Washington, DC
April 18, 2008
Issued April 18, 2008 by the
Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. For
information contact Shiela Corley at (202) 720-5944.
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
announced today that the Cotton Objective Yield Survey will no
longer be conducted in California. A grower reported yield
survey will continue to be conducted and will provide data used
to establish monthly California cotton yield and production
forecasts. Upland cotton acreage in California has declined
significantly in recent years, from 1.17 million acres in 1995
to 195,000 acres in 2007. California now accounts for less than
2 percent of the U.S. upland cotton planted area.
Objective Yield Survey data will continue to be collected in
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and
Texas for upland cotton. These states accounted for 78 percent
of the Nation’s 2005 – 2007 upland cotton production. The Cotton
Objective Yield Survey data are combined with grower reported
yields and used by the USDA's Agricultural Statistics Board to
prepare upland cotton yield and production forecasts for release
in the August through December Crop Production reports. |
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