U.S. Cotton Crop Jumps
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- All cotton planted area for 2016 is estimated at 10.0 million acres, 17% above last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Upland area is estimated at 9.82 million acres, up 17% from 2015. American Pima area is estimated at 199,000 acres, up 26% from 2015.
Producers planted 93% of their acreage with seed varieties developed using biotechnology, down 1 percentage point from last year. Varieties containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) were planted on 4% of the acreage, down 1 percentage point from last year.
Herbicide resistant varieties were planted on 9% of the acreage, down 1 percentage point from 2015. Stacked gene varieties, those containing both insect and herbicide resistance, were planted on 80% of the acreage, up 1 percentage point from a year ago.
Cotton Area Planted and Harvested by Type - States and United States:
2015 and 2016
[Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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Type and State : Area planted : Area harvested
:---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
Upland :
Alabama .........: 315.0 320.0 307.0
Arizona .........: 89.0 115.0 88.0
Arkansas ........: 210.0 370.0 207.0
California ......: 47.0 55.0 46.0
Florida .........: 85.0 100.0 83.0
Georgia .........: 1,130.0 1,300.0 1,120.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 29.0 16.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 155.0 112.0
Mississippi .....: 320.0 450.0 315.0
Missouri ........: 185.0 300.0 175.0
:
New Mexico ......: 35.0 35.0 31.0
North Carolina ..: 385.0 290.0 355.0
Oklahoma ........: 215.0 300.0 205.0
South Carolina ..: 235.0 180.0 136.0
Tennessee .......: 155.0 245.0 140.0
Texas ...........: 4,800.0 5,500.0 4,500.0
Virginia ........: 85.0 80.0 84.0
:
United States ...: 8,422.0 9,824.0 7,920.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 17.5 15.0 17.0
California ......: 117.0 155.0 116.0
New Mexico ......: 7.0 7.0 6.9
Texas ...........: 17.0 22.0 15.0
:
United States ...: 158.5 199.0 154.9
:
All :
Alabama .........: 315.0 320.0 307.0
Arizona .........: 106.5 130.0 105.0
Arkansas ........: 210.0 370.0 207.0
California ......: 164.0 210.0 162.0
Florida .........: 85.0 100.0 83.0
Georgia .........: 1,130.0 1,300.0 1,120.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 29.0 16.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 155.0 112.0
Mississippi .....: 320.0 450.0 315.0
Missouri ........: 185.0 300.0 175.0
:
New Mexico ......: 42.0 42.0 37.9
North Carolina ..: 385.0 290.0 355.0
Oklahoma ........: 215.0 300.0 205.0
South Carolina ..: 235.0 180.0 136.0
Tennessee .......: 155.0 245.0 140.0
Texas ...........: 4,817.0 5,522.0 4,515.0
Virginia ........: 85.0 80.0 84.0
:
United States ...: 8,580.5 10,023.0 8,074.9
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1/ Estimates to be released August 2016 in the "Crop Production" report.
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