COTTON RELATED EXTRACTS FROM Crop Progress report, released May 14, 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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State : May 13, : May 6, : May 13, : 2007-2011
: 2011 : 2012 : 2012 : Average
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: percent
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Alabama .........: 44 50 68 53
Arizona .........: 85 75 90 80
Arkansas ........: 37 77 93 53
California ......: 86 85 90 93
Georgia .........: 33 27 44 32
Kansas ..........: 9 10 26 3
Louisiana .......: 87 84 92 80
Mississippi .....: 43 68 90 51
Missouri ........: 28 49 68 54
North Carolina ..: 60 31 51 55
Oklahoma ........: 13 12 29 13
South Carolina ..: 44 27 46 41
Tennessee .......: 13 29 52 24
Texas ...........: 33 27 35 31
Virginia ........: 67 27 58 56
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15 States .......: 38 36 48 39
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