Record Cotton Yields Expected
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/17 - SNS -- Production of all classes of cotton is expected to reach 21.4 million 480-pound bales in the United States, up 1% from October and up 25% from last year, according to the latest crop estimates from the USDA.
Yield is expected to average 900 pounds per harvested acre, up 11 pounds from last month and up 33 pounds from last year. If realized, the cotton yield forecast for the Nation will be the highest yield on record. Upland cotton production is forecast at 20.7 million 480-pound bales, up 24% from 2016. Pima cotton production, forecast at 727,000 bales, was carried forward from an earlier forecast.
Upland cotton harvested area is expected to total 11.2 million acres, unchanged from October but up 20% from last year. Pima cotton harvested area, estimated at 242,200 acres, was carried forward from an earlier forecast.
Ginnings totaled 4,964,250 running bales prior to November 1, compared with 5,015,650 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2016 and Forecasted November 1, 2017
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 5,369.0 6,758.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2016 and
Forecasted November 1, 2017
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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Type and State : : : : 2017 : :
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 :-----------------------: 2016 : 2017
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 343.0 428.0 988 976 964 706.0 860.0
Arizona .........: 118.0 158.0 1,525 1,574 1,549 375.0 510.0
Arkansas ........: 375.0 438.0 1,075 1,096 1,162 840.0 1,060.0
California ......: 62.0 90.0 1,897 1,760 1,680 245.0 315.0
Florida .........: 102.0 98.0 922 931 931 196.0 190.0
Georgia .........: 1,165.0 1,280.0 898 900 900 2,180.0 2,400.0
Kansas ..........: 31.0 91.0 1,099 1,002 976 71.0 185.0
Louisiana .......: 137.0 215.0 939 982 1,005 268.0 450.0
Mississippi .....: 430.0 625.0 1,207 1,152 1,152 1,081.0 1,500.0
Missouri ........: 266.0 297.0 1,021 1,220 1,172 566.0 725.0
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New Mexico ......: 41.0 55.0 1,030 916 873 88.0 100.0
North Carolina ..: 255.0 365.0 646 921 967 343.0 735.0
Oklahoma ........: 290.0 555.0 1,021 848 951 617.0 1,100.0
South Carolina ..: 183.0 245.0 656 940 940 250.0 480.0
Tennessee .......: 250.0 340.0 1,104 1,045 1,059 575.0 750.0
Texas ...........: 5,200.0 5,800.0 748 745 753 8,100.0 9,100.0
Virginia ........: 72.0 83.0 667 1,099 1,099 100.0 190.0
:
United States ...: 9,320.0 11,163.0 855 877 888 16,601.0 20,650.0
:
American Pima 3/ :
Arizona .........: 11.0 14.5 851 894 894 19.5 27.0
California ......: 154.0 208.0 1,565 1,528 1,528 502.0 662.0
New Mexico ......: 7.8 7.2 886 800 800 14.4 12.0
Texas ...........: 15.0 12.5 1,056 998 998 33.0 26.0
:
United States ...: 187.8 242.2 1,454 1,441 1,441 568.9 727.0
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All :
Alabama .........: 343.0 428.0 988 976 964 706.0 860.0
Arizona .........: 129.0 172.5 1,468 1,517 1,494 394.5 537.0
Arkansas ........: 375.0 438.0 1,075 1,096 1,162 840.0 1,060.0
California ......: 216.0 298.0 1,660 1,598 1,574 747.0 977.0
Florida .........: 102.0 98.0 922 931 931 196.0 190.0
Georgia .........: 1,165.0 1,280.0 898 900 900 2,180.0 2,400.0
Kansas ..........: 31.0 91.0 1,099 1,002 976 71.0 185.0
Louisiana .......: 137.0 215.0 939 982 1,005 268.0 450.0
Mississippi .....: 430.0 625.0 1,207 1,152 1,152 1,081.0 1,500.0
Missouri ........: 266.0 297.0 1,021 1,220 1,172 566.0 725.0
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New Mexico ......: 48.8 62.2 1,007 903 864 102.4 112.0
North Carolina ..: 255.0 365.0 646 921 967 343.0 735.0
Oklahoma ........: 290.0 555.0 1,021 848 951 617.0 1,100.0
South Carolina ..: 183.0 245.0 656 940 940 250.0 480.0
Tennessee .......: 250.0 340.0 1,104 1,045 1,059 575.0 750.0
Texas ...........: 5,215.0 5,812.5 749 745 754 8,133.0 9,126.0
Virginia ........: 72.0 83.0 667 1,099 1,099 100.0 190.0
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United States ...: 9,507.8 11,405.2 867 889 900 17,169.9 21,377.0
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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.
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