Cotton Farmers: The Purchase Price Has Dropped, Planting Area Has Been Reduced.

"This year's cotton The price is indeed very low, which is a little different from the psychological expectation price. " In October 13th, Wang Jianjun, the head of Nong Xi Cotton Professional Cooperative in Qinhuangdao Township, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, sighed. Now the purchasing price of seed traders has dropped to 3.1 yuan / Jin.

In Wang Jianjun's memory, cotton prices have not been so low for many years. "In 2007 and 2008, it began to rise, reaching about 7 yuan a kilogram in 2009 and 2010, which has dropped back in the past two years, but generally it is more than 4 yuan." He told reporters: "in fact, 4 yuan is our psychological price."

　　 Jian Jun Wang Lists Cotton planting The cost is: "if we grow cotton in our own land, we should calculate the cost of agricultural materials, manpower and so on. The cost will be about 1200 yuan per mu." In the first two years, because of flooding, the average yield per mu is about 400 Jin. This year the weather is good, and the yield per mu can reach about 550 Jin.

"Cotton farmers of their own homes, three yuan a price, are generally reluctant to buy." Wang Jianjun said, but for the tenant farmers, "calculate the rent money, there is only one word" compensate ", but it can only be recognized.

Because of the downward trend of cotton prices in recent two years, farmers' enthusiasm for planting has been reduced. "My co-operative now has more than 50000 acres, but next year there will be about 30 million acres left." He said. As an important cotton producing area in Shandong, the cotton planting area in Heze has been around 1 million 200 thousand mu this year. Compared with last year's 1 million 800 thousand mu, the area of cotton planting was reduced by 1/3.

Not only in Shandong, but also in other cotton producing areas. A data reporter found that in 2010~2012, cotton planting area in Gansu province was around 700 thousand mu. In 2013, the cotton planting area in the province was 611 thousand mu, a decrease of 112 thousand mu compared with that of the previous year, and a decrease of 15.5%. The output of 71 thousand tons was reduced by 10 thousand tons compared with that of the previous year, and decreased by 12.3%.

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Reporters also found that the rise in cotton prices in the past few years forced some textile enterprises to explore new materials to reduce the content of pure cotton in their products.

Underwear shop in Liqun commercial building, underwear made of modal and bamboo charcoal fiber accounts for half of the country. "Cotton prices have gone up in the past few years and can only be replaced by modal cotton." The salesperson of Ttiumph counters told reporters that the 50% products launched by the company now contain modal.

In the long run, the production of new materials, not restricted by single raw materials, is a good outlet for the development of enterprises. "We are also using some materials such as soybean fiber to ease the pressure on cotton prices." However, the decline of cotton prices is not enough for textile enterprises to keep up with the increase of labor costs. Therefore, the decline in clothing prices is also very difficult.

When the cotton price goes down, will the clothes purchased by the citizens be cheaper? The relevant staff of the island Garment Association told reporters that the impact of the fall in cotton prices on the terminal market will become apparent next year, because the cotton used by the garment enterprises this year was purchased last year.