Xinjiang wheat began to harvest on a large scale

Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, July 13 (Reporter Li Zhihao and Zhang Xiaocheng) At present, more than 17 million acres of wheat in Xinjiang entered a large -scale harvest period. Data from the local agricultural and rural departments showed that the harvested wheat somatoscope and quality are better than last year.

In Qitai County, Xinjiang Grain County, Xinjiang, a world -advanced joint harvester shuttled through more than 300 acres of wheat fields. This harvesting machine has a strong horsepower, with a length of 10.5 meters, and can operate 40 acres to 50 acres per hour. Wang Yan, a senior agronomist at Qitai County Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, said that high -end agricultural machinery has a large amount of feeding and less loss. When it is harvested, only one agricultural machinery hand and a harvester are increasingly favored by farmers.

This year, some areas of Xinjiang, including Qitai County, encountered high temperature weather. The combination of water -saving irrigation and scientific management in various places to ensure that wheat grows well. Qitai County is planted for 842,000 mu of wheat this year. The local agricultural and rural departments are expected to have an average of 416 kg per mu.

The reporter learned from the Grain and Material Reserve of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that as of July 5, the average purchase price of wheat in the region was 2.54 yuan/kg, an increase of 0.16 yuan/kg over the same period last year. Comprehensive factors such as wheat price difference, transport distance, and quality, this year, companies in the eastern and central regions of China to come to Xinjiang to purchase wheat to purchase wheat significantly increased, driving the price of Xinjiang wheat prices to rise moderately.

Xinjiang is broad, the climate of the north and south Xinjiang is large, and the wheat harvest cycle is long. This year, Xinjiang Xialiang acquisition work kicked off in Bachu County, Kashgar, South Xinjiang on June 10th, and carried out from south to north.

【Edit: Li Yan】

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