Farmers are busy with field work during the harvest season in NW China’s Xinjiang-TIANSHANNET-天山网

Recently, the first crop of alfalfa planted in Altay City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, has entered the harvest season. Farmers and herdsmen are actively harvesting and storing the alfalfa grass.

Aerial photo taken on June 17, 2023 shows a villager from Kezilexilike Village in Qieerkeqi Township, Altay City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, drives machinery to harvest the alfalfa. (Photo by Ardak Bashan)

Aerial photo taken on June 17, 2023 shows villagers from Kezilexilike Village in Qieerkeqi Township, Altay City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, drive machinery to harvest the alfalfa. (Photo by Aldak Baiskhan)

Recently, more than 14,000 mu of early-ripening Hami melons planted in Nanhu Township, Yizhou District, Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, have grown well, and a good harvest is expected. Farmers are busy in the fields pruning, cleaning, and supporting the Hami melons (placing crushed grass, wheat straw, or fine soil beneath and around the plant roots in the melon field can help prevent the invasion of anthracnose and blight bacteria, promote proper fruit growth, and also provide some drought resistance and moisture retention benefits), and they also strengthen the field management. It is expected that the melons will be put on the market for sale at the end of June.

Aerial photo taken on June 15, 2023 shows farmers in Nanhu Township, Yizhou District, Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, support the Hami melons in the fields (placing crushed grass, wheat straw, or fine soil beneath and around the plant roots in the melon field can help prevent the invasion of anthracnose and blight bacteria, promote proper fruit growth, and also provide some drought resistance and moisture retention benefits). (Photo by Li Hua)

Aerial photo taken on June 15, 2023 shows an overlooking view of the early-ripening Hami melon planting base in Nanhu Township, Yizhou District, Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Li Hua)

Aerial photo taken on June 15, 2023 shows a farmer in Nanhu Township, Yizhou District, Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, supports the Hami melons in the fields (placing crushed grass, wheat straw, or fine soil beneath and around the plant roots in the melon field can help prevent the invasion of anthracnose and blight bacteria, promote proper fruit growth, and also provide some drought resistance and moisture retention benefits). (Photo by Li Hua)

Now, it is a critical period for cotton growth, and cotton farmers in Lianfeng Village, Dafeng Town, Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang, are seizing the opportunity to carry out pesticide spraying, weeding, and other management work to ensure abundant cotton yields. A busy farming scene is displayed.

Aerial photo taken on June 17, 2023 shows a cotton farmer in Lianfeng Village, Dafeng Town, Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang, drives agricultural machinery to spray pesticides on cotton fields, ensuring the health and productivity of the cotton plants. (Photo by Tao Weiming)

Villagers from Shangergong Village in Yuanhu Township, Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang, are currently busy picking vegetables from the local planting base. These vegetables will be supplied to markets in Urumqi City, Changji City, and the local area.

Photo taken on June 16, 2023 shows villagers pick vegetables in the 20-mu standardized vegetable planting base in Shangergong Village, Yuanhu Township, Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang. (Photo by Wang Junwei)

Photo taken on June 16, 2023 shows a villager picks vegetables in the 20-mu standardized vegetable planting base in Shangergong Village, Yuanhu Township, Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang. (Photo by Wang Junwei)

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