Ct Gn 1 (10-99)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released October 8, 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
        October 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1996-99
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1996      :      1997      :      1998      :      1999
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      59,550            4,350           83,950           77,350
  AZ        :      50,400           66,800           19,700           27,100
  AR        :     253,250           40,900          237,400          335,700
  CA 1/     :      26,850           59,650
  FL 1/     :                                         3,550            5,000
  GA        :     198,600           39,800          111,400           63,500
  LA        :     269,250          130,250          178,450          277,700
  MS        :     480,500           86,800          409,700          474,050
  MO        :      47,950           13,150           46,150          135,700
  NM 1/     :       2,450                0                                 0
  NC 1/     :      21,550                            77,450
  OK 1/     :                          800           12,700            2,350
  SC        :      61,800            1,200           67,650            4,050
  TN        :     148,400            9,250          128,800          152,800
  TX        :     517,750          756,500          665,900        1,150,050
  VA 1/     :                            0           10,200                0
  US        :   2,145,650        1,210,450        2,056,400        2,707,600
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :                        2,800
  CA 1/     :                        1,850                0                0
  NM 1/     :                            0                0                0
  TX 1/     :                            0                0                0
  US 1/     :                        4,650
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on
October 22, 1999.
 
 
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