Ct Gn 1  (10-09)

Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released October 9, 2009, 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)           
                      As of October 1, Crop Years 2006-2009                     
                        by Crop, State, and United States                       
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2006      :      2007      :      2008      :      2009      
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            :                                                                   
All Cotton  :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
AL          :      46,350           31,550          10,450               1/     
AZ          :      27,350           30,300          13,850           18,000     
AR          :     367,750          297,650          37,550                0     
CA          :           0               1/               0                0     
FL          :          1/               1/           1,050                0     
GA          :     108,150           14,750          37,900               1/     
LA          :     397,050           49,100          71,050           18,250     
MS          :     722,200          162,750          17,600               1/     
MO          :       5,050          234,100          12,400                0     
NM          :          1/                0               0                0     
NC          :      12,350           28,300           1,700            1,600     
OK          :         500            1,200               0                0     
SC          :       5,750            8,550           1,950            2,550     
TN          :      59,500          142,350          18,350                0     
TX          :     813,600          559,750         573,550          251,150     
VA          :          1/            1,750               0                0     
            :                                                                   
US          :   2,572,150        1,566,300         797,400          293,050     
            :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
Amer. Pima  :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
AZ          :          1/               1/               0                0     
CA          :           0               1/               0                0     
NM          :           0                0               0                0     
TX          :           0                0               0                0     
            :                                                                   
US          :          1/               1/               0                0     
            :                                                                   
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1/Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                            


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