In the past few days, 7.4 million acres of cotton in the Aksu region of Xinjiang have ushered in the harvest season. In the endless cotton fields on both sides of the Tarim River, accompanied by the roar of machines, the packed cotton bales turned into “real money” in the pockets of cotton farmers.
Walking into Yingmaili Village, Kalatale Town, Aksu City, Xinjiang, the endless cotton fields are covered with snow, and large cotton picking machines commonly known as “egg-laying machines” shuttle back and forth in the cotton sea. “Swallowing clouds and puffing out mist” to “produce” shaped cotton bales.
The Aksu large-scale cotton picking machine shuttles back and forth in the cotton sea, and after some “vomiting”, it “produces” shaped cotton bales.
Tuniyaz Abdulkader, a large cotton grower in Yingmaili Village, Kalatale Town, Aksu City, said: “This year, I planted 800 acres of cotton, and now the yield per acre is 450 to 500. kilograms, and now all cotton is harvested by machine.”
In 2022, Aksu City will plant 1.12 million acres of cotton. As cotton matures, the city plans to invest in 194 large-scale cotton picking machines for field operations to seize the opportunity to harvest cotton.
The Aksu region vigorously promotes high-efficiency water-saving drip irrigation, dry sowing and wet seeding, and fully mechanized picking technologies.
Cotton farmer Yasen Tuniyazi said that his family’s 85 acres of cotton are growing well this year. What is different from previous years is that this year all cotton was harvested by machine, and it took less than a day to complete the machine-picking operation.
Cotton farmer Yasen Tunyazi said: “Last year, I sold cotton for 240,000 yuan, and this year it is expected to sell 340,000 yuan. This year’s weather is good, and the cotton field has good pest and disease control, so every mu High yield.”
When mechanized cotton harvesting reaches more than 80%, this alone can save hundreds of millions of yuan in harvesting costs.
The Aksu region is a major cotton planting area in Xinjiang. In order to continue to consolidate and enhance the dominant position of the cotton industry, the local area has implemented a three-year action for high-quality development of the cotton industry and vigorously promoted high-efficiency water-saving drip irrigation, dry sowing and wet-out and full-process Mechanized picking technology promotes the cotton industry to be more scientific, sustainable and efficient.
It is reported that in 2022, the area of machine-picked cotton planting model in Aksu region of Xinjiang will reach 7.09 million acres, which provides prerequisites for the full mechanization of cotton production. More than 80% of local cotton is mechanized harvesting. This alone can save hundreds of millions of yuan in harvesting costs and also advance the end of cotton harvesting by 10 days.
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