Cotton Harvest Jumps 23%
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/16 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States is forecast at 15.9 million 480-pound bales, up 23% from last year, according to the USDA's latest estimate for the crop.
Yield is expected to average 800 pounds per harvested acre, up 34 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 15.3 million 480-pound bales, up 23% from 2015. Pima cotton production is forecast at 565,000 bales, up 30% from last year.
Area planted to Upland cotton is estimated at 9.82 million acres, unchanged from the June estimate but up 17% from 2015. Harvested area is expected to total 9.34 million acres, up 18% from last year. Pima cotton planted area is estimated at 199,000 acres, also unchanged from June but up 26% from 2015. Expected harvested area, at 190,300 is up 23% from the previous year.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2015
and Forecasted August 1, 2016
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Type and State : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ----- pounds ---- -- 1,000 bales 2/ --
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 307.0 317.0 866 969 554.0 640.0
Arizona .........: 88.0 114.0 1,511 1,558 277.0 370.0
Arkansas ........: 207.0 365.0 1,092 1,052 471.0 800.0
California ......: 46.0 54.0 1,722 1,733 165.0 195.0
Florida .........: 83.0 98.0 885 882 153.0 180.0
Georgia .........: 1,120.0 1,290.0 966 967 2,255.0 2,600.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 28.0 1,050 806 35.0 47.0
Louisiana .......: 112.0 150.0 810 1,024 189.0 320.0
Mississippi .....: 315.0 445.0 1,024 1,133 672.0 1,050.0
Missouri ........: 175.0 286.0 1,097 1,124 400.0 670.0
:
New Mexico ......: 31.0 30.0 929 1,040 60.0 65.0
North Carolina ..: 355.0 285.0 713 943 527.0 560.0
Oklahoma ........: 205.0 280.0 876 874 374.0 510.0
South Carolina ..: 136.0 179.0 547 912 155.0 340.0
Tennessee .......: 140.0 240.0 1,046 1,000 305.0 500.0
Texas ...........: 4,500.0 5,100.0 610 593 5,720.0 6,300.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 79.0 817 1,015 143.0 167.0
:
United States ...: 7,920.0 9,340.0 755 787 12,455.0 15,314.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 17.0 14.5 875 993 31.0 30.0
California ......: 116.0 153.0 1,494 1,537 361.0 490.0
New Mexico ......: 6.9 6.8 904 918 13.0 13.0
Texas ...........: 15.0 16.0 896 960 28.0 32.0
:
United States ...: 154.9 190.3 1,342 1,425 433.0 565.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 307.0 317.0 866 969 554.0 640.0
Arizona .........: 105.0 128.5 1,408 1,494 308.0 400.0
Arkansas ........: 207.0 365.0 1,092 1,052 471.0 800.0
California ......: 162.0 207.0 1,559 1,588 526.0 685.0
Florida .........: 83.0 98.0 885 882 153.0 180.0
Georgia .........: 1,120.0 1,290.0 966 967 2,255.0 2,600.0
Kansas ..........: 16.0 28.0 1,050 806 35.0 47.0
Louisiana .......: 112.0 150.0 810 1,024 189.0 320.0
Mississippi .....: 315.0 445.0 1,024 1,133 672.0 1,050.0
Missouri ........: 175.0 286.0 1,097 1,124 400.0 670.0
:
New Mexico ......: 37.9 36.8 925 1,017 73.0 78.0
North Carolina ..: 355.0 285.0 713 943 527.0 560.0
Oklahoma ........: 205.0 280.0 876 874 374.0 510.0
South Carolina ..: 136.0 179.0 547 912 155.0 340.0
Tennessee .......: 140.0 240.0 1,046 1,000 305.0 500.0
Texas ...........: 4,515.0 5,116.0 611 594 5,748.0 6,332.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 79.0 817 1,015 143.0 167.0
:
United States ...: 8,074.9 9,530.3 766 800 12,888.0 15,879.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bales.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2015 and Forecasted August 1, 2016
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 4,043.0 5,055.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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