Ct Gn 1 (9-03) Cotton Ginnings National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 25, 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 September 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2000-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop : Running Bales Ginned and :------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Cotton : AL 1/ : 12,200 3,150 AZ : 25,300 16,850 12,300 14,650 AR 1/ : 26,400 26,250 3,150 CA 1/ : 1,700 0 FL 1/ : GA 1/ : 3,700 1,650 21,150 LA : 122,700 4,550 18,650 30,700 MS : 125,700 16,900 45,650 54,250 MO 1/ : 5,200 6,800 0 NM 1/ : 0 0 0 NC : 0 0 100 0 OK 1/ : 0 0 0 SC 1/ : 700 200 0 TN 1/ : 22,250 6,400 0 TX : 1,108,000 720,000 790,900 855,450 VA : 0 0 0 0 : US : 1,453,850 801,700 898,000 958,400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins. Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to September 1, 2003. Preliminary estimates were released September 11, 2003. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County, District, State and United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State/ : Running :: State/ : Running County/ : Bales :: County/ : Bales District : Ginned :: District : Ginned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : :: : Texas : :: Texas (Cont'd) : : :: : Ellis 1/ : :: : Falls 1/ : :: District 96 2/ : Hill : 1,000 :: : Lamar 1/ : :: Cameron : 50,550 Navarro 1/ : :: Hidalgo : 36,200 Williamson : 3,450 :: Willacy : 91,950 : :: : District 40 : 6,250 :: District 97 : 178,700 : :: : Brazos 1/ : :: TX Total : 566,650 Walker 1/ : :: : : :: : District 52 : 800 :: : : :: : Burleson 1/ : :: : : :: : District 81 2/ : :: : : :: : Kleberg 1/ : :: : Nueces : 76,750 :: : Refugio 1/ : :: : San Patricio : 133,700 :: : : :: : District 82 : 269,150 :: : : :: : Brazoria 1/ : :: : Calhoun 1/ : :: : Fort Bend : 18,350 :: : Jackson 1/ : :: : Matagorda 1/ : :: : Wharton : 52,750 :: : : :: : District 90 : 105,800 :: : : :: : Zavala 1/ : :: : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins. 2/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 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