Cotton Production Rate Increases Xinjiang'S "Cotton Picking Army" Reduction

In the memory of Hao Xiangdong, a company worker, there were countless "special trains" gathered in cotton fields from all over the country every time when a large area of cotton fields was covered with flowers. It is only when the number of "cotton picking army" began to decrease. Now, several large cotton pickers are fighting hard in the cotton field. They are making a booming roar, while swallowing white cotton into the body and producing an egg in a short time.

At present, cotton in Xinjiang has gradually entered the harvest period. In October 14th, the reporter learned from the agricultural and animal husbandry machinery administration of the autonomous region. In 2019, the autonomous region cotton production area was expected to reach 12 million mu, an increase of nearly 1 million 200 thousand mu compared with the same period last year, and the cotton production rate is expected to reach more than 40%.

"In the past two years, the sown area of cotton in Xinjiang has been stabilized at nearly 38 million mu. As the main producing area of cotton in China, Xinjiang has planted almost all cotton except high altitude and some low temperatures. Because of this, the pick-up workers from all over the country came to Xinjiang every year during the cotton harvest season every year." Kong Jie, an associate researcher at the Economic Crops Research Institute of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, began in 2012. With the large-scale mechanization picking of cotton fields in Xinjiang, the pickers of cotton picking in Xinjiang decreased year by year. In Northern Xinjiang, the rate of machine production in many cotton regions has reached over 80%. In some areas such as Manasi county and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, sixth divisions and eighth divisions in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture have even reached 100% applications.

Data from the autonomous region's agriculture and animal husbandry machinery administration showed that from 2013 to 2018, the cotton production rate in Xinjiang's Northern Xinjiang cotton region increased from 41% to 92%, and the cotton production rate in the southern Xinjiang cotton region increased from less than 2% to 20%. It is estimated that the area in 2018 will reach more than 5 million acres in the southern Xinjiang.

The efficiency of cotton pickers is much higher than that of manual labor. The pickers can pick more than 100 kilograms of cotton in one day. As in my field, an acre of land can produce 400 kilograms of cotton, which is a four day workload for flower pickers. How about a cotton picker? A machine can collect 500 mu of land a day. Looking at the cotton picker in the front, "diligently" labor, Hao Xiangdong sighed.

Hao Xiangdong calculated an economic account: a flower picker picked a kilogram of cotton for 2 yuan, an acre of land 400 kilograms of harvest, the collection fee was 800 yuan, and the mechanical harvest of an acre land only cost 145 yuan.

Therefore, the super high working efficiency and relatively low "wages" reward, so that mechanical cotton picking slowly replaced the position of picking up flowers in a relatively short time, and won the favor of cotton growers.

In addition to the popularization and application of mechanized cotton picking technology, in 2019, the autonomous region continued to push forward the structural reform of the supply side of cotton. The layout of cotton planting was constantly optimized, and the planting level of moderate scale was continuously improved. The area of advanced technology such as precision sowing, efficient water saving, mechanical harvesting and so on was continuously expanded, and the comprehensive level of cotton production was steadily improved.

Recently, 11 thousand acres of cotton in the village of upper reaches of the upper reaches of the Awati County in the Akesu area have reached the harvest season. Looking at the vast expanse of whiteness, the villager Guman Kader was incapable of expressing joy.

"In 2019, I planted 30 mu of cotton, in accordance with the guidance of technical personnel, conscientiously do a good job in cotton field management, now cotton has begun to harvest, it is estimated that the yield per mu of cotton can be increased by 50 kilograms than in 2018." He said that in 2019, he participated in the cotton planting field meeting and agricultural technology training class organized by the village, and he learned a lot of professional planting techniques. Compared with 2018, cotton quality and yield increased greatly in 2019.

"Cotton is increasing, we are very happy. According to the current market price, it is estimated that cotton planting in the 2019 year can earn more than 50 thousand yuan. I am very satisfied." He said.