Cotton Production Advanced 21%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- All cotton production in the United States was pegged at 17.6 million 480-pound bales, up 21% from 2020, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
The United States yield is estimated at 849 pounds per acre, up 2 pounds from last year. Harvested area, at 9.97 million acres, is up 20% from last year.
Upland cotton production was estimated at 17.3 million 480-pound bales, up 23% from the previous year. The United States yield for Upland cotton is estimated at 841 pounds per acre, up 6 pounds from 2020. Upland planted area, estimated at 11.1 million acres, was down 7% from the previous year. Harvested area, at 9.84 million acres, was up 22% from the previous year.
American Pima producers planted 126,500 acres in 2021, down 37% from 2020. Harvested area, at 123,800 acres, was down 36% from the previous year. Production was estimated at 367 thousand 480-pound bales, down 33% from 2020. The United States yield was estimated at 1,423 pounds per acre, up 71 pounds from the previous year.
Ginnings totaled 14,650,800 running bales prior to January 1.
Cottonseed production for 2021, based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio, is expected to total 5.38 million tons, up 21% from 2020.
Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
Type and State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 540.0 450.0 405.0 532.0 446.0 400.0
Arizona .........: 160.0 125.0 120.0 158.0 123.0 119.0
Arkansas ........: 620.0 525.0 480.0 610.0 520.0 475.0
California ......: 54.0 34.0 26.0 53.0 33.5 25.5
Florida .........: 112.0 98.0 91.0 110.0 93.0 89.0
Georgia .........: 1,400.0 1,190.0 1,170.0 1,380.0 1,180.0 1,160.0
Kansas ..........: 175.0 195.0 110.0 149.0 184.0 101.0
Louisiana .......: 280.0 170.0 110.0 268.0 165.0 105.0
Mississippi .....: 710.0 530.0 450.0 700.0 525.0 435.0
Missouri ........: 380.0 295.0 315.0 368.0 287.0 310.0
:
New Mexico ......: 63.0 43.0 36.0 44.0 26.0 26.0
North Carolina ..: 510.0 360.0 375.0 500.0 330.0 365.0
Oklahoma ........: 640.0 525.0 495.0 450.0 435.0 435.0
South Carolina ..: 300.0 190.0 210.0 295.0 179.0 205.0
Tennessee .......: 410.0 280.0 275.0 405.0 275.0 270.0
Texas ...........: 7,050.0 6,800.0 6,350.0 5,150.0 3,200.0 5,250.0
Virginia ........: 103.0 80.0 75.0 102.0 79.0 74.0
:
United States ...: 13,507.0 11,890.0 11,093.0 11,274.0 8,080.5 9,844.5
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 7.5 6.5 9.0 7.5 6.5 8.8
California ......: 204.0 147.0 88.0 201.0 146.0 87.0
New Mexico ......: 5.2 10.5 12.5 4.9 10.5 12.0
Texas ...........: 12.0 38.0 17.0 10.0 31.0 16.0
:
United States ...: 228.7 202.0 126.5 223.4 194.0 123.8
:
All :
Alabama .........: 540.0 450.0 405.0 532.0 446.0 400.0
Arizona .........: 167.5 131.5 129.0 165.5 129.5 127.8
Arkansas ........: 620.0 525.0 480.0 610.0 520.0 475.0
California ......: 258.0 181.0 114.0 254.0 179.5 112.5
Florida .........: 112.0 98.0 91.0 110.0 93.0 89.0
Georgia .........: 1,400.0 1,190.0 1,170.0 1,380.0 1,180.0 1,160.0
Kansas ..........: 175.0 195.0 110.0 149.0 184.0 101.0
Louisiana .......: 280.0 170.0 110.0 268.0 165.0 105.0
Mississippi .....: 710.0 530.0 450.0 700.0 525.0 435.0
Missouri ........: 380.0 295.0 315.0 368.0 287.0 310.0
:
New Mexico ......: 68.2 53.5 48.5 48.9 36.5 38.0
North Carolina ..: 510.0 360.0 375.0 500.0 330.0 365.0
Oklahoma ........: 640.0 525.0 495.0 450.0 435.0 435.0
South Carolina ..: 300.0 190.0 210.0 295.0 179.0 205.0
Tennessee .......: 410.0 280.0 275.0 405.0 275.0 270.0
Texas ...........: 7,062.0 6,838.0 6,367.0 5,160.0 3,231.0 5,266.0
Virginia ........: 103.0 80.0 75.0 102.0 79.0 74.0
:
United States ...: 13,735.7 12,092.0 11,219.5 11,497.4 8,274.5 9,968.3
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and
United States: 2019-2021 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production 1/
Type and State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: --------- pounds -------- --------- 1,000 bales 2/ ---------
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 928 790 846 1,028.0 734.0 705.0
Arizona .........: 1,154 1,179 1,291 380.0 302.0 320.0
Arkansas ........: 1,185 1,179 1,263 1,506.0 1,277.0 1,250.0
California ......: 1,576 2,006 2,071 174.0 140.0 110.0
Florida .........: 895 532 674 205.0 103.0 125.0
Georgia .........: 953 887 931 2,740.0 2,180.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 902 783 950 280.0 300.0 200.0
Louisiana .......: 1,042 986 960 582.0 339.0 210.0
Mississippi .....: 1,112 1,079 1,015 1,621.0 1,180.0 920.0
Missouri ........: 1,193 1,144 1,293 915.0 684.0 835.0
:
New Mexico ......: 840 1,052 868 77.0 57.0 47.0
North Carolina ..: 998 759 999 1,040.0 522.0 760.0
Oklahoma ........: 703 702 783 659.0 636.0 710.0
South Carolina ..: 809 802 995 497.0 299.0 425.0
Tennessee .......: 1,138 1,066 1,067 960.0 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 589 686 695 6,320.0 4,570.0 7,600.0
Virginia ........: 1,144 772 1,232 243.0 127.0 190.0
:
United States ...: 819 835 841 19,227.0 14,061.0 17,257.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 800 1,034 1,091 12.5 14.0 20.0
California ......: 1,545 1,562 1,694 647.0 475.0 307.0
New Mexico ......: 882 663 600 9.0 14.5 15.0
Texas ...........: 816 666 750 17.0 43.0 25.0
:
United States ...: 1,473 1,352 1,423 685.5 546.5 367.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 928 790 846 1,028.0 734.0 705.0
Arizona .........: 1,138 1,171 1,277 392.5 316.0 340.0
Arkansas ........: 1,185 1,179 1,263 1,506.0 1,277.0 1,250.0
California ......: 1,551 1,645 1,779 821.0 615.0 417.0
Florida .........: 895 532 674 205.0 103.0 125.0
Georgia .........: 953 887 931 2,740.0 2,180.0 2,250.0
Kansas ..........: 902 783 950 280.0 300.0 200.0
Louisiana .......: 1,042 986 960 582.0 339.0 210.0
Mississippi .....: 1,112 1,079 1,015 1,621.0 1,180.0 920.0
Missouri ........: 1,193 1,144 1,293 915.0 684.0 835.0
:
New Mexico ......: 844 940 783 86.0 71.5 62.0
North Carolina ..: 998 759 999 1,040.0 522.0 760.0
Oklahoma ........: 703 702 783 659.0 636.0 710.0
South Carolina ..: 809 802 995 497.0 299.0 425.0
Tennessee .......: 1,138 1,066 1,067 960.0 611.0 600.0
Texas ...........: 589 685 695 6,337.0 4,613.0 7,625.0
Virginia ........: 1,144 772 1,232 243.0 127.0 190.0
:
United States ...: 831 847 849 19,912.5 14,607.5 17,624.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
Cottonseed Production - States and United States: 2019-2021
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: Production
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
Alabama .......: 267.0 205.0 201.0
Arizona .......: 136.0 107.0 116.0
Arkansas ......: 472.0 402.0 397.0
California ....: 290.0 214.0 150.0
Florida .......: 57.0 28.0 34.0
Georgia .......: 778.0 613.0 634.0
Kansas ........: 85.0 99.0 64.0
Louisiana .....: 192.0 109.0 68.0
Mississippi ...: 503.0 373.0 287.0
Missouri ......: 253.0 210.0 282.0
:
New Mexico ....: 26.0 14.0 20.0
North Carolina : 308.0 121.0 232.0
Oklahoma ......: 191.0 189.0 209.0
South Carolina : 116.0 84.0 121.0
Tennessee .....: 301.0 186.0 175.0
Texas .........: 1,902.0 1,448.0 2,335.0
Virginia ......: 68.0 33.0 52.0
:
United States .: 5,945.0 4,435.0 5,377.0
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1/ Estimates based on 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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