Cotton Crop Shrinks
WASHINGTON - Sep 11/14 - SNS -- All cotton production is forecast at 16.5 million 480-pound bales, down 6% from the August forecast but up 28% from 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop forecasts.
Yield is expected to average 803 pounds per harvested acre, down 2% from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 16.0 million 480-pound bales, up 30% from 2013. Pima cotton production, forecast at 578,000 bales, is down 9% from last year.
Acreage updates were made in several States based on administrative data. Area planted to Upland cotton is estimated at 10.8 million acres, down 3% from June but up 6% from last year. Harvested area is expected to total 9.7 million acres, down 4% from the previous forecast but up 32% from 2013. Pima cotton planted area is estimated at 192,000 acres, up 8% from June but down 4% from last year. Expected harvested area, at 189,400, is down 5% from the previous year.
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