一个年轻棉农的梦想

孙朝岚

楊皓然是新疆北部主要的棉花产区的一名“90后”技术工人。该产区棉田面积约为1167平方公里，他用无人机代替拖拉机在棉花和小麦田里喷洒肥料和农药。

主题语境：棉花种植 篇幅：325词建议用时：7分钟

Yang Haoran was born into a family ofcotton farmers and spent his childhood playingin the cotton fields. He witnessed how hard hisparents had to work using traditional farmingmethods， as well as how automation hasboosted productivity and saved labor.

After he finished university， Yang returnedto his hometown to become a cotton farmer himself. However， his experience hasbeen very different from his parents and grandparents： he manages over 200，000 squaremeters of cotton fields and always seeks new ways to improve efficiency through technologicalinnovations.

In 2018， he saw the great business potential of using drones （无人机） in farmingand set up his own company， which employs 13 drone operators， all of whom are post?90s workers like Yang himself.“ We are like a big family， with members from differentethnic groups including Han， Hui and Kazak，” Yang said proudly.

In peak growing seasons， they move their drones in a skillful way over the fields，while in the off?season， they train local farmers to operate drones. Over the past three years，Yangs team has trained hundreds of local farmers to operate agricultural drones.“ This willenable more farmers to acquire new technologies and use modern equipment， allowingthem to keep pace with the advancements in modern agriculture and increase theirincome，” he said.

Yangs dream does not end there. He has recently taken up a precision farmingproject， which uses drones to collect data for spectral analysis （光谱分析）， and transmitrealtime data on crop growth and soil moisture to the irrigation and fertilizer equipment forprecision agriculture.

About 90 percent of Chinas total cotton output comes from Xinjiang， a region thattakes up one sixth of the countrys territory. Apart from drones， Xinjiang also employs satellitenavigation and large?scale agricultural machines to boost cotton production. Data fromthe regions agriculture and rural affairs authorities shows 90 percent of the cotton cultivationand harvest is carried out by machines.

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