HDR1012000170170124970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released January 24, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
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       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
       January 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-1996      
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      Crop      :                      Running Bales Ginned                     
      and       :---------------------------------------------------------------
     State      :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       438,800         677,000         446,700         746,800 
    AZ          :       813,800         808,600         797,150         783,300 
    AR          :     1,095,100       1,763,850       1,452,850       1,591,550 
    CA          :     2,941,850       2,788,750       2,425,900       2,570,450 
    FL 1/       :        94,700                                         119,000 
    GA          :       700,300       1,375,050       1,874,800       2,028,450 
    KS 1/ 2/    :                                                             0 
    LA          :     1,106,200       1,509,900       1,376,850       1,298,600 
    MS          :     1,508,500       2,078,950       1,803,600       1,816,650 
    MO          :       335,100         553,600         477,200         555,700 
    NM          :        72,850          67,900          69,150          86,650 
    NC          :       416,500         787,250         781,200         967,950 
    OK          :       255,150         227,150         116,200         119,850 
    SC          :       195,350         353,450         347,550         431,500 
    TN          :       527,150         861,400         712,350         663,400 
    TX          :     4,984,700       4,805,600       4,376,050       4,178,350 
    VA 1/       :                                       128,250         151,700 
    US          :    15,516,600      18,842,450      17,292,100      18,109,900 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :        83,700          77,100          66,850          70,700 
    CA          :       170,600         158,450         187,050         282,750 
    NM          :        12,800          14,000          13,750          14,450 
    TX          :        52,500          55,700          54,500          57,750 
Oth Sts         :            70               0               0               0 
    US          :       319,670         305,250         322,150         425,650 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (1-97)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to January 1, 1997.  Preliminary      
estimates were released January 9, 1997.                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
UNITED STATES           :   17,697,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       74,850 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Limestone              :      116,000 ::                        :              
 Madison                :       40,500 :: District 50            :      123,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10            :      284,350 :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Covington           1/ :              
 Blount              1/ :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fayette             1/ :              :: District 60            :      183,200 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      740,650 
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore                 :       24,050 :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      285,350 
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      256,050 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      541,400 
 District 40            :       82,500 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       65,450 
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70         3/ :       65,450 :: District 70            :        8,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      100,650 
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      198,600 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       84,250 :: Jefferson              :      126,200 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      748,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      508,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,588,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       30,050 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      162,250 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       26,100 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      352,700 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      108,850 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      679,950 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       91,650 :: Fresno                 :      916,000 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      543,000 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      450,850 
 Lonoke                 :       57,450 :: Madera                 :      107,850 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      172,000 
 Phillips               :      127,900 :: Tulare                 :      244,850 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       40,250 :: District 51         3/ :    2,434,550 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      392,100 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80            :       60,150 
 Miller              1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 California (Cont'd)    :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 CA  Total              :    2,507,300 :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      282,000 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 FL  Total              :      118,150 :: Decatur             1/ :              
                        :              :: Early               1/ :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 Georgia                :              :: Miller              1/ :              
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
 Bartow              1/ :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
                        :              :: Seminole            1/ :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: Sumter              1/ :              
                        :              :: Terrell             1/ :              
 Elbert              1/ :              :: Thomas              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: District 70            :      461,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      233,350 
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      197,250 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :      157,850 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke                  :      106,500 :: District 80            :    1,011,350 
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Georgia (Cont'd)       :              :: Louisiana (Cont'd)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Appling             1/ :              :: Rapides                :       52,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: District 50         3/ :      238,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 GA  Total              :    1,997,450 :: LA  Total              :    1,297,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       36,950 :: Bolivar                :      116,750 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      174,300 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       69,850 
 District 10         3/ :       36,950 :: Tallahatchie           :      111,550 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       50,850 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      523,300 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :      113,350 :: Calhoun                :       44,300 
 Franklin               :      183,250 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      141,350 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      219,200 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      136,350 :: Panola                 :       35,300 
 West Carroll           :       94,150 :: Tate                1/ :              
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :      887,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      160,450 
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Prentiss            1/ :              
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: Tippah              1/ :              
 Catahoula              :       89,750 :: Union               1/ :              
 Concordia              :       96,150 ::                        :              
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              :: Missouri               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       85,150 :: Dunklin                :      206,400 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      161,050 
 Leflore                :      144,800 :: Pemiscot               :      130,300 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      156,100 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      165,750 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      129,950 :: District 90            :      555,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      681,750 :: MO  Total              :      555,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      103,050 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       35,200 :: Quay                1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Rankin              1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
 District 50            :      214,600 :: Luna                1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Chaves              1/ :              
 District 60            :       48,800 :: Dona Ana               :       34,050 
                        :              :: Eddy                1/ :              
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: District 90            :       72,700 
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: NM  Total              :       84,450 
 District 70            :       70,950 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 MS  Total              :    1,815,950 :: North Carolina         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Rutherford          1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20         2/ :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 North Carolina (Cont'd):              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Anson               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :      115,850 
 Stanly              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: NC  Total              :      940,850 
 District 60            :       64,100 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Gates               1/ :              :: Beckham                :        6,350 
 Halifax                :       83,000 :: Custer              1/ :              
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Washita                :        6,650 
 Martin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nash                1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       13,000 
 Northampton            :       80,000 ::                        :              
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Caddo                  :        2,450 
                        :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
 District 70            :      413,600 :: Greer                  :        2,900 
                        :              :: Harmon                 :       18,750 
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: Jackson                :       51,000 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        6,200 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       13,900 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :       95,200 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :              
                        :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
 District 80            :      255,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :        2,800 
 Bladen              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Duplin              1/ :              :: Bryan               1/ :              
 Harnett             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hoke                1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :              
 Robeson                :       41,500 ::                        :              
 Sampson                :       74,350 :: OK  Total              :      112,600 
 Scotland            1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 South Carolina         :              :: Tennessee              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 York                1/ :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       60,550 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       64,450 
 Darlington             :       28,500 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :      125,000 
 Marlboro               :       47,950 ::                        :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
                        :              :: Crockett               :      141,550 
 District 30         3/ :       76,450 :: Fayette                :       48,400 
                        :              :: Gibson                 :       81,450 
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Haywood                :      174,200 
                        :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 District 40            :        5,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      505,600 
 Calhoun                :       73,950 ::                        :              
 Clarendon              :       30,500 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Lee                    :       48,100 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg             :       64,650 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Sumter                 :       32,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: TN  Total              :      663,200 
 District 50            :      249,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Allendale           1/ :              :: Texas                  :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Briscoe             1/ :              
                        :              :: Castro                 :       79,150 
 District 80            :       32,450 :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
                        :              :: Floyd                  :      165,300 
 SC  Total              :      429,400 :: Hale                   :      308,050 
                        :              :: Parmer                 :       96,400 
                        :              :: Swisher                :       66,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 11            :      770,850 
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bailey                 :       75,900 :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Haskell                :       30,000 
 Crosby                 :      150,250 :: Jones                  :       31,450 
 Dawson                 :       89,600 :: Knox                   :       18,150 
 Gaines                 :      282,300 :: Mitchell               :        8,850 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Hockley                :      252,150 :: Runnels                :       26,100 
 Howard              1/ :              :: Scurry                 :        4,750 
 Lamb                   :      256,850 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lubbock                :      235,500 ::                        :              
 Lynn                   :      183,900 :: District 22            :      149,500 
 Martin                 :       32,700 ::                        :              
 Midland             1/ :              :: Clay                1/ :              
 Terry                  :      246,950 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      138,600 :: Young               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 12            :    2,022,050 :: District 30            :        2,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Borden              1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       17,750 
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Hill                   :       26,200 
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Donley              1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Garza                  :       14,000 :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Hall                   :       46,800 :: Mclennan            1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Milam                  :        6,000 
 Kent                1/ :              :: Navarro             1/ :              
 Motley              1/ :              :: Williamson             :       22,250 
 Wichita             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wilbarger              :        6,100 :: District 40            :      111,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 21            :      147,800 :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Baylor              1/ :              :: District 51         2/ :              
 Coleman             1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,                 
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
 Robertson              :       33,350 :: Wharton                :       95,100 
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      186,450 
 District 52            :       63,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       48,900 
 District 60            :       79,750 :: Hidalgo                :       33,250 
                        :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Concho              1/ :              :: Willacy                :       78,650 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tom Green              :       37,950 :: District 97         3/ :      160,800 
 Upton               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    3,945,600 
 District 70            :       68,700 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       19,350 :: VA  Total              :      150,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nueces                 :       47,050 ::                        :              
 Refugio             1/ :              ::                        :              
 San Patricio           :       66,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 82            :      142,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazoria               :       12,200 ::                        :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fort Bend              :       49,300 ::                        :              
 Jackson             1/ :              ::                        :              
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 1/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins.                              
 2/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 
 3/  Excludes some gins' data to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included 
     in State total.                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Plan now to attend.   For program and registration details, check Forum home    
page, call (202) 720-3050 or dial (202) 219-0296 from your fax machine and      
request document 66666.   Send e-mail to agforum@oce.usda.gov.                  
                                                                                
Get news from the Forum.  Can't attend? After the Forum, download speeches from 
the Internet. Or, call 1-800-999-6779 to place an advance order for the printed 
proceedings (YCON-97) or new long term projections to 2005 (WAOB-97-1).         
                                                                                
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