Xinjiang: The Second Round Of Subsidies Will Be Issued To Increase The Income Of Cotton Farmers

Recently, local cotton farmers in Wusu and Changji in Northern Xinjiang and Awati, Shaya and Kuqa in southern Xinjiang have been informed that they will carry out the second round of cotton target price subsidy, which makes cotton growers who have been looking forward to subsidies for a long time. After the cotton listing last year, affected by the unsatisfactory lint price, the ginning plant purchase price was low, and the income of cotton farmers also decreased significantly. Fortunately, there is a target price for protection, so that the loss can be made up.

Although the annual average price of cotton in last year was only 3.5 yuan / kg, the price of cotton in the region rose by only 4.5 yuan per year. According to the early feedback of some cotton farmers in Changji and Wusu, according to the planting cost and the sales situation last year, the ideal subsidy amount is 1.5-2 yuan / kg. I didn't expect that now I can really get what I want. At the end of March, the first round of subsidy for local cotton farmers in Xinjiang was 0.9 yuan / kg. According to the recent situation that some regions have signed for confirmation, the second round of cotton subsidy is 1.01 yuan / kg. According to this calculation, the total amount of subsidies in the two rounds will reach 1.91 yuan / kg, basically covering the expected target of cotton farmers. In addition, according to the feedback from some cotton farmers, the land area subsidy of the four prefectures in southern Xinjiang is 188.48 yuan / mu.

According to the subsidy situation, if the average selling price of seed cotton last year is calculated as 5 yuan / kg, the average yield of cotton per mu is 380 kg, the gross income of planting one mu is about 2626 yuan, while the cost of picking cotton by planter is about 1700 yuan / mu, the net income of cotton farmers is 926 yuan / mu, the average planting cost of hand picking cotton is 2300 yuan / mu, and the net income is 326 yuan / mu. If the land area subsidy is added to the four southern Xinjiang prefectures, the income will still increase correspondingly. It can be seen that although Xinjiang cotton growers failed in seed cotton sales last year, almost all cotton farmers could achieve considerable profits due to the implementation of target price. From this point of view, the implementation of the target price of new cotton cotton has played an important role in stabilizing the supply of cotton industry. It is believed that since 2020, the new round of target price will continue to maintain a certain level for three years, and the subsidy target will continue to be implemented according to the standard of 18600 yuan / T, the cotton yield in Xinjiang will still be guaranteed in the next three years.