The 130,000 acres of cotton in Keping County, Xinjiang are growing well and a bumper harvest is expected
At present, 130,000 acres of cotton planted in Keping County have entered the fruit-setting period. Cotton farmers are seizing the opportunity to do a good job in field management in the later stages of cotton growth. The cotton seedlings are covered with green cotton bolls. They are growing well and a good harvest is in sight.
On August 30, the reporter walked into Nurbag Village (Village 2), Qilang Township, Keping County. Villager Elimu Slam was checking the fruit setting of cotton berries. Under the guidance of agricultural technicians, his family’s cotton fields have successively completed watering, fertilizing, pest control, and topping. Looking at the plump cotton bolls hanging on the branches, he is full of expectations for a bumper cotton harvest this year.
Alimu Slamu said: “The cotton is growing very well this year, with ten to twelve cotton bolls per plant. We water on time, spray pesticides and weeds in time, and the yield per mu this year is expected to be higher than last year.”
Baidexiong is the “soil expert” who grows cotton in the village and is also the agricultural instructor of Nurbag Village (Village 2). He often comes to the fields to teach cotton farmers “one-on-one” and “hand-by-hand” practical knowledge such as cotton seed treatment, prevention of pests and diseases in the seedling stage, pest control during the growth period, and the use of chemical fertilizers. He also answers on-site questions that growers encounter during cotton planting. difficult questions.
Bai Dexiong said: “Without refined field management, it will be difficult to grow high-quality cotton. This year, cotton farmers are basically adopting scientific planting, and the yield should be better than last year.”
Aimaitijiang Reheman, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Qilang Township, Keping County, told reporters: “The cotton industry is one of the leading industries for the masses in Qilang Township to increase their income. This year, the cotton planting area reached 42,000 acres. In recent years, the cotton industry has reached 42,000 acres. , with the support of relevant departments, we have strengthened the refined and scientific management of cotton through the county and rural three-level scientific and technological forces. Now the cotton in the township is growing well and a bumper harvest is expected.”
It is reported that a total of 130,000 acres of cotton have been planted in Keping County this year. During the planting process, village cadres and agricultural technicians from various townships (towns) often go deep into the fields to provide technical support for cotton farmers. By increasing various cotton field management technology measures, they guide cotton farmers to do a good job in water and fertilizer management and pest and disease control in cotton fields, ensuring that This year we have a bumper cotton harvest.
According to Ming Dong, deputy director of the Agricultural Technology Extension Station of the Keping County Agricultural and Rural Affairs Bureau, this year’s cotton planting in the county will adopt a layout of one main and two auxiliary varieties. By selecting high-quality varieties, adopting supporting cultivation management, and scientifically managing high-yield technologies, Cotton is growing well in the county, and the fertility and boll-setting conditions have improved significantly compared with 2021.
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