Cotton
Ginnings
 
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
Released August 12, 1998 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at (202)
720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.  Estimates are cotton ginned
prior to August 1.
 
 
 
Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to
   August 1 by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1995-98
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   Crop     :                     Running Bales Ginned
    and     :------------------------------------------------------------------
   State    :    1995       :      1996     :      1997      :      1998
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            :
Upland      :
  TX        :   16,650            48,150           2,200           145,550
            :
  US        :   16,650            48,150           2,200           145,550
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET
on September 11, 1998.
 
 
 
 
 
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