Ct Gn 1 (9-99) Cotton Ginnings National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 24, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Jay Johnson at (202) 720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to September 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1996-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop : Running Bales Ginned and :-------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1996 : 1997 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Cotton: AL 1/ : 0 10,050 5,300 AZ : 20,950 23,500 5,900 7,600 AR : 29,500 0 13,550 18,200 CA : 6,550 5,300 0 0 FL 1/ : GA : 33,550 700 18,000 10,800 LA : 27,400 3,650 17,950 50,350 MS : 77,300 900 42,900 71,200 MO : 3,850 0 1,850 12,200 NM : 0 0 0 0 NC 1/ : 0 0 OK 1/ : 0 0 SC 1/ : 4,650 0 10,250 TN : 14,950 0 8,000 7,150 TX : 414,200 649,000 609,250 835,300 VA : 0 0 0 0 US : 637,250 683,400 738,500 1,018,350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins. Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to September 1, 1999. Preliminary estimates were released September 10, 1999. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County, District and State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State/ : Running :: State/ : Running County/ : Bales :: County/ : Bales District : Ginned :: District : Ginned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : :: : Texas : :: Texas (Cont'd) : : :: : Ellis 1/ : :: Zavala 1/ : Falls 1/ : :: : Hill 1/ : :: District 96 2/ : Lamar 1/ : :: : Milam 1/ : :: Cameron : 57,700 Navarro 1/ : :: Hidalgo 1/ : Williamson : 5,050 :: Starr 1/ : : :: Willacy : 106,750 District 40 : 13,500 :: : : :: District 97 : 208,200 Brazos 1/ : :: : Robertson : 1,800 :: TX Total : 561,000 : :: : District 52 3/ : 1,800 :: : : :: : Burleson 1/ : :: : Caldwell 1/ : :: : Medina 1/ : :: : : :: : District 81 2/ : :: : : :: : Kleberg 1/ : :: : Nueces : 60,650 :: : Refugio 1/ : :: : San Patricio : 133,850 :: : : :: : District 82 : 235,850 :: : : :: : Brazoria : 4,900 :: : Calhoun 1/ : :: : Fort Bend : 10,250 :: : Jackson 1/ : :: : Matagorda 1/ : :: : Wharton : 43,250 :: : : :: : District 90 : 88,000 :: : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins. 2/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 3/ Excludes some gins' data to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 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