Modest Hike In Cotton Output
WASHINGTON - Dec 10/25 - SNS -- Production of all classes of cotton in the United States is now expected to total 14.3 million 480-pound bales, up less than 1% from the previous forecast and up 18% from 2023, according to the USDA.
Based on conditions as of December 1, yields are expected to average 792 pounds per harvested acre, up 3 pounds from the previous forecast but down 107 pounds from 2023.
Upland harvested area for the Nation is expected to total 8.44 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 34% from last year. Expected Pima harvested area at 192,000 acres is unchanged from the previous estimate but up 39% from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 13.8 million 480-pound bales, up less than 1% from the previous forecast and up 17% from 2023.
Pima cotton production is forecast at 498,000 bales, up 4% from the previous forecast and up 58% from 2023. If realized, a record high production and yield is forecast for Missouri.
Ginnings totaled 9,677,550 running bales prior to December 1, up from 8,384,050 running bales ginned prior to the same date last year
Cotton Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted December 1, 2024
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production 1/
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Type and State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :-----------------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : :November 1 :December 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ---------- pounds ---------- 1,000 bales 2/
:
Upland :
Alabama .........: 374.0 395.0 937 814 814 730.0 670.0
Arizona .........: 75.0 95.0 1,331 1,491 1,314 208.0 260.0
Arkansas ........: 505.0 640.0 1,295 1,200 1,275 1,362.0 1,700.0
California ......: 12.8 21.6 2,025 1,778 1,489 54.0 67.0
Florida .........: 87.0 84.0 612 629 629 111.0 110.0
Georgia .........: 1,100.0 1,090.0 949 815 881 2,175.0 2,000.0
Kansas ..........: 94.0 120.0 761 760 760 149.0 190.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 150.0 872 992 1,056 209.0 330.0
Mississippi .....: 395.0 515.0 1,083 1,118 1,165 891.0 1,250.0
Missouri ........: 330.0 380.0 1,361 1,263 1,389 936.0 1,100.0
:
New Mexico ......: 17.0 27.0 649 889 711 23.0 40.0
North Carolina ..: 370.0 400.0 933 876 900 719.0 750.0
Oklahoma ........: 180.0 315.0 560 457 442 210.0 290.0
South Carolina ..: 207.0 220.0 937 818 818 404.0 375.0
Tennessee .......: 260.0 250.0 1,250 1,075 1,046 677.0 545.0
Texas ...........: 2,100.0 3,650.0 618 552 513 2,705.0 3,900.0
Virginia ........: 80.0 90.0 1,122 1,013 960 187.0 180.0
:
United States ...: 6,301.8 8,442.6 895 779 782 11,750.0 13,757.0
:
American Pima :
Arizona .........: 16.0 14.0 900 891 926 30.0 27.0
California ......: 82.0 135.0 1,346 1,412 1,429 230.0 402.0
New Mexico ......: 16.8 14.0 800 617 617 28.0 18.0
Texas ...........: 23.0 29.0 584 662 844 28.0 51.0
:
United States ...: 137.8 192.0 1,101 1,203 1,245 316.0 498.0
:
All :
Alabama .........: 374.0 395.0 937 814 814 730.0 670.0
Arizona .........: 91.0 109.0 1,255 1,414 1,264 238.0 287.0
Arkansas ........: 505.0 640.0 1,295 1,200 1,275 1,362.0 1,700.0
California ......: 94.8 156.6 1,438 1,462 1,438 284.0 469.0
Florida .........: 87.0 84.0 612 629 629 111.0 110.0
Georgia .........: 1,100.0 1,090.0 949 815 881 2,175.0 2,000.0
Kansas ..........: 94.0 120.0 761 760 760 149.0 190.0
Louisiana .......: 115.0 150.0 872 992 1,056 209.0 330.0
Mississippi .....: 395.0 515.0 1,083 1,118 1,165 891.0 1,250.0
Missouri ........: 330.0 380.0 1,361 1,263 1,389 936.0 1,100.0
:
New Mexico ......: 33.8 41.0 724 796 679 51.0 58.0
North Carolina ..: 370.0 400.0 933 876 900 719.0 750.0
Oklahoma ........: 180.0 315.0 560 457 442 210.0 290.0
South Carolina ..: 207.0 220.0 937 818 818 404.0 375.0
Tennessee .......: 260.0 250.0 1,250 1,075 1,046 677.0 545.0
Texas ...........: 2,123.0 3,679.0 618 553 515 2,733.0 3,951.0
Virginia ........: 80.0 90.0 1,122 1,013 960 187.0 180.0
:
United States ...: 6,439.6 8,634.6 899 789 792 12,066.0 14,255.0
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1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-pound net weight bale.
Cottonseed Production - United States: 2023 and Forecasted December 1, 2024
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: Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 tons
:
United States ...: 3,644.0 4,352.0
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1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.
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