At the end of May, the transplanting work of new cotton in various provinces in the mainland was basically completed. In order to understand the growth situation of new cotton in various parts of Anhui, reporters from China Cotton Network compiled statistics on the local situation. The specific situation is as follows.
Dongzhi
In recent days, Dongzhi, Anhui Province has continued to have fine weather, with the highest temperature at 32 degrees Celsius. There is sufficient sunshine, which is very beneficial to the growth of cotton seedlings. Cotton farmers take advantage of the fine weather to plant seedlings. transplant. Up to now, the transplanting of local pot seedlings has been completed. The height of the cotton plants with good growth is about 50 cm, and the height of the weak ones is about 30 cm. There are 6-9 true leaves. Local cotton farmers said that the main work in the near future is to clean the trenches and surround the roots of transplanted cotton seedlings to prevent them from lodging when the wind blows.
Wangjiang
Affected by the rainy weather last weekend, the progress of machine sowing in Wangjiang, Anhui was affected. As the weather improves, it is expected to be completed before June 5, and early sowing has begun. Seedlings emerge one after another.
According to the Wangjiang County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, the area of machine sowing in the county has increased to 2,000 acres this year, an increase of 150% over last year. Mainly thanks to related efficiency-enhancing integrated technologies, the mechanization of the entire cotton production process has been gradually promoted and applied from experimental demonstrations, saving labor, fertilizer, and medicine. The replacement rate of machinery for labor is high, and the overall cotton planting efficiency has been improved, which is in line with the development of cotton planting in the mainland. direction and is very popular among large cotton growers.
Wuwei
At present, the Wuwei area in Anhui Province continues to have fine weather and the temperature is gradually rising, which is suitable for cotton growth. As of now, the local cotton seedling transplanting work is nearing completion.
I learned from Wuwei, a cotton farmer who has been in contact all year round, that the actual cotton planting area in the local area in 2022 is 129.4 acres, an increase of 7 acres from the actual cotton planting area of 122.4 acres in 2021, and the growth rate is 0.9%. In the late last year, the sales price of seed cotton reached 4.7 yuan/jin, and cotton farmers were more enthusiastic about planting cotton. However, due to the increase in the price of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, cotton farmers’ ideas of diversifying cotton were dampened, and the increase in area was much smaller than previously expected.
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