Cotton Ginnings

Cotton Ginnings
ISSN: 1948-9021

Released November 8, 2013, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA).

Running Bales Ginned by Crop – States and United States: November 1, 2010-2013
[Excluding linters. Blank cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
Running bales ginned
Crop and State

2010 Crop

2011 Crop

2012 Crop

2013 Crop

November 1, 2010

November 1, 2011

November 1, 2012

November 1, 2013

(number)

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ......................
Arizona ........................
Arkansas .....................
California .....................
Florida .........................
Georgia .......................
Kansas ........................
Louisiana .....................
Mississippi ...................
Missouri .......................

284,500
94,850
987,050
88,050
55,250
806,650
(NA)
406,100
754,400
560,000

221,200
109,100
690,550
161,400
39,200
684,750
(NA)
485,150
679,350
361,600

181,400
101,950
921,400
246,450
20,500
564,650
(1)
408,250
575,050
468,300

114,550
75,300
325,000
237,100
17,800
325,700
(1)
264,650
314,500
106,150

New Mexico .................
North Carolina .............
Oklahoma ....................
South Carolina .............
Tennessee ...................
Texas ..........................
Virginia ........................

5,200
499,650
90,900
128,900
592,750
2,532,150
60,100

8,200
445,000
5,550
112,250
471,100
1,908,150
57,850

5,450
246,450
22,450
61,600
478,600
1,973,700
31,050

(1)
135,650
15,050
26,850
69,700
1,002,650
9,600

United States ...............

7,946,500

6,440,400

6,307,250

3,041,800

American Pima
Arizona ........................
California .....................
New Mexico .................
Texas ..........................

33,050
1,000
1,350

(1)
68,900
(1)
(1)

(1)
126,100
(1)
(1)

(1)
130,550
(1)
-

United States ...............

35,400

71,350

126,500

130,850

- Represents zero.
(NA) Not available.
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Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins.

Statistical Methodology
Survey Procedure: The cotton ginnings survey is an enumeration of all active gins and every effort is made to obtain a
report from all ginners. Data are collected on the first and fifteenth of each month (September – January and February 1)
for all estimating States while data collection begins with an August 1 survey in Texas. A final survey is conducted after
gins finish ginning for the season. Ginners are asked to report the number of Upland and American Pima bales ginned
prior to the data collection date. Data are collected by telephone, fax, and internet. If a completed report is not received
from an active gin, the bales ginned are estimated using administrative data or imputed using current survey data for
neighboring gins and the previously reported data for the imputed gin.
Estimating Procedures: Information obtained from the cotton ginnings survey is used to establish estimates of Upland
and American Pima bales ginned to date. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with
historical estimates.
Revision Policy: Cotton ginnings estimates are subject to revision in the annual report released in May and are based on a
thorough review of all available data.
Reliability: Cotton ginnings estimates are based on a census of all known ginners and therefore, have no sampling
variability. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording,
and processing of the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality
controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Anthony Prillaman, Head, Field Crops Section .................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Brent Chittenden – Oats, Rye, Wheat .............................................................................................. (202) 720-8068
Cody Brokmeyer – Peanuts, Rice..................................................................................................... (202) 720-7688
Angie Considine – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum ................................................................... (202) 720-5944
Chris Hawthorn – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet .............................................................................. (202) 720-9526
Brent Chittenden – Crop Weather, Barley, Hay ............................................................................... (202) 720-8068
Travis Thorson – Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds .................................................................. (202) 720-7369

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Cotton Ginnings (November 2013)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service