According to the cotton association of Dezhou, Shandong, the area of cotton planting in Dezhou is about 2 million 300 thousand mu this year, a decrease of 20% over the previous year.

Dezhou's cotton planting area reached 2 million 900 thousand mu in 2008, and its average yield of 186 kg of cotton per mu was the highest output in recent years.

　　2009年度棉花面積減少的主要原因：

First, the price of seed cotton has declined sharply.

The average price of seed cotton in 2008 was 2.30 yuan / Jin, down 30% from 3.30 yuan a year ago.

The two is a sharp reduction in earnings.

In 2008, the price of agricultural materials rose sharply. The direct cost and artificial cost of planting cotton were 940 yuan, and the net income of Mu was about 230 yuan.

Planting cotton is less than 350 yuan per mu.

Thirty cotton subsidies are few.

In recent years, grain crops have been subsidized by grain, improved varieties and comprehensive subsidies for agricultural products. Only seed subsidies are available for seed cotton and direct supply to enterprises. Cotton farmers can not see any cash.

Four, it is time consuming and low mechanized.

In recent years, the degree of mechanization of grain has been increasing, labor intensity has been reduced and employment has decreased.

At present, more than 60% of the rural young people go out to work, and the labor force is short. Some cotton farmers have increased their costs by hiring people to pick up cotton, and farmers are more inclined to grow grain.

　　為防止棉花生產(chǎn)出現(xiàn)較大幅度滑坡，建議：

First, the state should increase the number of cotton in the mainland for the purpose of stabilizing the confidence of cotton enterprises and protecting the interests of farmers.

Two is to reduce the number of imported cotton and promote domestic cotton sales.

The three is to introduce preferential policies to support the development of textile enterprises, so that spinning enterprises can get out of the predicament and have the money to buy cotton.

Four is to expand the scope of subsidies for cotton varieties and achieve full coverage.

The five is to implement direct subsidy for seed cotton and comprehensive subsidy for agricultural subsidies, so as to make up for the reduction in the price of agricultural products.

Editor in chief: Xu Qiyun