CtGn 1 (12-99)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 

Released December 10, 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      
        December 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        :      636,750          406,650          497,600          548,000   
  AZ        :      539,950          525,250          308,850          408,450   
  AR        :    1,536,350        1,541,200        1,170,850        1,376,850   
  CA        :    1,915,550        2,157,550          984,150        1,462,050   
  FL        :       99,450           85,000           59,750           96,000   
  GA        :    1,613,650        1,234,950        1,101,650        1,141,850   
  LA        :    1,278,700          998,050          650,350          916,700   
  MS        :    1,803,000        1,713,700        1,391,400        1,672,150   
  MO        :      529,550          531,150          336,600          449,750   
  NM        :       67,500           58,150           41,700           42,800   
  NC        :      743,700          657,450          944,250          536,900   
  OK        :       60,900          141,700          116,050          101,900   
  SC        :      381,800          303,200          307,050          213,150   
  TN        :      644,200          622,350          527,050          572,250   
  TX        :    2,664,750        3,663,050        2,740,650        3,948,650   
  VA        :      107,100           95,200          131,600           99,750   
  US        :   14,622,900       14,734,600       11,309,550       13,587,200   
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Amer-Pima   :                                                                   
  AZ        :       52,000           32,050           10,450            9,200   
  CA        :      158,200          276,650          168,000          257,600   
  NM        :       10,100            7,750            2,000            3,450   
  TX        :       37,050           33,800           21,100           25,000   
  US        :      257,350          350,250          201,550          295,250   
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on  December 23, 1999.


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