2022 Corps cotton yields hit new highs in nearly 10 years

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2023-03-24

Reporters learned from the National Bureau of Statistics Corps Survey Headquarters: 2022, the Corps total cotton output of 2.154 million tons, an increase of 70,800 tons over 2021, an increase of 3.4%, the total cotton production for five consecutive years stable at more than 2 million tons; cotton yields 168.8 kg, an increase of 9.2 kg over 2021, an increase of 5.8%, a new high in the past 10 years.

According to reports, in 2022, the Corps planted 12,758,800 mu of cotton, to account for 28.4% of the national cotton sown area produced 36% of the country's cotton, the yield increase of 0.5 percentage points higher than the national average increase, 0.3 percentage points higher than the autonomous region.

In 2022, the divisions and cities to promote the high-quality development of the cotton industry as the focus, in-depth implementation of structural reform of the supply side of cotton, to guide the production layout to the advantage of the cotton area, to build a more stable high cotton production areas.

Corps effectively play a policy-oriented role, in-depth implementation of the third round of cotton target price reform, cotton quality improvement action, and actively organize the relevant pilot work, the implementation of the "cotton" requirements, the use of cotton quality data, increase incentives to enhance the competitiveness of the Corps cotton market; explore alternative paths to cotton target price subsidies. Focus on the role of the financial market, the effective resolution of cotton market risks, to protect the actual cotton growers basic income.

Corps continue to increase the standardization of cotton picking machine operations, cotton production mechanization rate of more than 95%, cotton quality and international market competitiveness continue to improve; implement the cotton variety incentive policy, guide workers to plant recommended varieties, the implementation of the division within the scope of cotton varieties "one main two auxiliary", the mission of a variety of seed model, cotton varieties Structure has been further optimized; actively promote dense early cultivation, precision sowing, water and fertilizer precision control, "dry sowing wet out" and other advanced planting management techniques, grass-roots agricultural personnel, the company "two committees" members of the division of responsibility, set area, spring planting, summer management, autumn harvest throughout Follow up services, and continue to improve the level of scientific cotton planting. (Corps Daily full media reporter Xu Tongtong intern reporter Xie Hong Yu)

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