Cotton Seedings Rise 7%
WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- Cotton seedings in the United States are ip 7% over last year at 13.5 million acres, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Upland area is estimated at 13.3 million acres, up 7% from 2017. American Pima is estimated at 243,000 acres, down 4% from 2017. The upland planted area in Kansas is estimated at a record high and Oklahoma upland planted area is the highest since 1956.
Producers planted 94% of their acreage with seed varieties developed using biotechnology, down 2 percentage points from last year. Varieties containing insect resistance (Bt) were planted on 3% of the acreage, down 2 percentage points from last year. Herbicide resistant varieties were planted on 9% of the acreage down 2 percentage points from 2017.
Stacked gene varieties, those contacting both insect and herbicide resistance, were planted on 82% of the acreage, up 2 percentage points from a year ago.
Cotton Area Planted and Harvested by Type - States and United States:
2017 and 2018
[Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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Type and State : Area planted : Area harvested
:---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/
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: 1,000 acres
Upland :
Alabama .........: 435.0 490.0 430.0
Arizona .........: 160.0 150.0 159.0
Arkansas ........: 445.0 480.0 438.0
California ......: 88.0 50.0 87.0
Florida .........: 99.0 115.0 98.0
Georgia .........: 1,280.0 1,450.0 1,270.0
Kansas ..........: 93.0 120.0 90.0
Louisiana .......: 220.0 180.0 217.0
Mississippi .....: 630.0 560.0 625.0
Missouri ........: 305.0 345.0 297.0
:
New Mexico ......: 66.0 80.0 46.0
North Carolina ..: 375.0 440.0 367.0
Oklahoma ........: 585.0 720.0 555.0
South Carolina ..: 250.0 260.0 248.0
Tennessee .......: 345.0 350.0 340.0
Texas ...........: 6,900.0 7,400.0 5,500.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 85.0 83.0
:
United States ...: 12,360.0 13,275.0 10,850.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 15.0 14.0 15.0
California ......: 216.0 210.0 215.0
New Mexico ......: 7.5 7.0 7.4
Texas ...........: 14.0 12.0 13.0
:
United States ...: 252.5 243.0 250.4
:
All :
Alabama .........: 435.0 490.0 430.0
Arizona .........: 175.0 164.0 174.0
Arkansas ........: 445.0 480.0 438.0
California ......: 304.0 260.0 302.0
Florida .........: 99.0 115.0 98.0
Georgia .........: 1,280.0 1,450.0 1,270.0
Kansas ..........: 93.0 120.0 90.0
Louisiana .......: 220.0 180.0 217.0
Mississippi .....: 630.0 560.0 625.0
Missouri ........: 305.0 345.0 297.0
:
New Mexico ......: 73.5 87.0 53.4
North Carolina ..: 375.0 440.0 367.0
Oklahoma ........: 585.0 720.0 555.0
South Carolina ..: 250.0 260.0 248.0
Tennessee .......: 345.0 350.0 340.0
Texas ...........: 6,914.0 7,412.0 5,513.0
Virginia ........: 84.0 85.0 83.0
:
United States ...: 12,612.5 13,518.0 11,100.4
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1/ Estimates to be released August 2018 in the "Crop Production" report.
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