Xinjiang'S Cotton Picking Army Has Begun To Enter Xinjiang.

From late August 15th to 16, the southern part of Xinjiang was drizzle.

The impact of growth is not great. Early cotton is coming out in succession. It is expected that the picking work will start gradually at the end of August, and the annual army of picking flowers will enter Xinjiang one after another. At present, recruitment of flower workers is in the process. It is reported that a small number of people have already embarked on the train to Xinjiang.

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According to the author's investigation, although the growth of cotton in Xinjiang is slightly uneven, most of the plots have entered the mature stage, and the cotton has been released in succession. At the end of August, it will enter the picking period.

In order to do a good job in picking this year, the area of planned artificial picking has already begun to recruit people to pick flowers, and some have already advertised: "recruitment of cotton pickers, bags and bags, 1.8 yuan per kilogram of cotton, reimbursement of domestic travel expenses, no reimbursement of fares can be raised to 1.9 yuan per kilogram, preferably a team of people who have strong sense of teamwork and obedience to management arrangements! The specific situation can be called by telephone! The monthly salary of each person can reach 3000 yuan to 5000 yuan.

It is understood that sometimes look at the personnel situation and householder wishes, picking costs can be reconsidered, generally around 2 yuan / kg, reimbursement expenses, no reimbursement costs, tube eating or living arrangements or self arranged, are picking prices, householders hope that there is a team, there are team leaders, then pick up the amount according to picking.

Supported by the annual decline in cotton planting area, the price of cotton is expected to increase in varying degrees this year. The opening price in Xinjiang is expected to reach 7 yuan / kg, up 0.2 yuan / kg compared with 6.80 yuan / kg in the previous year.

Local contractors actively recruited flowers in Xinjiang for the past few years. The pickers are mainly in Henan and Sichuan. In the past, the picking capacity was generally 100-300 kilograms a day, and the ability of picking up flowers in Sichuan people was strong.

At present, some people have been going to Xinjiang to be ready for picking. According to the contractor, it is possible to pick them up in time.

Competition between hand picked cotton and machine picked cotton

China's traditional cotton picking is still mainly manual picking. The quality of cotton picked by man is good, three silk is small, and the price of seed cotton is different. The machine picked cotton is mainly in the Xinjiang area. The survey shows that the price of the cotton picking cotton picked from hand is higher than that of the machine picked cotton 0.3-0.5 yuan / kg. According to the quality and time, the price of the cotton picking cotton is less than that of the machine picked cotton. The difference is 200-300 yuan / ton, and the difference is more than 500-800 yuan / ton.

The cotton seed processed by cotton ginning plant is larger than the cotton seed processed by machine picked cotton. The difference between cotton seed and cotton seed processed by hand picking is 0.02-0.05 yuan / Jin, so the advantage of hand picking cotton is obvious. But in recent years, the price of labor has been increasing. The traditional cotton picking has already made the domestic cotton price lose international competitiveness. As the cotton planting concentration area in Xinjiang, its price directly affects the competitiveness of domestic cotton.

In order to reduce the cost of cotton production, since the introduction of cotton picking technology in Xinjiang area, the area and scale of machine picked cotton have been continuously expanded and expanded. The number of machine picked cotton has been increasing, and the quality of machine picked cotton is also improving.

Based on the experience of last year, aiming at domestic cotton in 2016/17

According to industry analysis, in addition to the dominance of one or two grade cotton hand picking cotton, the difference between Xinjiang three grade cotton picking and picking cotton can be reduced to about 300 yuan / ton. The machine picked cotton has a certain advantage in fiber length, horse value and other indicators, through the 2015/2016 year.

The analysis of sell-off situation shows that domestic high-grade lint is in good demand. With the improvement of picking and processing technology in Xinjiang, the quality of machine picked cotton will continue to improve, such as quality, price and other comprehensive factors.

The total amount of hand picked cotton will also decrease year by year, and machine picked cotton will further seize the share of hand picked cotton.

However, there are still great differences in cotton picking, cotton planting, field management, picking technology, processing and so on. Cotton lint and cottonseed impurities are also different from hand picking cotton. Under many conditions, it is still difficult to pick flowers in some areas.

The harvesting time is 9-11 months.

The cotton picking time in Xinjiang area will last 3 months, usually from September to November. The late picking is mostly located in the areas that are located in the area. Under the conditions of pportation, eating, accommodation and other conditions, pick up personnel began to choose more convenient conditions, and the place where the price is qualified.

In three months, the flower pickers usually earn more than 9000 yuan. The cotton picking in Xinjiang not only brings considerable income to the migrant workers in other provinces, but also further prospers the local economy.