Ct Gn 1  (10-06)




Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released October 12, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.  For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Shiela
Corley at 202-720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.



  

           Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters),
            by Crop, State, and United States, October 01, 2003-2006
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2003      :      2004      :      2005      :      2006
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            :
All Cotton  :
AL          :      21,550           38,300           17,600           46,350
AZ          :      36,200           51,600           27,900           27,350
AR          :      91,650          113,500          288,700          367,750
CA          :           0           19,450                0                0
FL 1/       :       3,700                                 0
GA          :      62,800           82,400           29,000          108,150
LA          :     257,000          131,200          300,400          397,050
MS          :     405,300          367,300          393,100          721,550
MO          :       3,700           28,250           56,150            5,050
NM 1/       :           0
NC          :         950           46,700           17,800           12,350
OK          :       2,100            1,850              800              500
SC          :       2,050           16,350            4,100            5,750
TN          :      22,300           61,450           71,750           59,500
TX          :   1,091,850        1,265,750        1,107,000          815,600
VA 1/       :           0                                 0
            :
US          :   2,001,150        2,226,500        2,314,450        2,589,150
            :
Amer-Pima   :
AZ 1/       :
CA 1/       :            0                                0                0
NM          :            0                                0                0
TX 1/       :            0                                0                0
            :
US 2/       :
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
2/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in
     all cotton U.S. total.



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