Why Are You No Longer Interested In Planting Cotton This Year? What On Earth

Master Liu is an old man in Cangzhou, Hebei.

"It has been in recent years.

Wrap the ground to grow cotton.

At the time of Xinjiang's cotton planting season, Liu said that it was no longer a joke for April Fool's day.

Master Liu has made painstaking and bitter experiences in recent years, especially in 2015, which made him lose confidence in planting cotton in Xinjiang.

"In 2015, 1200 mu of land was lost, and about 200000 yuan was lost."

Master Liu calculated an account: in 2015, the average production per unit area in Akesu was 260 kilograms, which was 120 kilograms less than more than 380 kilograms in previous years, with a reduction of 31.6%.

The average price of seed cotton is 5.75 yuan / kg, less than 0.6 yuan / kg in 2014.

In 2015, cotton production declined sharply, and seed cotton prices fell, which led to the loss of cotton farmers.

In addition, let Liu master sad that the quality of cotton in 2015 is much lower than in previous years.

His cotton more than 60% is less than 28mm, and the high horse value is a common phenomenon.

Sending cotton to a cotton ginning mill is either a refusal or a sharp price cut.

Master Liu said that in 2015, the gross income of cotton seed was 1490 yuan per mu.

In 2015, the land fee in Xinjiang was 700 yuan / mu, and agricultural cost and labor cost were about 1600 yuan per mu, totaling 2300 yuan / mu.

Calculated, Liu master lost 810 yuan / mu (subsidies were not included).

That is to say, in 2015, he contracted a total of 1200 mu of land cotton for a total loss of 972 thousand yuan.

If the subsidy was added, Liu master also lost about 200000 yuan in 2015.

"The risk of cotton planting is too high, and the good days for mainland people to grow cotton in Xinjiang are over."

Master Liu said that in the past few years, the gross income of cotton growing in Xinjiang was generally 400-500 yuan, but in the past two years, the yield of cotton planting was limited. Especially in 2015, more than 90% of the cotton farmers in the mainland eventually ended up losing money.

Master Liu believes that the main risks of cotton planting in Xinjiang are low seed cotton prices.

In 2015,

Hovering between 5.5-6.2 yuan / kg, the price of 8.0-9.0 yuan / kg decreased considerably during the period of temporary storage and storage.

At cost accounting, the price of seed cotton is above 7.5 yuan / kg, and most cotton growers do not lose money. The purchase price in 2015 is obviously different.

The two is a sharp drop in yield per unit area.

In normal years, the yield of Xinjiang's seed cotton is about 400 kilograms, but in 2015 the unit output dropped to 250-300 kilograms.

In recent years, the weather conditions in Xinjiang are unstable, especially in cotton seedling and flowering periods, which are likely to cause significant cooling or windy weather, which poses a threat to cotton production.

Many cotton farmers in the mainland think that the ingredients of cotton seed in Xinjiang are fatalistic.

Three is the decline in cotton quality.

Due to the weather and the selection of cotton varieties, cotton in Xinjiang was generally short in length, high in horse value and many impurities in 2015. These problems have damaged the reputation of Xinjiang cotton.

Liu said, these are reasons why people are no longer keen on cotton planting in Xinjiang.

It is understood that in 2016, the cotton farmers in the Xinjiang area were reduced by three to 40% compared with 2015. It is estimated that the sowing area of Xinjiang cotton will decrease in 2016. The national cotton market monitoring system in 2016 will soon be released.