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Cotton Yields Lowered 1%

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/22 - SNS -- All cotton production fpr the United States is forecast at 13.8 million 480-pound bales, down less than 1% from the previous forecast, and down 21% from 2021, according to the USDA.

Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 842 pounds per harvested acre, down 1 pound from the previous forecast but up 23 pounds from 2021.

Upland cotton production is forecast at 13.3 million 480-pound bales, down less than 1% from the previous forecast and down 22% from 2021. Pima cotton production is forecast at 468,000 bales, up 2% from the previous forecast and up 41% from 2021. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 7.88 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 23% from 2021.

Ginnings totalled 1,109,650 running bales prior to October 1, compared with 740,550 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year.


Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted October 1, 2022
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                 :  Area harvested   :         Yield per acre         :    Production 1/
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  Type and State :         :         :        :         2022          :          :
                 :  2021   :  2022   :  2021  :-----------------------:   2021   :   2022
                 :         :         :        :September 1: October 1 :          :
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                 :--- 1,000 acres --   ---------- pounds ----------        1,000 bales 2/
                 :
Upland           :
Alabama .........:   401.0     425.0     826        836         836        690.0      740.0
Arizona .........:   119.0      89.0   1,275      1,294       1,294        316.0      240.0
Arkansas ........:   475.0     630.0   1,248      1,219       1,143      1,235.0    1,500.0
California ......:    25.5      29.5   1,920      1,627       1,627        102.0      100.0
Florida .........:    90.0     104.0     640        808         785        120.0      170.0
Georgia .........: 1,160.0   1,280.0     914        900         900      2,210.0    2,400.0
Kansas ..........:   102.0     152.0     880        726         537        187.0      170.0
Louisiana .......:   104.0     185.0   1,011        830         856        219.0      330.0
Mississippi .....:   430.0     525.0     997      1,006       1,006        893.0    1,100.0
Missouri ........:   310.0     300.0   1,260      1,152       1,104        814.0      690.0
                 :
New Mexico ......:    26.0      48.0   1,108      1,050       1,000         60.0      100.0
North Carolina ..:   365.0     455.0   1,017        918         884        773.0      838.0
Oklahoma ........:   440.0     310.0     756        387         341        693.0      220.0
South Carolina ..:   207.0     265.0     986        897         888        425.0      490.0
Tennessee .......:   270.0     325.0   1,036        938         975        583.0      660.0
Texas ...........: 5,550.0   2,500.0     666        614         653      7,700.0    3,400.0
Virginia ........:    74.0      89.0   1,109      1,036       1,057        171.0      196.0
                 :
United States ...:10,148.5   7,711.5     813        832         831     17,191.0   13,344.0
                 :
American Pima    :
Arizona .........:     8.8      15.0     982        960         960         18.0       30.0
California ......:    87.0     101.0   1,501      1,663       1,687        272.0      355.0
New Mexico ......:    12.0      18.5     640        908         986         16.0       38.0
Texas ...........:    16.0      30.0     780        720         720         26.0       45.0
                 :
United States ...:   123.8     164.5   1,287      1,342       1,366        332.0      468.0
                 :
All              :
Alabama .........:   401.0     425.0     826        836         836        690.0      740.0
Arizona .........:   127.8     104.0   1,254      1,246       1,246        334.0      270.0
Arkansas ........:   475.0     630.0   1,248      1,219       1,143      1,235.0    1,500.0
California ......:   112.5     130.5   1,596      1,655       1,674        374.0      455.0
Florida .........:    90.0     104.0     640        808         785        120.0      170.0
Georgia .........: 1,160.0   1,280.0     914        900         900      2,210.0    2,400.0
Kansas ..........:   102.0     152.0     880        726         537        187.0      170.0
Louisiana .......:   104.0     185.0   1,011        830         856        219.0      330.0
Mississippi .....:   430.0     525.0     997      1,006       1,006        893.0    1,100.0
Missouri ........:   310.0     300.0   1,260      1,152       1,104        814.0      690.0
                 :
New Mexico ......:    38.0      66.5     960      1,011         996         76.0      138.0
North Carolina ..:   365.0     455.0   1,017        918         884        773.0      838.0
Oklahoma ........:   440.0     310.0     756        387         341        693.0      220.0
South Carolina ..:   207.0     265.0     986        897         888        425.0      490.0
Tennessee .......:   270.0     325.0   1,036        938         975        583.0      660.0
Texas ...........: 5,566.0   2,530.0     666        616         654      7,726.0    3,445.0
Virginia ........:    74.0      89.0   1,109      1,036       1,057        171.0      196.0
                 :
United States ...:10,272.3   7,876.0     819        843         842     17,523.0   13,812.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2021 and Forecasted October 1, 2022
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                 :                        Production
      State      :-----------------------------------------------------------
                 :            2021             :           2022 1/
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                 :                        1,000 tons
                 :
United States ...:           5,323.0                       4,195.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.

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