How Should Cotton Growers Deal With The Cancellation Of Temporary Purchase And Storage?

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　 Large shrinkage of cotton field

This is the season for raising cotton seedlings. Reporters visited Jingzhou, Tianmen, Xiantao and other cotton producing areas.

The cotton purchase and storage policy that has been implemented for three consecutive years has ended at the end of the month. Without the protection of the purchase and storage policy, the majority of cotton growers will face the market risks, which makes them worried about planting prospects.

"Last year planted 60 mu of cotton, only 20 acres this year, and other fields to grow corn and soybeans." 26, in the face of a continuous downturn in the cotton market, Liu Junping, a farmer in the four village of Hu Town, Xiantao, was somewhat discouraged. "Last year it received less than $70 thousand less than the previous year. Now the state does not buy or store it, or it is a grain and oil insurance."

"Cotton did not make money in the past, and will not make more money later." In Hanchuan, the summer cotton farmers in the town of Shen Hu simply changed all cotton fields into corn.

After the abolition of the temporary purchase and storage price, the market price of cotton is about 17000 yuan / ton, which amounts to 3.5-3.6 yuan per catty cotton seed, so that the income of planting cotton per mu is 600 yuan less than that of planting corn and wheat.

Cotton fields shrink dramatically. Taking Jingzhou as an example, the cotton planting area of 1 million mu this year is 410 thousand mu less than that of last year, with a reduction of 29.1%, of which the area of bu he town and Mi town has been reduced by 50%.

In fact, cotton production in the whole province has been declining year by year since 2008, from 8 million 145 thousand mu to 6 million 234 thousand mu in 2013, and reduced by 1 million 911 thousand mu in the past 5 years.

According to the Provincial Department of agriculture's survey of planting intentions in 17 cities, it is estimated that the province's cotton planting area will be reduced by more than 800 thousand acres this year, with an area of 5 million 400 thousand mu.

Earnings are not as good as a year.

Low degree of mechanization, high labor cost and poor cotton varieties result in the disadvantage of domestic cotton in competition with imported cotton.

"The cost is higher every year, and the benefit is lower year by year." Liu Junping counted the accounts for reporters. Last year, an acre of cotton was invested 1175 yuan, an increase of 88 yuan over the previous year, 246.4 kilograms of seed cotton per mu, a reduction of 42 kg over the previous year, and the selling price of seed cotton dropped from 8.2 yuan / kg to 7.6 yuan / kg, with an average yield of 698 yuan per mu, a decrease of 173 yuan over the previous year, 189 yuan lower than that of the planted medium rice mu.

"Low degree of mechanization, more labor." Wang Wenjin, Secretary of Party branch of No. four village, said that last year, there were several households in the village who had low yield of cotton because of their low yield. They were asked to pick up more than 150 yuan a day.

　　 cotton From planting to harvesting for about 200 days, the growth period is long and the disaster is much. Zhou Shuping, Lu Qiao village, Jianli County, told reporters that the hot weather lasted for more than 40 days last year, and only more than 400 catties per mu were harvested, which was 100 Jin less than that of the previous year.

Guo Ziping, head of the provincial agricultural technology extension station, analyzed that the state's cotton stocks had reached 11 million tons, accounting for 60% of the world's inventory. This year, the state canceled the temporary cotton purchase and storage policy, and the market price downward pressure is bigger.

　 Where should cotton farmers go?

According to the data released by the national development and Reform Commission in January 24th, imported cotton was 15209 yuan / ton in December last year, while domestic cotton was 19000 yuan / ton, which was 4000 yuan more than imported cotton per ton. Even if domestic cotton prices are higher than imports, cotton farmers have not gained much benefit because of their high cost. The cost reduction of domestic cotton depends on improving the degree of mechanization and other means.

With the opening of the new policy, 2014 will be the turning point of Cotton Transformation in China. Zhuo Chuang cotton industry analyst Sun Liwu said, "has formed the autumn storage habit of the cotton market, in the absence of direct purchase and storage policy support, there will be a relatively obvious concussion. In September this year, seed cotton sales price, I expect to be 5% to 10% lower, next, the cotton price in the country will gradually close to the international cotton price."

Where should the cotton growers go? In early March, the provincial agriculture department issued the guiding opinions on the adjustment of planting structure in the cotton growing areas. According to the idea of "reducing, stabilizing, replanting and upgrading", the cotton planting structure was adjusted to promote the transformation and upgrading of the cotton industry.

According to Yu Hongzhang, a senior agronomist and cotton expert, there is still much room for cotton planting. "Increasing the potential per unit area yield, now an average of 400-500 Jin per mu, more than 700 cotton catties in good cotton planting technology, raising 100 Jin, and it can receive more than 400 yuan per mu. In addition, it is possible to intercropping cash crops such as vegetables and corn in cotton fields to increase efficiency. He told reporters that a cotton grower in Hanchuan New River Development Zone Interplanted sweet corn in cotton fields, which increased by more than 1000 yuan per mu. "Stable cotton planting area still needs national policy support, such as starting the pilot project of cotton target price subsidies, continuing the subsidy of fine varieties and creating high yield."

Xiao Changxi, director of the Department of cropping industry of the Provincial Department of agriculture, suggested that in the long run, the gap between domestic and foreign cotton prices will be narrowed gradually, so the cotton farmers should change their production methods, improve their mechanization and reduce their production costs. Cotton industry The fundamental way out.