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U.S. Objective Cotton Yield Data - Oct 2014

Cotton Objective Yield Data
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting objective yield
surveys in six cotton-producing States during 2014. Randomly selected plots
in cotton fields are visited monthly from August 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: 2010-2014
[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  :   2010    :   2011    :   2012    :   2013    :   2014
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                    :                          number
                    :
Arkansas            :
September ..........:    911         901         841        1,025        910
October ............:    893         845         852         (NA)        763
November ...........:    897         867         856          855
December ...........:    894         868         856          862
Final ..............:    894         868         856          862
                    :
Georgia             :
September ..........:    609         531         656          481        660
October ............:    606         577         646         (NA)        690
November ...........:    686         659         756          663
December ...........:    683         665         768          669
Final ..............:    683         666         768          670
                    :
Louisiana           :
September ..........:    699         938         855          806        745
October ............:    755         948         880         (NA)        877
November ...........:    789         949         900          857
December ...........:    781         949         900          857
Final ..............:    781         949         900          857
                    :
Mississippi         :
September ..........:    864         898         883          925        843
October ............:    773         848         855         (NA)        859
November ...........:    776         874         896          906
December ...........:    776         875         896          907
Final ..............:    776         875         892          907
                    :
North Carolina      :
September ..........:    681         553         727          532        604
October ............:    675         610         739         (NA)        680
November ...........:    689         646         865          636
December ...........:    689         646         872          668
Final ..............:    689         646         872          668
                    :
Texas               :
September ..........:    658         540         535          547        485
October ............:    534         478         443         (NA)        460
November ...........:    589         515         522          517
December ...........:    589         520         549          526
Final ..............:    589         520         552          525
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