Some Thoughts On Cotton Production And Quality In Hebei

Since July, most areas in China have been suffering from continuous rain and flood.

After more than a year of overcast, God poured cold water on the production.

In order to understand the disaster situation this year, in from September 4th to 6th, the three Deputy Secretary General of the Sino Cotton Association Yang Zhaoliang, accompanied by Yang Shanxing, executive vice chairman of the provincial Cotton Association and Secretary General Tian Jianbin (deputy chief of Cotton Corp), carried out field investigations in the main cotton producing areas of Handan, Xingtai, Hengshui and Cangzhou, involving 10 counties, including Jizhou, Nangong, Weixian County, Linxi, Qiuxian, Guangzong, Guangzong, Hejian, Dongguang and Guangzong.

The planting area of 10 counties is 2 million 110 thousand mu, accounting for 25% of the total area of the province.

First,

This year, Hebei's cotton planting area is 8 million 400 thousand mu, which is about 12% less than that of last year's 9 million 400 thousand mu.

Before the middle of July, cotton growth and development were very gratifying, but the continuous rain after the second half of the year made cotton change its face and cotton growers frown.

This year has been a disaster for 4 consecutive years, especially after more than 10 years of heavy rain and flooding.

According to the data provided by the Provincial Meteorological Bureau, the average rainfall in Hebei this year is about 30% more than in previous years.

The Hebei cotton region is mainly concentrated in the black dragon harbor basin, which is at the junction with Shandong, accounting for about 80% of the total area.

The 10 counties in the research group have 6 counties in the black dragon harbor basin, and the waterlogging is basically covered by more than 90%.

In Jizhou, Nangong, Weixian County and other cotton planting counties, some of the leaves of the cotton fields have already withered, and the 5-6 peaches of peach have basically fallen off. The remaining four or five peach, four or five autumn peach and the cotton have been opened to medium spurt.

In Guangzong and Qiuxian, cotton can be seen as withered or yellow, or because cotton fields can not get water, and cotton has grown to a height.

The research group held a forum of cotton farmers at the Weixian County processing plant of the provincial Cotton Corp, and cotton growers generally reflected that this year cotton production reached 400 kg of seed cotton and 450 kg of good plots were few.

Zhang Feng Lou, a cotton grower, grows 18 mu of cotton every year. He said that all of the water had gone through this year, and he could not land for half a month. At most, he collected 350 Jin.

The same is true in Cangzhou.

Xianxian County and Hejian are large cotton planting counties, with 215 thousand mu in Xianxian County and 310 thousand mu in the river.

In a 1000 mu farm in Xianxian County, the director of the county supply and Marketing Association said that the output of 500 Jin in the past year has been waterlogged this year, that is, 400 Jin Jin.

In the cotton seed field of Hsin Cotton Research Association in Hejian, its management level and growth rate are the most important in Hebei, but because of flood and waterlogging, the output is not as good as last year.

In Dongguang County's 100 thousand mu high yield demonstration field, the national labor model, provincial people's Congress and Li Guilan, Secretary of the village Party branch of Dun Tun Village, pointed to 3200 acres of cotton fields. This year it is a pity that at least one mu is 350 Jin, and there are hundreds of acres of crops.

At the symposium held in Dongguang County, Qin, director of supply and marketing society, introduced that 310 thousand mu of cotton in the county had been flooded for a long time, almost all of them were affected. Preliminary statistics showed that there were 80 thousand acres of crops.

According to the statistics of the cotton association of Hebei Province, the area of 8 million 400 thousand acres of cotton has been affected by 90% this year, with a total area of 15 million 200 thousand mu.

This autumn, the average peach is five or six, the peach is four or five, and the peach is almost gone. If God helps more than 20 days of good weather, the yield can reach 400 kg of seed cotton, and the output is predicted to be around 550 thousand tons. If the weather is bad, the output will also decrease.

Two. Cotton quality

Quality has been one of the top in the country. In recent years, for various reasons, quality has been hard to say.

Last year, 460 thousand tons of cotton were picked up by the public, with an average grade of only 4.28.

This year's quality problem is even more prominent.

The survey found that cotton farmers had picked up half of the cotton and stiff cotton.

Cotton growers in Hebei have a habit of storing good cotton and stiff petals when they store cotton. When they collect flowers at home, they rely on cotton for bulk collection.

Some brokers also do some tricks to hand over to the processing plant, so that the processing plant has to hire someone to pick and choose before processing, so as to ensure the quality of cotton.

This year, the quality of cotton has been affected due to earlier waterlogging.

From the survey and discussion with cotton farmers, this year, 4 or more cotton can be accounted for 40%, and the proportion of 5 flower accounts for about 40%.

Three, several thoughts and suggestions

At present, the cotton market is facing the global economic recession.

There are many unfavorable factors such as the shrinking export of products. The domestic and foreign cotton producers are facing unprecedented pressure. The state has started the purchasing and storage policy in a timely manner. It is undoubtedly the protection of domestic cotton production and has played an important role in stabilizing cotton production.

In the survey, cotton growers generally welcomed the policy of collecting and storing the state, and also indicated that the state should increase support for cotton production and stabilize the income of cotton farmers.

1, raise the price of cotton purchase and storage, maintain the comparative advantage of cotton, and curb the continuous reduction of cotton area.

Hebei's cotton has been kept at 800 to 10 million mu for 10 years. But due to successive disasters and market instability, with the increase of labor and labor force and the increase in the pfer of rural labor force, cotton growers' confidence in cotton planting has been decreasing.

Grain prices have maintained a sustained increase this year. Wheat and corn are above 1 yuan per catty.

1200 mu of corn per mu is very common.

With the development and utilization of corncob, it has also reached 8 cents per catty. The gross income of only one mu of corn is nearly 2000 yuan.

Going out for a technical worker has a monthly income of 3000 yuan, and the laborer is more than 2000 yuan.

The cost of cotton planting generally broke through 1000 yuan / mu, and the rental land is generally 300 yuan / mu, picking up a catty of 8 yuan to one piece, and cutting the stiff petal to 5 pounds a kilogram. Cotton planting is time-consuming, laborious and laborious, and the income is low.

2, actively promote scientific and technological demonstration fields and high-yield demonstration fields.

In the serious situation of grain and cotton competition, increasing cotton yield per unit area is a feasible way to ensure cotton output and increase cotton farmers' income.

The experience of large-scale planting of Guoxin Cotton Research Association and Dongguang County 100 thousand mu high yield demonstration field is worth promoting.

With the acceleration of urbanization and changes in the structure of rural labor force, a new wave of land circulation will soon emerge.

We should seize the opportunity to vigorously promote the large-scale planting of cotton, stabilize the area, reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve quality.

Governments at all levels should do something in this respect.

3, put the five grade cotton into the storage area to protect the interests of cotton farmers.

In recent years, the proportion of grade five cotton has been increasing due to weather reasons.

The purchase and storage of grade five cotton is not only conducive to increasing the income of cotton farmers, but also of great significance for quality control.

In addition to production factors, the key to cotton quality lies in processing and circulation. In the past, there were no effective four points and five trials.

Although the fiber inspection department is doing its best to strictly control the quality, because of the large-scale expansion of the cotton broker, the mixed grade has become a latent rule, and the poor consistency has become a common disease of the quality of cotton.

It is estimated that the proportion of grade 5 cotton in Hebei will probably be 40% or 220 thousand tons this year.

If this part of cotton can be stored and stored, it can not only increase the income of cotton farmers, but also achieve gradation and grading in processing links, which is beneficial to facilitate the textile enterprises to cotton or spin low yarn.

Regarding the pricing of grade five cotton, it is suggested that the absolute price be determined directly by the state without the use of the grade difference pricing method.

The principle of pricing is to refer to the market price while taking into account the interests of cotton farmers and the affordability of textile mills.

4, we should give full play to the role of the local cotton association.

The provincial Cotton Association has an irreplaceable role in organizing cotton farmers, communication enterprises, information feedback, survey statistics, early warning and forecasting.

It is suggested that China Cotton Association, through the national cotton warning system, give full play to the role of the provincial Cotton Association, and the special documents issued by the national supply and Marketing Association and the relevant departments of the central government should be included in the early warning system.