Cotton Yield Forecast Improves
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/16 - SNS -- Production of all classes of cotton in the United States is forecast at 16.2 million 480-pound bales, up 1% from October and up 25% from last year, according to the USDA.
Yield is expected to average 803 pounds per harvested acre, up 6 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 15.6 million 480-pound bales, up 25% from 2015. Pima cotton production, forecast at 562,000 bales, was carried forward from last month.
Upland cotton harvested area is expected to total 9.46 million acres, unchanged from last month but up 19% from 2015. Pima harvested area, at 191,400 acres, was carried forward from last month.
Ginnings totaled 5,008,800 running bales prior to November 1, compared with 3,703,700 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2015 and Forecasted November 1, 2016
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 4,043.0 5,160.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2015 and
Forecasted November 1, 2016
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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Type and State : : : : 2016 : :
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 :-----------------------: 2015 : 2016
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 307.0 342.0 866 982 968 554.0 690.0
Arizona .........: 88.0 114.0 1,511 1,516 1,516 277.0 360.0
Arkansas ........: 207.0 375.0 1,092 1,088 1,062 471.0 830.0
California ......: 46.0 65.0 1,722 1,735 1,846 165.0 250.0
Florida .........: 83.0 100.0 885 864 864 153.0 180.0
Georgia .........: 1,120.0 1,180.0 966 976 915 2,255.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 31.0 1,050 852 929 35.0 60.0
Louisiana .......: 112.0 140.0 810 960 960 189.0 280.0
Mississippi .....: 315.0 435.0 1,024 1,159 1,214 672.0 1,100.0
Missouri ........: 175.0 271.0 1,097 1,116 1,063 400.0 600.0
:
New Mexico ......: 31.0 40.0 929 984 900 60.0 75.0
North Carolina ..: 355.0 275.0 713 908 751 527.0 430.0
Oklahoma ........: 205.0 285.0 876 960 952 374.0 565.0
South Carolina ..: 136.0 189.0 547 990 863 155.0 340.0
Tennessee .......: 140.0 250.0 1,046 1,018 1,075 305.0 560.0
Texas ...........: 4,500.0 5,300.0 610 589 625 5,720.0 6,900.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 72.0 817 933 867 143.0 130.0
:
United States ...: 7,920.0 9,464.0 755 785 791 12,455.0 15,600.0
:
American Pima 3/ :
Arizona .........: 17.0 14.7 875 882 882 31.0 27.0
California ......: 116.0 153.0 1,494 1,518 1,518 361.0 484.0
New Mexico ......: 6.9 7.7 904 935 935 13.0 15.0
Texas ...........: 15.0 16.0 896 1,080 1,080 28.0 36.0
:
United States ...: 154.9 191.4 1,342 1,409 1,409 433.0 562.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 307.0 342.0 866 982 968 554.0 690.0
Arizona .........: 105.0 128.7 1,408 1,443 1,443 308.0 387.0
Arkansas ........: 207.0 375.0 1,092 1,088 1,062 471.0 830.0
California ......: 162.0 218.0 1,559 1,583 1,616 526.0 734.0
Florida .........: 83.0 100.0 885 864 864 153.0 180.0
Georgia .........: 1,120.0 1,180.0 966 976 915 2,255.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 31.0 1,050 852 929 35.0 60.0
Louisiana .......: 112.0 140.0 810 960 960 189.0 280.0
Mississippi .....: 315.0 435.0 1,024 1,159 1,214 672.0 1,100.0
Missouri ........: 175.0 271.0 1,097 1,116 1,063 400.0 600.0
:
New Mexico ......: 37.9 47.7 925 976 906 73.0 90.0
North Carolina ..: 355.0 275.0 713 908 751 527.0 430.0
Oklahoma ........: 205.0 285.0 876 960 952 374.0 565.0
South Carolina ..: 136.0 189.0 547 990 863 155.0 340.0
Tennessee .......: 140.0 250.0 1,046 1,018 1,075 305.0 560.0
Texas ...........: 4,515.0 5,316.0 611 590 626 5,748.0 6,936.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 72.0 817 933 867 143.0 130.0
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United States ...: 8,074.9 9,655.4 766 797 803 12,888.0 16,162.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.
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