Full mechanization of cotton into trend

The recent cotton mechanized field observation and new cotton variety exhibition held in Anyang, Henan Province, was informed that in recent years, the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Nanjing Agricultural Mechanization Institute have increased the research and development of cotton mechanization in the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze River basin cotton region to achieve Agro-agricultural integration will basically realize mechanization in the whole process, saving about 70% of cotton planting labor costs.

Cotton is one of China's important economic crops and it is also a labor-intensive crop. At present, the declining benefits of cotton varieties and high human input costs are bottlenecks that limit the development of China's cotton industry. Promoting mechanized cotton-planting has become the fundamental outlet for cotton development. This will help ensure the sustainable development of cotton production in China.

In recent years, under the support of major national science and technology plans and technical innovation projects supported by the national cotton industry technology system and industry research projects, the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Nanjing Agricultural Mechanization Institute have expanded the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin cotton region. The full mechanization of cotton research and development efforts has achieved the integration of agricultural and agricultural machinery. According to the characteristics of machine-picking cotton, we developed a new type of cotton that has the characteristics of concentration of boll opening, high fruit branch height, and high yield stability. The new varieties of cotton suitable for machine mining lay the foundation for the promotion of mechanization of cotton harvesting. The use of biodegradable mulching film reduces farmland mulch pollution and reduces high-strength field unrolling operations for cotton farmers; mechanized harvesting is used during harvest. The entire process basically achieved mechanization, saving about 70% of cotton planting labor costs.