Cotton is the agricultural backbone of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In 2021, the cotton output of the Xinjiang Corps, an important commercial cotton production base in China, dropped slightly, but the quality improved significantly.
On January 4, according to the Xinjiang Corps Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, the Xinjiang Corps will continue to optimize grain and cotton planting areas and structural varieties, and comprehensively improve cotton production. quality and efficiency of the industry. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the Xinjiang Corps’ cotton output in 2021 reached 2.083 million tons, a decrease of 50,000 tons or 2.4% compared with 2020.
“For China’s cotton, look to Xinjiang, and for Xinjiang’s cotton, look to the Corps.” Data show that in 2021, China’s cotton sown area was 45.422 million acres, a decrease of 2.112 million acres or 4.4% from the previous year; the Xinjiang Corps’ cotton sown area was more than 13 million acres, basically the same as in 2020. In 2021, the Xinjiang Corps produced more than one-third of the country’s cotton with a quarter of China’s area.
In 2021, the Xinjiang Corps issued a series of policies called the “Cotton Quality Improvement Action Work Plan”. Cotton growers, cities, and regiments will do a good job in cotton seed selection, In all aspects of field management, machine harvesting and processing, the quality of cotton has been significantly improved. Six cotton quality indicators, including average length, breaking strength, and micronaire level, are all better than the previous year.
It is reported that Xinjiang Corps cotton not only has obvious quality advantages, but also maintains a high level of mechanization, scale, water-saving irrigation, and scientific and technological support. At present, the comprehensive mechanization level of cotton farming and harvesting in the Xinjiang Corps exceeds 98%, and the mechanized harvesting rate exceeds 94%. It is the largest mechanized cotton picking base in China, and its mechanization level ranks among the top in China.
Seeds are the key to high yield and high quality of cotton. Now is the winter slack season. Xinjiang Corps’ cotton planting divisions and regiment farms are using training, publicity and other methods , guiding cotton growers to choose to plant the main planting, matching and demonstration varieties of cotton recommended by various divisions and cities in 2022, to lay a solid foundation for this year’s production.
In 2021, the Xinjiang Corps also achieved a bumper harvest in grain planting. The annual grain sowing area hit a new high in the past five years; the total grain output was 2.809 million tons, which was higher than that in 2020. The annual increase was 395,000 tons, an increase of 16.4%, and the total output reached a record high.
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