(Xiaokang China) Drones fly into ordinary farmers in Xinjiang, and science and technology give birth to "new farmers"
China News Service Urumqi, August 14 Title: Drones Fly into Ordinary Farmers in Xinjiang Science and Technology Give Birth to "New Farmers"
Author Gou Jipeng Zhao Shuang Huang Wanli
"Completing the plant protection flight defense operation independently for the first time gave me a full sense of accomplishment. Since the beginning of this year, I have completed more than 300 times and more than 5,000 mu of cotton land plant protection and flight prevention operations. "Mutanlifu Maihe Suti, a cotton farmer in Taisi Cut Village, Hala Yugong Township, Korla City, Xinjiang, is already a drone pilot (controller) with skilled operation experience.
Recently, the reporter saw in the village of Taisi cut that the cotton fields were full of green and the growth was gratifying, but there were few cotton farmers working. Several drones are shuttling back and forth over cotton fields to carry out plant protection flight prevention operations.
The family of Mutanrifu Maihesuti planted 100 acres of cotton land, and he was deeply attracted when he saw the efficient operation of the plant protection drone. In his view, mastering the drone control technology is a real hard skill. Therefore, he signed up for the UAV operation training of Yugongzhen Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. in Korla City. After professional training, he was certified at the end of June this year and became a qualified pilot.
Fan Yazhou, general manager of Yugongzhen Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. in Korla City, said that the company now has 23 drone pilots, all of whom are local villagers who have been trained and qualified to take up their posts. Each pilot performs an average of 20 days of plant protection flight protection operations a month and can earn about 5,000 yuan (RMB, the same below) salary. Fan Yazhou also said that the T40 plant protection drone used by the company can complete the plant protection flight prevention operation of 20 acres of cotton land in 8 minutes.
Liu Yaowen, a cotton farmer in Taisi Cut Village, said: "The cost of drones is also reduced by half compared with labor costs. The use of plant protection UAVs is low cost, short time, and the efficiency is far greater than the manual control efficiency. His family's 200 acres of cotton land for UAV plant protection flight prevention operations, only spent 800 yuan, and it was completed in less than half a day, which greatly shortened the time compared with the previous manual prevention and control.
The reporter found that today, drones have become the right -handy "helpers" for farmers in Xinjiang to cultivate land. Since August, Toleqi Village, Gultu Town, Wusu City, Xinjiang, has also entered the peak period of cotton plant protection. Villager Li Song said: "This year, my family uses drones to carry out cotton plant protection, prevent diseases and insect pests, increase foliar fertilizer, improve the disease resistance of cotton, and ensure a bumper harvest of cotton production." ”
In addition to cotton, drones are also used in the cultivation of grain crops such as rice, corn and wheat in Xinjiang and in the forest and fruit industries. For example, in recent years, Korla fragrant pears, Aksu apples, etc. have also used drones to pollinate. Looking at the fragrant pears that are about to ripen and hanging on the branches, Zikzhiwula Slamu, a fruit farmer at the Kurchu Horticultural Farm in Korla City, said: "My family's fragrant pear garden has been pollinating by drone for several consecutive years, which saves time and effort, saves costs, improves efficiency, and science and technology are good." ”
Similarly, in Qabchar County, the "hometown of rice" in northern Xinjiang, local farmers also use drones to spray foliar fertilizer in a large area and carry out pest control measures, and at present, about 110,000 mu of rice fields in the county are growing well.
Nowadays, farmers are rarely seen busy in the vast fields of Xinjiang, and drones and various types of machinery are operating back and forth, which is no longer unusual in Xinjiang. With the continuous improvement of the quality and growth rate of the development of modern agriculture in Xinjiang, science and technology have made more and more farmers become "new farmers". (End)
Source: China News Network