Some Cotton Farmers In Lijin Reduced Production And Reduced Their Income.

Recently, reporters in Dongying City

Lijin County, one of the main producing areas, has learned that due to excessive rainfall this summer, especially typhoon crossing, a lot of cotton fields have been cut down and cotton quality is not high. At present, the purchase price of cotton is only about 3.5 yuan per kilograms.

Compared with previous years, the production cost of cotton growers has increased. Cotton farmers are facing a reduction in production and reduction. Some cotton farmers can not even make money.

The reporter saw in the cotton field of Xiao Miao village in Chen Zhuang Town, Lijin County. Because of the waterlogging disaster, the local cotton growth is not very good. In the past, snowy cotton fields are hard to find this scene this year.

Yang Yueli, a cotton farmer from Xiao Miao village, told reporters that he contracted more than 10 acres of cotton fields this year. The output of cotton this year is more than 100 kilograms less than that of last year. "Last year, the output of seed cotton was 400 catty. Only about 280 pounds were produced this year. In the past, a cotton plant was all white cotton up and down. This year only white cotton was seen on the top of the plant. The cotton bolls on the lower part of the plant were already rotten.

In the past 3.5 pounds of seed cotton can produce 1 kg of lint, and this year we estimate that 3.7 catties of seed cotton can produce a catty of lint.

According to its introduction, heavy rainfall and typhoons in summer are a devastating blow to cotton this year.

The reporter inquired about four or five cotton farmers nearby. They all said that this year's cotton production was not only reduced, but also the quality was not high.

A cotton pickup worker introduced, "this year's cotton production is low, the quality is bad, the work difficulty of cotton picker is also increased. Last year, it can receive 150 pounds, and this year it will be 120 Jin."

Yang Yueli told reporters that because the quality of cotton is not high this year, the price of cotton at the head of the field is only about 3.8 yuan / kg, and the quality of cotton is uneven.

The purchase price is about 3.5 yuan / Jin.

The purchase price per catty is about 3 cents lower than that of the same period last year, which is about 2.6 yuan lower than that of the cotton price in 2010.

The price is reduced, the output is low, and the cost of cotton growers has increased.

Take cotton picker as an example, the price of workers has risen from 0.9 yuan / Jin last year to 1 yuan / Jin now.

This year's cotton production in the region is reduced and reduced. Yang Yueli gave the reporter an account. "Now, about 280 Jin of seed cotton per mu, 3.5 yuan per catty, and the revenue per mu is about 1000 yuan.

The employment cost of picking up cotton pickers is nearly 300 yuan, the land contract fee is 350 yuan, and the cost of farming, seed, fertilizer and so on is about 600 yuan.

Now the cotton is all collected and sold, and one mu of land has to be lost two hundred or three hundred. "

Yang Yueli roughly estimated that according to the current cotton purchase price, he would lose more than 3000 yuan in the more than 10 acres of cotton field.

"Our village has estimated more than 2000 acres of cotton fields this year. There are many contracted cotton growers who have contracted 100 acres of cotton fields to calculate the cotton price at the current price of about thirty thousand or forty thousand yuan."

Reporters learned from other cotton producing areas in Dongying that because of the low cotton prices this year, many two level purchasers picked up cotton prices after receiving cotton.

It is understood that this year's national cotton purchase protection price is 20400 yuan per ton of lint, converted to the corresponding seed cotton purchase price reference is about 4.2-4.35 yuan / kg.

The current market price of cotton has been lower than that of the state.

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