Cotton
Ginnings
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released January 11, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at
(202) 720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
 
 
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to
        January 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1995-98
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1995      :      1996      :      1997      :      1998
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  AL        :      437,600          740,500          512,050          533,700
  AZ        :      747,100          748,600          690,750          477,200
  AR        :    1,452,750        1,588,500        1,623,850        1,179,550
  CA        :    2,362,250        2,507,300        2,486,850        1,416,400
  FL 1/     :      102,950          118,150
  GA        :    1,824,150        1,996,250        1,722,350        1,451,300
  KS 1/     :                             0
  LA        :    1,376,500        1,297,650        1,001,300          652,400
  MS        :    1,803,250        1,815,150        1,763,100        1,400,150
  MO        :      477,100          555,600          546,850          337,600
  NM        :       65,700           84,450           72,450           64,400
  NC        :      766,300          939,750          902,600        1,004,300
  OK        :      115,450          112,550          168,950          131,700
  SC        :      341,700          427,800          378,700          330,100
  TN        :      712,050          661,850          645,900          529,800
  TX        :    4,298,200        3,936,500        4,853,500        3,357,450
  VA 1/     :                       150,300          131,300          133,550
  US        :   17,011,400       17,680,900       17,613,350       13,067,150
            :
  AZ        :       61,900           68,400           39,900           16,600
  CA        :      163,250          246,400          360,700          300,350
  NM        :       13,100           14,400           10,300            6,100
  TX        :       48,200           52,550           49,350           41,100
  US        :      286,450          381,750          460,250          364,150
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
Ct Gn 1 (1-99)a 
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at
8:30 a.m. ET on January 25, 1999.
 
 
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