Ct Gn 1 (9-03)



Washington, D.C.
Cotton Ginnings





Released September 11, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Dave DeWalt at
(202) 720-5944, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. 






                                                                                
           Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters),          
            by Crop, State, and United States, September 1, 2000-2003           
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2000      :      2001      :      2002      :      2003      
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Upland      :                                                                   
  TX        :    842,150          608,650          538,450          566,650     
            :                                                                   
  US        :    842,150          608,650          538,450          566,650     
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m ET on September 25, 2003.


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