At present, all 7.5 million acres of cotton in the Aksu region for 2021 have been picked and have been successively acquired by cotton processing plants. The faces of cotton farmers who have been busy for more than half a year are filled with the joy of harvest.
“I choose new cotton varieties with early maturity, and all adopt the machine-picked cotton planting model. Coupled with scientific management, the benefits of increasing cotton income are obvious.” On January 11, in the harvest area of Awati County Jia Xinfeng, a cotton farmer from Duolangkuotamisi Village of the Administrative Committee, said that the cotton grows well and yields high, coupled with the high purchase price, the net income from the 300 acres of cotton grown by his family is no less than 500,000 yuan.
Jia Xinfeng was not the only one to be happy with the bumper cotton harvest and increased income. In Zhenxing Village, Nurbach Township, Shaya County, cotton farmer Yimin Anayeti couldn’t help but feel happy when he talked about cotton.
38-year-old Yimin Anayeti is a major cotton grower in the village. In 2018, he changed all the 100 acres of contracted cotton to machine-picked cotton cultivation. “Beidou navigation is used for sowing, automatic drip irrigation is used for watering, and cotton picking is mechanized.” Yimin Anayeti said that cotton planting has become an important channel for increasing income for his family, and their life is getting more and more prosperous.
“Last year, the regional cotton achieved a gratifying situation with stable quantity and quality improvement, and increased cotton planting income.” Hua Weijie, executive deputy director of the Agricultural Office of the Prefectural Committee and deputy director of the regional agriculture and rural bureau, said that the regional cotton production has improved both in terms of total output and unit yield. higher.
Last year, due to the comprehensive implementation of the “one main and one auxiliary” cotton seeding model in the region, the coverage rate of high-quality cotton varieties reached 85%, the comprehensive implementation of water and fertilizer integration technology, the water-saving drip irrigation planting area reached 6.89 million acres, and the total cotton yield per unit area was Achieving substantial growth, the total output exceeded 1.02 million tons, and the yield per unit area was more than 135 kilograms.
Cotton is an important source of income for cotton farmers in the region. In 2022, the region will continue to implement the “one main and one auxiliary” cotton seed use model, strictly control the quality of cotton production, harvesting, processing and other links to make quality and strong cotton industry, opening up a “happy road” for cotton farmers.
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