CtGn 1 (12-00)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released December 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
       December 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        :      406,650          497,600          548,050          467,850
  AZ        :      525,250          308,850          408,450          414,500
  AR        :    1,541,200        1,170,850        1,376,850        1,416,700
  CA        :    2,157,550          984,150        1,462,000        1,745,900
  FL        :       85,000           59,750           96,000           76,550
  GA        :    1,234,950        1,101,650        1,141,850        1,193,700
  LA        :      998,050          650,350          916,700          914,400
  MS        :    1,713,700        1,391,400        1,672,050        1,667,100
  MO        :      531,150          336,600          449,300          499,100
  NM        :       58,150           41,700           42,800           49,750
  NC        :      657,450          944,250          536,900          969,950
  OK        :      141,700          116,050          106,900          121,900
  SC        :      303,200          307,050          213,200          296,200
  TN        :      622,350          527,050          572,150          685,500
  TX        :    3,663,050        2,740,650        3,736,150        3,028,350
  VA        :       95,200          131,600           99,750          109,550
            :
  US        :   14,734,600       11,309,550       13,379,100       13,657,000
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ        :       32,050           10,450            9,200            4,700
  CA        :      276,650          168,000          257,600          201,350
  NM        :        7,750            2,000            3,450            2,500
  TX        :       33,800           21,100           25,600           18,000
            :
  US        :      350,250          201,550          295,850          226,550
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on
December 22, 2000.
 
 
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