Released April 23, 2012, 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 2011 cotton acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : April 22, : April 15, : April 22, : 2007-2011
: 2011 : 2012 : 2012 : Average
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: percent
:
Alabama .........: 4 6 10 6
Arizona .........: 46 38 47 43
Arkansas ........: 4 7 9 7
California ......: 56 10 30 68
Georgia .........: 6 9 12 4
Kansas ..........: - - 1 -
Louisiana .......: 32 18 19 22
Mississippi .....: 6 5 13 8
Missouri ........: - 4 6 4
North Carolina ..: 5 3 4 4
Oklahoma ........: - - - -
South Carolina ..: 6 6 7 3
Tennessee .......: - - - 2
Texas ...........: 13 18 23 16
Virginia ........: 9 3 5 4
:
15 States .......: 12 13 17 13
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- Represents zero.