Setting a new national record for large-scale mechanical cotton harvest yields, a cotton field in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Bortola has achieved a yield of 11,154 per hectare. The cotton field achieved this on a 7.1-hectare field in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala.
The Xinjiang Regional Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, along with experts from the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Shihezi University, monitored and evaluated the harvest and output data.
Wang Daguang, a researcher in agro-tech extension services from Jinghe County in Bortala, notes, this new record highlights the progress in agricultural science and technology, encouraging cotton farmers to integrate more advanced techniques in cultivation.
With 92,667 hectare of cotton fields, Bortala is among the top cotton-producing regions in Xinjiang, supporting the area's prominence in China’s cotton industry.
