Record U.S. Canola Harvest
WASHINGTON - Oct 9/15 - SNS -- All cotton production in the U.S. is forecast at 13.3 million 480-pound bales, down less than 1% from last month and down 18% from last year, according to the USDA.
Yield is expected to average 784 pounds per harvested acre, down 54 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 12.9 million 480-pound bales, down 18% from 2014. Pima cotton production, forecast at 451,000 bales, was carried forward from last month.
Upland cotton harvested area is expected to total 8.01 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 13% from 2014. Pima harvested area, at 154,300, was carried forward from last month.
Ginnings totaled 634,500 running bales prior to October 1, compared with 1,154,450 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2014 and
Forecasted October 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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Type and State : : : : 2015 : :
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 :-----------------------: 2014 : 2015
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 348.0 312.0 901 862 838 653.0 545.0
Arizona .........: 149.0 83.0 1,579 1,590 1,590 490.0 275.0
Arkansas ........: 330.0 205.0 1,145 1,218 1,218 787.0 520.0
California ......: 56.0 46.0 1,834 1,670 1,670 214.0 160.0
Florida .........: 105.0 83.0 878 752 810 192.0 140.0
Georgia .........: 1,370.0 1,110.0 900 951 995 2,570.0 2,300.0
Kansas ..........: 29.0 15.0 794 864 864 48.0 27.0
Louisiana .......: 168.0 107.0 1,154 1,077 1,032 404.0 230.0
Mississippi .....: 420.0 315.0 1,232 1,219 1,112 1,078.0 730.0
Missouri ........: 245.0 175.0 1,117 1,042 1,070 570.0 390.0
:
New Mexico ......: 33.0 30.0 931 880 1,040 64.0 65.0
North Carolina ..: 460.0 380.0 1,038 891 891 995.0 705.0
Oklahoma ........: 210.0 195.0 615 702 702 269.0 285.0
South Carolina ..: 278.0 232.0 912 869 797 528.0 385.0
Tennessee .......: 270.0 140.0 878 960 994 494.0 290.0
Texas ...........: 4,600.0 4,500.0 644 613 603 6,175.0 5,650.0
Virginia ........: 86.0 84.0 1,239 1,086 1,086 222.0 190.0
:
United States ...: 9,157.0 8,012.0 826 777 772 15,753.0 12,887.0
:
American Pima 3/ :
Arizona .........: 14.5 18.0 993 1,147 1,147 30.0 43.0
California ......: 154.0 114.0 1,558 1,499 1,499 500.0 356.0
New Mexico ......: 5.3 7.3 761 1,052 1,052 8.4 16.0
Texas ...........: 16.0 15.0 840 1,152 1,152 28.0 36.0
:
United States ...: 189.8 154.3 1,432 1,403 1,403 566.4 451.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 348.0 312.0 901 862 838 653.0 545.0
Arizona .........: 163.5 101.0 1,527 1,511 1,511 520.0 318.0
Arkansas ........: 330.0 205.0 1,145 1,218 1,218 787.0 520.0
California ......: 210.0 160.0 1,632 1,548 1,548 714.0 516.0
Florida .........: 105.0 83.0 878 752 810 192.0 140.0
Georgia .........: 1,370.0 1,110.0 900 951 995 2,570.0 2,300.0
Kansas ..........: 29.0 15.0 794 864 864 48.0 27.0
Louisiana .......: 168.0 107.0 1,154 1,077 1,032 404.0 230.0
Mississippi .....: 420.0 315.0 1,232 1,219 1,112 1,078.0 730.0
Missouri ........: 245.0 175.0 1,117 1,042 1,070 570.0 390.0
:
New Mexico ......: 38.3 37.3 907 914 1,042 72.4 81.0
North Carolina ..: 460.0 380.0 1,038 891 891 995.0 705.0
Oklahoma ........: 210.0 195.0 615 702 702 269.0 285.0
South Carolina ..: 278.0 232.0 912 869 797 528.0 385.0
Tennessee .......: 270.0 140.0 878 960 994 494.0 290.0
Texas ...........: 4,616.0 4,515.0 645 615 604 6,203.0 5,686.0
Virginia ........: 86.0 84.0 1,239 1,086 1,086 222.0 190.0
:
United States ...: 9,346.8 8,166.3 838 789 784 16,319.4 13,338.0
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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.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2014 and Forecasted October 1, 2015
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2014 : 2015 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 5,125.0 4,274.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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