COTTON RELATED EXTRACTS FROM Crop Progress Report released May 16, 2011

COTTON RELATED EXTRACTS FROM Crop Progress Report released May 16, 2011

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COTTON RELATED EXTRACTS FROM Crop Progress Report released May 16, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Cotton Planted - Selected States

[These 15 States planted 99% of the 2010 cotton acreage]

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                :            Week ending            :          

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     State      :  May 15,  :  May 8,   :  May 15,  : 2006-2010

                :   2010    :   2011    :   2011    :  Average 

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                :                    percent                   

                :                                              

Alabama .........:    60          28          50          63    

Arizona .........:    82          77          90          82    

Arkansas ........:    69          11          47          64    

California ......:    93          85          87          95    

Georgia .........:    43          20          38          41    

Kansas ..........:     5           5          10           4    

Louisiana .......:    74          78          91          80    

Mississippi .....:    73          19          53          61    

Missouri ........:    84           2          39          65    

North Carolina ..:    64          43          67          64    

Oklahoma ........:    20          12          13          20    

South Carolina ..:    61          32          49          49    

Tennessee .......:    26           2          18          32    

Texas ...........:    35          24          36          34    

Virginia ........:    66          46          75          65    

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15 States .......:    46          26          42          44    

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