The Dilemma Of Cotton Growers In China: Seed Or Seed?

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< p > at present, Hunan province < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > cotton < /a > is at seedling stage.

The information conveyed from the parties shows that cotton farmers' willingness to grow this year is relatively low.

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< p > from January to March this year, the Agricultural Department of Hunan Provincial Department of agriculture investigated the planting intentions of 15 main cotton producing counties and districts.

According to the survey results, farmers intend to grow cotton area decreased by 315 thousand mu, accounting for 9.8% of the total cotton planting area.

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< p > according to the investigation of Changde Agriculture Bureau, the cotton planting area of Changde cotton planting area is estimated to be about 1 million 450 thousand mu this year, which is about 10% less than that of last year.

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< p > led to the sharp decline of farmers' willingness to grow cotton in Hunan in many ways this year.

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< p > first because of drought reduction and reduction in last year's drought.

The severe drought from July to August last year and many typhoons from September to October led to a simultaneous decline in cotton yield, variety and income.

Next is the influence of the state's adjustment of cotton policy.

This year, the state has made a major adjustment to the cotton control policy, canceling the temporary purchase and storage of cotton, and launching the pilot project of cotton target price subsidies in Xinjiang.

Farmers worry that cotton will not be bought this year and the price will be lower.

Under the double impact of last year's a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > cotton yield reduction < /a > reduction and cotton new deal this year, local governments are also paying close attention to adjusting the structure and expanding grain for ensuring the completion of grain production tasks.

Against this background, farmers' enthusiasm for cotton planting has been seriously frustrated.

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< p > although it is a foregone conclusion to reduce cotton planting area in the main cotton producing area of Hunan, it is very difficult for farmers to adjust their planting structure.

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< p > reasons 1: Cotton Planting in Dongting Lake area has a long history. Farmers have lived for generations to grow cotton and temporarily replant other crops. They have neither experience nor technology. Farmers are worried that they will not sell well.

Bu Maoping, chief executive officer of Anxiang County Economic Research Station, said that in the first two years, 2000 acres of cotton fields were leased, and corn and soybeans were replanted. Rainy weather in the harvest season resulted in mildewing of corn, which resulted in no acquisition and no blood.

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< p > two reasons: in the past 10 years, the main cotton producing area in Hunan has been supported by the national high quality cotton base construction project, and a high quality cotton production base with basic farmland facilities has been built.

Moreover, Hunan cotton planting conditions are good, layout is highly concentrated, cotton planting level is high, multiple cropping index is high.

Cotton has become the main source of income for farmers in cotton base, and seed cotton is still the first choice for farmers.

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< p > three reasons: the existing 3 million acres of cotton in Dongting Lake are mostly concentrated in dry land and wasteland. These dry lands have become the bases for high-yield and stable cotton production. In a short time, there is no money to pform into paddy fields, and farmers are unwilling to change them to waste money, material resources and manpower.

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< p > cotton is still not planted. Dongting Lake a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > cotton growers < /a > is facing a dilemma.

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