The “white waves” of the Cotton Sea turn over and Xinjiang cotton enters the harvesting period
Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, September 25 (Reporters Li Zhihao, Ding Lei) The National Day is approaching. As cotton from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains gradually matures, Xinjiang, my country’s main cotton producing area, has entered the cotton harvest season.
Recently, in Manas County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, two packaged cotton pickers were operating in the 30,000-acre cotton field of Lesheng Planting Professional Cooperative. Ma Tao, chairman of the cooperative, said that based on the current harvest situation, the cooperative’s average yield per mu is about 450 kilograms, and it is expected to complete picking within 40 days.
The reporter learned that at present, cotton harvesting has begun in some cotton areas in northern Xinjiang. It is expected that by early October, major cotton areas in northern and southern Xinjiang will enter a large-scale concentrated harvesting period.
A survey conducted by the China Cotton Association in August found that although Xinjiang cotton experienced widespread freezing damage during the sowing and seedling stage this year, and the growth period was delayed, the weather was stable in July and August, the temperature in most cotton areas was high, and the growth of cotton plants accelerated. , coupled with proper field management, a bumper harvest is expected.
In 2021, Xinjiang will continue to promote the concentration of cotton production in advantageous production areas with “improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing benefits” as the core, reducing the number of There are more than 1.4 million acres of fruit-cotton intercropped cotton fields, and the cotton variety structure has been further optimized.
In recent years, Xinjiang has promoted the transformation of cotton production from decentralized management by small farmers to intensive mechanized management. In 2020, the mechanical picking rate of cotton in Xinjiang (including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) reached 75%.
Since the 1990s, the center of my country’s cotton production region has gradually shifted from the Yellow River Basin to Xinjiang. At present, Xinjiang is my country’s largest and the world’s most important cotton-producing area, accounting for about 20% of the world’s cotton output. In 2020, Xinjiang’s cotton output reached 5.161 million tons, accounting for 87.3% of the country’s total cotton output, with a sown area of 37.5285 million acres. (End)
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