Henan: Rainfall Affects Cotton &Nbsp; New Cotton Postponed Listing

According to data from relevant departments, 2011 Henan The province's cotton planting area is 6 million mu, and its output will reach 400 thousand tons. But the current low temperature and rainy weather is likely to cause New cotton The quality has declined, and the grade is estimated to be dominated by weak grade 3 and 4 grade cotton.

Recently, the reporter came to Xinye County, Henan Province. Cotton farmers picked 25 cotton per mu. Since September 14th, local cotton enterprises have bought seed cotton in a small scale. The price of grade 3 seed cotton is around 8.6 yuan / kg, and the daily purchase amount is less than 10 tons. After processing, the 4 grade cotton price is about 19500 yuan / ton, and 3 grade Chen cotton quotes at 21000 yuan / ton, which is 500 yuan / ton higher than that in early September. As the market outlook is rising, most cotton growers hold a wait-and-see attitude, and the mentality of selling is rather heavy.

A local old man told reporters that the weather is not good at present, and every household is busy with the autumn harvest. When the new cotton is listed on a large scale, it will not be until October 15th.

Han Guangxin, a farmer in Daying village, Xichuan, said: "we mainly grow cotton here. This year, 20 thousand hectares of cotton grow in the thick slope town, an increase of 25% over the previous year. Xianghua town and other 5 towns around the thick slope town. cotton Planting more than 50 thousand mu. When new cotton comes into the market every year, some cotton traders come here to snap up cotton. Please call on the media to build a cotton processing plant here. In this way, the enthusiasm of local cotton growing will be even higher. The planting area will be doubled in one year. The scale of the cotton industry will not be a problem in 3 years, which is also the meaning of the town government.