CCTV News: During this period, due to the low temperature in northern Xinjiang, many farmlands still have thick snow. In Manas County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, large-scale machinery is organized to help farmers carry out snow-breaking operations to ensure the smooth progress of spring wheat sowing.
It is mid-February now, and the farmland is still covered with snow, with the thickness of 22 cm of snow being about 7 cm deeper than in previous years. In order to speed up the melting of snow, in the past two days, Manas County, Changji Prefecture, began to break snow on more than 8,000 acres of farmland planned to grow spring wheat in the county. Under the joint operation of a high-power tractor and a heavy-duty notch rake, the snow mixed with the turned out soil accelerates the melting speed of the snow, which will greatly advance the seeding time of spring wheat by about half a month. Villager Yang Xiaoming said: "This year's spring wheat can be sown into the ground until early April to catch up with the best sowing period for spring wheat."
By mechanically breaking snow, the living environment of overwintering insect pupa in the surface soil can also be destroyed, and the base of overwintering insect pupa can be reduced at a depth of 2-3 cm in the soil can be reduced. At the same time, the soil moisture and leveling conditions can be improved, laying the foundation for a bumper harvest of spring wheat. It is understood that mechanical snow-breaking operations in more than 8,000 acres of farmland in Manas County are expected to be fully completed before February 25.
