Affected By The Weather, Cotton Production In Bohu County Is Expected To Decrease By 30% This Year.

In 4-5 months of this year, Xinjiang Bohu continued to be affected by low temperature and frost and strong winds. Cotton growth was frustrated. At present, cotton has entered the harvest period.

Picking in cotton fields cotton "Cotton pickers and meat growers in the village of Bosten village, Bosten Lake Township of Bohu County, said:" in the early September of last year, cotton began to pick up. It was collected in late November, and 460 kilograms of seed cotton per mu was produced, and 500 mu land earned more than 2 million 400 thousand yuan. In September this year, it began to pick flowers everywhere, and cotton bolls were less than last year. This year, 320 kilograms of cotton per acre is good enough to earn 900 thousand yuan less.

　　 Tsang Kin-wah It is the cotton farmer of Bosten Lake Township in Bohu County, where he has many years of experience in planting cotton, and this year it is the first time that cotton has been cut down. He said that the cotton plants in the field are not tall, with fewer branches and fewer bolls. 50, it will be finished in the coming days. It's hard to earn money.

　　 At the moment 74 thousand and 800 mu of cotton in Bohu county has been picking up. According to the local agricultural sector, the yield per unit area of cotton is 310 kg (seed cotton), which is 112 kilograms (seed cotton) less than the previous year, and the yield is reduced by 30%. The reduction is already a foregone conclusion. According to preliminary statistics, cotton farmers will receive more than 87 million 960 thousand yuan. In view of this situation, relevant departments in Bohu county have taken effective measures to ensure the smooth operation of picking flowers and selling cotton.