Cotton Yield Remains Up Over 2023
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/24 - SNS --All cotton production for the United States is forecast at 14.5 million 480-pound bales, down 4% from the previous forecast but up 20% from 2023, according to the latest USDA production forecasts.
Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 807 pounds per harvested acre, down 33 pounds from the previous forecast and down 92 pounds from 2023. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 8.63 million acres, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 34% from 2023.
Upland cotton production is forecast at 14.0 million 480-pound bales, down 4% from the previous forecast but up 19% from 2023. Area planted to Upland cotton is estimated at 11.0 million acres, up slightly from the previous estimate and up 9% from 2023. Upland harvested area for the Nation is expected to total 8.44 million acres up slightly from the previous estimate and up 34% from last year.
Pima cotton production is forecast at 547,000 bales, down 1% from the previous forecast but up 73% from 2023. Pima cotton planted area is estimated at 199,000 acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 35% from 2023. Expected Pima harvested area at 192,000 acres is up 39% from last year.
Cotton Area Planted and Harvested by Type - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Upland :
Alabama ..........: 380.0 400.0 374.0 395.0
Arizona ..........: 76.0 96.0 75.0 95.0
Arkansas .........: 510.0 650.0 505.0 640.0
California .......: 13.0 22.0 12.8 21.6
Florida ..........: 89.0 86.0 87.0 84.0
Georgia ..........: 1,110.0 1,100.0 1,100.0 1,090.0
Kansas ...........: 112.0 130.0 94.0 120.0
Louisiana ........: 120.0 155.0 115.0 150.0
Mississippi ......: 400.0 520.0 395.0 515.0
Missouri .........: 335.0 400.0 330.0 380.0
:
New Mexico .......: 32.0 40.0 17.0 27.0
North Carolina ...: 380.0 410.0 370.0 400.0
Oklahoma .........: 420.0 435.0 180.0 315.0
South Carolina ...: 210.0 225.0 207.0 220.0
Tennessee ........: 265.0 265.0 260.0 250.0
Texas ............: 5,550.0 5,950.0 2,100.0 3,650.0
Virginia .........: 81.0 91.0 80.0 90.0
:
United States ....: 10,083.0 10,975.0 6,301.8 8,442.6
:
American Pima :
Arizona ..........: 16.0 14.0 16.0 14.0
California .......: 85.0 137.0 82.0 135.0
New Mexico .......: 17.0 15.0 16.8 14.0
Texas ............: 29.0 33.0 23.0 29.0
:
United States ....: 147.0 199.0 137.8 192.0
:
All :
Alabama ..........: 380.0 400.0 374.0 395.0
Arizona ..........: 92.0 110.0 91.0 109.0
Arkansas .........: 510.0 650.0 505.0 640.0
California .......: 98.0 159.0 94.8 156.6
Florida ..........: 89.0 86.0 87.0 84.0
Georgia ..........: 1,110.0 1,100.0 1,100.0 1,090.0
Kansas ...........: 112.0 130.0 94.0 120.0
Louisiana ........: 120.0 155.0 115.0 150.0
Mississippi ......: 400.0 520.0 395.0 515.0
Missouri .........: 335.0 400.0 330.0 380.0
:
New Mexico .......: 49.0 55.0 33.8 41.0
North Carolina ...: 380.0 410.0 370.0 400.0
Oklahoma .........: 420.0 435.0 180.0 315.0
South Carolina ...: 210.0 225.0 207.0 220.0
Tennessee ........: 265.0 265.0 260.0 250.0
Texas ............: 5,579.0 5,983.0 2,123.0 3,679.0
Virginia .........: 81.0 91.0 80.0 90.0
:
United States ....: 10,230.0 11,174.0 6,439.6 8,634.6
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1/ Forecasted.
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted September 1, 2024
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
:--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type and State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :-----------------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 374.0 395.0 937 881 869 730.0 715.0
Arizona .........: 75.0 95.0 1,331 1,557 1,314 208.0 260.0
Arkansas ........: 505.0 640.0 1,295 1,238 1,238 1,362.0 1,650.0
California ......: 12.8 21.6 2,025 2,000 2,000 54.0 90.0
Florida .........: 87.0 84.0 612 657 657 111.0 115.0
Georgia .........: 1,100.0 1,090.0 949 947 903 2,175.0 2,050.0
Kansas ..........: 94.0 120.0 761 760 720 149.0 180.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 150.0 872 1,008 1,056 209.0 330.0
Mississippi .....: 395.0 515.0 1,083 1,118 1,118 891.0 1,200.0
Missouri ........: 330.0 380.0 1,361 1,213 1,238 936.0 980.0
:
New Mexico ......: 17.0 27.0 649 889 889 23.0 50.0
North Carolina ..: 370.0 400.0 933 912 906 719.0 755.0
Oklahoma ........: 180.0 315.0 560 655 533 210.0 350.0
South Carolina ..: 207.0 220.0 937 829 829 404.0 380.0
Tennessee .......: 260.0 250.0 1,250 1,056 1,114 677.0 580.0
Texas ...........: 2,100.0 3,650.0 618 592 539 2,705.0 4,100.0
Virginia ........: 80.0 90.0 1,122 987 960 187.0 180.0
:
United States ...: 6,301.8 8,442.6 895 828 794 11,750.0 13,965.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 16.0 14.0 900 891 891 30.0 26.0
California ......: 82.0 135.0 1,346 1,582 1,582 230.0 445.0
New Mexico ......: 16.8 14.0 800 754 686 28.0 20.0
Texas ...........: 23.0 29.0 584 993 927 28.0 56.0
:
United States ...: 137.8 192.0 1,101 1,383 1,368 316.0 547.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 374.0 395.0 937 881 869 730.0 715.0
Arizona .........: 91.0 109.0 1,255 1,471 1,259 238.0 286.0
Arkansas ........: 505.0 640.0 1,295 1,238 1,238 1,362.0 1,650.0
California ......: 94.8 156.6 1,438 1,640 1,640 284.0 535.0
Florida .........: 87.0 84.0 612 657 657 111.0 115.0
Georgia .........: 1,100.0 1,090.0 949 947 903 2,175.0 2,050.0
Kansas ..........: 94.0 120.0 761 760 720 149.0 180.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 150.0 872 1,008 1,056 209.0 330.0
Mississippi .....: 395.0 515.0 1,083 1,118 1,118 891.0 1,200.0
Missouri ........: 330.0 380.0 1,361 1,213 1,238 936.0 980.0
:
New Mexico ......: 33.8 41.0 724 843 820 51.0 70.0
North Carolina ..: 370.0 400.0 933 912 906 719.0 755.0
Oklahoma ........: 180.0 315.0 560 655 533 210.0 350.0
South Carolina ..: 207.0 220.0 937 829 829 404.0 380.0
Tennessee .......: 260.0 250.0 1,250 1,056 1,114 677.0 580.0
Texas ...........: 2,123.0 3,679.0 618 595 542 2,733.0 4,156.0
Virginia ........: 80.0 90.0 1,122 987 960 187.0 180.0
:
United States ...: 6,439.6 8,634.6 899 840 807 12,066.0 14,512.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2023 and Forecasted September 1, 2024
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 3,644.0 4,425.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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