage. The average yield of cotton per mu in northern Xinjiang is about 400 kg, while that of cotton per mu in southern Xinjiang is about 500 kg, and the proportion of mechanized cotton picking in northern Xinjiang accounts for more than 80%.

The mechanical harvest of 830000 mu of cotton in Manas County reached 96%.

Once upon a time, when it came to the cotton harvest season, in the areas of Changji, Shihezi and Kuitun in northern Xinjiang, the cotton fields were full of flower pickers. In recent years, mechanized cotton planting has been rapidly promoted in northern Xinjiang. the reporter learned from the Manas County Agricultural Bureau that this year the county will plant 830000 mu of high-quality cotton and mechanized harvest will reach 96%.

In the cotton field of Cheng Zhengjiang, a cotton farmer in Sanchakou Village, North Wucha Town, Manas County, six cotton pickers shuttled back and forth to step up their operations. Cheng Zhengjiang planted more than 300 mu of cotton in 2018. Due to the use of scientific planting, cotton grew better in 2018 than in previous years. "the yield per mu is estimated to be about 400 kg, and the good one can reach 500 kg. We have implemented machine picking in 2018, compared with manual picking. Machine picking should save about 650 yuan per mu of land.

It is reported that the town of Beiwucha in Manas County has all realized machine cotton picking and has popularized machine cotton picking in a large area. In recent years, Manas County has launched a structural reform on the agricultural supply side, readjusting planting varieties, reducing the original 20-odd varieties to planting three varieties, planting high-efficiency and high-quality machine cotton, guiding cotton growers to set up cooperatives, unified procurement, unified harvest, and saving planting costs.

Li Xueming, a cotton grower in Beiwucha Town, Manas County, has been growing cotton for 17 years. "in the past, in order to recruit flower pickers during the cotton picking season, we squatted at railway stations and long-distance bus stations all day, holding signs and asking everywhere."

In the past, flower pickers were difficult to recruit and prices rose year after year. Li Xueming still remembers that the price of picking cotton was only 50 cents a kilogram in 2001, rising to a maximum of 2.2 yuan a kilogram in 2015. "I can't stand it if it goes on like this. In 2016, I completely changed to machine cotton picking. Now the whole process of growing cotton is almost mechanized, and our family has planted 200 mu of cotton, which is easily managed. " Li Xueming said.

It is reported that in recent years, Manas County has been guiding cotton farmers to take the road of intensive planting and scientific planting and scientific management. "it is necessary to integrate cotton precision sowing technology, chemical topping technology, and mechanical harvesting technology into cotton production to achieve full mechanization." Manas County agriculture chief adviser Bao Yuqin said.

The planting area of cotton picking in Beijiang has accounted for more than 80%.

The reporter learned from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences that machine cotton picking has been rapidly popularized in northern Xinjiang in recent years, and the planting area of machine cotton has accounted for more than 80%, and some counties and cities have exceeded 90%.

Shawan County planted 1.8 million mu of cotton in 2018. At present, cotton has matured one after another and began mechanical harvesting. In a cotton field in Songshenggong Village, Jingou Town, Shawan County, a John Deere CP690 self-pacing cotton picker from the Agricultural Machinery Cooperative of Shawan County shuttles back and forth in the cotton field. According to Mu Jianzhong, director of Shawan County Hongji Agricultural Machinery Cooperative, since cotton picking began on September 22nd, four John Deere CP690 self-propelled cotton pickers have been used to serve the surrounding areas of Shawan County, with a daily work volume of more than 500mu.

After the packing cotton picker was driven into the cotton field, a blossoming cotton was quickly caught into the "belly" of the machine, and then compressed in the "belly", spitting out a large bundle of cylindrical bundles of cotton from the tail of the machine. Compared with the more traditional cage cotton picker, the packing cotton picker realizes the mechanization of cotton harvesting and packing, which can effectively avoid impurity pollution in the process of cotton transit and greatly improve the quality of cotton.

The reporter learned from * * Tianshan Nongxin Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd., * * began to sell packaged cotton pickers in 2012, with the first generation of 7760 priced at 4.6 million yuan and the second generation of CP690 selling for 5.3 million yuan in 2015. "at present, there are 70 or 80 packaged cotton pickers in southern Xinjiang, mainly purchased by Shaya County, Yuli County and the first Division of the bingtuan, and nearly 200 in northern Xinjiang. They are mainly distributed in the 125th regiment, 121st regiment, 127th regiment, Wusu, Kuitun, and Shihezi of the bingtuan. A packing cotton picker can harvest 680mu of cotton continuously in one day and night, conservatively harvesting 500mu. One machine is equivalent to 2000 labourers a day." * * Fu Quanwei, sales manager of Tianshan Nongxin Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd.

Compared with planting benefit, the income of cotton picking by planting machine is higher.

It is reported that * * the earliest promotion of machine cotton picking was in the Corps. As early as the late 1990s, machine cotton picking appeared in the first Division of the Corps, and then began to be popularized in the eighth Division of the Corps. But at that time, manual cotton picking was cheap, and machine cotton picking was not promoted quickly.

By 2012, machine cotton picking will be rapidly promoted in northern Xinjiang. "Cotton 1.5 yuan / kg is a balance of interests, manual picking cotton has not much advantage over this price, and now the price of picking cotton has risen to 2.5 yuan / kg, and the income from cotton picking by planting machine has taken an absolute advantage." Fu Quanwei said.

It is estimated that after machinery picking cotton is sold in northern Xinjiang, the income per kilogram will be about 90 cents higher than that of manual cotton picking, and the income per mu of land will be increased by about 360 yuan, while in southern Xinjiang, the income of one mu of land will be about 450 yuan more.

It is reported that 2018 * * began to pick cotton in early September, large areas of cotton were picked in southern Xinjiang in mid-September and large areas in northern Xinjiang in late September. The picking time of cotton can last about 50 days, and the harvest in northern Xinjiang will be finished in late October at the latest. It is now the busiest time for cotton harvest.

Time: 2019-03-14 Click: