COTTON RELATED EXTRACTS FROM Crop Progress, released April 17, 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 15, : April 8, : April 15, : 2007-2011
: 2011 : 2012 : 2012 : Average
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: percent
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Alabama .........: 1 4 6 2
Arizona .........: 24 25 38 29
Arkansas ........: 1 1 7 2
California ......: 29 5 10 46
Georgia .........: 2 6 9 1
Kansas ..........: - - - -
Louisiana .......: 22 5 18 10
Mississippi .....: 1 - 5 3
Missouri ........: - - 4 1
North Carolina ..: 1 1 3 -
Oklahoma ........: - - - -
South Carolina ..: - - 6 1
Tennessee .......: - - - -
Texas ...........: 12 15 18 13
Virginia ........: 6 - 3 2
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15 States .......: 8 9 13 9
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- Represents zero.