Cotton Intentions Down 19%
WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --Cotton growers in the United States intend to plant 10.0 million acres in 2013, down 19% from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013.
Upland area is expected to total 9.82 million acres, down 19% from 2012. American Pima area is expected to total 206,000 acres, down 14% from 2012.
If realized, planted area in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oklahoma will all be record lows. As of March 24, cotton planting in Texas was 3% complete, 5 percentage points behind last year and 2 percentage points behind the 5-year average.
Cotton Area Planted by Type - States and United States: 2011-2013
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: Area planted
Type and State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2013 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ------------------ 1,000 acres ----------------- percent
:
Upland :
Alabama ............: 460.0 380.0 360.0 95
Arizona ............: 250.0 200.0 160.0 80
Arkansas ...........: 680.0 595.0 270.0 45
California .........: 182.0 142.0 90.0 63
Florida ............: 122.0 108.0 115.0 106
Georgia ............: 1,600.0 1,290.0 1,300.0 101
Kansas .............: 80.0 56.0 40.0 71
Louisiana ..........: 295.0 230.0 170.0 74
Mississippi ........: 630.0 475.0 270.0 57
Missouri ...........: 375.0 350.0 270.0 77
:
New Mexico .........: 70.0 46.0 30.0 65
North Carolina .....: 805.0 585.0 450.0 77
Oklahoma ...........: 415.0 305.0 160.0 52
South Carolina .....: 303.0 299.0 290.0 97
Tennessee ..........: 495.0 380.0 280.0 74
Texas ..............: 7,550.0 6,550.0 5,500.0 84
Virginia ...........: 116.0 86.0 65.0 76
:
United States ......: 14,428.0 12,077.0 9,820.0 81
:
American Pima :
Arizona ............: 10.0 3.0 1.0 33
California .........: 274.0 225.0 190.0 84
New Mexico .........: 3.4 2.4 4.0 167
Texas ..............: 20.0 8.0 11.0 138
:
United States ......: 307.4 238.4 206.0 86
:
All :
Alabama ............: 460.0 380.0 360.0 95
Arizona ............: 260.0 203.0 161.0 79
Arkansas ...........: 680.0 595.0 270.0 45
California .........: 456.0 367.0 280.0 76
Florida ............: 122.0 108.0 115.0 106
Georgia ............: 1,600.0 1,290.0 1,300.0 101
Kansas .............: 80.0 56.0 40.0 71
Louisiana ..........: 295.0 230.0 170.0 74
Mississippi ........: 630.0 475.0 270.0 57
Missouri ...........: 375.0 350.0 270.0 77
:
New Mexico .........: 73.4 48.4 34.0 70
North Carolina .....: 805.0 585.0 450.0 77
Oklahoma ...........: 415.0 305.0 160.0 52
South Carolina .....: 303.0 299.0 290.0 97
Tennessee ..........: 495.0 380.0 280.0 74
Texas ..............: 7,570.0 6,558.0 5,511.0 84
Virginia ...........: 116.0 86.0 65.0 76
:
United States ......: 14,735.4 12,315.4 10,026.0 81
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1/ Intended plantings in 2013 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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