Difficulties Of Cotton Farmers In Northern Shandong

At this time of the year, the North cotton producing area had already passed the picking season. But this year, near the end of October, at least half of the cotton fields in Wudi County, Binzhou City, were not picked.

The depressed cotton market and high labor cost make local occupation. Cotton grower After watching, I had to work hard again, get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and hire people to pick cotton. "You must hire someone else to pay for it or pay more." Wen Ming Kai, a professional cotton grower in Wen Jia village, Feng Jia town, Zhanhua County, Binzhou, is deeply entangled.

"Last year, a catty of more than seven yuan, how this year will not be less than five yuan." This spring, Wen Mingkai wrote down his name in the lease agreement, and contracted for 120 mu in Wudi county to develop a flat saline alkali soil at 660 yuan per mu, all of which was used to grow cotton. These salinized lands were jointly developed by local governments and commercial companies.

After half a year, cotton prices fell below Wen Mingkai's bottom line - the highest purchase price of 4.2 yuan, the lowest is only 3.6 yuan. The cost of a pound of cotton will exceed 4.2 yuan, including 1.2 to 1.5 yuan of artificial picking fee, 1.65 yuan rent money, and seed, pesticide, fertilizer, irrigation and other expenses.

　　 "Working for migrant workers"

"Picking up a pound from a few cents in 2001 is the cheapest piece of two, the most expensive piece of 51 1 jin, and the annual increase is one or two." In the early morning of October 24th, it had just passed a light rain. Although it was clear that there were few people in Feng Jia Zhen Bai Jia village's labor market, he still got up at 4 o'clock. "At this time, 120 acres of white flowers. cotton Who can sleep in the sun? "Wen Mingkai stood in front of a small shop specially catering for cotton pickups, wearing a faded army coat and dragged himself. Wool hat He frowned and rubbed his hands and looked anxious.

The Bai Jia village labor market is the product of the farmer's cotton growing professionalism in the former Li's hometown (now incorporated into Feng Jia Zhen). About 10 years ago, the farmers in this township began to be popular with cotton farmers outside Binzhou, Wudi, Dezhou, Qingyun and Leling. The spontaneous labor market was originally built on the New Sea Road on the east side of the white village. Because it blocked traffic and frequent traffic accidents, it moved to Bai Jia village three years ago.

Bai Jingyao, the boss of a small supermarket in Bai Jia village, has witnessed the market's loneliness and prosperity related to cotton. "Starting from cotton planting every year and picking cotton all the time, this is the prosperity of this market. Autumn picking cotton is the most popular and the most popular year. Every morning, the market ranks ten and twenty thousand or thirty thousand, and now it is two or three li and three thousand or four thousand.

"(Zhai Yijin) it won't work one by one. After the rain is finished, the cotton picked will sink." At half past six in the morning, he finally got enough of 25 people. Wen Mingkai used his index finger to figure out the price, and talked to a group of middle-aged and elderly women around him. "If it were before, it is now in the field." Finally, because Wen Mingkai bid is too low, the 25 men went away with a cotton farmer in the three official Temple village.

Until 7 in the morning, Wen Mingkai was still turning around in the market. "The key is porridge, too many monks and small, high price not to mention, work is still very picky, just want to pick two or three ridge, also want to go near the cotton field." Wen Mingkai said that the land he rented in Wudi county was 10000 mu square cotton field, only thirty miles away from the coastline, and 60 odd miles from the Bai Jia village labor market. Most of them did not want to go. He could only coax and deceive him for only forty miles.

In Bai Jingyao's memory, the pickup workers are all eighteen and nine years old, and the market is full of colorful clothes. "Now they are old men, old ladies and middle-aged women. The main reason is that the living conditions are good and there are many ways out. The little girls are tired and dirty. The cotton growing salinized land is near the seaside. All day long, their faces are blown away by the sea breeze. Who else is willing to do this job?

Zhao Qinglei and Wen Mingkai of Nan Zhao Jia village have been classmates from primary school to middle school. After graduation, they planted cotton, and they both rented 120 mu land in WanMu square cotton field of Wudi county. Every year, Zhao Qinglei contacted the foreman who picked cotton specially in Huimin County of neighboring county, though he paid four hundred or five hundred yuan to the foreman according to the number of people, but he thought it was easy.

"This year is not too good, not only pick up a catty of two trichomes, and these foreman is now too cattle, lunch at noon must run dozens of miles to go out to the restaurant, to have wine and roast chicken; and pick up the cotton workers are light trucks or agricultural three rounds, often by the traffic police half way to block, the local disbanded the personnel back." Zhao Qinglei said that not only did his family not finish, but at least half of the cotton in the square cotton field of Wudi county had not been picked up and had to be busy for more than half a month.

At 8 in the morning, Wen Mingkai finally got together 17 people at a price of 21 Jin, and arrived at the cotton field outside 60 miles away, nearly 10 o'clock in the morning. "The moisture of the cotton is so big that when others pick cotton for me, they say it is wet. Before I sell the cotton, I have to dry it. This wet one, a catty and a few hairs are gone."

At 5 p.m., Wen Mingkai took the pickup man to work and weigh. Because of the late start, 17 people picked up 1080 Jin of cotton and paid 1296 yuan on the spot, accounting for 1/3 of the cotton purchase price. Wen Mingkai heard that there was a more than 30 year old woman in her village. Her husband was a seaman outside. She picked cotton at home and earned thirteen thousand yuan in the last month and a half. "She earns more than we do, and now I work for migrant workers."

"Picking up a pound from a few cents in 2001 is the cheapest piece of two, the most expensive piece of 51 1 jin, and the annual increase is one or two." Bai Jingyao recalled, but he thought it would not be possible to rise. Now prices are so high that he buys more than 100 of his pants and gets four yuan for four fried dough sticks. {page_break}

　　 "I'm finished. I have to pay for this year."

"If we don't plant it, we won't plant anything next year. The price of land, agriculture, manpower and so on will all go up, but the cotton price will fall back to three or four years ago, and it will still be able to make money."

The pickup man had just begun to work. Wen Mingkai had already taken off his coat and stood in the cotton field, ready to follow the pickup man for two times. "In particular, there are some early rotten flowers that fall early on the ground, but they can't sell them, but they can also sell money." Wen Mingkai muttered with a bow, not raising his head.

Last year, he didn't care about this. He usually sat down on the ground, or went to catch fish near the River Creek, and then sat down to pay for it. "Last year cotton prices opened more than four yuan, and finally rose to 8 yuan a Jin. The cotton goes to the cotton station, and when you enter the door, the hawker is stopped. Other peddlers drove the truck directly to the floor, touching the wet leather, and their eyes did not blink or wet. 100 acres of land earn fifty thousand or sixty thousand, more than a hundred thousand. " Recalling last year's scene, Wen Mingkai still can not conceal his excitement.

Unexpectedly, in the late November of last year, the State Council used cotton reserves to control cotton prices. In only one week, the purchase price of ordinary seed cotton dropped from 6.6 yuan to 5 yuan, and finally remained at 4 yuan a catty. Since then, cotton with soft gold has been hovering at a low price.

"I'm finished. I have to pay for this year." On the morning of 25 May, Bai Long, a 26 year old white house in Feng Jia town, murmured at the gate of a cotton station in Li Jia village. This year he rented two hundred mu of land for cotton in a village in Qingyun County of Dezhou, and the purchase price of the local cotton station was only 3 yuan a Jin.

In order not to lose too much misfortune, 25 o'clock at 4 o'clock in the morning, Bai Long drove a tractor from Qingyun iron Camp Township 6 hours to return to Li Jia village, hoping to sell a high price, "went to three cotton station, the former two have untied the rope to unload, and suddenly said too tide, let go away."

"In Qingyun County, it took two hundred yuan for light to find someone to load the truck, and the tractor had to burn more than 100 yuan of oil if it ran all the way." White Dragon said, to Li Jia Village cotton station, no matter how much money to sell, no longer go back to go, an acre of land and white. In the afternoon, Bai Long traded at three pieces of Bayi Jin.

Speaking of the growing cost of cotton growing and the hardships of planting cotton, Wen Mingkai felt more deeply. An acre of real estate cotton is about 400 Jin, according to the average price this year, 4 yuan a Jin, the income is 1600 yuan.

"Calculating the cost is very troublesome. It only costs 660 yuan a mu of land, 150 yuan for compound fertilizer, 20 yuan for a pound, three pounds for an acre of land, more than 100 yuan for an insect per mu, 30 yuan for one mu of plastic film, 30 yuan for an area of plastic film, 30 Fen yuan for the middle price, 520 yuan for an acre, and the money for putting seedlings in the middle, cultivating seedlings for hiring people, pouring money for oil from the ground and the time spent by individuals is totally not counted, and it is nearly 1600 yuan." Wen Mingkai said that this year he only wanted to keep his capital, and others could not expect it.

Zhao Qinglei's idea seemed more decisive: "no breeding. Next year, nothing will be said. Land prices, agricultural resources, labor and so on will all go up. For example, the price of land 300 yuan a mu the year before last, 400 yuan last year, when the rent is more than 600 this spring, the most expensive 780 yuan per mu is doubled up, but the cotton price has fallen back to three or four years ago, but still can make money?

　　 "You can't do anything without planting cotton."

"Small and medium-sized textile enterprises mainly rely on loans to store and store cotton in large quantities. This year, loans are not available, and cotton prices are unstable.

Just when Wen Ming Kai squatted in the field and picked up moldy cotton peach with cotton pickers, a gang of loaders were playing cards in the cotton free market near the three Guan Miao village. As a link in the cotton purchasing industry chain, they also made a profit last year when cotton prices soared.

"In the morning is the Bai Jia village labor market, and the evening is the three official Temple Village cotton trading market. At one go, we must be busy until more than 10 o'clock in the evening. We five people, one day loading more than 40000 Jin, a catty of 4 cents, one person can earn three hundred or four hundred yuan per day. " Zhao Hongnan of Nan Zhao Jia village said that he would not open his three or four days this year. He could only do some other work while waiting for the cotton to wait.

The cotton station opposite the free market was also in a state of heavy traffic last year. This year, the head of the cotton station said, "people lose money and cotton factories lose money. Now the cotton is not accepted by other people except Wei Qiao group, but because of the cost reasons, Wei Qiao's price is very low. Even if there are other places to buy goods, no cash will be provided.

"Now cotton station purchase cautious, mainly the market price and the rating of large textile enterprises is unstable, for example, we cotton station according to the national standard three levels to collect, after processing to the textile enterprise, but is pressed to the four level, the cotton station must also lose money, so we not only carefully collected, but also need to follow the raise of the rating standard, in other words, it is to lower the price."

"The purchase price of state cotton reserves is 19800 yuan per ton, corresponding seed cotton is four yuan and two yuan, if the peddler comes to sell, the maximum amount is only 10 Fen gross profit, plus oil money and tolls, and net profit is very thin, but farmers have no ability to sell cotton directly to the national treasury."

According to the information of the head of the cotton station, as of October 24th, the national cotton purchase and storage plan had reached 37640 tons, of which only 29200 tons had been accumulated in Xinjiang alone, and more than 8440 tons in the mainland, and there was no deal in Shandong.

"It is not that we do not hand in, but mainly because of the strict inspection and storage of the national cotton. The initial inspection can not reach the national standard, and the procedures are cumbersome. It takes 10 days from the initial inspection to the warehousing. If we process 30 tons a day, we need to occupy about 6000000 yuan in the meantime, the cotton stations at most township level can not be moved at all." {page_break}

"In addition, monetary tightening is tight and bank lending is strictly controlled. Some small and medium-sized textile enterprises mainly rely on loans to store and store cotton in large quantities, and then process, sell semi-finished products and repay loans. This year, loans are not available, and cotton prices are unstable.

According to public information, the small and medium-sized enterprises that buy Cotton by cotton traders are mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places. This is precisely the disaster area that this year's small and medium-sized enterprises are closing down. According to the information released by the chamber of Commerce of Fujian textile and garment export base, many textile enterprises in Quanzhou are not enjoying the peak season. Some textile enterprises not only sell badly, but also the cotton prices have gone up and down. In March this year, when cotton prices were fired to 34 thousand yuan / ton, foreign cotton poured into the domestic market. In order to prevent cotton prices from going up sharply, many textile enterprises in Quanzhou were buying stocks at high prices. Then cotton prices plummeted and fell below 19 thousand yuan / ton in July and August.

"Recent enterprises dare not take orders, because the current order can not digest the high priced cotton purchased in the early stage." The director of the chamber of Commerce said, "how to digest the high priced cotton purchased in March and April around 30 thousand yuan / ton has become the key to the order and the high price of 30 thousand yuan / ton for the current and future textile enterprises, plus high labor costs, water and electricity charges, machine materials and rising exchange rates.

Zhu Qinghua, a light industry researcher at CIC Industry Research Center, believes that the trend of cotton prices will be difficult to reverse in the future. The total output of cotton will reach 7 million 380 thousand tons this year. Compared with the previous year, the total output of cotton will increase by 10.9%, and the supply of cotton will be sufficient. In accordance with the state's provisional storage price of 19800 yuan per ton, the price will be about 8.54 yuan per kilogram, but there will be no profit for cotton farmers. The demand for the downstream garment industry will not be enough. In 2011, the large stock phenomenon of sports goods brands will inevitably lead to a reduction in the quantity of raw materials purchased, which will affect the market demand of cotton, and the situation of oversupply will continue to decrease.

A large number of cotton were not sold at home this year, and even before they were finished, Wen Mingkai received another call to ask whether he wanted to make a telephone call for the next year's ten thousand mu square cotton field salinized land. "Let's wait and see. All the tens of thousands of dollars we put in this year will be confiscated." Wen Mingkai looked very tired, but he thought he would have to plant it next year. "After graduating from junior high school, he began to grow cotton. More than 20 years later, he could not grow cotton and he could not do anything else."

At this time of year, the cotton production area of North Shandong had already passed the picking season, but this year, near the end of October, at least half of the cotton fields in Wudi County, where the professional cotton farmers gathered, were not picked.

In Bai Jingyao's memory, the pickup workers are all eighteen and nine years old, and the market is full of colorful clothes. "Now they are old men, old ladies and middle-aged women. Who else is willing to do this job?

If we do not plant, we will not plant anything next year, and land prices, agricultural resources and manpower will all go up. For example, the price of land 300 yuan a mu the previous year, 400 yuan last year, this year when the rent is more than 600 yuan, the most expensive 780 yuan per mu, doubled up, but cotton prices fell back to three or four years ago, but still earn?