Cotton Farmers Abandon Cotton To Highlight Cotton Production Urgent Need To Upgrade

< p > this summer, especially from the end of July to the first half of August, there was continuous rain in varying degrees in most cotton producing areas of the country, and the number of cotton peaches decreased sharply and cotton production decreased seriously.

Reporters in Shandong province's main production "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_s.asp "> cotton area < /a > Dongying City interview that many cotton farmers do not plan to grow cotton next year.

In this regard, agricultural experts believe that China's cotton production mode has not adapted to market competition, and cotton production needs to be upgraded as soon as possible.

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< p > < strong > this year there is a lot of loss of cotton seed < /strong > < /p >

< p > "I planted 36 mu of cotton this year. The annual production capacity has reached more than 400 Jin, and this year it is still less than 200 Jin. It is estimated that a total of seven thousand or eight thousand catties will be reduced."

In October 13th, Wei Xiangming, a village in the Yellow River Town, Kenli County, Dongying, told reporters.

It is understood that Xingwu village almost every household planted cotton, this year, such as the old Wei family such a reduction of about half of the farmers accounted for the majority of the village, the severely damaged plots even near the end of production.

Villagers Wang Xiu's three acres of land due to low-lying land, serious disaster, this year mu yield is only twenty or thirty kg, and last year reached more than 400 Jin per mu.

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< p > for cotton growers, the only good news is that since the middle of 8, the cotton quality has been improved due to the continuous fine weather and sufficient light.

Miao Xingwu, director of Dongying Agricultural Bureau cotton station, told reporters: "this year, seed cotton is white, long velvet and mature. The quality of seed cotton is mainly white cotton grade 2 and grade 3, and there are very few small quantity of dirty cotton grade 2."

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< p > cotton yield reduction and quality improvement, followed by the rise in cotton prices this autumn.

Reporters interviewed learned that, at present, seed cotton purchase price in each catty 4.2 yuan - 4.4 yuan, compared with last year rose 0.5 yuan - 0.6 yuan.

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< p > how much cotton production is going up and how much cotton farmers earn? Wei Xiangming gave the reporter an account of the amount of agricultural inputs from seed to harvest, seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural film and so on. About 300 yuan, the cost of hiring various workers before the harvest was about 180 yuan, the contracted land was 480 yuan / mu, and the cotton production cost was 0.9 yuan / Jin.

In this way, the input of planting an acre of cotton is not estimated to be 960 yuan. According to the average yield of 200 Jin this year, the price is 4.4 yuan / Jin, the gross income of Mu is 880 yuan. If we hire cotton pickers and remove 180 yuan, the cotton growers will lose 80 yuan to 260 yuan per mu, regardless of cotton farmers' labor.

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< p > < strong > cotton price rise is limited to seed cotton purchase < /strong > < /p >

< p > cotton production and price increase was first affected by the lint processing enterprises in the upper reaches of the cotton processing industry chain.

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< p > up to October 10th, Kenli Tianyuan cotton Co. Ltd. bought nearly half its seed cotton this year compared with the same period last year.

The company's acquisition minister Li Jinliang told reporters that lint processing enterprises were affected by the rising price of seed cotton this year, the profit space was seriously compressed and the operating pressure increased.

Although the purchase price of seed cotton has increased considerably over the past year, the seed cotton is basically used for storage and storage after processing into lint, and there is a clear price for storage and storage. This year is 20400 yuan / ton as compared with last year.

In addition, from September 1st this year, China began to implement the new cotton standard of GB1103-2012 cotton fine staple cotton, and tighter the quality requirements for cotton storage and storage.

This year, though cotton has high lint and good quality, rainy weather has led to shorter cotton fiber this year, which is not conducive to storage.

All this has increased the pressure of storage and processing of lint processing enterprises.

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< p > cotton price trend, Miao Xingwu believes that China's cotton has a clear storage price, and storage is the only way for most lint processing enterprises. The standard line of 20400 yuan / ton includes cotton planting costs, cotton farmers' income and cotton processing enterprises' profits. If the market purchase price is too high, but the quality can not reach the ideal level, the lint processing enterprises are bound to lose money.

In addition, China has implemented the cotton purchase and storage policy for several years, and now the national cotton inventory is adequate. Although the new cotton has been cut down, it will not have a big impact on the supply and demand of cotton in China. On the whole, the supply of cotton in China is still stable, and there will be no phenomenon of cotton picking by cotton enterprises, and the impact will not be great for cotton enterprises.

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< p > Miao Xingwu believes that at present, domestic a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > textile < /a > the demand for cotton is not strong, and many enterprises are not willing to use domestic cotton.

After the tariff is added, the price of imported cotton is similar to that of domestic cotton, but the quality of foreign cotton is generally higher than that of domestic.

Therefore, despite the impact of the reduction in production, cotton prices have improved, but the rate of increase is not large, and is limited to the seed cotton market purchase price.

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< p > < strong > cotton price hurts farmers, cotton farmers vote with feet > /strong > /p >

< p > in recent years, Dongying cotton has suffered many times, and the price is much lower and higher.

Cotton prices will fall and cotton farmers' incomes will be greatly affected. Cotton prices will increase but cotton farmers' incomes will not increase.

The phenomenon of "cotton prices hurt farmers" has repeatedly appeared, but some cotton farmers have chosen to vote with their feet instead of cotton.

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< p > reporter learned from Dongying agricultural bureau that in recent years, because of the low cotton prices, the cost of planting has increased, the benefit of cotton planting has declined, and the enthusiasm of farmers to plant cotton has declined.

This year, the cotton planting area of Dongying is 2 million 48 thousand and 400 mu, which is 540 thousand and 100 mu less than that of last year's 2 million 588 thousand and 400 mu. It is expected that the cotton planting area will be reduced next year.

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< p > cotton farmers are unwilling to grow cotton again. There is another reason.

Planting cotton is a production activity with more labor force, and the current rural labor force is mainly middle-aged and elderly, and it is difficult to adapt to the cotton cultivation operations. Even if cotton planting is good year, the profit per mu is less than 1000 yuan.

The cotton farmers also changed their crops to other crops, but they sprouted the idea of moving the land out.

Wei Xiangming told reporters: "some time ago, I heard that there were enterprises to pfer land in the village, to grow high-efficiency vegetable greenhouses, to cultivate seedlings, and so on. Many villagers expressed the need to pfer the land.

After the pfer of land, the cost of the pfer can be several thousand yuan a year, and it can work nearby, and less than 20 thousand yuan a year, and it will not be as hard as planting cotton.

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< p > Miao Xingwu thinks that from a broader perspective, China's cotton production costs are high, its mechanization level is low, and its sales channels are sluggish.

China's imports of cotton from the United States, Australia and other countries are centralized production, especially the high degree of mechanization, so the cost is relatively low.

From this point of view, relying on traditional production mode to promote the development of cotton production has been difficult to continue. We must raise the level of scientific and technological cotton production, reduce production costs, improve the degree of mechanization of cotton production and reduce labor input.

Only in this way can the competitiveness of domestic a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > cotton < /a > be promoted, and then we can jump out of the vicious circle of "cotton price hurts farmers".

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