Ct Gn 1  (10-08)

Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.

Released October 10, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For 
information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Shiela Corley at 202-720-5944, office 
hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

            Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters)           
                      As of October 1, Crop Years 2005-2008                     
                        by Crop, State, and United States                       
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2005      :      2006      :      2007      :      2008      
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            :                                                                   
All Cotton  :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
AL          :      17,600           46,350           31,550          10,450     
AZ          :      27,900           27,350           30,300          33,650     
AR          :     288,700          367,750          297,650          37,550     
CA          :           0                0               1/               0     
FL          :           0               1/               1/           1,050     
GA          :      29,000          108,150           14,750          37,900     
LA          :     300,400          397,050           49,100          71,050     
MS          :     393,100          722,200          162,750          17,600     
MO          :      56,150            5,050          234,100          12,400     
NM          :          1/               1/                0               0     
NC          :      17,800           12,350           28,300           1,700     
OK          :         800              500            1,200               0     
SC          :       4,100            5,750            8,550           1,950     
TN          :      71,750           59,500          142,350          18,350     
TX          :   1,107,000          813,600          559,750         573,550     
VA          :           0               1/            1,750               0     
            :                                                                   
US          :   2,314,450        2,572,150        1,566,300         817,200     
            :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
Amer. Pima  :                                                                   
            :                                                                   
AZ          :          1/               1/               1/               0     
CA          :           0                0               1/               0     
NM          :           0                0                0               0     
TX          :           0                0                0               0     
            :                                                                   
US          :          1/               1/               1/               0     
            :                                                                   
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          

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