Ct Gn 1 (10-00)
 
Washington, D.C.
 
Cotton Ginnings
 
 
Released October 12, 2000, 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 1997-00
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1997      :      1998      :      1999      :      2000
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :       4,350           83,950           77,900           97,200
  AZ        :      66,800           19,700           27,100           72,050
  AR        :      40,900          237,400          335,700          305,100
  CA 1/     :      59,650                                             22,500
  FL 1/     :                        3,550            5,000            5,800
  GA        :      39,800          111,400           63,900           44,600
  LA        :     130,250          178,450          277,700          413,050
  MS        :      86,800          409,700          470,900          595,200
  MO        :      13,150           46,150          135,700          108,400
  NM 1/     :           0                                              2,500
  NC 1/     :                       77,450                             4,100
  OK        :         800           12,700            2,250           13,350
  SC        :       1,200           67,650            4,000           11,200
  TN        :       9,250          128,800          152,800          220,200
  TX        :     756,500          665,900        1,134,550        1,348,950
  VA        :           0           10,200                0                0
            :
  US        :   1,210,450        2,056,400        2,689,850        3,264,200
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :       2,800
  CA        :       1,850                0                0                0
  NM 1/     :           0                0                0
  TX 1/     :           0                0                0
            :
  US 1/     :       4,650                                              1,050
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
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