United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Ct Gn 1 (04) Cotton Ginnings 2003 Summary May 2004 Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, State, and United States, Crop Years 2000-03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : : State : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 532,950 907,300 566,200 799,950 AZ : 753,400 656,850 596,200 514,000 AR : 1,406,300 1,788,400 1,615,150 1,735,600 CA : 2,492,250 2,358,250 2,008,300 1,822,950 FL 1/ : 67,300 122,200 GA : 1,621,700 2,159,050 1,549,550 2,041,400 KS 1/ : 68,300 89,200 LA : 923,250 1,044,600 749,050 1,028,300 MS : 1,676,600 2,339,250 1,880,500 2,063,250 MO : 502,600 673,800 579,200 675,800 NM : 64,150 70,800 58,700 56,800 NC : 1,407,550 1,640,550 782,300 1,007,450 OK : 146,050 194,850 203,500 205,350 SC : 357,900 404,200 127,000 311,450 TN : 691,350 950,150 788,950 853,900 TX : 3,900,850 4,232,800 4,981,500 4,274,850 VA : 146,800 177,900 88,750 106,450 : US : 16,741,850 19,771,200 16,710,450 17,708,900 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 7,300 14,100 16,800 4,400 CA : 332,950 617,900 581,500 356,450 NM : 4,450 12,900 18,000 12,550 TX : 30,200 32,800 38,700 43,450 : US : 374,900 677,700 655,000 416,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the U.S. totals. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Produced and Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, by Type, State, and United States, Crop Years 2002-03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Equivalent 480-Pound Type : Running Bales Produced : Bales Ginned and :-------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 550,200 789,300 585,050 828,450 AZ : 609,500 535,950 615,900 530,000 AR : 1,628,000 1,755,150 1,655,200 1,784,050 CA : 1,995,000 1,801,050 2,080,400 1,886,500 FL : 92,450 113,200 69,850 125,900 GA : 1,532,700 2,045,700 1,595,400 2,106,050 KS : 73,850 86,800 70,600 91,950 LA : 718,650 1,000,100 770,100 1,055,500 MS : 1,886,850 2,067,350 1,928,300 2,115,700 MO : 593,500 682,950 595,150 693,400 NM : 99,450 82,000 58,850 57,450 NC : 779,400 996,900 809,050 1,047,950 OK : 203,250 212,600 208,600 209,850 SC : 127,800 314,750 130,450 322,350 TN : 791,650 863,050 813,600 878,800 TX : 4,936,000 4,246,000 5,127,500 4,397,450 VA : 92,200 116,050 91,450 109,450 : US : 16,710,450 17,708,900 17,205,450 18,240,800 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 16,600 4,400 17,450 4,600 CA : 581,700 356,450 603,050 370,500 NM : 15,300 13,100 18,100 12,650 TX : 41,400 42,900 39,500 44,400 : US : 655,000 416,850 678,100 432,150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : October 1 : October 15 : November 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 21,550 118,500 301,600 AZ : 36,200 74,300 147,000 AR : 91,650 384,100 928,650 CA : 0 35,450 365,950 FL : 3,700 12,950 41,450 GA : 62,800 228,050 607,350 LA : 257,000 514,300 823,850 MS : 405,300 872,700 1,446,600 MO : 3,700 89,300 261,150 NM : 0 1,000 13,050 NC : 950 19,950 208,100 OK : 2,100 13,950 50,050 SC : 2,050 14,200 70,700 TN : 22,300 145,050 369,500 TX : 1,091,850 1,295,050 1,740,600 VA : 0 0 17,200 : US : 2,001,150 3,818,850 7,392,800 : Amer-Pima : AZ 1/ : CA 1/ : 0 NM 1/ : 0 TX 1/ : 0 250 6,500 : US 2/ : 7,500 59,350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. - (continued) Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : November 15 : December 1 : December 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 452,000 622,900 728,150 AZ : 215,850 290,450 368,600 AR : 1,340,700 1,609,150 1,720,800 CA : 737,550 1,118,150 1,452,900 FL : 71,000 96,800 113,700 GA : 987,400 1,422,900 1,773,350 KS 3/ : 16,500 28,300 LA : 973,750 1,023,450 1,028,300 MS : 1,808,200 1,983,700 2,038,650 MO : 443,550 580,950 655,800 NM : 25,200 36,000 48,400 NC : 460,900 729,500 931,950 OK : 77,800 117,450 159,900 SC : 137,400 209,600 263,750 TN : 577,000 739,350 821,300 TX : 2,151,750 2,789,450 3,444,500 VA : 46,950 79,600 99,650 : US : 10,507,000 13,465,900 15,678,000 : Amer-Pima : AZ 1/ : CA : 118,300 202,050 269,750 NM 1/ : TX : 14,450 23,750 31,850 : US : 139,450 234,550 313,550 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : January 1 : January 15 : February 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 781,100 795,500 798,250 AZ : 438,550 480,650 502,900 AR : 1,734,150 1,735,000 1,735,250 CA : 1,666,300 1,766,750 1,812,100 FL : 119,350 121,150 121,250 GA : 1,957,100 2,024,500 2,037,050 KS : 39,600 48,300 59,950 LA : 1,028,300 1,028,300 1,028,300 MS : 2,055,900 2,058,000 2,059,400 MO : 674,200 674,700 675,100 NM : 52,700 56,750 56,750 NC : 989,850 1,006,400 1,007,450 OK : 185,750 198,900 202,850 SC : 299,050 307,650 309,900 TN : 843,600 849,150 853,600 TX : 3,913,400 4,150,900 4,234,550 VA : 103,650 106,050 106,450 : US : 16,882,550 17,408,650 17,601,100 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 3,800 3,800 4,400 CA : 307,850 335,400 356,450 NM : 11,700 12,550 12,550 TX : 37,550 43,150 43,450 : US : 360,900 394,900 416,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in U.S. totals. 2/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the all cotton U.S. total. 3/ Kansas first estimate is December 1. Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : : Autauga 1/: 10,000 Baldwin 1/: 16,350 Barbour : 0 0 6,950 Bibb 1/: 0 0 Blount 1/: 3,900 Bullock : 0 0 1,500 Butler : 0 0 1,150 Calhoun : 0 0 6,900 Chambers : 0 0 600 Cherokee 1/: 12,850 Chilton 1/: 850 Choctaw : 0 0 700 Clarke : 0 0 1,200 Clay : 0 0 1,100 Coffee 1/: 21,700 Colbert 1/: 43,200 Conecuh : 0 0 5,200 Covington 1/: 25,450 Crenshaw 1/: 1,550 Cullman : 0 0 3,000 Dale : 0 0 13,350 Dallas : 0 0 16,150 Dekalb 1/: 0 0 Elmore 1/: 19,250 Escambia 1/: 33,600 Etowah : 0 0 2,350 Fayette 1/: 2,700 Franklin : 0 0 2,350 Geneva 1/: 17,400 Greene 1/: 500 Hale : 0 0 1,650 Henry 1/: 29,950 Houston 1/: 31,350 Jackson : 0 0 10,050 Jefferson : 0 0 2,700 Lamar : 0 0 650 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -(continued) Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Lauderdale 1/: 41,700 Lawrence 1/: 65,550 Lee : 0 0 3,600 Limestone : 114,100 119,500 100,450 Lowndes 1/: 5,250 Macon 1/: 26,150 Madison : 67,100 69,550 74,200 Marengo 1/: 6,150 Marion : 0 0 550 Marshall : 0 0 750 Mobile 1/: 14,750 Monroe 1/: 34,100 Montgomery : 0 0 1,850 Morgan : 0 0 2,000 Perry : 0 0 4,200 Pickens : 0 0 750 Pike : 0 0 9,650 Russell 1/: 8,650 Shelby : 0 0 6,300 Talladega : 0 0 3,250 Tallapoosa 1/: 1,600 Tuscaloosa 1/: 7,200 Washington : 0 0 1,950 Wilcox : 0 0 3,450 Other 2/: 16,800 : Alabama : 799,950 828,450 789,300 : Cochise 1/: 3,700 Graham 1/: 43,050 Greenlee : 0 0 2,250 La Paz 1/: 49,750 Maricopa : 154,500 158,700 95,650 Mohave 1/: 7,350 Pima 1/: 23,600 Pinal : 208,550 214,750 248,550 Yuma : 63,950 66,250 62,100 : Arizona : 514,000 530,000 535,950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arkansas 1/: 0 0 Ashley : 110,950 113,400 112,150 Chicot 1/: 72,800 Clay 1/: 44,300 Craighead : 172,200 176,000 182,350 Crittenden : 81,900 83,450 56,500 Cross 1/: 2,350 Desha : 236,900 242,400 184,700 Drew 1/: 46,300 Greene : 28,900 29,400 28,900 Jefferson : 71,300 73,200 65,350 Lafayette 1/: 6,650 Lee 1/: 105,000 Lincoln 1/: 72,050 Little River 1/: 0 0 Lonoke : 53,200 54,400 46,000 Miller : 0 0 1,700 Mississippi : 383,800 394,600 373,350 Monroe 1/: 39,100 Phillips : 173,250 181,100 127,050 Poinsett : 126,250 128,900 117,000 Prairie : 0 0 1,900 Pulaski : 0 0 1,150 St. Francis : 73,800 76,450 60,200 Woodruff 1/: 8,250 : Arkansas : 1,735,600 1,784,050 1,755,150 : Colusa 1/: 12,100 Fresno : 712,850 739,000 618,150 Glenn : 0 0 3,650 Imperial 1/: 18,800 Kern : 332,000 342,650 320,250 Kings : 322,950 335,800 403,750 Madera 1/: 42,200 Merced 1/: 175,450 Riverside 1/: 43,800 San Bernardino : 0 0 2,050 San Joaquin : 0 0 300 Sutter 1/: 2,900 Tulare : 184,900 190,400 157,650 : California : 1,822,950 1,886,500 1,801,050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Calhoun : 0 0 2,350 Escambia 1/: 17,250 Gadsen 1/: 0 0 Hamilton 1/: 0 0 Holmes : 0 0 1,500 Jackson 1/: 40,100 Jefferson : 0 0 1,700 Madison : 0 0 350 Okaloosa : 0 0 5,600 Santa Rosa 1/: 38,300 Suwannee : 0 0 850 Walton : 0 0 4,800 Washington 1/: 0 0 : Florida : 122,200 125,900 113,200 : Appling 1/: 50,400 Atkinson : 0 0 14,550 Bacon : 0 0 15,850 Baker : 0 0 46,100 Bartow 1/: 2,000 Ben Hill : 0 0 12,300 Berrien : 72,500 74,750 32,050 Bleckley 1/: 27,050 Brooks 1/: 62,550 Bryan : 0 0 700 Bulloch 1/: 33,050 Burke : 67,350 69,700 40,500 Calhoun 1/: 41,850 Candler 1/: 11,750 Clay : 0 0 12,200 Clinch 1/: 0 0 Coffee 1/: 46,200 Colquitt : 265,800 274,050 131,100 Cook : 0 0 43,050 Crawford : 0 0 1,250 Crisp 1/: 56,000 Decatur 1/: 55,400 Dodge 1/: 21,800 Dooly : 222,450 228,500 141,800 Dougherty : 0 0 12,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Early 1/: 70,500 Effingham : 0 0 2,850 Elbert : 0 0 2,550 Emanuel : 0 0 26,750 Evans : 0 0 8,300 Floyd : 0 0 2,750 Glascock : 0 0 1,000 Grady : 0 0 41,300 Hart : 0 0 800 Henry 1/: 0 0 Houston : 0 0 22,050 Irwin 1/: 37,450 Jeff Davis 1/: 32,150 Jefferson 1/: 15,250 Jenkins : 0 0 16,450 Johnson : 0 0 1,750 Lamar : 0 0 2,900 Lanier : 0 0 11,750 Laurens 1/: 9,850 Lee 1/: 41,700 Long 1/: 0 0 Lowndes 1/: 16,700 Macon : 0 0 20,350 Madison 1/: 0 0 Marion : 0 0 2,450 McDuffie 1/: 0 0 Miller 1/: 56,350 Mitchell 1/: 85,750 Monroe : 0 0 400 Montgomery : 0 0 3,550 Morgan 1/: 1,850 Oconee 1/: 0 0 Peach : 0 0 17,200 Pierce : 0 0 15,200 Polk : 0 0 1,850 Pulaski 1/: 49,600 Quitman : 0 0 700 Randolph 1/: 24,250 Schley : 0 0 2,050 Screven 1/: 22,250 Seminole 1/: 50,550 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Stewart : 0 0 4,000 Sumter 1/: 40,850 Tattnall : 0 0 11,700 Taylor 1/: 7,750 Telfair : 0 0 10,600 Terrell 1/: 39,050 Thomas 1/: 40,950 Tift 1/: 36,050 Toombs : 0 0 6,750 Treutlen : 0 0 4,900 Turner 1/: 40,000 Twiggs : 0 0 9,950 Walker : 0 0 300 Walton : 0 0 400 Ware : 0 0 5,050 Warren 1/: 0 0 Washington : 0 0 3,900 Wayne : 0 0 11,800 Webster : 0 0 9,600 Wheeler : 0 0 2,200 Wilcox 1/: 37,050 Wilkinson : 0 0 650 Worth 1/: 89,400 : Georgia : 2,041,400 2,106,050 2,045,700 : Kansas 1/ : 89,200 91,950 86,800 : Avoyelles 1/: 29,350 Bossier : 0 0 2,550 Caddo : 39,750 41,150 30,350 Caldwell : 0 0 11,000 Catahoula : 83,100 85,200 114,350 Concordia : 80,900 82,050 64,850 Desoto : 0 0 1,450 East Carroll : 131,900 134,450 87,450 Evangeline : 0 0 1,700 Franklin : 146,050 151,800 86,700 Grant : 0 0 700 Lasalle 1/: 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Madison 1/ : 117,400 Morehouse : 126,000 130,000 112,150 Natchitoches : 0 0 10,350 Ouachita 1/ : 21,700 Pointe Coupee 1/ : 18,300 Rapides : 43,600 43,950 33,950 Red River 1/ : 9,650 Richland : 75,200 77,800 53,350 Saint Landry : 0 0 5,250 Tensas : 127,100 130,450 164,000 W Baton Rouge 1/ : 0 0 West Carroll 1/ : 23,200 : Louisiana : 1,028,300 1,055,500 1,000,100 : Adams : 0 0 1,900 Alcorn : 0 0 950 Attala : 0 0 12,100 Benton 1/ : 5,600 Bolivar : 170,400 174,750 148,950 Calhoun : 50,900 51,850 41,250 Carroll 1/ : 30,900 Chickasaw : 0 0 6,600 Choctaw : 0 0 3,200 Claiborne : 0 0 9,050 Clay : 0 0 5,450 Coahoma : 207,000 211,550 219,150 Copiah : 0 0 1,500 Covington : 0 0 1,900 Desoto 1/ : 16,300 Forrest : 0 0 4,100 George : 0 0 6,450 Greene : 0 0 1,400 Grenada : 0 0 11,700 Hinds 1/ : 21,100 Holmes : 126,650 129,600 121,150 Humphreys : 81,300 82,950 125,500 Issaquena : 0 0 29,350 Itawamba 1/ : 0 0 Jackson : 0 0 700 Jefferson 1/ : 5,550 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Lafayette 1/: 8,800 Lamar : 0 0 950 Lawrence : 0 0 1,150 Leake : 0 0 2,400 Lee 1/: 39,550 Leflore : 186,200 190,400 161,950 Lowndes : 0 0 8,200 Madison 1/: 20,250 Marshall : 0 0 1,650 Monroe 1/: 11,050 Montgomery 1/: 18,500 Newton : 0 0 850 Noxubee : 0 0 8,550 Oktibbeha 1/: 0 0 Panola : 51,300 53,400 75,550 Perry : 0 0 1,600 Pontotoc 1/: 10,850 Prentiss : 0 0 1,250 Quitman : 82,700 84,150 48,950 Rankin 1/: 9,350 Scott : 0 0 800 Sharkey : 87,150 89,250 92,600 Sunflower : 156,650 159,900 133,400 Tallahatchie : 49,600 50,850 65,450 Tate : 0 0 20,050 Tippah : 0 0 3,800 Tishomingo : 0 0 1,900 Tunica : 89,050 91,150 113,300 Union : 0 0 550 Warren 1/: 13,950 Washington : 150,450 153,500 164,250 Webster 1/: 23,000 Yalobusha 1/: 19,450 Yazoo : 224,600 232,850 151,450 : Mississippi : 2,063,250 2,115,700 2,067,350 : Dunklin : 267,500 275,000 242,650 New Madrid : 186,300 192,300 192,500 Pemiscot : 125,100 127,850 148,150 Scott 1/: 6,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Stoddard 1/: 93,650 : Missouri : 675,800 693,400 682,950 : Chaves 1/: 3,750 Curry : 0 0 1,950 Dona Ana 1/: 35,600 Eddy 1/: 12,150 Lea : 0 0 17,450 Luna 1/: 4,850 Quay 1/: 0 0 Roosevelt : 0 0 5,900 Sierra 1/: 0 0 : New Mexico : 56,800 57,450 82,000 : Anson 1/: 3,800 Beaufort 1/: 28,400 Bertie 1/: 48,950 Bladen : 0 0 9,600 Cabarrus 1/: 0 0 Camden : 0 0 1,150 Chatham 1/: 0 0 Chowan : 0 0 22,750 Cleveland 1/: 2,300 Columbus 1/: 10,200 Craven 1/: 18,200 Cumberland : 0 0 7,100 Davidson : 0 0 700 Duplin 1/: 37,250 Edgecombe 1/: 62,050 Franklin 1/: 0 0 Gates 1/: 19,450 Greene 1/: 23,900 Guilford 1/: 0 0 Halifax : 74,300 77,900 76,850 Harnett 1/: 16,850 Hertford 1/: 23,700 Hoke : 0 0 22,400 Hyde 1/: 23,500 Iredell : 0 0 450 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Johnston : 0 0 17,800 Jones 1/: 28,200 Lee : 0 0 700 Lenoir 1/: 47,050 Martin 1/: 42,050 Montgomery : 0 0 1,250 Moore 1/: 0 0 Nash 1/: 29,650 Northampton : 85,750 90,300 84,000 Onslow : 0 0 5,950 Pamlico : 0 0 5,100 Pasquotank : 0 0 3,000 Pender : 0 0 6,200 Perquimans 1/: 25,300 Pitt : 45,750 47,900 41,450 Richmond : 0 0 1,800 Robeson 1/: 28,700 Rowan : 0 0 1,050 Rutherford 1/: 350 Sampson 1/: 43,850 Scotland 1/: 22,300 Stanly 1/: 7,750 Surry 1/: 0 0 Tyrrell : 0 0 2,550 Union : 0 0 6,300 Wake 1/: 0 0 Warren 1/: 0 0 Washington : 0 0 12,750 Wayne 1/: 33,600 Wilson 1/: 37,500 : North Carolina : 1,007,450 1,047,950 996,900 : Alfalfa : 0 0 650 Atoka : 0 0 600 Beckham 1/: 3,200 Caddo 1/: 2,800 Canadian : 0 0 2,400 Comanche : 0 0 2,250 Cotton : 0 0 650 Custer 1/: 600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Garvin : 0 0 650 Grady 1/: Grant : 0 0 2,250 Greer 1/: 4,950 Harmon : 21,950 22,300 29,200 Jackson : 117,850 120,200 97,300 Kay 1/: 6,750 Kiowa 1/: 4,500 Mccurtain : 0 0 1,100 Noble : 0 0 550 Oklahoma 1/: 0 0 Roger Mills : 0 0 500 Texas : 0 0 8,500 Tillman 1/: 37,150 Washita 1/: 5,700 Woods 1/: 0 0 : Oklahoma : 205,350 209,850 212,600 : Abbeville : 0 0 300 Aiken : 0 0 5,250 Allendale 1/: 3,250 Anderson : 0 0 550 Bamberg : 0 0 5,500 Barnwell : 0 0 5,100 Berkeley 1/: 0 0 Calhoun : 54,200 55,750 32,650 Cherokee 1/: 0 0 Chester : 0 0 650 Chesterfield 1/: 0 0 Clarendon 1/: 3,850 Colleton : 0 0 1,050 Darlington 1/: 45,100 Dillon 1/: 26,150 Dorchester : 0 0 7,200 Edgefield : 0 0 500 Florence : 0 0 8,050 Georgetown : 0 0 700 Hampton 1/: 10,200 Horry : 0 0 1,200 Kershaw : 0 0 300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Laurens 1/: 0 0 Lee 1/: 30,000 Lexington : 0 0 2,100 Marion : 0 0 4,750 Marlboro : 53,700 56,150 48,700 Newberry : 0 0 550 Orangeburg : 39,850 41,100 28,800 Richland : 0 0 1,350 Saluda 1/: 1,750 Sumter : 26,350 27,450 10,000 Williamsburg 1/: 25,900 York 1/: 3,100 : South Carolina : 311,450 322,350 314,750 : Carroll 1/: 33,950 Chester : 0 0 3,150 Coffee 1/: 0 0 Crockett : 154,850 159,150 115,700 Dyer : 0 0 42,200 Fayette 1/: 68,450 Franklin : 0 0 6,450 Gibson : 44,100 45,700 54,400 Giles : 0 0 3,900 Grundy 1/: 0 0 Hardeman 1/: 31,450 Hardin : 0 0 1,050 Haywood : 200,350 205,550 166,300 Henderson : 0 0 5,650 Henry : 0 0 700 Lake 1/: 26,100 Lauderdale : 66,000 68,300 63,000 Lawrence : 0 0 400 Lincoln 1/: 23,750 Madison 1/: 69,250 Mcnairy : 0 0 5,150 Obion : 0 0 3,250 Rutherford : 0 0 4,700 Shelby : 0 0 31,400 Tipton : 144,350 150,600 101,050 Weakley : 0 0 1,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Tennessee : 853,900 878,800 863,050 : Andrews : 0 0 10,450 Aransas : 0 0 2,750 Archer 1/: 0 0 Austin : 0 0 3,000 Bailey : 24,750 25,550 12,900 Baylor : 0 0 3,900 Bee : 0 0 17,800 Bell : 0 0 2,300 Bexar : 0 0 1,550 Borden 1/: 23,650 Brazoria : 10,800 11,400 3,400 Brazos 1/: 18,750 Briscoe : 31,650 33,050 17,100 Brown : 0 0 300 Burleson 1/: 26,800 Caldwell 1/: 3,150 Calhoun 1/: 28,250 Callahan : 0 0 1,050 Cameron : 52,900 54,900 62,700 Carson : 0 0 27,300 Castro : 61,000 62,800 87,550 Childress 1/: 31,550 Clay : 0 0 14,500 Cochran 1/: 31,600 Coke 1/: Coleman : 0 0 700 Collin 1/: 1,800 Collingsworth1/: 36,150 Colorado : 0 0 4,700 Concho 1/: 11,150 Coryell 1/: 0 0 Cottle 1/: 9,150 Crosby : 98,050 101,900 104,800 Culberson 1/: 350 Dawson : 172,650 178,250 205,750 Deaf Smith 1/: 20,900 Delta : 0 0 1,550 Dickens 1/: 13,950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Donley 1/: 10,000 El Paso 1/: 49,400 Ellis : 24,700 25,900 26,200 Falls 1/: 3,250 Fisher 1/: 46,750 Floyd : 46,650 48,550 59,950 Foard : 0 0 2,100 Fort Bend : 43,450 44,850 43,500 Frio : 0 0 5,600 Gaines : 268,250 274,800 220,850 Garza 1/: 34,550 Glasscock 1/: 60,050 Goliad : 0 0 2,300 Gray : 0 0 800 Grimes : 0 0 1,600 Guadalupe 1/: 0 0 Hale : 199,500 205,550 167,750 Hall : 51,350 52,900 58,550 Hardeman 1/: 5,750 Hartley 1/: 0 0 Haskell : 55,100 56,350 56,750 Hays : 0 0 400 Henderson : 0 0 600 Hidalgo : 55,200 57,350 62,150 Hill : 22,550 23,300 14,350 Hockley : 173,950 178,550 109,250 Houston 1/: 4,050 Howard : 68,900 70,700 54,600 Hudspeth : 0 0 11,950 Hunt 1/: 2,000 Jackson 1/: 42,400 Jim Wells : 0 0 8,800 Jones : 66,900 67,900 39,650 Karnes : 0 0 2,600 Kent 1/: 1,400 King : 0 0 500 Kinney : 0 0 650 Kleberg 1/: 45,200 Knox 1/: 35,500 La Salle : 0 0 700 Lamar 1/: 1,350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Lamb : 87,900 91,700 82,100 Limestone : 0 0 900 Live Oak : 0 0 1,000 Lubbock : 201,350 206,450 164,300 Lynn : 170,650 175,800 189,700 Madison : 0 0 500 Martin : 130,300 133,900 90,750 Mason : 0 0 400 Matagorda 1/: 27,250 Mcculloch : 0 0 600 Mclennan 1/: 7,200 Medina : 0 0 21,800 Midland 1/: 19,150 Milam 1/: 5,650 Mitchell : 32,450 33,350 29,150 Moore : 0 0 4,350 Motley 1/: 11,800 Navarro 1/: 16,800 Nolan 1/: 32,250 Nueces : 154,050 156,750 235,950 Ochiltree : 0 0 350 Parmer : 35,050 36,600 36,550 Pecos 1/: 14,550 Potter : 0 0 700 Presidio : 0 0 350 Randall : 0 0 2,700 Reagan : 0 0 17,250 Red River : 0 0 4,250 Reeves 1/: 2,200 Refugio 1/: 40,500 Robertson 1/: 35,350 Runnels : 41,300 43,150 27,950 San Patricio : 326,600 335,500 249,800 Schleicher : 0 0 2,650 Scurry : 34,000 34,100 29,350 Shackelford : 0 0 2,650 Starr : 0 0 3,500 Stonewall : 0 0 4,100 Swisher : 34,900 35,800 58,300 Taylor 1/: 4,950 Terry : 136,800 140,350 164,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Throckmorton 1/: 500 Tom Green : 60,100 61,850 58,000 Travis : 0 0 1,000 Upton 1/: 8,200 Uvalde : 0 0 17,650 Victoria : 0 0 14,800 Walker 1/: 1,700 Waller 1/: 0 0 Wharton : 115,700 118,400 74,950 Wheeler : 0 0 6,500 Wichita : 0 0 4,650 Wilbarger : 20,100 20,450 11,550 Willacy : 122,250 125,500 102,050 Williamson : 25,750 26,100 25,050 Yoakum : 99,350 102,150 92,300 Young : 0 0 600 Zavala 1/: 30,400 Other 2/: 13,950 : Texas : 4,274,850 4,397,450 4,246,000 : Accomack 1/: 700 Brunswick : 0 0 750 Charles City : 0 0 1,250 ChesapeakCity1/: 0 0 Dinwiddie 1/: 0 0 Greensville 1/: 8,900 Halifax : 0 0 900 Henrico 1/: 0 0 Isle of Wight1/: 23,350 King William 1/: 0 0 King & Queen 1/: 0 0 Northampton : 0 0 800 Southampton : 0 0 43,300 Suffolk City 1/: 21,950 Surry : 0 0 5,600 Sussex : 0 0 6,050 Warren 1/: 0 0 : Virginia : 106,450 109,450 116,050 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : US TOTAL : 17,708,900 18,240,800 17,708,900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State and U.S. totals. 2/ County of origin was not determined. Note: Counties may not add to State total due to rounding. Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Autauga : 2 505.7 287 Baldwin : 1 497.2 244 Barbour : 0 0.0 319 Bibb : 0 0.0 565 Blount : 1 489.2 375 Bullock : 0 0.0 470 Butler : 0 0.0 487 Calhoun : 0 0.0 321 Chambers : 0 0.0 537 Cherokee : 2 492.9 261 Chilton : 1 498.0 507 Choctaw : 0 0.0 517 Clarke : 0 0.0 485 Clay : 0 0.0 492 Coffee : 1 501.2 214 Colbert : 2 494.0 114 Conecuh : 0 0.0 351 Covington : 1 498.5 193 Crenshaw : 1 491.5 466 Cullman : 0 0.0 400 Dale : 0 0.0 258 Dallas : 0 0.0 246 Dekalb : 0 0.0 616 Elmore : 2 500.4 224 Escambia : 1 501.8 153 Etowah : 0 0.0 424 Fayette : 1 495.0 409 Franklin : 0 0.0 423 Geneva : 2 501.0 235 Greene : 1 485.0 550 Hale : 0 0.0 461 Henry : 2 484.0 169 Houston : 1 484.8 164 Jackson : 0 0.0 286 Jefferson : 0 0.0 410 Lamar : 0 0.0 530 Lauderdale : 2 495.2 122 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. - (continued) Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Lawrence : 3 499.5 69 Lee : 0 0.0 386 Limestone : 5 502.7 46 Lowndes : 1 505.1 348 Macon : 1 502.0 189 Madison : 3 497.6 63 Marengo : 1 496.4 332 Marion : 0 0.0 544 Marshall : 0 0.0 514 Mobile : 1 504.4 251 Monroe : 1 497.4 150 Montgomery : 0 0.0 449 Morgan : 0 0.0 439 Perry : 0 0.0 370 Pickens : 0 0.0 515 Pike : 0 0.0 292 Russell : 2 487.9 302 Shelby : 0 0.0 329 Talladega : 0 0.0 391 Tallapoosa : 1 498.6 463 Tuscaloosa : 1 494.3 315 Washington : 0 0.0 442 Wilcox : 0 0.0 389 : Alabama : 44 497.1 : Cochise : 1 483.8 383 Graham : 4 502.0 115 Greenlee : 0 0.0 430 La Paz : 2 492.5 95 Maricopa : 8 493.1 48 Mohave : 1 484.0 314 Pima : 2 503.5 201 Pinal : 13 494.3 6 Yuma : 4 497.3 77 : Arizona : 35 495.0 : Arkansas : 0 0.0 600 Ashley : 4 490.5 39 Chicot : 2 494.0 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Clay : 2 486.1 109 Craighead : 6 490.6 15 Crittenden : 5 489.1 86 Cross : 1 511.4 425 Desha : 6 491.1 14 Drew : 1 482.5 103 Greene : 3 487.9 176 Jefferson : 6 492.7 71 Lafayette : 1 493.0 324 Lee : 1 500.5 42 Lincoln : 1 506.3 65 Little River : 0 0.0 601 Lonoke : 4 490.9 106 Miller : 0 0.0 457 Mississippi : 11 493.5 3 Monroe : 1 500.0 135 Phillips : 6 501.8 31 Poinsett : 4 490.1 35 Prairie : 0 0.0 444 Pulaski : 0 0.0 488 St. Francis : 3 497.1 79 Woodruff : 1 496.9 306 : Arkansas : 69 493.4 : Colusa : 1 500.0 267 Fresno : 24 497.6 1 Glenn : 0 0.0 385 Imperial : 1 484.5 226 Kern : 20 495.4 4 Kings : 11 499.1 2 Madera : 2 495.7 118 Merced : 3 498.9 16 Riverside : 2 487.0 111 San Bernardi : 0 0.0 437 San Joaquin : 0 0.0 573 Sutter : 2 513.8 403 Tulare : 8 494.3 24 : California : 74 496.8 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Calhoun : 0 0.0 426 Escambia : 1 488.9 236 Gadsen : 0 0.0 585 Hamilton : 0 0.0 603 Holmes : 0 0.0 471 Jackson : 1 498.0 131 Jefferson : 0 0.0 458 Madison : 0 0.0 566 Okaloosa : 0 0.0 341 Santa Rosa : 2 493.9 137 Suwannee : 0 0.0 508 Walton : 0 0.0 360 Washington : 0 0.0 602 : Florida : 4 494.6 : Appling : 2 499.1 94 Atkinson : 0 0.0 252 Bacon : 0 0.0 247 Baker : 0 0.0 105 Bartow : 1 481.5 440 Ben Hill : 0 0.0 264 Berrien : 3 494.9 159 Bleckley : 1 494.8 185 Brooks : 2 498.9 75 Bryan : 0 0.0 519 Bulloch : 2 500.9 155 Burke : 4 496.6 129 Calhoun : 2 492.4 121 Candler : 2 486.9 272 Clay : 0 0.0 265 Clinch : 0 0.0 604 Coffee : 2 495.5 104 Colquitt : 6 494.9 30 Cook : 0 0.0 116 Crawford : 0 0.0 481 Crisp : 2 485.6 88 Decatur : 2 491.6 89 Dodge : 1 491.1 212 Dooly : 8 493.1 28 Dougherty : 0 0.0 262 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Early : 1 495.4 66 Effingham : 0 0.0 405 Elbert : 0 0.0 416 Emanuel : 0 0.0 187 Evans : 0 0.0 305 Floyd : 0 0.0 407 Glascock : 0 0.0 498 Grady : 0 0.0 125 Hart : 0 0.0 510 Henry : 0 0.0 587 Houston : 0 0.0 210 Irwin : 1 497.0 139 Jeff Davis : 1 498.5 158 Jefferson : 2 503.5 248 Jenkins : 0 0.0 243 Johnson : 0 0.0 455 Lamar : 0 0.0 404 Lanier : 0 0.0 273 Laurens : 2 497.9 291 Lee : 1 491.3 123 Long : 0 0.0 579 Lowndes : 1 491.6 242 Macon : 0 0.0 219 Madison : 0 0.0 617 Marion : 0 0.0 419 McDuffie : 0 0.0 588 Miller : 1 489.7 87 Mitchell : 1 498.1 57 Monroe : 0 0.0 559 Montgomery : 0 0.0 387 Morgan : 2 497.2 451 Oconee : 0 0.0 586 Peach : 0 0.0 238 Pierce : 0 0.0 249 Polk : 0 0.0 450 Pulaski : 3 496.7 96 Quitman : 0 0.0 518 Randolph : 1 494.1 196 Schley : 0 0.0 438 Screven : 1 498.4 209 Seminole : 1 498.0 93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Stewart : 0 0.0 374 Sumter : 1 500.5 128 Tattnall : 0 0.0 274 Taylor : 1 482.1 310 Telfair : 0 0.0 281 Terrell : 1 496.6 136 Thomas : 2 498.6 127 Tift : 2 489.8 145 Toombs : 0 0.0 322 Treutlen : 0 0.0 358 Turner : 2 509.4 132 Twiggs : 0 0.0 290 Walker : 0 0.0 574 Walton : 0 0.0 558 Ware : 0 0.0 355 Warren : 0 0.0 594 Washington : 0 0.0 376 Wayne : 0 0.0 270 Webster : 0 0.0 294 Wheeler : 0 0.0 433 Wilcox : 1 497.0 142 Wilkinson : 0 0.0 531 Worth : 1 498.0 53 : Georgia : 70 495.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Kansas 1/ : 3 494.9 : Avoyelles : 1 499.3 171 Bossier : 0 0.0 417 Caddo : 4 497.1 167 Caldwell : 0 0.0 279 Catahoula : 4 492.0 37 Concordia : 3 486.9 72 Desoto : 0 0.0 473 East Carroll : 6 489.3 55 Evangeline : 0 0.0 459 Franklin : 7 498.9 56 Grant : 0 0.0 520 Lasalle : 0 0.0 607 Madison : 1 488.8 34 Morehouse : 5 495.2 40 Natchitoches : 0 0.0 283 Ouachita : 1 488.2 215 Pointe Coupee : 1 488.8 229 Rapides : 4 483.9 151 Red River : 1 493.2 293 Richland : 4 496.7 92 Saint Landry : 0 0.0 349 Tensas : 5 492.7 22 W Baton Rouge : 0 0.0 575 West Carroll : 2 491.0 204 : Louisiana : 49 492.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Adams : 0 0.0 447 Alcorn : 0 0.0 503 Attala : 0 0.0 268 Benton : 1 498.0 342 Bolivar : 8 492.2 26 Calhoun : 3 489.0 126 Carroll : 2 500.1 165 Chickasaw : 0 0.0 325 Choctaw : 0 0.0 395 Claiborne : 0 0.0 298 Clay : 0 0.0 347 Coahoma : 6 490.5 10 Copiah : 0 0.0 472 Covington : 0 0.0 448 Desoto : 2 493.9 245 Forrest : 0 0.0 371 George : 0 0.0 327 Greene : 0 0.0 475 Grenada : 0 0.0 275 Hinds : 2 486.2 216 Holmes : 3 491.1 33 Humphreys : 3 489.6 32 Issaquena : 0 0.0 172 Itawamba : 0 0.0 580 Jackson : 0 0.0 521 Jefferson : 1 503.0 345 Lafayette : 1 496.0 300 Lamar : 0 0.0 504 Lawrence : 0 0.0 490 Leake : 0 0.0 421 Lee : 1 492.0 134 Leflore : 9 490.8 23 Lowndes : 0 0.0 307 Madison : 1 479.9 220 Marshall : 0 0.0 462 Monroe : 2 500.6 278 Montgomery : 1 502.0 228 Newton : 0 0.0 509 Noxubee : 0 0.0 303 Oktibbeha : 0 0.0 618 Panola : 3 499.6 61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Perry : 0 0.0 464 Pontotoc : 1 480.0 280 Prentiss : 0 0.0 482 Quitman : 4 488.3 98 Rankin : 1 499.0 296 Scott : 0 0.0 511 Sharkey : 5 491.5 50 Sunflower : 7 490.0 29 Tallahatchie : 4 492.1 70 Tate : 0 0.0 221 Tippah : 0 0.0 380 Tishomingo : 0 0.0 446 Tunica : 5 491.3 38 Union : 0 0.0 545 Warren : 1 497.0 256 Washington : 9 489.8 21 Webster : 1 475.0 205 Yalobusha : 1 492.0 222 Yazoo : 7 497.6 25 : Mississippi : 95 492.2 : Dunklin : 11 493.5 7 New Madrid : 8 495.4 12 Pemiscot : 7 490.6 27 Scott : 3 495.5 334 Stoddard : 2 480.6 49 : Missouri : 31 492.5 : Chaves : 1 502.4 382 Curry : 0 0.0 443 Dona Ana : 6 483.5 146 Eddy : 2 478.7 266 Lea : 0 0.0 234 Luna : 1 492.6 359 Quay : 0 0.0 581 Roosevelt : 0 0.0 336 Sierra : 0 0.0 619 : New Mexico : 10 485.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Anson : 1 481.8 381 Beaufort : 1 491.8 179 Bertie : 2 498.0 99 Bladen : 0 0.0 295 Cabarrus : 0 0.0 582 Camden : 0 0.0 491 Chatham : 0 0.0 620 Chowan : 0 0.0 206 Cleveland : 3 495.0 427 Columbus : 1 499.2 284 Craven : 1 496.9 230 Cumberland : 0 0.0 318 Davidson : 0 0.0 522 Duplin : 1 494.3 140 Edgecombe : 2 495.1 78 Franklin : 0 0.0 609 Gates : 1 487.4 223 Greene : 1 483.1 197 Guilford : 0 0.0 591 Halifax : 4 503.2 60 Harnett : 1 497.5 240 Hertford : 1 483.6 199 Hoke : 0 0.0 207 Hyde : 1 491.9 202 Iredell : 0 0.0 556 Johnston : 0 0.0 231 Jones : 1 509.5 181 Lee : 0 0.0 523 Lenoir : 2 496.4 101 Martin : 1 503.6 120 Montgomery : 0 0.0 483 Moore : 0 0.0 583 Nash : 1 487.6 170 Northampton : 6 505.4 58 Onslow : 0 0.0 335 Pamlico : 0 0.0 353 Pasquotank : 0 0.0 401 Pender : 0 0.0 331 Perquimans : 1 495.0 194 Pitt : 3 502.6 124 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Richmond : 0 0.0 453 Robeson : 2 512.8 178 Rowan : 0 0.0 494 Rutherford : 1 468.7 568 Sampson : 2 496.3 110 Scotland : 1 500.0 208 Stanly : 1 498.3 312 Surry : 0 0.0 608 Tyrrell : 0 0.0 418 Union : 0 0.0 330 Wake : 0 0.0 611 Warren : 0 0.0 610 Washington : 0 0.0 263 Wayne : 2 509.8 154 Wilson : 1 491.0 138 : North Carolina : 46 499.3 : Alfalfa : 0 0.0 533 Atoka : 0 0.0 539 Beckham : 2 499.2 396 Caddo : 1 482.2 406 Canadian : 0 0.0 422 Comanche : 0 0.0 431 Cotton : 0 0.0 532 Custer : 2 501.5 538 Garvin : 0 0.0 534 Grady : 1 505.0 612 Grant : 0 0.0 432 Greer : 1 500.0 356 Harmon : 3 487.2 174 Jackson : 4 489.5 47 Kay : 1 498.8 323 Kiowa : 2 495.3 366 Mccurtain : 0 0.0 493 Noble : 0 0.0 546 Oklahoma : 0 0.0 592 Roger Mills : 0 0.0 551 Texas : 0 0.0 304 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Tillman : 3 487.7 141 Washita : 2 502.7 338 Woods : 0 0.0 621 : Oklahoma : 22 490.5 : Abbeville : 0 0.0 577 Aiken : 0 0.0 350 Allendale : 1 501.5 392 Anderson : 0 0.0 547 Bamberg : 0 0.0 346 Barnwell : 0 0.0 354 Berkeley : 0 0.0 625 Calhoun : 3 493.9 156 Cherokee : 0 0.0 622 Chester : 0 0.0 535 Chesterfield : 0 0.0 624 Clarendon : 2 489.8 379 Colleton : 0 0.0 495 Darlington : 2 498.5 108 Dillon : 2 488.2 190 Dorchester : 0 0.0 316 Edgefield : 0 0.0 552 Florence : 0 0.0 309 Georgetown : 0 0.0 524 Hampton : 1 498.0 285 Horry : 0 0.0 486 Kershaw : 0 0.0 576 Laurens : 0 0.0 623 Lee : 3 494.2 168 Lexington : 0 0.0 435 Marion : 0 0.0 361 Marlboro : 4 501.9 100 Newberry : 0 0.0 548 Orangeburg : 4 495.2 177 Richland : 0 0.0 478 Saluda : 1 511.9 456 Sumter : 3 500.0 288 Williamsburg : 1 506.9 192 York : 1 477.4 399 : South Carolina : 28 496.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Carroll : 1 482.2 152 Chester : 0 0.0 397 Coffee : 0 0.0 593 Crockett : 5 493.3 36 Dyer : 0 0.0 119 Fayette : 2 497.9 68 Franklin : 0 0.0 328 Gibson : 3 497.5 91 Giles : 0 0.0 377 Grundy : 0 0.0 613 Hardeman : 2 482.9 162 Hardin : 0 0.0 496 Haywood : 8 492.4 18 Henderson : 0 0.0 339 Henry : 0 0.0 525 Lake : 1 496.0 191 Lauderdale : 3 496.7 73 Lawrence : 0 0.0 561 Lincoln : 1 487.8 198 Madison : 2 488.8 67 Mcnairy : 0 0.0 352 Obion : 0 0.0 393 Rutherford : 0 0.0 362 Shelby : 0 0.0 163 Tipton : 4 500.8 45 Weakley : 0 0.0 476 : Tennessee : 32 494.0 : Andrews : 0 0.0 282 Aransas : 0 0.0 408 Archer : 0 0.0 614 Austin : 0 0.0 402 Bailey : 5 495.9 260 Baylor : 0 0.0 378 Bee : 0 0.0 232 Bell : 0 0.0 428 Bexar : 0 0.0 469 Borden : 1 480.0 200 Brazoria : 3 507.5 390 Brazos : 2 486.3 227 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Briscoe : 3 501.0 239 Brown : 0 0.0 578 Burleson : 1 488.3 186 Caldwell : 1 480.0 398 Calhoun : 1 494.1 180 Callahan : 0 0.0 497 Cameron : 6 498.2 74 Carson : 0 0.0 183 Castro : 4 494.2 54 Childress : 1 492.0 161 Clay : 0 0.0 254 Cochran : 2 489.5 160 Coke : 1 494.6 584 Coleman : 0 0.0 527 Collin : 1 480.0 454 Collingsworth : 2 503.1 144 Colorado : 0 0.0 363 Concho : 1 496.2 277 Coryell : 0 0.0 599 Cottle : 1 500.2 297 Crosby : 6 498.8 43 Culberson : 1 477.6 570 Dawson : 10 495.5 11 Deaf Smith : 2 498.3 217 Delta : 0 0.0 468 Dickens : 1 508.0 257 Donley : 1 498.0 289 El Paso : 4 493.1 97 Ellis : 3 503.2 188 Falls : 2 493.6 394 Fisher : 4 486.7 102 Floyd : 9 499.3 81 Foard : 0 0.0 436 Fort Bend : 5 495.7 112 Frio : 0 0.0 343 Gaines : 9 491.7 9 Garza : 1 489.7 149 Glasscock : 1 504.0 80 Goliad : 0 0.0 429 Gray : 0 0.0 512 Grimes : 0 0.0 465 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Guadalupe : 0 0.0 626 Hale : 12 494.5 17 Hall : 3 494.7 82 Hardeman : 1 502.7 337 Hartley : 0 0.0 598 Haskell : 6 490.8 85 Hays : 0 0.0 563 Henderson : 0 0.0 541 Hidalgo : 5 498.9 76 Hill : 4 495.6 255 Hockley : 7 492.7 41 Houston : 1 493.0 373 Howard : 4 492.7 90 Hudspeth : 0 0.0 269 Hunt : 1 476.3 441 Jackson : 1 490.5 117 Jim Wells : 0 0.0 301 Jones : 7 487.1 133 Karnes : 0 0.0 415 Kent : 1 500.0 477 King : 0 0.0 553 Kinney : 0 0.0 536 Kleberg : 2 493.5 107 Knox : 1 507.9 147 La Salle : 0 0.0 528 Lamar : 1 497.6 479 Lamb : 8 500.8 59 Limestone : 0 0.0 505 Live Oak : 0 0.0 502 Lubbock : 12 492.1 20 Lynn : 7 494.5 13 Madison : 0 0.0 555 Martin : 5 493.2 52 Mason : 0 0.0 562 Matagorda : 1 484.8 184 Mcculloch : 0 0.0 542 Mclennan : 1 500.0 317 Medina : 0 0.0 213 Midland : 1 491.3 225 Milam : 1 481.0 340 Mitchell : 3 493.1 175 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Moore : 0 0.0 368 Motley : 2 494.1 271 Navarro : 2 497.3 241 Nolan : 1 506.0 157 Nueces : 6 488.4 8 Ochiltree : 0 0.0 569 Parmer : 7 501.3 143 Pecos : 1 480.0 253 Potter : 0 0.0 526 Presidio : 0 0.0 571 Randall : 0 0.0 412 Reagan : 0 0.0 237 Red River : 0 0.0 369 Reeves : 2 489.3 434 Refugio : 1 493.8 130 Robertson : 2 485.8 148 Runnels : 4 501.5 182 San Patricio : 8 493.1 5 Schleicher : 0 0.0 414 Scurry : 3 481.2 173 Shackelford : 0 0.0 413 Starr : 0 0.0 388 Stonewall : 0 0.0 372 Swisher : 4 492.1 83 Taylor : 1 472.8 357 Terry : 8 492.5 19 Throckmorton : 1 463.7 554 Tom Green : 5 493.8 84 Travis : 0 0.0 501 Upton : 1 495.9 308 Uvalde : 0 0.0 233 Victoria : 0 0.0 250 Walker : 1 480.0 460 Waller : 0 0.0 615 Wharton : 5 491.2 62 Wheeler : 0 0.0 326 Wichita : 0 0.0 364 Wilbarger : 3 488.9 276 Willacy : 4 492.7 44 Williamson : 4 486.7 195 Yoakum : 4 493.5 51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003(continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Young : 0 0.0 540 Zavala : 2 490.2 166 : Texas : 273 494.1 : Accomack : 1 492.5 529 Brunswick : 0 0.0 516 Charles City : 0 0.0 484 Chesapeake City: 0 0.0 543 Dinwiddie : 0 0.0 549 Greensville : 1 489.7 299 Halifax : 0 0.0 506 Henrico : 0 0.0 627 Isle of Wight : 2 496.1 203 King William : 0 0.0 557 King and Queen : 0 0.0 572 Northampton : 0 0.0 513 Southampton : 0 0.0 113 Suffolk City : 1 491.3 211 Surry : 0 0.0 344 Sussex : 0 0.0 333 Warren : 0 0.0 564 : Virginia : 5 493.5 : : US TOTAL : 890 494.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ County data withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins. Note: County of origin was not determined for approximately 30,750 bales in the U.S., and ranking may be affected. Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins and Bales Ginned by Size Group, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Bales : : Running Bales : Ginned by : Number of : Ginned by : Number of Size Group : Active Gins : Size Group : Active Gins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All cotton : : : : : : US : 890 : CA : 74 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 78 : 1 - 2,999 : 6 3,000 - 4,999 : 59 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 5,000 - 6,999 : 51 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 7,000 - 9,999 : 78 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 8 10,000 - 14,999 : 142 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 5 15,000 - 19,999 : 115 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 5 20,000 - 39,999 : 267 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 29 40,000 - and over : 100 : 40,000 - and over : 19 : : : AL : 44 : FL : 4 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 2 : 1 - 2,999 : 0 3,000 - 4,999 : 4 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 7,000 - 9,999 : 6 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 0 10,000 - 14,999 : 7 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 0 15,000 - 19,999 : 6 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 2 20,000 - 39,999 : 12 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 0 40,000 - and over : 4 : 40,000 - and over : 2 : : : AZ : 35 : GA : 70 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 7 : 1 - 2,999 : 3 3,000 - 4,999 : 2 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 2 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 7,000 - 9,999 : 1 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 1 10,000 - 14,999 : 10 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 16 15,000 - 19,999 : 2 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 5 20,000 - 39,999 : 10 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 24 40,000 - and over : 3 : 40,000 - and over : 19 : : : AR : 69 : KS : 3 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 3 : 1 - 2,999 : 0 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 7,000 - 9,999 : 6 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 0 10,000 - 14,999 : 12 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 1 15,000 - 19,999 : 6 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 1 20,000 - 39,999 : 28 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 1 40,000 - and over : 10 : 40,000 - and over : 0 : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins and Bales Ginned by Size Group, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Bales : : Running Bales : Ginned by : Number of : Ginned by : Number of Size Group : Active Gins : Size Group : Active Gins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : LA : 49 : NC : 46 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 1 : 1 - 2,999 : 3 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 1 7,000 - 9,999 : 5 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 1 10,000 - 14,999 : 14 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 4 15,000 - 19,999 : 9 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 12 20,000 - 39,999 : 13 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 20 40,000 - and over : 5 : 40,000 - and over : 4 : : : MS : 95 : OK : 22 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 3 : 1 - 2,999 : 8 3,000 - 4,999 : 5 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 4 5,000 - 6,999 : 4 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 7,000 - 9,999 : 4 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 2 10,000 - 14,999 : 15 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 2 15,000 - 19,999 : 23 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 2 20,000 - 39,999 : 32 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 1 40,000 - and over : 9 : 40,000 - and over : 1 : : : MO : 31 : SC : 28 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 1 : 1 - 2,999 : 4 3,000 - 4,999 : 2 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 2 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 7,000 - 9,999 : 2 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 6 10,000 - 14,999 : 3 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 4 15,000 - 19,999 : 8 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 5 20,000 - 39,999 : 13 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 4 40,000 - and over : 2 : 40,000 - and over : 0 : : : NM : 10 : TN : 32 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 3 : 1 - 2,999 : 0 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 5,000 - 6,999 : 4 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 1 7,000 - 9,999 : 0 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 2 10,000 - 14,999 : 0 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 4 15,000 - 19,999 : 0 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 4 20,000 - 39,999 : 2 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 16 40,000 - and over : 0 : 40,000 - and over : 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins and Bales Ginned by Size Group, State, and United States, Crop Year 2003 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Bales : : Running Bales : Ginned by : Number of : Ginned by : Number of Size Group : Active Gins : Size Group : Active Gins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : TX : 273 : : : : : 1 - 2,999 : 33 : : 3,000 - 4,999 : 34 : : 5,000 - 6,999 : 26 : : 7,000 - 9,999 : 34 : : 10,000 - 14,999 : 45 : : 15,000 - 19,999 : 23 : : 20,000 - 39,999 : 60 : : 40,000 - and over : 18 : : : : : VA : 5 : : : : : 1 - 2,999 : 1 : : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 : : 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 : : 7,000 - 9,999 : 0 : : 10,000 - 14,999 : 0 : : 15,000 - 19,999 : 2 : : 20,000 - 39,999 : 2 : : 40,000 - and over : 0 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cotton Ginnings 2003: A total of 17.7 million running bales were ginned during the 2003 season, 6 percent above 2002's ginnings of 16.7 million bales. A 65-pound yield per acre increase from 2002 contributed to the higher level of ginnings. There were 890 active cotton gins during the 2003 season, down from the 921 that operated in 2002. Forty-one percent of the gins processed 20,000 bales or more in 2003, compared with 37 percent the previous season. Cotton, 2003 Final: All cotton production is estimated at 18.3 million bales, up 6 percent from the 2002 production. Upland cotton production is estimated at 17.8 million bales, 8 percent more than the previous production. The U.S. yield for upland cotton is a record high 723 pounds per acre, 71 pounds more than 2002. Harvested area, at 11.8 million acres, is 3 percent below last year. Upland planted area is estimated at 13.3 million acres, 3 percent less than last season. Data from the 7 Objective Yield States showed above average boll counts, higher weights than any of the previous six seasons, and above average harvest loss. The Southeastern region growers began the season with delayed plantings, replantings, or abandoning plans for cotton entirely as a cool, wet spring prevented fieldwork. Consequently, crop development was up to 3 weeks behind normal. In September, Hurricane Isabel brought intensive wind and rain to North Carolina and Virginia cotton fields. Georgia and Alabama growers managed to harvest their fields when weather permitted. Early November temperatures were above normal allowing growers to make significant harvest progress. Objective yield data showed above average boll counts in Georgia and the highest average boll weight of the previous 5 years. North Carolina boll counts and weights were near average. Producers in the northern Delta States were also faced with wet conditions that delayed or prevented getting their cotton crop planted. Southern Delta growers had near ideal planting conditions. Cool, June nighttime temperatures slowed crop development and delayed it up to three weeks. However, end of summer heat and humidity matured the crop rapidly. Timely and beneficial rains fell during the early fall, boosting production prospects. Harvest conditions throughout the region were excellent. Above average temperatures aided the boll opening process. Boll counts and average boll weights in Mississippi were the highest in the 15-year data series. Louisiana's boll counts were the highest since 1992, with the weight per boll above average. Boll counts in Arkansas were slightly below the 15-year average and the lowest since 1999. However, Arkansas boll weights were the highest since 1994. Texas growers began the planting season at an above average pace in south and central areas. Rains during May benefitted dryland cotton in the Panhandle as the moisture allowed producers to proceed with planting. During June, high winds and hail damaged significant acreage in the High Plains. Growers in the Panhandle also experienced an extremely dry summer. Soil moisture levels were critically short. Growers in south and central areas of Texas experienced a good growing season for the most part. A late season storm hit the southern High Plains in September and adversely affected significant cotton acreage. Growers were concerned that the late cotton crop would be unable to finish boll setting as a series of cold fronts came through the region. Record high temperatures during October, however, helped finish the crop in the High Plains area and growers were able to harvest under ideal conditions. Objective yield measurements showed the Texas boll counts as the lowest since 1995. Average boll weights, however, were the highest in the 15-year data series. Arizona and California upland cotton growers began planting during March, but were delayed or forced to replant due to the cool, wet spring weather. Some growers switched from American-Pima varieties to upland varieties due to more favorable upland prices. Development of the California cotton crop was up to a month behind normal, but the extremely warm summer weather allowed the crop to catch up. California growers began the harvest later than any of the previous 15 years due to the late-developing crop. October weather provided ideal harvesting conditions throughout California. Growers were wrapping up the harvest by the end of November except in Arizona where it was delayed by frequent scattered showers. Data from objective yield measurements showed California boll counts were the third highest in the 15-year data series, surpassed only by the previous two years. Boll weights were below the 15-year average, but the highest since 1998. American-Pima production is estimated at 432,300 bales, down 36 percent from 2002. The U.S. Pima yield is estimated at 1,170 pounds per harvested acre, 172 pounds less than last year's record high yield. Producers planted 178,600 acres of Pima cotton in 2003, down 27 percent from 2002. The decrease in planted acreage led to a similar decrease in harvested acreage. Growers either delayed planting or replanted their damaged fields due to the cool, wet spring. Some switched to planting upland varieties. The late-developing crop led to decreased yields. Cottonseed: Cottonseed production in 2003 totaled 6.66 million tons, up 8 percent from 2002. Sales to oil mills accounted for 51 percent of the disposition. The remaining 49 percent will be used for seed, feed, exports, and various other uses. Released May 12, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings 2003 Summary" call Troy Joshua at (202) 690-3234, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. The "Cotton Ginnings 2004 Summary" report will be released in May 2005. 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