Xinjiang: Cotton In Full Bloom And Boll Setting Period

Recently, the weather in Xinjiang is mainly high temperature and sunshine, which is favorable for cotton growth. According to cotton farmers in Aksu, Kashgar, Kor in southern Xinjiang and Shihezi in Northern Xinjiang, the current cotton plant height is generally 70-80 cm, and fruit branches are 9-10 sets / plant. The topping period has ended and all of them have entered the flowering and Bolling stage. In order to ensure the high yield of cotton this year.

According to an expert, he asked Miansu for a diagnosis. According to the characteristics of machine picked cotton and hand picked cotton in Xinjiang, agricultural technology experts were invited to train on the business knowledge of pest control and late field management, and went into the field to solve some problems encountered; second, according to the characteristics of cotton in the current flowering and boll stage, cotton farmers carried out leaf threshing and ventilation, pinching and pruning, so as to ensure more bolls and sufficient fruits, and prepare for future high yield. The third is to control the cotton bollworm by spraying pesticide to minimize the impact of the pest on cotton.

The cotton area in Xinjiang this year is basically the same as that of last year. The characteristics are that the area of machine picked cotton continues to expand and the area of long staple cotton decreases. According to cotton farmers in Aksu region, the area of local long staple cotton is about 1.5 million mu this year, about 15% less than last year. It is estimated that the yield of long staple cotton will be 250 kg / mu this year. Talking about the reasons for the decrease in the area of long staple cotton, many cotton farmers said that in recent years, the income of long staple cotton was obviously lower than that of fine cotton. In particular, long staple cotton could not be harvested by machine, which cost a lot of manpower. Therefore, cotton farmers reduced the planting area of long staple cotton.

Since late July, the cotton market in Xinjiang has been stable, especially the vast majority of ginning plants and traders have no cotton in their hands, so the pressure of de stocking is not great. Therefore, the spot price of lint in Xinjiang is relatively stable in the near future. As of July 28, the price of high-quality machine picked cotton in Aksu area is 12300-12600 yuan / ton.

In addition, since Xinjiang reported a new confirmed case of new crown pneumonia on July 15, Kashgar (imported case), Aksu and other places have comprehensively strengthened the epidemic prevention and control measures, upgraded personnel flow management, and affected cotton field management and lint sales. Some cotton farmers have strong expectations of increasing yield and income in 2020 / 21. As long as there is no prolonged high temperature or rainfall in August, the yield of seed cotton per mu is expected to be no less than 380 kg. According to the current Zheng cotton futures and Xinjiang cotton spot prices, cotton farmers are worried that the seed cotton opening price is less than 5.8 yuan / kg (40% cotton picker).