Source: Jim Steadman, COTTON GROWER, 6/30/20


The USDA Acreage report for 2020, issued June 30, shows U.S. cotton planted acreage of 12.2 million acres – down 11% from 2019 reported acres. The total includes 12.0 million upland cotton acres (down 11% from 2019) and 195,000 Pima acres (down 15%). In its Prospective Planting report released on March 31, USDA projected a total of 13.7 million cotton acres for 2020, down less than 1% from 2019.

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