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USDA Objective Cotton Yield Data - Nov 2021

Cotton Objective Yield Data
The National Agricultural Statistics Service conducted objective yield
surveys in four cotton-producing States during 2021. Randomly selected plots
in cotton fields are visited monthly from September through harvest to obtain
specific counts and measurements. Data in this table are actual field counts
from this survey.
Cotton Cumulative Boll Counts - Selected States: 2017-2021
[Includes small bolls (less than one inch in diameter), large unopened bolls
(at least one inch in diameter), open bolls, partially opened bolls, and burrs
per 40 feet of row. November, December, and Final exclude small bolls. Blank
data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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                    :           :           :           :           :
   State and month  :   2017    :   2018    :   2019    :   2020    :   2021
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                    :                          number
                    :
Arkansas            :
September ..........:    911         891         900         994         990
October ............:    839         910         896         849         838
November ...........:    825         892         925         820         809
December ...........:    825         892         900         820
Final ..............:    825         892         900         820
                    :
Georgia             :
September ..........:    593         605         598         606         597
October ............:    608         737         783         747         658
November ...........:    680         712         790         761         669
December ...........:    684         719         799         784
Final ..............:    684         713         803         785
                    :
Louisiana 1/        :
September ..........:    648         759        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
October ............:    667         734        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
November ...........:    665         739        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
December ...........:    665         739        (NA)        (NA)
Final ..............:    665         739        (NA)        (NA)
                    :
Mississippi         :
September ..........:    904         871         944         900         957
October ............:    810         895         895         867         807
November ...........:    804         846         904         877         848
December ...........:    797         846         901         875
Final ..............:    797         846         901         875
                    :
North Carolina 1/   :
September ..........:    637         601        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
October ............:    705         641        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
November ...........:    769         714        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)
December ...........:    769         719        (NA)        (NA)
Final ..............:    769         719        (NA)        (NA)
                    :
Texas               :
September ..........:    592         570         458         576         491
October ............:    602         576         438         581         512
November ...........:    603         553         456         595         538
December ...........:    615         583         459         608
Final ..............:    614         582         461         608
                    :
4-State 2/          :
September ..........:    633         627         551         645         567
October ............:    635         661         562         661         573
November ...........:    649         640         579         671         595
December ...........:    656         659         580         683
Final ..............:    656         657         593         693
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Objective yield survey discontinued in 2019.
2/   6-State total prior to 2019.

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