American Cotton Harvest Up 27%
WASHINGTON Nov 10/14 - SNS -- Production of all tpes of cotton in the United States totals 16.4 million 480-pound bales, up less than 1% from last month and up 27% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop report.
Yield is expected to average 797 pounds per harvested acre, down 24 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 15.8 million 480-pound bales, up 29% from 2013. Pima cotton production, forecast at 578,000 bales, was carried forward from last month.
Upland cotton harvested area is expected to total 9.69 million acres, unchanged from last month but up 32% from 2013. Pima harvested area, at 189,400 acres, was carried forward from last month.
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