Table 1 USDA Cotton Production Cotton Insect Losses 2005

Upland Cotton

Cotton yields in pounds lint per acre

State

Acres planted

Acres harvested

Est. Yield*

December

January

2004

Alabama

550,000

545,000

777

766

749

724

Arizona

244,000

243,000

1,369

1,300

1,300

1,451

Arkansas

1,050,000

1,040,000

983

1,011

1,011

1,114

California

665,000

659,000

1,252

1,238

1,178

1,540

Florida

86,000

85,000

675

700

728

601

Georgia

1,220,000

1,210,000

850

853

853

674

Kansas

75,000

70,000

560

617

655

424

Louisiana

610,000

600,000

925

896

896

867

Mississippi

1,200,000

1,180,000

855

879

864

1,024

Missouri

440,000

435,000

988

988

970

1,054

New Mexico

66,000

62,000

864

937

941

850

North Carolina

815,000

810,000

827

830

847

900

Oklahoma

240,000

220,000

800

764

730

727

South Carolina

265,000

263,000

840

785

761

875

Tennessee

640,000

635,000

800

862

847

900

Texas

5,925,000

5,524,000

699

708

716

695

Virginia

93,000

92,000

940

835

956

956

total US

14,184,000

13,673,000

819

832

824

855

Pima

Arizona

4,000

4,000

960

937

896

California

230,000

226,000

1,274

1,216

1,532

New Mexico

11,000

11,000

916

918

869

Texas

25,000

24,000

900

900

890

total US

270,000

265,000

1,221

1,171

1,443

TOTAL US

14,454,000

13,938,000

839

831

831

From USDA/NASS January 2006 Agricultural Statistical Service *estimates from Losses Coordinators