|
Cotton: Percent Setting Bolls
|
|
Week Ending
|
| State 1/ |
8/29/2010
|
8/22/2010
|
8/29/2009
|
5-Yr Avg
|
|
Percent
|
| Alabama |
92
|
85
|
88
|
95
|
|
Arizona
|
97
|
95
|
99
|
100
|
|
Arkansas
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
|
California
|
93
|
90
|
99
|
97
|
|
Georgia
|
100
|
98
|
98
|
99
|
|
Kansas
|
96
|
91
|
94
|
92
|
|
Louisiana
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
|
Mississippi
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
|
Missouri
|
100
|
100
|
99
|
100
|
|
North Carolina
|
100
|
98
|
98
|
99
|
|
Oklahoma
|
100
|
96
|
94
|
96
|
|
South Carolina
|
94
|
86
|
96
|
95
|
|
Tennessee
|
100
|
99
|
100
|
100
|
|
Texas
|
94
|
91
|
88
|
91
|
|
Virginia
|
94
|
91
|
100
|
100
|
|
15 States
|
96
|
94
|
92
|
94
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| 1/ These 15 states planted 99% of last year's cotton acreage. |
|
Cotton: Percent Bolls Opening
|
|
Week Ending
|
| State 1/ |
8/29/2010
|
8/22/2010
|
8/29/2009
|
5-Yr Avg
|
|
Percent
|
| Alabama |
50
|
36
|
8
|
27
|
|
Arizona
|
45
|
30
|
47
|
49
|
|
Arkansas
|
65
|
31
|
14
|
32
|
|
California
|
20
|
10
|
20
|
23
|
|
Georgia
|
44
|
29
|
9
|
19
|
|
Kansas
|
12
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
|
Louisiana
|
75
|
69
|
56
|
55
|
|
Mississippi
|
71
|
50
|
20
|
41
|
|
Missouri
|
33
|
14
|
2
|
21
|
|
North Carolina
|
43
|
25
|
11
|
15
|
|
Oklahoma
|
21
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
|
South Carolina
|
12
|
8
|
11
|
14
|
|
Tennessee
|
44
|
28
|
7
|
22
|
|
Texas
|
15
|
14
|
20
|
20
|
|
Virginia
|
9
|
4
|
27
|
35
|
|
15 States
|
29
|
21
|
18
|
23
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| 1/ These 15 states planted 99% of last year's cotton acreage. |
| * Revised. |
|
Cotton Crop Condition
|
|
Week Ending 8/29/2010
|
| State |
Very Poor
|
Poor
|
Fair
|
Good
|
Excellent
|
|
Percent
|
| Alabama |
8
|
19
|
40
|
29
|
4
|
|
Arizona
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
75
|
25
|
|
Arkansas
|
1
|
5
|
32
|
43
|
19
|
|
California
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
55
|
30
|
|
Georgia
|
8
|
17
|
32
|
35
|
8
|
|
Kansas
|
2
|
6
|
33
|
53
|
6
|
|
Louisiana
|
1
|
14
|
29
|
50
|
6
|
|
Mississippi
|
4
|
10
|
28
|
46
|
12
|
|
Missouri
|
11
|
24
|
22
|
38
|
5
|
|
North Carolina
|
4
|
15
|
33
|
42
|
6
|
|
Oklahoma
|
2
|
6
|
29
|
49
|
14
|
|
South Carolina
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
64
|
8
|
|
Tennessee
|
1
|
3
|
26
|
56
|
14
|
|
Texas
|
2
|
6
|
28
|
46
|
18
|
|
Virginia
|
9
|
28
|
46
|
17
|
0
|
|
15 States
|
3
|
9
|
28
|
45
|
15
|
|
Previous Week
|
3
|
8
|
27
|
46
|
16
|
|
Previous Year
|
9
|
11
|
29
|
40
|
11
|
Source: USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service