Cangzhou, Hebei: More Rainfall, Negative Impact On Cotton Growth

As of July 14, the plant height of cotton in Cangzhou area of Hebei Province has been between 70-90 cm, most of which have shown 15-20 buds / plant, 7-9 flowering plants / plant, and 4-6 young bolls / plant. The overall growth trend is slightly worse than that of last year. According to local cotton farmers, drought followed by waterlogging in June to July this year, especially the recent increase in low temperature and precipitation is not conducive to cotton flowering and boll setting.

In addition, cotton plant diseases and insect pests occurred frequently in recent years, mainly aphids and early cotton bollworm, and yellow and withered plants appeared in some plots. According to the weather forecast, it is expected that the near-term rainfall rate is not small, which is unfavorable to the cotton growth and peach setting rate in the full boll period. In recent years, the main work of cotton farmers is to drain water through the canal and blow leaves for ventilation, and a few cotton farmers have paid close attention to spraying pesticides to control insect pests.

There are more 400 type ginning plants in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, but it is expected that there will be fewer open scale enterprises this year. Analysis of the reasons: first, most of the enterprises did not make money in 2019. Affected by the epidemic situation, most enterprises have been hindered in sales since 2020, so they can only switch to other industries. Second, the cotton planting area in the Yellow River Basin has been greatly reduced, and it has become normal for enterprises to put rice into the pot. Therefore, many enterprises have transferred to Xinjiang.

The price is about 11500 yuan / day for local cotton warehouse. "Double 29" Xinjiang machine pick cotton quotation 12500-12700 yuan / ton (pick up price, public fixed, including tax), and "double 28" machine picking cotton quotation 12300 yuan / ton. According to traders, due to the market pessimism, downstream consumption is weak, cotton is basically in a state of price without market.