CtGn 1 (11-00)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released November 9, 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
       November 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1997-2000
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1997      :      1998      :      1999      :      2000
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :     179,700          350,200          348,200          362,150
  AZ        :     298,750          114,750          177,750          244,450
  AR        :     929,100        1,018,950        1,154,850        1,145,800
  CA        :   1,146,700          160,900          516,800          779,550
  FL        :      32,800           32,450           46,400           45,250
  GA        :     580,800          525,300          501,300          535,950
  LA        :     814,200          580,400          807,950          837,650
  MS        :   1,138,050        1,262,150        1,417,550        1,512,700
  MO        :     340,300          281,800          415,200          423,250
  NM        :      22,300           14,000           13,650           27,000
  NC        :     201,900          544,000          103,400          408,650
  OK        :      54,600           75,050           52,500           78,100
  SC        :     112,250          213,350           80,000          151,100
  TN        :     408,850          451,650          484,750          613,500
  TX        :   1,646,150        1,640,700        2,118,800        2,017,250
  VA        :      23,650           93,200           23,750           38,250
            :
  US        :   7,930,100        7,358,850        8,262,850        9,220,600
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :      16,150            2,900
  CA        :     127,100           35,150           67,000           87,500
  NM 1/     :       2,850
  TX 1/     :      13,550                             5,600            6,350
            :
  US        :     159,650           40,250           77,150           98,400
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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
November 24, 2000.
 
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