Xinjiang Corps Cotton Sown Area Reached 8 Million 827 Thousand And 800 Mu, An Increase Of 7.1%

< p > Xinjiang production and Construction Corps News Office press conference was informed: this year, Xinjiang corps cotton sown area of 8 million 827 thousand and 800 mu, an increase of 7.1%.

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< p > according to the news of the Xinjiang development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Corps: this year, the area of machine picked cotton of the Xinjiang Corps is expected to exceed 5 million 200 thousand mu, accounting for 58.9% of the total sown area of cotton.

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< p > analysis of relevant persons pointed out that the increase of cotton planting area in Xinjiang Corps mainly benefited from the implementation of the state's purchase and storage policy, because the cotton sales of Xinjiang corps were mainly stored and stored.

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< p > Xinjiang Corps is an important commercial cotton production base in China. The annual output of cotton accounts for about 1/6 of the country's total and its export volume accounts for half of the total.

At present, the cotton planting area of Xinjiang Corps accounts for 1/3 of Xinjiang's total output, which accounts for 45% of the whole Xinjiang. The cotton planting level has been continuously improved, and the output has increased steadily.

But at the same time, it is also affected by the rising labor costs and the shortage of picking up labor force, which seriously restricts its cotton industry from becoming bigger and stronger.

Therefore, in recent years, Xinjiang Corps has continuously promoted the promotion of machine driven cotton, in order to promote the sustainable development of cotton industry and increase the income of workers.

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< p > it is reported that at present, the quantity of cotton picker in Xinjiang Corps reaches more than 1500, which has created favorable conditions for cotton harvesting.

The eight division, the 149 regiment and other regimental farms have achieved 100% mechanized harvesting of cotton, and twelve cotton fields in one division, eighty-nine divisions in five divisions, 147 147 regiments in eight divisions, and 142 cotton fields have been mechanized harvesting.

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< p > it is understood that in the past 2012-2015 years, the Xinjiang Corps will invest 715 million yuan to build a high quality cotton base, carry out the supporting pformation project of the improved variety industrialization, construct the efficient and stable cotton field project and the cotton mining facilities, and re solve the problems of the high cost of harvesting workers, the decrease of uniformity of raw cotton, the matching of irrigation and drainage system in cotton fields, and the high proportion of saline alkali land.

By the end of 12th Five-Year, the planting area of good quality cotton base was stable at 7 million 500 thousand mu, and the average yield per unit area reached 173 kg.

The overall quality of cotton has reached the international level, and the quality of some cotton types has reached the international advanced level.

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