Jiangsu Dafeng lint prices remained steady intent or down 20%

The intentional planting area of ​​Jiangsu Dafeng's 2012 cotton will decrease by about 20% from last year.

The total arable land area of ​​the 50 households under investigation and contact points was 548 mu. In 2011, the cotton planting area was 482.8 mu. In 2012, the intentional planting area was 386 mu, a decrease of 96.8 mu, a decrease of 20.04%. Among the 50 monitoring sites, there are 9 households that do not plant cotton, 6 farmers have reduced planting area, and 1 has increased planting area. At present, some cotton farmers' ready-to-use materials are ready and the actual planting area will be determined in early May.

It is understood that the local cotton producing towns and townships are expected to have a larger reduction in cotton planting areas this year, mainly changing melon, corn and pepper crops. This is mainly due to the significant year-on-year decline in the purchase price of seed cotton and the low yield of seed cotton due to the weather. The cost of planting cotton is higher, and the income of most cotton growers is low. Last year, special crops had high prices and good sales, and the yield was significantly better than planting cotton.

On March 11th, the local cotton price of 328 grades of cotton was quoted at 19,300 yuan/ton (public inspection, with tickets, full payment, partial acceptance, no debts), which was the same as last week.