01/12/2009 11:16AM
India's 2008/09 cotton production is estimated at 23.0 million bales, down 1.0 million or 4 percent from last month, and down 1.6 million or 7 percent from last year. Area is estimated at 9.35 million hectares, down 0.2 million or 2 percent from last year, and yield is estimated at 536 kilograms per
12/11/2008 01:18PM
Pakistan's 2008/09 cotton production is estimated at 9.4 million bales, up 0.4 million or 4 percent from last month, and up 0.5 million or 6 percent from last year. Area is forecast at 2.9 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 0.1 million from last year. Yield is forecast at 706 kg/ha
05/12/2008 02:00PM
World cotton area could fall slightly from the year before in 2007/08 as a large decline in U.S. harvested area is not offset elsewhere in the world. Australia is likely to increase its cotton area thanks to reservoir replenishment, and a return to more normal weather in West Africa would also suggest
05/12/2008 01:59PM
In May, USDA released final U.S. cotton area, yield, and production estimates for 2007/08. The most notable adjustments were in production and yield, as area was about unchanged. The final production estimate was lowered to 19.2 million bales, based on the final Ginnings report, and produced a record
05/12/2008 01:59PM
Demand for U.S. cotton in 2008/09 is expected to be equal to this season’s 18.8 million bales, but exports are forecast to account for a larger share. U.S. cotton exports are expected rise in 2008/09 to 14.5 million bales, 300,000 bales above the latest 2007/08 estimate and equal to the U.S. crop projection
05/12/2008 01:58PM
According to USDA’s first estimate for 2008/09, U.S. cotton production is projected at 14.5 million bales, about 25 percent lower than the final 2007/08 crop. Based on Prospective Plantings, cotton area in 2008 is forecast at about 9.4 million acres, 13 percent below 2007 and the lowest since 1983. Harvested
05/09/2008 08:56AM
U.S.2008/09 production is forecast to decline to 14.5 million bales, 25 percent below the current season. Relatively attractive prices for other commodities continue to draw area away from cotton and yields return to the historical average, below the record yields seen in 2007/08. With U.S. beginning
06/13/2007 08:26AM
Despite the difficulties noted above, U.S. cotton production for 2007/08 remains unchanged in June at 18.8 million bales. An update to cotton area will be issued at the end of June in the Acreage report; this report will combine actual plantings as of early June with estimates for any remaining cotton
06/13/2007 08:25AM
U.S. cotton planting progress of the 2007 crop was complete or nearly complete in most States as of June 10th. The largest differences from the 5-year average included Oklahoma (19 percentage points below average) and Georgia (8 percentage points). Planting progress in Texas and Kansas were also running