Nanchang Cotton Purchase Price Hit A New High

Reporters learned from the agricultural sector, this year, our city

It is understood that the cotton production in our city is mainly distributed in Xinjian County, Jinxian and Anyi County, and the cotton production area is 23600 Mu this year.

According to the agricultural sector survey, on the eve of national day, the purchase price of seed cotton is 8.4 to 8.6 yuan per kilogram, and the purchase price of seed cotton reaches 10 yuan per kilogram after the national day, which is 40% higher than that of last year's 6.8 - 7.2 yuan per kilogram.

The responsible person of the Bureau of Agriculture Bureau analysed cotton.

Reporters learned that this year, the city's long rain and low temperature in spring, lack of light, delay cotton production period, the output is affected, but through the development of high yielding cotton production activities, relying on science and technology to promote cotton production per unit area, upland cotton per mu in our city can yield 600 kg of seed cotton, paddy field to dry cotton per mu can yield 800 kg of seed cotton.

According to the average yield of 600 kg of seed cotton per mu, it is estimated that the total output of cotton can reach 14 million 160 thousand jin. With the increase of cotton purchase price, the income of cotton farmers will be greatly raised this year.