One million acres of cotton fields are sown in an orderly manner in Yuli County, Xinjiang
Right now is the best time for spring sowing of cotton. One million acres of cotton fields in Yuli County are undergoing intensive and orderly spring plowing and sowing through the application of mechanization and new technologies.
At the cotton sowing site in Basimaili Village, Gulebage Township, Yuli County, villager Erken Reyimu is using his own unmanned Beidou navigation seeder to sow seeds accurately in the cotton field, and workers are closely following to check. Digging trenches, sowing seeds, spreading film, and covering with soil ensure “all seedlings are sown in one go.” The difference between this year and previous years is that for the first time, 0.015 mm thick film seeding technology was used in Erken Reyimu’s 430 acres of cotton fields.
Erken Reyimu said: “We use national standard thick film. The country subsidizes the use of thick film. The subsidy is more than three yuan per kilogram. I was given a total subsidy of more than 10,000 yuan, and 85% The thick film can be recycled, it can keep heat and prevent weeds. This year we sow it about 10 days earlier than last year. In this case, the yield per mu may increase by 30 to 40 kilograms.”
All the 1 million acres of cotton planted in Yuli County this year will use this newly launched super-thick composite mulch, which saves water and helps limit the growth of weeds, and is more conducive to recycling.
“This year we are promoting the use of super-thick film throughout the county. Its thickness has changed from 0.01 mm originally set by the country to 0.015 mm, and the thickness-resistant period has changed from the original 180 days to the current 360 days. Tension and strength There has been an increase.” said Zhang Xiaodong, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Yuli County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau).
In recent years, with the improvement of agricultural modernization and various policy subsidies, the cotton planting model has also changed. The cooperative and intensive model after land transfer has made cotton planting mechanized and intelligent.
Qu Xinli, head of the Hengshan Cotton Farmers’ Professional Cooperative in Yuli County, said: “In the past, a piece of land of three or five acres was leveled and then mechanized. There were cotton pickers and large machinery for planting. From unified management to unified Harvest and then sell them in a unified way, and the production materials are also unified, which can save costs. Mechanized operations not only increase farmers’ income, but also reduce labor costs, so thousands of acres of land have joined our cooperative.”
Of the 1 million acres of cotton land planted in Yuli County, 420,000 acres have reached high-standard farmland through high-standard farmland construction, realizing the intensification, scale and mechanization of farmland. Yuli County won the Popular Agricultural and Sideline Products Award in 2020 As a full mechanization demonstration county, the mechanization rate has reached 98%, promoting cost savings and efficiency gains in cotton fields.
“Next step, we will carry out construction on the remaining land year by year, and strive to reach high-standard farmland in five years. Through the analysis of the rural labor force, there are fewer people in agricultural production, and we need to be more intelligent and digital. Work hard.” said Zhang Xiaodong, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Yuli County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau).
Through the application of science and technology, Yuli County’s 1 million acres of cotton fields are helping to modernize from planting to harvesting, making agriculture more stable on the road to rural revitalization, and allowing farmers to enjoy the dividends brought by science and technology.
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