Cotton Crop Prospects Dim
WASHINGTON - Aug 13/15 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States is forecast at 13.1 million 480-pound bales, down 20% from last year, according to the latest USDA production forecast for 2015.
Yield is expected to average 795 pounds per harvested acre, down 43 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 12.7 million 480-pound bales, down 20% from 2014. Pima cotton production is forecast at 432,000 bales, down 24% from last year. All cotton planted area for the Nation is estimated at 8.90 million acres, down 1% or 100,000 acres from June.
Area planted to Upland cotton is estimated at 8.75 million acres, down 1% from June and down 19% from 2014. Harvested area is expected to total 7.75 million acres, down 15% from last year. Pima cotton planted area is estimated at 148,000 acres, unchanged from June but down 23% from 2014. Expected harvested area, at 145,900 acres, is down 23% from the previous year.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2014
and Forecasted August 1, 2015
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Type and State : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ----- pounds ---- -- 1,000 bales 2/ --
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 348.0 298.0 901 805 653.0 500.0
Arizona .........: 149.0 79.0 1,579 1,574 490.0 259.0
Arkansas ........: 330.0 235.0 1,145 1,226 787.0 600.0
California ......: 56.0 50.0 1,834 1,728 214.0 180.0
Florida .........: 105.0 83.0 878 839 192.0 145.0
Georgia .........: 1,370.0 1,090.0 900 925 2,570.0 2,100.0
Kansas ..........: 29.0 28.0 794 857 48.0 50.0
Louisiana .......: 168.0 128.0 1,154 1,013 404.0 270.0
Mississippi .....: 420.0 305.0 1,232 1,228 1,078.0 780.0
Missouri ........: 245.0 165.0 1,117 931 570.0 320.0
:
New Mexico ......: 33.0 27.0 931 1,173 64.0 66.0
North Carolina ..: 460.0 370.0 1,038 1,012 995.0 780.0
Oklahoma ........: 210.0 215.0 615 781 269.0 350.0
South Carolina ..: 278.0 237.0 912 851 528.0 420.0
Tennessee .......: 270.0 155.0 878 991 494.0 320.0
Texas ...........: 4,600.0 4,200.0 644 606 6,175.0 5,300.0
Virginia ........: 86.0 84.0 1,239 1,200 222.0 210.0
:
United States ...: 9,157.0 7,749.0 826 784 15,753.0 12,650.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 14.5 18.0 993 1,147 30.0 43.0
California ......: 154.0 109.0 1,558 1,541 500.0 350.0
New Mexico ......: 5.3 4.9 761 1,078 8.4 11.0
Texas ...........: 16.0 14.0 840 960 28.0 28.0
:
United States ...: 189.8 145.9 1,432 1,421 566.4 432.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 348.0 298.0 901 805 653.0 500.0
Arizona .........: 163.5 97.0 1,527 1,494 520.0 302.0
Arkansas ........: 330.0 235.0 1,145 1,226 787.0 600.0
California ......: 210.0 159.0 1,632 1,600 714.0 530.0
Florida .........: 105.0 83.0 878 839 192.0 145.0
Georgia .........: 1,370.0 1,090.0 900 925 2,570.0 2,100.0
Kansas ..........: 29.0 28.0 794 857 48.0 50.0
Louisiana .......: 168.0 128.0 1,154 1,013 404.0 270.0
Mississippi .....: 420.0 305.0 1,232 1,228 1,078.0 780.0
Missouri ........: 245.0 165.0 1,117 931 570.0 320.0
:
New Mexico ......: 38.3 31.9 907 1,159 72.4 77.0
North Carolina ..: 460.0 370.0 1,038 1,012 995.0 780.0
Oklahoma ........: 210.0 215.0 615 781 269.0 350.0
South Carolina ..: 278.0 237.0 912 851 528.0 420.0
Tennessee .......: 270.0 155.0 878 991 494.0 320.0
Texas ...........: 4,616.0 4,214.0 645 607 6,203.0 5,328.0
Virginia ........: 86.0 84.0 1,239 1,200 222.0 210.0
:
United States ...: 9,346.8 7,894.9 838 795 16,319.4 13,082.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bales.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2014 and Forecasted August 1, 2015
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2014 : 2015 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 5,314.0 4,198.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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