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USDA - Objective Cotton Data - Sep 2019

Cotton Objective Yield Data
The National Agricultural Statistics Service conducted objective yield
surveys in four cotton-producing States during 2019. Randomly selected plots
in cotton fields are visited monthly from September through harvest to obtain
specific counts and measurements. Data in this table are actual field counts
from this survey.
Cotton Cumulative Boll Counts - Selected States: 2015-2019
[Includes small bolls (less than one inch in diameter), large unopened bolls
(at least one inch in diameter), open bolls, partially opened bolls, and burrs
per 40 feet of row. November, December, and Final exclude small bolls. Blank
data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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                    :           :           :           :           :
   State and month  :   2015    :   2016    :   2017    :   2018    :   2019
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                    :                          number
                    :
Arkansas            :
September ..........:    763         800         911         891         900
October ............:    769         769         839         910
November ...........:    856         779         825         892
December ...........:    856         779         825         892
Final ..............:    856         779         825         892
                    :
Georgia             :
September ..........:    645         562         593         605         598
October ............:    630         668         608         737
November ...........:    748         719         680         712
December ...........:    759         725         684         719
Final ..............:    759         725         684         713
                    :
Louisiana 1/        :
September ..........:    676         654         648         759        (NA)
October ............:    776         760         667         734
November ...........:    794         784         665         739
December ...........:    793         784         665         739
Final ..............:    793         784         665         739
                    :
Mississippi         :
September ..........:    887         953         904         871         944
October ............:    839         942         810         895
November ...........:    898         974         804         846
December ...........:    898         974         797         846
Final ..............:    898         974         797         846
                    :
North Carolina 1/   :
September ..........:    551         558         637         601        (NA)
October ............:    620         599         705         641
November ...........:    624         660         769         714
December ...........:    632         660         769         719
Final ..............:    632         660         769         719
                    :
Texas               :
September ..........:    566         467         592         570         458
October ............:    442         474         602         576
November ...........:    481         528         603         553
December ...........:    492         547         615         583
Final ..............:    495         546         614         582
                    :
4-State 2/          :
September ..........:    601         532         633         627         551
October ............:    518         554         635         661
November ...........:    571         604         649         640
December ...........:    581         618         656         659
Final ..............:    583         618         656         657
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Objective yield survey discontinued in 2019.
2/   6-State total prior to 2019.

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