CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
CA Cotton Crop
11-25-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
California’s cotton crop hard hit by the drought is reflective in its lower
production according to the US Department of Agriculture.
In the latest California Field Crop Review by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, both Upland cotton and American Pima cotton production
was lower from 2008 yields.
California's 2009 Upland cotton production is forecast at 218,000 bales, down
41 percent from last year. With harvested acreage of 70,000, the resulting
yield is 1,495 pounds per acre. Meanwhile total U.S. Upland cotton production
is forecast at 12.1 million bales, 2 percent below the 2008 crop. The average
yield, at 767 pounds per acre, is 36 pounds below last year. Harvested acreage,
at 7.59 million acres, is up 3 percent from last year.
The American Pima cotton production in California is forecast 330,000 bales --
down 18 percent from the 2008 crop. Harvested acreage is estimated at 127,000
acres, resulting in a yield of 1,247 pounds per acre.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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