Cotton is being mined one after another in northern and southern Xinjiang, with more than 80% of mechanized picking

In mid-autumn, cotton in northern and southern Xinjiang begins to mature. For example, 780,000 acres of cotton in Manas County in northern Xinjiang have been mined, and the mechanized harvest rate has reached 100%; starting from the 23rd, 543,500 acres of cotton in Maigaiti County in southern Xinjiang have also entered the harvesting stage.

On the morning of September 23, farmers were harvesting cotton in Bagelike Village, Gazikule Township, Maigaiti County. “We planted 50 acres of cotton this year, and under the regular guidance of technicians, the cotton yield is very good.” said Amanisa Amer, a villager in Bagerike Village, Gazikule Township, Maigaiti County.

Zhou Xiaoyun, a researcher at the Xinjiang Crop Chemical Control Engineering Center, said that due to rainfall some time ago, the temperature changed greatly, causing cotton to mature late. However, cotton is growing well. This year’s cotton harvest will last for more than 20 days or nearly a month, and is expected to be completed in mid-to-late October. The average yield per mu reaches about 380-400 kilograms.

In order to give full play to the main role of agricultural machinery in agricultural production, Xinjiang has actively organized mechanized cross-regional operations this year to minimize the impact of the epidemic and ensure that autumn agricultural production, especially cotton mechanized harvesting, is carried out on time, orderly, effectively and safely. At the same time, in order to ensure the highquality development of cotton production, Xinjiang has vigorously improved the capacity and level of mechanized cotton defoliation operations to ensure cotton quality.

“This year, the autonomous region issued the “Technical Specifications for Spraying Defoliants on Machine-harvested Cotton in Xinjiang”, which regulates the principles, conditions, application time, etc. for the use of defoliants to further improve the quality of mechanized harvesting and reduce post-harvest costs. The impurity content of cotton. It is expected that the mechanical harvest rate of cotton in Xinjiang this year will be more than 80%.” said Turhong Tur, director of the Agricultural Machinery Division of the Xinjiang Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

According to reports, in recent years, the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences has undertaken key research and development projects in the autonomous region. In terms of planting technology, through the combination of precise agricultural meteorological monitoring and early warning and agronomic technology, it has provided chemical control in meteorological early warning, seed coating, and spraying of regulators during the seedling stage. Continuous improvements in chemical control during the flowering and bolling stages, as well as continuous technological innovation, have increased the seedling emergence and retention rate in the field, setting up a framework for high and stable yields, which is conducive to the steady improvement of cotton peach setting rate and yield, and also laid the foundation for increasing cotton yield.

It is understood that Xinjiang is an important cotton-producing area in the world. In 2021, the cotton sown area in Xinjiang (including Xinjiang Corps) was 37.18 million acres, and the output reached 5.129 million tons, accounting for 89.5% of the country’s total cotton output. This year, the cotton planting area in Xinjiang (including Xinjiang Corps) reached 37.57 million acres.

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