“Brother, you are nearly 67 years old. It is too hard to stay in the cotton fields so late. You must pay attention to your health!” At about 10 o’clock on Monday night, Jia Xinwei from Zhengzhou, Henan, and a cotton ginning family from Korla City, Xinjiang When the person in charge of the factory was on the phone, he kept giving instructions.
According to Jia Xinwei, trial picking of new cotton has begun in various parts of Xinjiang. In order to learn more about the quality, yield and mechanical picking effect of new cotton, his friend stayed in the cotton field almost all day long.
Information released by relevant agencies shows that in late September, although the new coronavirus epidemic occurred from time to time in some areas of Xinjiang, the majority of cotton farmers still tried their best to spray defoliants in time. As the local trial harvest of new cotton began, new cotton was put on the market. The time is getting closer.
However, judging from the reaction of most ginning mills, the acquisition situation is not optimistic. First, the purchase prices of ginners that have appeared sporadically in the market are lower than cotton farmers’ expectations, mostly at 5.1-5.3 yuan/kg, which aggravates cotton farmers’ wait-and-see sentiment and reluctance to sell. Second, some workers in ginneries are not fully prepared, and the opening time for purchasing has been continuously delayed. Third, the market is pessimistic about the demand for new cotton. It is expected that the new lint cotton processed by the ginnery will have a large price downward risk. If the business strategy of purchasing, processing and selling is not adopted, the purchase of new cotton by the ginner will mean losses. .
“Currently, many market entities don’t know what to do when new cotton is about to be launched in large quantities.” Mr. Yan, an old cotton merchant, told reporters that there are four ginning factories near Tiemen City, but now only one has started trial acquisitions. Recently, The listing price for several days was 5.1-5.3 yuan/kg, and no cotton farmers took the initiative to send cotton. On the one hand, large-scale harvesting of new cotton has not yet begun; on the other hand, cotton farmers do not recognize the purchase price.
An industry insider who has harvested cotton in outsourced factories in Shihezi City, Xinjiang all year round said that many ginners suffered serious losses last year. At present, the acquisition funds of many ginners have not been in place, and some ginners have not even been outsourced. Cotton farmers Reluctant to sell, ginners are not very enthusiastic about purchasing new cotton. The question that everyone is particularly concerned about is “where can the purchased new cotton be sold in the future?”
“Currently, the field cotton picked by my family has been stored in a temporary simple house. My family has tried to negotiate the purchase price with the cotton gin factory that we have cooperated with all year round, but it is difficult to set the price.” A person from Hutubi County The cotton farmer told reporters that he planned to sell new cotton to the ginner according to the market, and hoped that if the later purchase price increased, he could settle at the new price or obtain some more profits based on a certain proportion of the price increase. If the later market purchase price is lower than the current price , he can still settle the cotton payment at the current price. “No matter what, cotton must be harvested in time when it matures. Although this year’s harvest is not expected to be good, the fields still need to be sorted out in time. I want to make early plans for next year’s production.”
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