Wusu: 1.82 million acres of cotton has entered the peak harvest period, and new cotton sales are in order
In the golden autumn of October, 1.82 million acres of cotton in Wusu City, the high-quality cotton base of the autonomous region, entered the peak harvest period. Wusu City organized 602 large-scale cotton pickers to increase mechanized cotton harvesting and help increase cotton production income. As of October 10, 539,000 acres have been harvested. According to predictions from the city’s agricultural department, the total cotton output this year is expected to reach 682,500 tons, with the yield per mu up to 500 kilograms.
On October 11, in the cotton field of Sa Zhanguo, a villager in Haiziwan Village, Huanggong Town, Wusu City, two large cotton picking machines were busy, and each golden cotton bale looked like a “golden egg” Filled with cotton fields. “Two cotton pickers pick cotton 24 hours a day, and can pick more than 80 cotton bales every day, about 100 tons. Thanks to the village cadres and work team members for helping us coordinate the cotton pickers to pick cotton in the village, it is expected that in two days , my family will be able to pick all the cotton.” Sa Zhanguo said.
Sa Zhanguo is a major cotton grower in Haiziwan Village, Imperial Town, with thousands of acres of cotton planted every year. Last year, his family planted 1,000 acres of cotton, with an output of 400 kilograms per mu. Coupled with the good cotton market, Sa Zhanguo sold the cotton at a market price of 10.05 yuan per kilogram and made a lot of money. This year, Sazanguo expanded the planting area and planted 1,100 acres of cotton. Thanks to the fine weather and proper field management, the average cotton yield per mu is higher than last year. It is expected to reach about 430 kilograms, and more than 470 tons of seed cotton can be harvested.
Sa Zhanguo said: “In the past few days, I have been observing the cotton market, and I am ready to seize the favorable opportunity to sell all the cotton at once.” Huanggong Town is one of the main cotton producing areas in Wusu City. The cotton planting area in the town reaches 130,000 acres. In recent years, the town has continuously improved the efficiency of the land through land consolidation and the promotion of high-tech water-saving measures. The average cotton output per mu has increased from 400 kilograms to 460 kilograms per mu. Cotton realizes mechanized sowing, chemical control, and harvesting throughout the entire process, which also saves costs for cotton farmers.
Luo Zhengwu, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and mayor of Huanggong Town, Wusu City, said: “At present, all 130,000 acres of cotton have entered the harvesting period. The 54 large cotton picking machines in Huanggong Town have all been put into autumn harvest work, which can fully meet the needs of the whole town. Cotton harvesting needs. While guiding the masses to prevent and control the epidemic, we ensure cotton harvesting and purchasing to maximize the interests of farmers.” Nowadays, in the large cotton fields in Wusu City, “Snowflake White” and “China Red” complements each other. With the substantial improvement in the quality and performance of domestic cotton picking machines, “Made in China” is increasingly favored by cotton farmers. In the cotton field owned by Liu Zhaoliang, a villager in Huangqu Village, Jiujianlou Township, the domestically produced “Little Swan” cotton picking machine is showing its talents, picking 13 tons of seed cotton per day.
Liu Zhaoliang said: “We have mechanized the entire process from cotton sowing, fertilizing, dripping fertilizer to harvesting, which has greatly improved the harvesting progress. Now the domestic cotton picker harvests very cleanly. This year, I planted 80% The yield per mu of cotton reaches 480 kilograms, and the estimated income can reach 100,000 yuan. The subsidy policy introduced by the state is very beneficial to our farmers. I will work harder to apply science and technology to field management to continuously improve cotton yield and quality.” According to It is understood that among the 602 cotton picking machines currently operating in Wusu City, 448 are domestic brands, accounting for 74% of the total cotton picking machines. “Made in China” cotton picking machines have been deeply loved by the majority of cotton farmers in Wusu. .
While the cotton harvesting work is in full swing, cotton processing companies in our city are going all out to make acquisitions. Financial institutions in Wusu City have also increased their credit granting to cotton processing companies. So far, they have provided credit to more than 100 cotton processing companies in the city. A cotton processing company provided 6 billion yuan in cotton purchase funds.
This autumn, the Wusu Agricultural Development Bank granted a credit (loan line) of 50 million yuan to Hatubuhu Town Jiaxin Cotton Co., Ltd. In the past two days, there has been an endless stream of vehicles selling seed cotton from cotton farmers. The company purchases 200 tons of seed cotton daily and plans to purchase about 10,000 tons throughout the year.
As of October 10, the city’s daily harvest of seed cotton reached 45,000 acres, with a total harvest of 539,000 acres of cotton, and the harvest completion rate reached 29.53%.
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