USDA Cotton Squaring, Setting Bolls, Condition

Percent squaring is well above average; not so for boll setting.

 Cotton: Percent Squaring, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 2005- State:Jun 27,:Jun 20,:Jun 27,: 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 46 25 34 41 AZ : 46 43 38 57 AR : 93 82 48 77 CA : 37 23 31 45 GA : 54 32 39 47 KS : 13 2 12 9 LA : 80 54 83 80 MS : 70 53 39 65 MO : 59 47 15 42 NC : 69 50 56 54 OK : 25 4 16 19 SC : 35 15 28 32 TN : 52 26 38 57 TX : 39 16 21 28 VA : 14 2 23 23 : 15 Sts: 48 27 29 39 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 15 States planted 99% of last year’s cotton acreage. Cotton: Percent Setting Bolls, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 2005- State:Jun 27,:Jun 20,:Jun 27,: 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 2 0 2 3 AZ : 13 5 14 16 AR : 11 1 2 5 CA : 2 0 5 8 GA : 9 2 4 6 KS : 0 0 0 0 LA : 23 5 8 15 MS : 11 1 5 9 MO : 3 0 0 5 NC : 4 0 0 0 OK : 0 0 0 0 SC : 0 0 0 1 TN : 0 0 0 2 TX : 8 7 12 13 VA : 4 0 0 0 : 15 Sts: 8 4 8 10 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 15 States planted 99% of last year’s cotton acreage. Cotton: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States, Week Ending Jun 27, 2010 -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 0 1 21 70 8 AZ : 0 2 40 34 24 AR : 0 3 25 42 30 CA : 0 0 20 50 30 GA : 0 5 30 52 13 KS : 0 3 31 56 10 LA : 2 14 27 52 5 MS : 0 3 20 56 21 MO : 1 8 27 61 3 NC : 1 10 35 49 5 OK : 0 2 17 77 4 SC : 1 3 38 52 6 TN : 0 2 18 66 14 TX : 2 6 36 43 13 VA : 0 0 41 53 6 : 15 Sts : 1 5 32 49 13 : Prev Wk : 1 4 33 49 13 Prev Yr : 9 17 32 35 7 -------------------------------------- 


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