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Reporters recently interviewed in Yuncheng, the main cotton producing area of Shanxi Province, found that the purchase price of local cotton has gone down all the way, and the purchase price of seed cotton has dropped from 2.6 yuan per kilogram in September to the current 1.7 yuan / Jin.

Due to the reduced demand for cotton in textile mills, local cotton purchasing and processing enterprises have largely stopped collecting, and some cotton growers have difficulty in selling cotton.

The reporter has learned that cotton farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton has been frustrated due to reduced cotton planting efficiency, and many cotton growers have changed their crops and other cash crops. It is estimated that the cotton planting area will be greatly reduced next year.

Yuncheng cotton is the main cotton producing area in Shanxi, with an area of about 1300000 mu, and cotton picking is coming to an end.

According to Li Yuanshou, director of Yuncheng agricultural extension station, this year's cotton purchase price is not stable. In September, the seed cotton price was 2.6/ Jin when it started to scale. At present, it is showing a rapid decline. It is expected that the market will not be optimistic in the late market, and the price rebound will be small.

Recently, reporters interviewed in Saline Lake District of the city saw that seed cotton purchase prices were dropping almost every day.

According to cotton farmers, the purchase price of seed cotton can drop by 0.2 yuan a day, which is quite different from that of cotton farmers.

A cotton grower said, "someone checked the Internet before collecting cotton, and others watched TV. They said that the price of cotton is good this year, reaching 2.8 yuan / Jin."

Chen Sheng, a villager in the village of dragon village, Saline Lake District, has grown 7 mu of cotton. He sold seed cotton at the price of 1.8 yuan / Jin in early November.

He told reporters: "this year just started to cotton, two times is 2.6 yuan / Jin, then suddenly fell to 2.3 yuan / Jin, then a price a day."

Now the price can not be accepted, but the farmers are eager to use the money and how much they have to sell.

The cotton collector said, "if you do not sell it today, it will become 1.5 yuan tomorrow."

With cotton prices falling, cotton purchase in Yuncheng has basically stagnated.

According to statistics, at present, cotton in Yuncheng has been sold for only about 40%, and at least 60% of the cotton sold in the city has been sold at this time in previous years.

Li Yuan concluded that the demand for new cotton was not strong due to the reduction of China's textile exports. The overall supply exceeded demand, and the recent pactions were not so active that the processing plants and cotton growers were watching.

Zhang Xuewu of Gao Hua village of Kai Zhang Township in Yongji has planted 300 mu of cotton, and there are still 30 thousand catties of seed cotton sold in the family.

When reporters saw him, he was in contact with cotton processing plant to sell cotton.

He told reporters: "cotton sold in previous years, cotton continues to come, this year people do not accept.

A few days ago, the price was too low to sell, and I wanted to wait for a good price. I never expected that the more equivalent it would be, the lower it would be.

Li Junfeng, a cotton grower in the hope village of Jinjing Township, Saline Lake District, said that there were 60 cotton processing plants in the village in the past year, and only 5 of them were still collecting cotton this year.

The reporter saw a takeover of a cotton processing plant in Yongji in the village of twenty Li Dian. They told reporters that this year's downstream textile processing industry was not good enough to bring about a slow sale of lint.

Many factors have led to a decline in the efficiency of cotton planting. In the interview, many grassroots agricultural cadres and cotton farmers have reflected that the cost of cotton planting has risen sharply this year, while cotton purchasing prices have gone up and down, cotton production has also been low, and cotton planting benefits have been too low.

Li Yuanshou said that there were four reasons for the obvious decrease in cotton production this year than last year. First, cotton production was low, and the drought in July and August had a great impact on cotton production. Last year, an average yield of 450 kg of seed cotton per mu was only 420 Jin this year.

Two is the seed cotton purchase price reduction, this year opened the scale price is relatively low, is 2.6 yuan / Jin, and the price has been going downwards.

Three is to increase investment, fertilizer, pesticides, agricultural machinery farming costs are rising.

According to statistics, this year's investment in Mu is 450 yuan, an increase of 100 yuan over last year.

Four is the pest problem.

Yuncheng is an old cotton area. There are more replanted and old flowers. Yellow wilt disease has been aggravated in recent years, resulting in serious seedling death in large area, which has become a prominent problem restricting the development of cotton industry. On the other hand, aphid damage is aggravated, which has a great impact on cotton yield and quality.

During the interview, cotton farmers generally reflected that this year cotton farmers only had more than 10 times of drug control against aphids, most of which were nearly 20 times, and aphids had risen to the main pests of cotton production.

Liu Guojiang, a cotton grower in the village of twenty Li village, planted 6 mu of cotton, and this year produces 400 catties of seed cotton.

He said: "this year's drought reduction, the price rise is very strong, that is, cotton purchase price does not rise, wheat and corn are subsidized, cotton does not make up."

He gave the reporter an account: one mu of land needs about 100 yuan, about 50 yuan of film, 100 yuan of fertilizer, 35 yuan for land, 80 yuan for pesticides, and 100 yuan for watering. The cost of acre land will be four hundred or five hundred yuan, and the net income is only 300 yuan.

Zhang Xuewu, a big cotton farmer, contracted 300 mu of cotton planting in the Saline Lake area. The contracted cost of the land was 405 yuan per mu. He said that with the addition of pesticides, fertilizers and labor costs, the total investment would be more than 1000 yuan.

"At the beginning of the year, we borrowed about 200000 yuan and waited for the cotton to sell the money. Now we can not only lose money, but also lose money."

Zhang Xuewu said: "people grow grain just like gambling, invest 200 thousand yuan, do not know how much the next year can recover, how much is given to people.

If the state has the lowest protective price, dare to grow and not dare to plant, how much it can grow, we will have a number in mind.

Cotton farmers' lack of confidence in planting cotton needs urgent policy support. Because of the decline in cotton production and the increase in the cost of production materials, the purchase price of cotton has dropped, and many cotton growers have lost confidence in cotton planting.

Local grass-roots cadres and cotton farmers hope that the government can introduce cotton minimum purchase price and other supporting policies to enhance their confidence in cotton planting.

Li Yuanshou said that after the investigation by the Yuncheng Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the cotton area will be reduced next year. Many cotton growers in the main cotton producing areas such as Yongji, Linyi and Saline Lake district will replant the cotton fields into wheat. It is estimated that the cotton planting area in Yuncheng will be reduced by 15% next year.

The reporter saw in the village of twenty Li village that the cotton fields with boundless expanse were already planted on wheat this year.

The villager Duan Chenyi has 6 mu of cotton at home and has replanted wheat this year. She said: "the income of less than 1000 yuan per mu of cotton wool is better than going out to work."

Now the price of wheat and corn is rising, and the state has subsidies. The benefits of two crops a year are higher than those of cotton planting.

Li Yuanshou said that the main cotton growing provinces in the whole country have subsidized cotton varieties. Although Shanxi is not the key cotton Province, Yuncheng is the main producing area in the country. The area and output of cotton planting in Yongji and Linyi counties are among the highest in the country.

He suggested that the state should break the administrative division restrictions and implement a subsidy policy for improved varieties of cotton planting areas, so as to enhance the market competitiveness of the main cotton producing areas.

In the interview, cotton farmers and grassroots agricultural cadres hope that under the current low cotton prices, the state can introduce the lowest cotton protection price, increase the intensity of cotton reserves, and protect farmers' enthusiasm for cotton planting.

Cotton growers generally reflect that if the current seed cotton purchase price can rise to more than 2.6 yuan, the benefit of cotton planting can reach the normal level.

In view of some cotton growers who have strong cotton pest resistance ability, grass roots agricultural machinery workers propose to increase funding for scientific research and technology extension.

It is reported that insufficient funds are a major bottleneck restricting the current cotton production. We should intensify our efforts to ensure funding and solve the technical problems in production.

Editor in charge: Yang Jing