Shandong: Cotton Growers Will Be Cut Down. Cotton Industry Is Worrying.

As of December 12th, most of Shandong Province

The acquisition is coming to an end.

The head of a ginning plant in Xiajin County, Dezhou, said that 4-5 local businesses were buying cotton seeds intermittently, and the mainstream purchase price was 2.70-3.00 yuan / jin (lint 39%-40%, moisture 10%), and the individual quality was particularly good at 3.10 yuan / Jin.

"One day can take 1000-2000 pounds of appearance, that is, there is not a single thing to do."

The person in charge was very helpless. Their factory was very scarce because of seed cotton. Only one person in charge and one quality inspector were left in the factory, and all the other personnel had been on holiday.

In Heze, Binzhou, Dongying and other places, it is also difficult to see the large-scale acquisition of ginning plants. The enterprise feedback two problems: first, the quantity of seed cotton listing in Shandong this year is significantly reduced, the reduction is 40-50%, and the enterprise "no rice pot"; the two is that most enterprises are in a loss situation, and the earlier the enterprises purchase, the more losses they will have.

On the 11-12 day, the 21 class small package cotton in Heze was quoted at 12700 yuan / ton (gross weight and ticket). The 21 class bales of cotton were quoted at 13000 yuan / ton, 31 class bales of cotton were quoted at 12800 yuan / ton, the price was flat with that of the 10 day, but because of the close cost, the enterprises were not profitable and the sales were slow.

Entering mid December, Shandong is more than 70%.

The sale was completed, but most of them were miserable this year.

A cotton grower in Dongying introduced cotton planting to 110 mu, and the average seed yield per unit area was 405 Jin / mu, which decreased by 27 Jin / mu compared with 2013, and the proportion of white cotton decreased by 20%, while that of stiff cotton and frost yellow increased by about 15%.

Their cotton has been sold up to now, and the average selling price is 2.93 yuan / Jin.

The yield of cotton seed is 2.93*405=1186 yuan / mu.

"The cost of agricultural materials and package land is almost the same as that of last year, and the total cost will add up to about 1200 yuan per mu."

The cotton grower said he lost 1200-1186=14 yuan / mu this year.

Most of the cotton farmers in the field are in a slight deficit or a small profit, which is in sharp contrast to the net income of 1000 yuan / mu of corn and other grain crops, while the net income of some responsible cotton growers is only 500-600 yuan / mu, which can not be compared with other crops.

Talking about the reasons for the large reduction in cotton farmers' income this year, most cotton farmers believe that cotton production has been on the decline for a long time, and that it has been reduced in 2014 because of the weather. Two, the price has dropped sharply.

Compared with the same period last year, the difference in seed cotton purchase price is as high as 1.50-1.60 yuan / kg, and cotton growers' profit is basically squeezed out.

Xiajin, Shandong, is a famous cotton growing base in China. It has the reputation of "silver Xiajin". In previous years, the county's cotton area was 55-60 mu, the area in 2013 was 400 thousand mu, but in 2014 it was less than 250 thousand mu.

In recent years, it has been declining year by year, especially this year.

In the course of the survey, it is learned that more cotton farmers are planning to give up seed cotton in 2015, and some "cotton" or "only cotton growing" lands have been abandoned by cotton farmers.

"Next year, cotton fields in Xiajin may be reduced to less than 100 thousand acres."

A local

People say that the name of "silver Xiajin" may have become history.

Other key cotton areas such as Liaocheng, Binzhou, Heze and other places also appeared "cotton back grain into" situation, and because of the sharp decline of cotton field, the downstream cotton processing and textile industry is seriously threatened.

It is estimated that in 2015, Shandong cotton can only "feed" 40-50 40-50 type ginning plants, that is to say, about 60-70% of the enterprises will be eliminated.

"What is even more sad is that if domestic cotton is greatly reduced, cotton will come in large quantities, and the safety of China's cotton industry will be worrisome."

Market participants said.