Cotton Seedings Rise 7%
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/14 - SNS -- All cotton planted in the United States this year is expected to total 11.1 million acres, 7% above last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2014.
Upland area is expected to total 10.9 million acres, up 7% from 2013. American Pima area is expected to total 158,000 acres, down 21% from 2013. As of March 23, cotton planting in Texas was 3% complete, identical to the same time last year but 1 percentage point behind the 5-year average.
Cotton Area Planted by Type - States and United States: 2012-2014
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: Area planted
Type and State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ------------------ 1,000 acres ----------------- percent
:
Upland .......... :
Alabama ............: 380.0 365.0 340.0 93
Arizona ............: 200.0 160.0 150.0 94
Arkansas ...........: 595.0 310.0 340.0 110
California .........: 142.0 93.0 60.0 65
Florida ............: 108.0 131.0 110.0 84
Georgia ............: 1,290.0 1,370.0 1,350.0 99
Kansas .............: 56.0 27.0 36.0 133
Louisiana ..........: 230.0 130.0 180.0 138
Mississippi ........: 475.0 290.0 380.0 131
Missouri ...........: 350.0 255.0 260.0 102
:
New Mexico .........: 45.0 39.0 35.0 90
North Carolina .....: 585.0 465.0 470.0 101
Oklahoma ...........: 305.0 185.0 220.0 119
South Carolina .....: 299.0 258.0 250.0 97
Tennessee ..........: 380.0 250.0 280.0 112
Texas ..............: 6,550.0 5,800.0 6,400.0 110
Virginia ...........: 86.0 78.0 82.0 105
:
United States ......: 12,076.0 10,206.0 10,943.0 107
:
American Pima ... :
Arizona ............: 3.0 1.5 5.0 333
California .........: 225.0 187.0 135.0 72
New Mexico .........: 2.4 3.5 5.0 143
Texas ..............: 8.0 9.0 13.0 144
:
United States ......: 238.4 201.0 158.0 79
:
All ............. :
Alabama ............: 380.0 365.0 340.0 93
Arizona ............: 203.0 161.5 155.0 96
Arkansas ...........: 595.0 310.0 340.0 110
California .........: 367.0 280.0 195.0 70
Florida ............: 108.0 131.0 110.0 84
Georgia ............: 1,290.0 1,370.0 1,350.0 99
Kansas .............: 56.0 27.0 36.0 133
Louisiana ..........: 230.0 130.0 180.0 138
Mississippi ........: 475.0 290.0 380.0 131
Missouri ...........: 350.0 255.0 260.0 102
:
New Mexico .........: 47.4 42.5 40.0 94
North Carolina .....: 585.0 465.0 470.0 101
Oklahoma ...........: 305.0 185.0 220.0 119
South Carolina .....: 299.0 258.0 250.0 97
Tennessee ..........: 380.0 250.0 280.0 112
Texas ..............: 6,558.0 5,809.0 6,413.0 110
Virginia ...........: 86.0 78.0 82.0 105
:
United States ......: 12,314.4 10,407.0 11,101.0 107
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1/ Intended plantings in 2014 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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