Ct Gn 1 (10-05)


Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.




Released October 12, 2005, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For
information on Cotton Ginnings call Sheila Corley 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 2002-2005       
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2002      :      2003      :      2004      :      2005      
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All Cotton  :                                                                   
  AL        :      32,750           21,550           38,300           35,450    
  AZ        :      43,400           36,200           51,600           27,900    
  AR        :      76,700           91,650          113,500          288,700    
  CA        :       4,100                0           19,450                0     
  FL 1/     :                        3,700                                 0     
  GA        :      89,600           62,800           82,400           29,000    
  LA        :     122,650          257,000          131,200          291,800    
  MS        :     275,700          405,300          367,300          404,950    
  MO        :      16,400            3,700           28,250           56,150    
  NM 1/     :                            0                                 0     
  NC        :      11,850              950           46,700           17,800    
  OK        :       6,100            2,100            1,850              800    
  SC        :       4,350            2,050           16,350            4,000    
  TN        :      39,400           22,300           61,450           71,750    
  TX        :     929,550        1,091,850        1,265,750        1,057,450    
  VA 1/     :                            0                                 0  
            :                                                                   
  US        :   1,656,350        2,001,150        2,226,500        2,285,750    
            :                                                                   
Amer-Pima   :                                                                   
  AZ 1/     :       2,100                                                       
  CA 1/     :           0                0                                 0     
  NM        :           0                0                0                0     
  TX 1/     :           0                0                                 0     
 
            :                                                                   
  US 1/     :       2,100                                
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          

                                 
                                
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