Cotton Output In Xinjiang Increased By 9.7% Over The Same Period In 2012.

2012 cotton in Xinjiang

Reaching 3 million 180 thousand tons, an increase of 9.7% over the same period, and the total area of cotton sown in the whole area was 24 million 700 thousand mu, an increase of 2.75%.

Xinjiang's cotton area, output per unit area, total output and output were the first in 20 consecutive years.

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Statistics and analysis of the agricultural department's agricultural survey showed that in 2012, Xinjiang's cotton planting area reached 24 million 700 thousand mu, an increase of 660 thousand mu compared with 2011, an increase of 2.75%.

Among them, the area of cotton planting area was 16 million 460 thousand and 400 mu, an increase of 439 thousand and 100 mu, an increase of 2.74% compared with that of the previous year. The cotton planting area of the Corps was 8 million 300 thousand mu, an increase of 260 thousand mu compared with that of the previous year, an increase of 3.2%.

At present, our region has entered the late stage of cotton sale, and cotton farmers everywhere seize the favorable opportunity for the state to implement the temporary purchase and storage policy for cotton purchase, and actively sell cotton.

In order to ensure the safe takeover of cotton, in early November of this year, the Xinjiang branch of the Agricultural Development Bank of China provided cotton credit funds up to 43 billion yuan, an increase of 19.78% over the same period last year.

Can the cotton harvest cotton farmers increase? How big is the machine picked cotton market? The reporter came to Xinjiang Hutubi County of cotton producing county and 149 regiment of the eight agricultural division with a high degree of mechanization.

Join cooperatives to increase production and increase income

In the cotton fields of fourteen villages in twenty Li Dian Town, Hutubi County, some people are bending over.

When I approached the question, I learned that all the fourteen farmers in the village were picking cotton.

A cotton grower cut down his head and picked cotton. He said, "the price of cotton is lower than that of last year. The price of agricultural materials is higher than that of last year. The cost of picking up has increased by one yuan compared with that of last year.

Ma Xi Chun, a cotton farmer in the same village, could not help but say, "we are bumper harvest."

Hutubi County Dafeng Town is another scene.

In the demonstration field of 10000 acres of cotton in Luen Fung village, Fengzhen, the reporter saw that there were more cotton bolls and the spacing and spacing of cotton were very neat.

Wang Yangui, the head of the Yan Jun Cotton Cooperative Association of lien Feng Village, said that there are 8 modes to increase the development of modern agriculture.

The yield per mu can reach more than 400 kg.

In the same land, why does cotton yield so much difference? Wang Yangui said with a smile, "it's nothing. It's just a scientific way to grow and manage cotton.

In the past few years, most of the farmers were traditional decentralized planting patterns. Land was not centralized, pest control, popularization of low density early cultivation, drip irrigation under mulch were unable to be unified, and modern agricultural machinery such as cotton picker and large plant protection machine could not be popularized in large scale.

In order to find a breakthrough for farmers' continuous income increase, in 2008, the great Fengzhen broke the restrictions of scattered irrigation and operation of the original household, realized the intensive and large-scale management of planting and irrigation in the field, and set up 35 cotton cooperatives.

In 2009, the seed production per unit area of cooperatives increased to more than 350 kilograms. Compared with previous years, the output per unit area increased by more than 70 kilograms, and the yield per mu increased by more than 300 yuan.

Wang Yangui pointed to a piece of land in front of him, saying that this land had 720 acres, which used to be the cotton field of 67 families. Now it has concentrated on 8 households to operate and manage in a unified mode.

The cotton is growing well this year, and with the autumn light, cotton bolls are blooming. The harvest from 380 kg to 450 kg per mu is not a problem.

"These days, the boss of the ginning factory has been here many times to talk about the price of cotton."

Wang Yangui said, "our cotton quality is good. I have the confidence to talk with him and raise the price further."

Reporter's sentiment: the same land conditions, the same human resources and the same water conservancy resources, why the output is very different? The difference between cotton farmers' income is also very large. The practice of big Fengzhen tells us that agriculture must develop and farmers want to increase their income, so we must take the road of large-scale production and intensive management.

The farmer shares the land in the cooperative, and the nature of the land has not changed. The ownership is still the farmer himself, and the land is pferred to the land. The land is handed over to the farm experts, and the income of the land can be guaranteed.

Through the construction of a new type of land joint venture, great Fengzhen has realized the pformation from decentralized household management to large-scale and intensive operation in agriculture, and achieved a new breakthrough in the popularization of science and technology and in the efficiency of agricultural production.

Mechanized cotton picking saves money and labor.

Although it is the hard time to pick up cotton, but in Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, the eight teachers and 149 regiments of the cotton field, but it is very "cold".

In the boundless cotton field, there was no flower picker. Only a monster like machine was walking in the cotton field. Wherever it went, it took away a piece of white, leaving behind a dark brown cotton stalk.

Taking advantage of the cotton picker to stop and clean up the cotton stalk and cotton leaves pushed forward, Zhang master came down from the 2 meter high cab and drank some water.

He told reporters that this is an imported cotton picking mold machine, the cotton bolls "eat" into the mold after pressing, spitting out the cuboid cotton module.

Speaking, Fu Liying, a mechanical engineer of a good seed company, came to the field.

"Is there any trouble with the machine? More attention should be paid to the maintenance of continuous operation."

Fu Liying reminded Zhang.

Her sun tanned face, let reporters feel the difficulty of picking cotton.

"From January to July and August of this year, we went out to pick up flower workers.

This is not enough. The stoppage of work such as offices and schools, the suspension of classes, and the whole family are all working in the cotton fields.

In 2009, the regiment began to popularize mechanization of cotton harvesting and processing.

I am a technician, though I am busy with maintaining machines, it is much easier than picking flowers. "

Fu Liying, who was not very good at speaking, talked about picking cotton and took delight in talking about it.

"Machine picked cotton saves time, labor, worry and money."

Fu Liying cited a few data, from the cost of picking flowers, labor costs this year around 2.4 yuan per kilogram, according to the average cotton production per kilogram of 350 kilograms, the cost of manual picking flowers is more than 800 yuan, and the cost of machine picking cotton per mu is 125 yuan; from the workload, 1 pick up workers 2 months to pick up 7 acres of land, and cotton picker can eat "150" cotton in one day.

"How do we calculate this account?"

Fu Liying said with a smile.

After less than ten minutes' rest, Master Zhang took his apprentice and started the cotton picker.

Just before leaving the cotton field, the reporter saw a cotton grower picking up the newly picked cotton field from the field side, pulling out the cotton stalk and picking up the drip irrigation belt in the field.

He has already made preparations for the new round of seed cotton which will begin in April next year.

It is difficult to imagine the efficiency from harvesting to sorting, if not mechanized.

Interview: in September and October of each year, hundreds of thousands of flower workers poured into Xinjiang like migratory birds, becoming a special scene in the cotton field during the autumn harvest season.

However, with the increasing number of migrant workers' working channels, the number of returning home entrepreneurs is increasing. Picking up florist is becoming more and more difficult, and the cost is higher and higher, which has squeezed cotton farmers' income to a large extent.

In this case, machine picked cotton was gradually recognized.

Although machine picked cotton is one to two grades lower than manual picking, the advantage of machine picked cotton is obvious.

The whole mechanization of cotton production has not only reduced labor intensity, but also has considerable economic benefits.

However, there are two problems in popularizing cotton harvester in large area. First, the one-time investment is too large. Two, the whole process of planting is relatively high.

The machine harvested cotton should be well planned from the time of planting. It is necessary to have the space between the cotton plants suitable for machine picking cotton, after the mechanical flower picking, such as pressing, assembling, pporting, unloading and processing.

Therefore, the popularization of machine picked cotton is largely based on the scale and intensification of agricultural production.

Large scale popularization of machine picked cotton requires a process.

Xinjiang still needs to pick up florist, but the reduction of demand is an inevitable trend.