Anhui'S Overall Cotton Production Is Reduced. Anqing Susong Cotton Is In Full Bloom.

In October 30th, Hefei's supply and marketing department released survey data. Hefei is an important cotton producing area in Anhui province. This year, the cotton planting area has been reduced to 400 thousand mu from 550 thousand mu in 2011.

Due to the influence of weather, Hefei's overall cotton production has also declined sharply.

Hefei supply and marketing cooperatives staff told reporters that since July of this year, the two cotton areas of Chaohu and Lujiang in Hefei area were hit by typhoons, while the rainfall in Feidong, Feixi and Changfeng cotton areas was significantly reduced.

Affected by this, cotton production in Hefei is expected to decrease by 10%~15% over the normal year.

Reporters learned that the reduction of cotton production is a national phenomenon, the national development and Reform Commission expects that this year's cotton output will be reduced by more than 4%.

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According to the staff, from the global perspective, due to the oversupply of global cotton in 2012, cotton is also not showing signs of recovery this year in the context of the European debt crisis.

In the Hefei area, 9 large cotton and ramie companies began to buy cotton before September 10th, and the purchase price was between 4.2 yuan / Jin ~4.3/ Jin Yuan. Compared with last year, the price fluctuated little.

Anqing Susong county is the largest cotton producing county in the country. At present, 370 thousand mu of cotton in the county have entered the peak picking season, and the total output is expected to reach 31 thousand tons.

Since the beginning of this year, Susong county has actively taken measures to adjust the planting structure in a timely manner, improve the efficiency of cotton planting, and increase production and income for cotton farmers.

First, the establishment of a scientific and technological demonstration zone, the implementation of the "company + base + farmers" business model, the implementation of large-scale production and operation, improve the level of cotton industrialization; the two is to actively guide cotton farmers to cultivate good varieties such as disease resistance, organize agro technical personnel to enter villages and enter the household to carry out scientific and technological knowledge training for cotton farmers, strengthen the links with cotton research institutes around the world, introduce new varieties, establish cotton field management files, popularize soil testing and formula fertilization technology, raise the level of scientific research of cotton growers; three, implement cotton subsidies in place, and invest 5 million 550 thousand yuan in subsidy funds.

Enthusiasm for planting cotton.