Cotton planting advanced to 84%, eight points ahead of the five-year average. Planting in Texas jumped 22 points to 82%, now 13 points ahead of average. Planting in Georgia increased 13 points to 86%, two points ahead of normal.
USDA reported 11% of the crop was squaring, one point ahead of average.
The condition of the cotton crop increased four points to 48% “good” to “excellent.” The portion of crop rated “poor” to “very poor” decreased three points to 15%. The Texas crop is rated only 27% “good” to “excellent” and 22% “poor” to “very poor,” though last week’s rains should help the crop.
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| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Very poor | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Poor | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Fair | 37 | 38 | 39 |
Good | 43 | 40 | 41 |
Excellent | 5 | 4 | 5 |
