Cotton Yields Decline
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/13 - SNS -- Production of all classes of cotton production is forecast at 12.9 million 480-pound bales, down 1% from last month and down 26% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Yield is expected to average 796 pounds per harvested acre, down 91 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 12.3 million 480-pound bales, down 26% from 2012. Pima cotton production, forecast at 625,500 bales, is down 20% from last year. Producers expect to harvest 7.78 million acres of all cotton, down 17% from 2012. This harvested total includes 7.58 million acres of Upland cotton and 198,800 acres of Pima cotton.
Area planted to Upland cotton is estimated at 10.1 million acres, up slightly from the previous estimate but down 16% from last year. Upland harvested area is expected to total 7.58 million acres, up one% from last month but down 17% from 2012. Pima cotton planted area is estimated at 201,000 acres, up 8% from the previous estimates but down 16% from last year. Expected harvested area, at 198,800 acres, is down 16% from 2012.
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