Xinjiang: Bazhou Cotton Sowed 3 Million 380 Thousand Mu, 1 Million 320 Thousand Mu Less Than Last Year.

In Bazhou, Xinjiang, the average temperature reached the right time for cotton sowing. It was the great opportunity for cotton planting. Moreover, the state continued to implement the cotton target price reform in Xinjiang. In 2015, the target price of cotton in Xinjiang was 19100 yuan per ton, 700 yuan lower than that in 2014.

　　 Xinjiang In the southern Xinjiang, Bazhou plans to grow 3 million 381 thousand and 300 mu of cotton this year, 1 million 327 thousand and 900 Mu less than last year. Right now, as the temperature continues to rise, Bazhou cotton Seeds have been started. How can cotton growers improve quality and increase efficiency?

Reporters at the three farm of Awati farm in Bazhou saw that cotton growers were planting cotton in an orderly manner along with the rumbling sound of machines. In order to save money and increase efficiency and increase yield per unit area, cotton farmers adopted soil testing, formula fertilization, precision sowing and water-saving drip irrigation. Xu Yong, a cotton grower, said that the current average temperature has reached the right condition for cotton sowing. This is the great opportunity for planting cotton: "now is the season for sowing cotton. Now it is used for drip irrigation. It started early in April 10th, and the weather and ground temperature have begun to pick up. It is relatively suitable for sowing, and the sowing work is expected to end by the end of April."

It is understood that this year, Xinjiang Bazhou plan Cotton planting The area is 3 million 381 thousand and 300 mu, which is 1 million 327 thousand and 900 Mu less than the 4 million 709 thousand and 200 mu in the previous year, which is 97 thousand and 900 Mu less than the 1 million 230 thousand hectares planned for the autonomous region. This year, the state continued to carry out the pilot project of cotton target price reform in Xinjiang. Considering the factors of cotton production cost, income and market supply and demand, the State Development and Reform Commission released the target price of cotton in Xinjiang in 2015, which was 19100 yuan per ton, which was 700 yuan lower than that in 2014.