HDR1012000170170925970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Cotton                                                                          
Ginnings                                                                        
                                                                                
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Released September 25, 1997, 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        
    September 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-1997       
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       Crop      :                   Running Bales Ginned                       
        and      : ----------------------------------------------------------   
      State      :     1994     :     1995     :     1996     :     1997        
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                 :                                                              
 All Cotton      :                                                              
     AL 1/       :                       7,700                             0    
     AZ          :        7,700         11,100         20,950         23,500    
     AR          :        5,450          4,900         29,500              0    
     CA 1/       :        3,050                         6,550          5,300    
     FL 1/       :            0                                                 
     GA          :          300         41,750         33,550            700    
     LA          :       28,550         50,100         27,400          3,650    
     MS          :       11,600         84,150         77,300            900    
     MO          :        1,700              0          3,850              0    
     NM          :            0              0              0              0    
     NC 1/       :            0                             0                   
     OK          :        1,000              0              0              0    
     SC 1/       :                                      4,650              0    
     TN 1/       :          550                        14,950              0    
     TX          :      882,450        693,750        414,200        649,000    
     VA          :            0              0              0              0    
     US          :      943,200        897,500        637,250        683,400    
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 1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Ct Gn 1 (9-97)                                                                 
Estimates for All Cotton ginned prior to September 1, 1997.  Preliminary        
estimates were released September 12, 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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas                  :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Falls               1/ :              :: Cameron                :       33,450 
 Hill                1/ :              :: Hidalgo                :       44,450 
 Milam               1/ :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Williamson             :        1,200 :: Willacy                :       70,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :        2,350 :: District 97         3/ :      148,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: TX  Total              :      358,700 
 Robertson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 52            :          500 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nueces                 :       64,300 ::                        :              
 Refugio             1/ :              ::                        :              
 San Patricio           :       68,600 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 82            :      160,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazoria            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fort Bend              :        4,450 ::                        :              
 Jackson             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Matagorda           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wharton                :       19,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90            :       43,250 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Zavala              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 96         2/ :              ::                        :              
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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.                                                            
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on October   
10, 1997.                                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
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