Cotton Ginnings Washington, D.C. Released September 24, 2010, 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, 2007-2010 [Excluding linters] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop and State : Running bales ginned :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 : 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Cotton : Alabama ................: 4,300 - - 11,100 Arizona ................: 12,900 (D) 4,250 (D) Arkansas ...............: 12,050 (D) - 54,050 California .............: - - - - Florida ................: (D) - - (D) Georgia ................: (D) 1,250 - 9,750 Louisiana ..............: 850 4,450 5,850 66,100 Mississippi ............: 4,150 - (D) 60,250 Missouri ...............: 37,800 - - 4,450 New Mexico .............: - - (D) - : North Carolina .........: (D) - - 3,100 Oklahoma ...............: - - - - South Carolina .........: - - - - Tennessee ..............: 7,850 - - 11,800 Texas ..................: 293,600 465,050 164,400 521,550 Virginia ...............: - - - - : United States ..........: 374,650 475,550 174,550 747,200 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. All Cotton Running Bales - County, District, States and United States: September 1, 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- State/ : Running :: State/ : Running County/ : Bales :: County/ : Bales District : Ginned :: District : Ginned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : :: Brazoria1/ : United States Total : 286,700 :: Calhoun 1/ : : :: Fort Bend : 2,250 Texas : :: Jackson 1/ : : :: Matagorda 1/ : Falls 1/ : :: Wharton : 9,650 Hill : 950 :: : Williamson 1/ : :: District 90 : 22,150 : :: : District 40 : 2,650 :: Zavala 1/ : : :: : Walker 1/ : :: District 96 2/ : : :: : District 52 2/ : :: Cameron 1/ : : :: Hidalgo 1/ : Caldwell 1/ : :: Willacy : 47,900 : :: : District 81 2/ : :: District 97 3/ : 47,900 : :: : Kleberg 1/ : :: TX Total : 286,700 Nueces : 38,600 :: : Refugio 1/ : :: : San Patricio : 97,500 :: : : :: : District 82 3/ : 136,100 :: : : :: : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins. 2/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 3/ Excludes some gins' data to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 4/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the US total. 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. 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 of the following year 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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