In the past half a month, the Dezhou area of Shandong province has been affected. lint The price of cotton seed has been reduced, and seed cotton prices have dropped sharply. In November 3rd, the purchase price of grade four seed cotton in Wucheng and Xiajin county was 3.90 yuan / kg (38% lint, 13% in water), down 0.10 yuan / Jin compared with last week. In November 3rd, the price of cottonseed in Wucheng county has dropped to 1.06 yuan / Jin, down 0.06 yuan / Jin compared with last week, 0.17 yuan / Jin before half a month ago, a decrease of 0.37 yuan / Jin compared with the beginning of September. It is estimated that the price of cottonseed will be reduced by 0.10 yuan per catty under the condition of lint price unchanged. The purchase price of seed cotton will be reduced by 0.06 yuan per catty, that is, in the past two months, the seed cotton price has dropped by 0.22 yuan / Jin due to the fall in cottonseed prices.

At present, Dezhou has picked more than 95% seed cotton, and has been picked up for 10 days. The picking process has been delayed for about a week since last year. At present, the low price of seed cotton purchasing leads to a serious psychological problem of cotton farmers' reluctant to sell, and the sales progress is less than 10%. Lower cotton prices, less time for cotton cultivation, less profits, and less food than grain, have led to a decline in farmers' enthusiasm for planting cotton. The survey found that the majority Cotton grower It means that next year will be reduced or not. cotton It is estimated that the cotton area in Dezhou will drop by more than 20% in 2012.