Cotton Remains Up Over 2020
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/21 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States is forecast at 18.0 million 480-pound bales, down 3% from the previous forecast, but up 23% from 2020, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2021.
Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 871 pounds per harvested acre, down 24 pounds from the previous forecast but up 24 pounds from 2020.
Upland cotton production is forecast at 17.7 million 480-pound bales, down 3% from the previous forecast but up 26% from 2020. Upland harvested area for the Nation is expected to total 9.80 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 21% from last year
Pima cotton production is forecast at 353,000 bales, up 5% from the previous forecast but down 35% from 2020. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 9.92 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast, but up 20% from 2020. Expected Pima harvested area, at 122,200 acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 37% from last year.
Ginnings totaled 740,550 running bales prior to October 1, compared with 915,450 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2020 and
Forecasted October 1, 2021
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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Type and State : : : : 2021 : :
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 :-----------------------: 2020 : 2021
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 446.0 400.0 790 924 906 734.0 755.0
Arizona .........: 123.0 119.0 1,179 1,250 1,258 302.0 312.0
Arkansas ........: 520.0 470.0 1,179 1,174 1,226 1,277.0 1,200.0
California ......: 33.5 24.5 2,006 1,900 1,900 140.0 97.0
Florida .........: 93.0 89.0 532 809 782 103.0 145.0
Georgia .........: 1,180.0 1,160.0 887 910 931 2,180.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 184.0 101.0 783 1,069 998 300.0 210.0
Louisiana .......: 165.0 105.0 986 1,097 1,006 339.0 220.0
Mississippi .....: 525.0 430.0 1,079 1,150 1,150 1,180.0 1,030.0
Missouri ........: 287.0 310.0 1,144 1,316 1,285 684.0 830.0
:
New Mexico ......: 26.0 28.0 1,052 977 977 57.0 57.0
North Carolina ..: 330.0 350.0 759 809 864 522.0 630.0
Oklahoma ........: 435.0 415.0 702 856 879 636.0 760.0
South Carolina ..: 179.0 205.0 802 948 925 299.0 395.0
Tennessee .......: 275.0 270.0 1,066 1,049 1,067 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 3,200.0 5,250.0 686 786 731 4,570.0 8,000.0
Virginia ........: 79.0 73.0 772 1,118 1,052 127.0 160.0
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United States ...: 8,080.5 9,799.5 835 890 865 14,061.0 17,651.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 6.5 9.0 1,034 853 853 14.0 16.0
California ......: 146.0 85.0 1,562 1,519 1,609 475.0 285.0
New Mexico ......: 10.5 12.2 663 787 787 14.5 20.0
Texas ...........: 31.0 16.0 666 900 960 43.0 32.0
:
United States ...: 194.0 122.2 1,352 1,316 1,387 546.5 353.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 446.0 400.0 790 924 906 734.0 755.0
Arizona .........: 129.5 128.0 1,171 1,223 1,230 316.0 328.0
Arkansas ........: 520.0 470.0 1,179 1,174 1,226 1,277.0 1,200.0
California ......: 179.5 109.5 1,645 1,604 1,675 615.0 382.0
Florida .........: 93.0 89.0 532 809 782 103.0 145.0
Georgia .........: 1,180.0 1,160.0 887 910 931 2,180.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 184.0 101.0 783 1,069 998 300.0 210.0
Louisiana .......: 165.0 105.0 986 1,097 1,006 339.0 220.0
Mississippi .....: 525.0 430.0 1,079 1,150 1,150 1,180.0 1,030.0
Missouri ........: 287.0 310.0 1,144 1,316 1,285 684.0 830.0
:
New Mexico ......: 36.5 40.2 940 919 919 71.5 77.0
North Carolina ..: 330.0 350.0 759 809 864 522.0 630.0
Oklahoma ........: 435.0 415.0 702 856 879 636.0 760.0
South Carolina ..: 179.0 205.0 802 948 925 299.0 395.0
Tennessee .......: 275.0 270.0 1,066 1,049 1,067 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 3,231.0 5,266.0 685 787 732 4,613.0 8,032.0
Virginia ........: 79.0 73.0 772 1,118 1,052 127.0 160.0
:
United States ...: 8,274.5 9,921.7 847 895 871 14,607.5 18,004.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2020 and Forecasted October 1, 2021
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 4,509.0 5,491.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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