The latest market for cottonseed is $1.43 per pound and shows a continuing downward trend. Cottonseed is the seed of the cotton plant of the mallow family and its commercial importance lies in its oil and other products. Cottonseed oil is used in salad and cooking oils, hydrogenated for ghee and margarine. The cake residue or seed kernel after oil extraction is used as poultry and livestock feed.

I. Uses

1. Extraction of cotton phenol, oil extraction and production of edible proteins from cottonseed germ flakes.

2. Extraction of cotton phenol and oil after the cake meal can be used as feed

3. Cultivation of edible mushrooms with cottonseed husk mixture as the medium, cottonseed husk raw material cultivation of shiitake mushrooms

4. Extraction of proteins and fats with water thistle separating agent from the non-glandular cotton cotton seed

5. Production of sulfonated oils with cottonseed oil

6. Cottonseed cake (meal) as raw materials brewing Soy sauce

7. Cottonseed skin fiber composite materials and manufacturing

Two, light cottonseed reasonable stacking

First of all, according to the prevailing season, temperature cottonseed moisture, the number of impurities, the reasonable arrangement of stacking locations. According to the experience of the past few years, cottonseed heat is mainly in the form of nest heat and vertical heat more, heat mainly due to: high moisture or impurities in cottonseed, due to light seed husk damage, moisture resistance is poor; cottonseed quality is not good, microbial or insect pests, and many other reasons, resulting in cottonseed heat. In short, light cottonseed is mainly stored in the shed, there are problems with cottonseed is best to be placed close to the inlet, should be processed as soon as possible.

Three, 2021 cotton price update

2021 cotton prices overall is still relatively good, has been maintained at more than 10 yuan a catty price, like the end of August when the price of cotton a catty has risen to 14.54 yuan, more than in June and July when the price quotations are better. But different qualities and different places of production of cotton prices are certainly different, which price selling price is the highest long-staple cotton produced in Xinjiang,.

The latest purchase price of cotton around the following:

1.2021 Xinjiang cotton prices: market price of 18,160 yuan / ton;

2.2021 Chongqing cotton prices: market price of 18,220 yuan / ton;

3.2021 Zhejiang cotton prices: market price of 18,320 yuan / ton;

4.2021 Jiangsu cotton price: market price 18350 yuan / ton;

5.2021 Hubei cotton price: market price 18200 yuan / ton;

6.2021 Anhui cotton price: market price 18040 yuan / ton;

7.2021 Henan cotton price: market price 18170 yuan / ton;

8.2021 Shanxi Cotton price: market price 18,020 yuan/ton;

9.2021 Beijing cotton price: market price 18,010 yuan/ton.

The opening price of new seed cotton in 2021 is significantly higher than in 2020, of which mainland cotton is expected to range from 1.4-1.6 yuan/kg, while Xinjiang cotton is expected to range from 2/2.7 yuan/kg.