Ct Gn 1 (10-03)
 
Cotton Ginnings
 
 
Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
 
Released October 10, 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) Prior to
       October 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2000-2003
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2000      :      2001      :      2002      :      2003
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      97,200           19,250           32,750           21,550
  AZ        :      72,050           46,850           43,400           36,200
  AR        :     295,200          250,900           76,700           91,650
  CA        :      22,550           16,250            4,100                0
  FL 1/     :       5,800                                              3,700
  GA        :      44,600           44,300           89,600           62,800
  LA        :     413,050          150,800          122,650          257,000
  MS        :     595,200          306,600          275,700          405,300
  MO        :     108,350           93,400           16,400            3,700
  NM 1/     :       2,500            1,100                                 0
  NC        :       4,100            3,350           11,850              950
  OK 1/     :      13,350                             6,100            2,100
  SC        :      11,150            7,800            4,350            2,050
  TN        :     220,200          135,050           39,400           22,300
  TX        :   1,380,450          993,700          929,550        1,094,550
  VA 1/     :           0                                                  0
            :
  US        :   3,285,750        2,071,700        1,656,350        2,003,850
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :                        1,350            2,100
  CA 1/     :           0                                 0                0
  NM 1/     :                            0                0                0
  TX 1/     :                                             0                0
            :
  US 1/     :       1,050            2,050            2,100
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m ET on
October 24, 2003.
 
 
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