China'S Cotton Output Will Increase By 20% This Year.

The national cotton market monitoring system launched a nationwide cotton growing survey on 17~30 June 2011. The sample involved 15 cotton planting provinces (autonomous regions), 90 cotton planting counties (cities, farms), and 4379 cotton planting sites with fixed cotton planting information.

The survey results show that since June, the weather in the main cotton producing areas in China is basically normal, with a slight occurrence of pests and diseases, and the picking period is expected to be in the normal range.

If the weather is normal in the late period, it is estimated that the output per unit area of new cotton will be 93.06 kg / mu, 9.29% higher than that of last year, and the total output of cotton is expected to be 7 million 390 thousand and 200 tons, which is higher than that of last year.

The weather is basically normal.

According to the survey, the weather in the main cotton producing areas in the country is basically normal, reflecting a good proportion of the surveyed farmers and 87.52% of the surveyed households, an increase of 5.6 percentage points over the same period last year, a decrease of 0.58 percentage points over the same period in the past three years.

In the zoning area, 94.81% of the farmers in the cotton area of the the Yellow River basin reflect the better weather and the ordinary farmers, and the cotton areas in the Yangtze River Basin reflect the good weather and 67.99% of the general farmers, and the northwest inland cotton area reflects the weather is better and the average farmer accounts for 94.29%.

The degree of disaster is heavy in some areas.

The survey shows that 21.89% of the rural households reflect moderate or severe disasters, an increase of 7.62 percentage points over the same period last year, 6.52 percentage points higher than the same period in the past three years, while the remaining 78.10% farmers reflect a slight occurrence of disasters.

According to the subregion, 87.21% of the farmers in the the Yellow River River Basin reflect the slight occurrence of disasters. The main disasters are drought. 46.04% of the farmers in the Yangtze River Valley reflect moderate or severe disasters, mainly due to drought and flooding.

The disease is mild.

The survey showed that cotton growth in China was less threatened by disease. 92.56% of farmers reflected the slight occurrence of disease, which decreased by 3.42 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The average value of cotton growth increased by 0.05 percentage points over the past three years, and 7.41% of the farmers reflected the moderate occurrence of disease.

In the subregion, 94.89% of the farmers in the the Yellow River River Basin showed slight disease occurrence, and the disease was mainly Fusarium wilt. 92.57% of the farmers in the Yangtze River Basin showed slight disease, and the disease was mostly Fusarium Wilt and Verticillium wilt. The northwest inland cotton area accounted for 89.87% of the disease, and the main disease was Fusarium wilt.

Insect pests were mild.

The survey showed that cotton growth in China was less affected by insect pests, and 89.39% of the farmers showed slight occurrence of insect pests, down 0.25 percentage points from the same period last year, which increased by 1.83 percentage points over the same period in the past three years, and 10.29% of the farmers reflected moderate occurrence of insect pests.

In the subregion, 90.53% of the farmers in the the Yellow River River Basin showed that the occurrence of pests was mild. The main pests were aphids and cotton bollworms. 93.80% of the farmers in the Yangtze River Valley showed that the pests were mild. The pests were mainly aphids, bug bugs and red spiders. The proportion of farmers who had slight insect pests in the northwest inland cotton area accounted for 84.65%, and the pests were mostly aphids and red spiders.

Cotton picking time is expected to be basically normal.

Affected by natural disasters such as drought and floods, the picking time of new cotton in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River may be postponed, and the rest of the cotton area is basically normal, and some areas are slightly ahead of schedule.

According to the survey, 69% of the cotton picking time is expected to be normal, 24.93% of which are delayed and 6.06% ahead of schedule.

According to the subregion, the cotton picking area in the Yellow River basin is expected to take up 8.36% and 70.40% of the cotton picking time in advance and basically normal, respectively. Among them, Shaanxi is expected to advance 5 days ahead of the new cotton market, and Shanxi will be delayed for 13 days due to hail attacks. The cotton area in the Yangtze River Valley reflects 48.68% of the delayed picking time. The four provinces in Hubei, Jiangsu, Hunan and Jiangxi are expected to postpone for 9~16 days. 84.64% of the farmers in the northwest inland cotton area show that the picking time is basically normal or ahead of schedule, of which Xinjiang cotton is generally growing well, and it is estimated that the farmers who are picking up at the time are basically normal or in advance.

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