Cotton Output Jumps 25%
WASHINGTON - Nov 8/21 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States is forecast at 18.2 million 480-pound bales, up 1% from the previous forecast and up 25% from 2020, according to the latest USDA crop report.
Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 880 pounds per harvested acre, up 9 pounds from the previous forecast and up 33 pounds from 2020. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 9.92 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 20% from 2020.
Upland cotton production is forecast at 17.9 million 480-pound bales, up 1% from the previous forecast and up 27% 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 346,000 bales, down 2% from the previous forecast and down 37% from 2020. Expected Pima harvested area, at 122,200 acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 37% from last year.
Ginnings totaled 3,542,900 running bales prior to November 1, compared with 3,975,750 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2020 and Forecasted November 1, 2021
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 4,509.0 5,549.0
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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: 2020 and
Forecasted November 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
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 446.0 400.0 790 906 906 734.0 755.0
Arizona .........: 123.0 119.0 1,179 1,258 1,291 302.0 320.0
Arkansas ........: 520.0 470.0 1,179 1,226 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 89.0 532 782 701 103.0 130.0
Georgia .........: 1,180.0 1,160.0 887 931 952 2,180.0 2,300.0
Kansas ..........: 184.0 101.0 783 998 1,022 300.0 215.0
Louisiana .......: 165.0 105.0 986 1,006 960 339.0 210.0
Mississippi .....: 525.0 430.0 1,079 1,150 1,150 1,180.0 1,030.0
Missouri ........: 287.0 310.0 1,144 1,285 1,285 684.0 830.0
:
New Mexico ......: 26.0 28.0 1,052 977 1,029 57.0 60.0
North Carolina ..: 330.0 350.0 759 864 933 522.0 680.0
Oklahoma ........: 435.0 415.0 702 879 879 636.0 760.0
South Carolina ..: 179.0 205.0 802 925 925 299.0 395.0
Tennessee .......: 275.0 270.0 1,066 1,067 1,067 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 3,200.0 5,250.0 686 731 741 4,570.0 8,100.0
Virginia ........: 79.0 73.0 772 1,052 1,118 127.0 170.0
:
United States ...: 8,080.5 9,799.5 835 865 874 14,061.0 17,852.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 6.5 9.0 1,034 853 853 14.0 16.0
California ......: 146.0 85.0 1,562 1,609 1,581 475.0 280.0
New Mexico ......: 10.5 12.2 663 787 708 14.5 18.0
Texas ...........: 31.0 16.0 666 960 960 43.0 32.0
:
United States ...: 194.0 122.2 1,352 1,387 1,359 546.5 346.0
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All :
Alabama .........: 446.0 400.0 790 906 906 734.0 755.0
Arizona .........: 129.5 128.0 1,171 1,230 1,260 316.0 336.0
Arkansas ........: 520.0 470.0 1,179 1,226 1,226 1,277.0 1,200.0
California ......: 179.5 109.5 1,645 1,675 1,653 615.0 377.0
Florida .........: 93.0 89.0 532 782 701 103.0 130.0
Georgia .........: 1,180.0 1,160.0 887 931 952 2,180.0 2,300.0
Kansas ..........: 184.0 101.0 783 998 1,022 300.0 215.0
Louisiana .......: 165.0 105.0 986 1,006 960 339.0 210.0
Mississippi .....: 525.0 430.0 1,079 1,150 1,150 1,180.0 1,030.0
Missouri ........: 287.0 310.0 1,144 1,285 1,285 684.0 830.0
:
New Mexico ......: 36.5 40.2 940 919 931 71.5 78.0
North Carolina ..: 330.0 350.0 759 864 933 522.0 680.0
Oklahoma ........: 435.0 415.0 702 879 879 636.0 760.0
South Carolina ..: 179.0 205.0 802 925 925 299.0 395.0
Tennessee .......: 275.0 270.0 1,066 1,067 1,067 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 3,231.0 5,266.0 685 732 741 4,613.0 8,132.0
Virginia ........: 79.0 73.0 772 1,052 1,118 127.0 170.0
:
United States ...: 8,274.5 9,921.7 847 871 880 14,607.5 18,198.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
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