Cotton Ginnings ISSN: 1948-9021 Released September 25, 2013, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Running Bales Ginned by Crop - States and United States: September 15, 2010-2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop and State : Running bales ginned :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2010 Crop : 2011 Crop : 2012 Crop : 2013 Crop :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September 15, 2010 : September 15, 2011 : September 15, 2012 : September 15, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All cotton : Alabama ............: 11,100 1,400 - - Arizona ............: 1/ 5,800 6,700 1/ Arkansas ...........: 54,050 1/ 20,250 - California .........: - - - - Florida ............: 1/ - - - Georgia ............: 9,750 1,450 1/ - Kansas .............: (NA) (NA) (NA) - Louisiana ..........: 66,100 63,450 25,200 2,200 Mississippi ........: 60,250 5,700 7,200 1/ Missouri ...........: 4,450 - 1/ - : New Mexico .........: - - - - North Carolina .....: 3,100 2,450 - - Oklahoma ...........: - - - - South Carolina .....: - 1,150 - - Tennessee ..........: 11,800 1/ 3,050 - Texas ..............: 521,550 1,012,450 691,350 286,900 Virginia ...........: - - - - : United States ......: 747,200 1,094,750 755,500 291,850 : American Pima : Arizona ............: - 1/ - - California .........: - - - - New Mexico .........: - - - - Texas ..............: - - - - : United States ......: - 1/ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (NA) Not available. 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins. All Cotton Running Bales Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: September 15, 2013 [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Louisiana : :: : : :: Texas - continued : Franklin .....................: 1/ :: : Tensas .......................: 1/ :: Nueces .......................: 1/ District 30 ..................: 1/ :: Refugio ......................: 1/ : :: San Patricio .................: 1/ Rapides ......................: 1/ :: District 82 ..................: 68,800 District 50 ..................: 1/ :: : : :: Brazoria .....................: 1/ Louisiana total ..............: 2,200 :: Calhoun ......................: 1/ : :: Fort Bend ....................: 22,200 Texas : :: Jackson ......................: 1/ : :: Matagorda ....................: 1/ Falls ........................: 1/ :: Wharton ......................: 35,400 Hill .........................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 96,100 Navarro ......................: 1/ :: : Williamson ...................: 1/ :: Zavala .......................: 1/ District 40 ..................: 31,150 :: District 96 ..................: 1/ : :: : Brazos .......................: 1/ :: Cameron ......................: 40,250 Robertson ....................: 1/ :: Hidalgo ......................: 1/ Walker .......................: 1/ :: Willacy ......................: 1/ District 52 ..................: 1/ :: District 97 ..................: 62,800 : :: : Burleson .....................: 1/ :: Texas total ..................: 286,900 Caldwell .....................: 1/ :: : District 81 ..................: 1/ :: United States ............. : 291,850 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedure: The cotton ginnings survey is an enumeration of all active gins and every effort is made to obtain a report from all ginners. Data are collected on the first and fifteenth of each month (September - January and February 1) for all estimating States while data collection begins with an August 1 survey in Texas. A final survey is conducted after gins finish ginning for the season. Ginners are asked to report the number of Upland and American Pima bales ginned prior to the data collection date. Data are collected by telephone, fax, and internet. If a completed report is not received from an active gin, the bales ginned are estimated using administrative data or imputed using current survey data for neighboring gins and the previously reported data for the imputed gin. Estimating Procedures: Information obtained from the cotton ginnings survey is used to establish estimates of Upland and American Pima bales ginned to date. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates. Revision Policy: Cotton ginnings estimates are subject to revision in the annual report released in May and are based on a thorough review of all available data. Reliability: Cotton ginnings estimates are based on a census of all known ginners and therefore, have no sampling variability. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing of the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. 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