On February 15, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the 96 major seed production counties and 20 regional improved seed breeding bases that it plans to identify. Wudi County in our city is among them. It has been reviewed and approved and is planned to be recognized as a national-level cotton production base. Plant a large county.
Wudi County uses cotton as its traditional dominant crop. Historically, the annual cotton planting area in the county has reached more than 700,000 acres. It is listed as one of the first batch of national high-quality cotton production base counties and a major cotton-producing county in the country. In recent years, with the economic development and agricultural industrial structure adjustment in cotton areas, the cotton planting area has decreased, but it has remained at around 200,000 acres. Cotton is still the county’s dominant bulk crop and the main source of farmers’ income. In recent years, with the adjustment of the agricultural industry structure, the rapid advancement of land transfer, and the implementation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ cotton high-quality and efficient creation project, Wudi County’s cotton planting area and planting structure have been further optimized, and cotton production has become large-scale, professional, and The level of mechanization throughout the entire process has improved rapidly. In 2017, it was designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs as a demonstration base for the entire mechanization of cotton production in the Yellow River Basin in my country. In 2019, Xixiaowang Town, a major cotton-producing town, was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance as a town to build a strong agricultural town. .
The Wudi County Party Committee and the County Government attach great importance to cotton production, especially cotton seed production and base construction as an important starting point for the sustainable development of the county’s cotton industry. They have successively issued the “Wudi County Provincial Level The “Regional Cotton Breeding Base Plan” and “Opinions on Accelerating the Protection, Development and Utilization of Crop, Livestock, and Aquatic Germplasm Resources” include the construction of a 10,000-acre cotton seed breeding base as a government plan. At present, the county’s cotton seed bases are mainly concentrated in Liubao Town, Shejia Town, and Xixiaowang Town. The provincial leading enterprises Shandong Lvfeng Agricultural Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Shiyao Agricultural Development Group and Wudi County Jingguo Agricultural Machinery Relying on professional service cooperatives, the county has built 5 cotton seed production bases, covering an area of more than 13,400 acres, and has initially formed a “cotton seed breeding – planting – processing – spinning and threading – weaving and clothing making – home textiles – cotton straw production A complete industrial chain of comprehensive utilization of material energy.
Wudi County has been recognized as a national-level cotton seed production county. It will vigorously accelerate the construction of cotton seed breeding bases, improve the scale, mechanization, standardization, intensification and informatization of the base, and further enhance cotton seed production. The ability to guarantee seed supply will promote the sustainable development of the cotton industry in the Yellow River Delta.
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