When will cotton picking end in Xingtai area?

Cotton picking time in Xingtai, Hebei Province: generally, picking begins in late August, and weighing is started in early September. However, the local cotton planting in Xingtai has always continued the traditional planting mode, and the growth of cotton is greatly affected by weather and pests and diseases, and sometimes it can not be picked until 165438+ 10.

The agricultural crops in Xingtai are mainly wheat, corn, millet, peanuts and cotton. It is a national high-quality grain and cotton production base and is known as the "granary cotton sea". According to the data of 20 15, the cotton planting area is 2199,000 mu, which is 8.8% less than that of 20 14. Cotton output was 6.5438+0.79 million tons, down by 8.2%; The yield per mu was 8 1.3 kg, an increase of 0.6%.