On August 23, the “2023 Xinjiang On the third day of the “Cotton Yield Forecast Research Activity”, the research team came to Bole City, Xinjiang to conduct cotton field research and held discussions and exchanges with the heads of five local cotton companies.
At the exchange meeting, the heads of several local companies introduced that this year The cotton planting area in Bozhou area is about 1.3 million acres (excluding the 5th Division of the Corps). Although the sowing and seedling periods are affected by low temperature weather, the growth of the seedlings is not as good as last year. However, considering the planting variety factors and the planting of four rows of one film The model, combined with suitable weather and temperature in the later period, proper field management, and timely drip irrigation of water and fertilizer, greatly made up for the shortcomings of slow growth in the early stage. If the weather continues to be good in the later period and the frost period is not advanced, it is predicted that the local cotton production will not drop much compared with previous years. Overall, local production is expected to be 250,000-300,000 tons.
It is understood that last year, the average selling price of local cotton farmers including subsidies was about At about 8.0 yuan/kg, cotton farmers’ expectations for the purchase price at the open scale this year are still high, and there is a phenomenon of “more monks and less rice” in the entire market. Now in northern Xinjiang, once a large-scale machine procurement acquisition is expected to be completed in 15 days, acquiring companies often face difficult choices. At present, domestic and foreign cotton prices are upside down, sales in the textile market are sluggish, and the situation of weaving and clothing is not optimistic. Local companies are confused about the future market trend and are more cautious. They believe that relatively stable price fluctuations are more conducive to the healthy development of the physical industry chain. . Members of the research team conducted in-depth communications on the above issues.
In a certain cotton field in Dallet Town, Bole City, According to the grower, the cotton field started sowing on April 7. It was slightly affected in the early stage, but the weather improved later and the management was proper. Currently, there are an average of 8 cotton bolls per plant, and the cotton near the edge of the field has sporadic bolls. If the weather is normal in the later period, the cotton yield is predicted to be around 450 kg/mu.
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