Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. QUALITY CROP OF 1996 uurreD STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Us itural Marketing Service Cotton Division Res Memphis, Tennessee Y April 1997 ise Vs iy ener? OTT ee ifo SY | eee ts \ , iD 7 i é 7 COTTON QUALITY - UNITED STATES 1996 Crop Color 31 was the predominant color of upland cotton classed from the 1996 crop and accounted for 38 percent of classings, according to the Cotton Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. Color 31 was predominant in 1995 and made up 33 percent of classings. Color 41 and better made up 75 percent of classings from the 1996 crop and compares with 76 percent in 1995 and 66 percent in 1994. All white color grades accounted for 76 percent of the 1996 crop, down slightly from 77 percent in 1995, but up from 69 percent two years ago. Light Spotted color grades comprised 22 percent of classings, the same as in 1995, but down from 30 percent in 1994. Spotted color grades made up about 1 percent of classings this season, the same as a year earlier, and two years ago. Tinged, Stained and Below color grades accounted for less than 1 percent of classings this season, the same as the past two years. Leaf. The predominant leaf grade of cotton classed from the 1996 crop was leaf grade 3, accounting for 52 percent of total upland classings. Leaf grade 3 was predominant a year earlier making up 46 percent of classings. Leaf grade 2 comprised the next highest percentage at 30 percent of classings against 34 percent in 1995. Leaf grade 4 made up 15 percent of classings from this year’s crop compared with 16 percent a year ago. Leaf grade 5-7 made up about 3 percent of classings, the same as last year. Staple. The average staple length of upland cotton classed from the 1996 crop was 35.2 thirty-seconds inches, up slightly from 35.0 last year, but was the same as 1994. The predominant staple length was 35, making up 32 percent of classings this season. Staple 36 accounted for 27 percent of classings this season, and was up from 23 percent last year, but down slightly from 28 percent two years ago. Staples 31 and shorter comprised 1 percent of classings this season, the same as 1995, but was down from 2 percent in 1994. Staples 32 and 33 made up 8 percent compared with 11 percent last year and 10 percent two years ago. Staples 34 and 35, at 50 percent, was down slightly from 52, but up from 43 percent in 1995 and 1994, respectively. Staples 36 and longer made up 42 percent of classings this season. In 1995, staples 36 and longer accounted for 36 percent of classings and in 1994, 45 percent. Mike. The average mike of upland cotton classed from the 1996 crop was 43 against 44 in 1995 and 42 in 1994. Cotton with mike 34 and lower made up 8 percent of classings and compares with 7 percent in 1995 and 5 percent in 1994. Cotton miking 35 through 49 comprised 81 percent of classings this season, and was up slightly from 80 percent last year, but down from 91 percent two years ago. Cotton with mike 50 and higher, was at 11 percent, this was down from 13 percent in 1995 and 5 percent in 1994. Strength. The average fiber strength of upland cotton classed from the 1996 crop was 28.4 grams per tex. This compares with 29.1 in 1995 and 28.5 in 1994. Strengths in the 19 and lower range accounted for less than 1 percent of classings, the same as 1995 and 1994. About 1 percent of classings had strengths in the 20 to 23 range, about the same as the two previous years. Cotton with strengths of 24 to 27 accounted for 38 percent of classings this season against 25 percent last year and 37 percent two years ago. Strengths in the 28 and higher range comprised 61 percent of classings, down from 75 percent a year ago and 62 percent two years earlier. American Pima cotton classed from the 1996 crop contained a larger proportion of higher grades than last year and larger proportion of longer staples. Grades 3 and better accounted for 91 percent of classings, down from 93 percent last year, but up from 89 percent two years ago. Grade 2 was the predominant grade this season comprising 64 percent of classings. Grade 2 was the predominant grade in 1995 at 62 percent, followed by grade 3 at 48 percent in 1994. Grades 4 and lower made up 9 percent of classings this season against 7 percent last year and 11 percent two years ago. The average staple length was 45.9 thirty-seconds inches compared with 45.5 and 45.8 in 1995 and 1994, respectively. Staple 46 was the predominant length comprising 70 percent of classings this season, 63 percent in 1995 and 71 percent in 1994. Average mike was 40, up from 37 last year, but the same as the two previous years. Ginnings of 1996-crop cotton in the United States totaled 18,435,600 running bales, according to a preliminary report by the Agricultural Statistics Board, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This total includes 17,925,400 bales of upland and 510,200 bales of American Pima cotton. The number of active cotton gins for crop year 1996 was 1,213, compared with 1,274 in 1995 and 1,306 for the 1994 crop year. April 16, 1997 -2- Table 1. -- United States: Distribution of color, leaf and staple for upland cotton classed, 1995 crop. QUALITY STAPLE COLOR LEAF] 26 & - 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 & - Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales 11 & 21 1-2 48 200 1,324 6,463 26,343 78,469 204,579 426,906 744,332 3 17 118 691 3,728 17,752 51,641 109,373 214,274 397,594 4 2 10 77 358 2,154 6,683 11,460 19,148 39,892 5 - - 6 24 171 Br 875 865 2,498 6 - 1 - - ita 21 34 35 98 7 - - - - j - 1 5 7 TOTAL ---- 67 329 2,098 10,573 46,428 137,371 326,322 661,233 1,184,421 31 1-2 8 61 331 1,695 7,245 28,160 129,325 418,138 584,963 3 17 117 765 3,808 16,548 53,380 162,542 510,625 747,802 4 11 39 340 1,750 8,530 25,666 52,809 111,937 201,082 5 5 16 80 419 2,495 8,198 13,641 19,098 43,952 6 - - 4 37 260 871 1,289 1,140 3,601 7 - - - 3 4 27 42 47 123 TOTAL---- 41 233 1,520 7,712 35,082 116,302 359,648 1,060,985 1,581,523 41 1-2 - 1 15 49 972 9,027 62,398 178,432 250,894 5 - 3 16 128 1,486 13,571 105,877 420,843 541,924 4 1 4 18 127 856 5,430 32,965 142,269 181,670 5 - 2 11 69 398 1,583 5,631 18,354 26,048 6 1 2 6 26 124 359 819 sane 3,109 i - - - 4 20 47 80 158 309 TOTAL---- 2 12 66 403 3,856 30,017 207,770 761,828 1,003,954 on 1-2 - - 1 9 264 1,975 8,764 12,473 2,34 8 6 3 - - - 20 308 2,559 14,231 26,547 43,665 4 - - - 12 234 1,505 6,943 16,324 25,018 5 - - 1 5 134 726 2,950 6,734 10,550 6 - - - 1 16 71 310 854 ead 7 - - - - - 10 37 103 150 TOTAL---- - - 2 47 956 6,846 33,235 63,035 104,121 61 1-2 - - - 4 46 416 1,389 657 Cao 3 - - - 2 45 492 1,302 939 2,780 4 - - - 2 13 148 326 332 821 5 - - - 1 8 70 167 182 428 6 - - - - 2 34 77 107 220 7 - - - - - 1 8 20 29 TOTAL---- - - - 9 114 1,161 3,269 2,237 6,790 71 V2 - - - - 16 46 68 42 17 3 = - - 1 2 14 60 32 109 4 - - - - - 3 5 10 18 5 - - - - - 1 4 6 11 6 - - - - - 1 5 4 10 7 - - - - - - 1 - 1 TOTAL---- - - - 1 18 65 143 94 321 12 & 22 1-2 27 176 1,005 4,321 15,807 39,198 68 , 286 81,672 210,492 3 9 87 543 2,675 10, 738 28,044 46,633 61,043 149,772 4 1 3 75 332 1,366 3,660 6,100 8,068 19,605 5 = 2 3 17 110 276 423 422 i255 6 - - - 1 4 15 14 17 51 7 - = - - = 2 - - 2 TOTAL---- 37 268 1,626 7,346 28,025 71,195 121,456 1512225 S8ieirs 32 1-2 5 63 352 1,819 6,248 ne 35,021 63,995 123,618 3 10 119 830 3,797 15,274 41,342 85,920 174,444 321,736 4 6 43 311 1,716 6,936 18,841 35,076 56,143 119,072 5 - 6 52 406 1,894 4,698 7,908 10,222 25,186 6 - - 10 55 207 422 689 680 2,063 l - - = 5 13 26 32 34 110 TOTAL---- 21 231 13555 7,798 30,572 81,444 164,646 305,518 591,785 42 1-2 - 1 12 72 686 4,182 18,971 39,130 63,054 3 1 3 42 236 1,778 10,690 56,474 166,933 236,157 4 - 2 41 232 1,545 6,971 30,337 94,720 133,848 5 - 5 13 161 740 2,660 7,601 16,897 28,077 6 - 1 10 53 268 627 1,242 1,975 4,176 7 - 1 - 5 30 104 159 202 501 TOTAL---- 1 13 118 759 5,047 25,234 114,784 319,857 465,813 52 1-2 - - - 15 235 1,841 6,873 6,585 15,549 3 - - 1 41 519 Soni 14,011 21,390 39,473 4 - - 1 29 313 Cer 8,258 15,876 26,650 5 - - 4 23 138 1,123 3,818 7,190 12,296 6 - - 1 4 20 152 503 1,265 1,945 C - - - 1 5 30 60 157 253 TOTAL---- - - 7 113 1,230 8,830 535025 52,463 96,166 Table 1. -- United States: Continued. QUALITY STAPLE COLOR LEAF] 26 & - 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 & - Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales 62 1-2 - - - 9 24 283 789 525 1,630 3 . . - 6 47 424 1,094 1,025 2,596 4 - - - 2 27 174 443 677 1,323 5 - - - 2 8 99 237 415 761 6 - - - 1 5 55 94 180 335 7 - . - - 1 6 24 27 58 TOTAL---- - - - 20 112 1,041 2,681 2,849 6,703 13 & 23 1-2 - 3 35 144 438 950 1,470 1,591 4,631 3 . 1 11 70 220 616 859 707 2,484 4 : = 1 6 20 73 109 82 291 5 : = a < 3 6 13 13 35 5 = = = = - = 3 1 4 TOTAL---- - 4 47 220 681 1,645 2,454 2,394 7,445 33 1-2 4 14 59 175 399 894 1,784 2,870 6,199 3 1 13 55 206 710 1,858 3,347 5,129 11,319 4 = 2 18 81 224 648 1,070 1,266 3,309 5 = 1 7 21 45 123 178 171 546 6 - 1 - = 2 10 15 17 45 7 js = = - - 1 2 1 4 TOTAL---- 5 31 139 483 1,380 3,534 6,396 9,454 21,422 43 1-2 . 5 23 22 88 417 1,374 3,154 5,083 3 - 3 20 57 251 991 3,530 10,157 15,009 4 - 2 14 68 220 691 1,793 4,839 7,627 5 - 2 ita 35 85 196 422 668 1,423 6 - 1 1 1 15 32 68 85 203 7 - - - = 4 6 9 20 39 TOTAL---- - 11 75 183 663 2,335 7,196 18,923 29,384 53 1-2 - - 1 1 15 117 465 643 1,242 3 - - - 7 50 364 1,354 2,555 4,330 4 - - - 5 29 258 971 2,094 3,357 5 - - - 1 23 92 369 747 1,232 6 - = = - 1 21 46 110 178 7 - - = 1 2 1 9 12 25 TOTAL---- - - 1 15 120 853 3,214 6,161 10,364 63 1-2 - - - - 6 18 52 35 111 3 = = a - 14 48 265 327 654 4 - - = 5 6 48 153 272 484 5 = = - 2 11 32 83 108 236 6 - = = = 2 10 26 43 81 7 - - = - - 2 1 11 14 TOTAL---- - = = 7 39 158 580 796 1,580 24-54 1-7 - 17 44 63 141 532 1,465 2,655 4,917 25-35 1-7 = s 1 2 - 5 25 35 68 81-85 1/ 1=0 2 - - 2 23 210 407 479 1,121 8 2/ . - - 9 235 44 95 199 372 TOTAL ALL==<<= 174 1,149 7,299 35,765 154,512 488,820 1,389,309 3,422,417 5,499,445 Table 1. -- United States: Continued. QUALITY STAPLE COLOR LEAF 35 36 37 38 39 40&+ 35 to 40+ TOTAL Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales 11 & 21 1-2 532,974 570,422 559,977 50,407 2,563 1,355 1,717,698 2,462,030 3 238,423 171,589 251,751 44,681 2,007 310 708,761 1,106,355 4 23,957 11,332 8,449 3,144 305 52 47,239 87,131 5 1,084 560 265 104 27 6 2,046 4,544 6 33 14 7 1 - - 55 153 7 1 2 1 - - - 4 11 TOTAL---- 796,472 753,919 820,450 98 ,337 4,902 1,723 2,475,803 3,660,224 31 1-2 662,417 434,179 176,506 14,612 1,984 650 1,290,348 1,875,311 3 941,582 711,075 343,704 45,224 3,650 658 2,045,893 2,793,695 4 201,593 169,903 84 ,629 14,380 1,138 161 471,804 672,886 5 27,638 21,305 8,804 1,600 201 27 59,575 103,527 6 1,406 1,204 485 120 15 2 3,232 6,833 7 57 56 33 5 - 1 152 275 TOTAL---- |1,834,693 1,337,722 614,161 75,941 6,988 1,499 3,871,004 5,452,527 41 1-2 216,679 98,395 22,925 1,319 95 105 339,518 590,412 3 739,900 478,495 128,237 6,877 451 46 1,354,006 1,895,930 4 332,887 294,841 103,434 6,379 553 41 738,135 919,805 5 47,908 49,443 19,987 1,434 184 24 118,980 145 ,028 6 4,544 5,012 2,260 194 29 2 12,041 15,150 7 390 417 196 14 1 - 1,018 1,327 TOTAL---- |1,342,308 926,603 277,039 16,217 1,313 218 2,563,698 3,567,652 51 1-2 9,894 3,545 850 50 7 3 14,349 37,835 3 27,895 14,790 3,481 180 28 8 46,382 90,047 4 23 , 386 16,509 4,854 246 9 - 45,004 70,022 5 9,567 7,257 2,361 131 11 - 19,327 29,877 6 1,313 1,000 394 28 6 - 2,741 3,993 7 205 161 57 6 4 - 433 583 TOTAL---- 72,260 43,262 11,997 641 65 11 128,236 232,357 61 1-2 282 90 35 4 1 - 412 2,924 3 457 157 45 6 - - 665 3,445 4 252 113 26 2 - - 393 1,214 5 183 104 18 1 - - 306 734 6 144 73 30 5 - - 252 472 7 39 24 2 - - - 65 94 TOTAL---- 1,357 561 156 18 1 - 2,093 8,883 71 1-2 18 6 2 5 - - 31 203 3 19 3 3 1 1 - 27 136 4 7 5 - - - - 12 30 5 6 4 2 - - - 12 23 6 4 1 - - - - 5 15 7 9 - 2 - - - 11 12 TOTAL---- 63 19 9 6 1 - 98 419 12 & 22 1-2 55,714 21,023 6,944 627 69 125 84,502 294,994 3 48,739 17,762 5,332 653 77 24 72,587 222,359 4 8,640 3,293 768 90 9 - 12,800 32,405 5 500 250 55 3 1 1 810 2,063 6 12 14 3 - 1 - 30 81 7 - - - - = - - 2 TOTAL---- 113,605 42,342 13,102 1,373 157 150 170,729 551,904 32 1-2 70,980 Sa Tilt 8,512 547 68 237 116,061 239,679 3 250,994 170,136 52,021 4,333 592 109 478,185 799 ,921 4 83,219 67,365 25,548 2,171 280 39 178,622 29,76 9 4 5 12,570 9,586 3,891 325 48 8 26,428 51,614 6 775 576 216 16 4 2 1,589 3,652 7 19 29 12 - - - 60 170 TOTAL---- 418,557 283,409 90,200 7,392 992 395 800,945 1,392,730 42 1-2 41,554 18,211 3,683 182 5 6 63,641 126,695 3 258,575 171,489 48,934 2,892 288 14 482,192 718,349 4 182,543 155,278 58,424 3,737 407 13 400,402 534,250 5 33,336 33, 188 14,994 1,053 85 5 82,661 110,738 6 3,503 3,828 1,749 178 12 - 9,270 13,446 7 311 329 157 17 3 - 817 1,318 TOTAL---- 519,822 382,323 127,941 8,059 800 38 1,038,983 1,504,796 52 1-2 3,457 1,132 210 16 6 - 4,821 20,370 3 19,505 10,443 2,567 119 19 3 32,656 72,129 4 19, 864 13,028 3,850 195 14 - 36,951 63,601 5 9,303 6,144 2,207 125 8 1 17,788 30,084 6 1,736 1,276 458 36 14 1 3,521 5,466 7 277 230 115 8 1 - 631 884 TOTAL---- 54,142 32,253 9,407 499 62 5 96,368 192,534 Table 1. -- United States: Continued. QUALITY STAPLE COLOR LEAF 35 36 37 38 39 40&+ 35 to 40+ TOTAL Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales 62 1-2 138 58 13 1 - = 210 1,840 3 457 192 52 3 - - 704 3,300 4 554 234 38 7 1 - 834 2,157 5 501 192 46 2 = - 741 1,502 6 225 123 30 3 - - 381 716 it 52 24 9 - - - 85 143 TOTAL---- 1,927 823 188 16 1 - 2,955 9,658 13 & 23 1-2 937 311 127 19 1 - 1,395 6,026 3 499 175 90 18 2 - 784 3,268 & 98 37 19 2 1 - 157 448 5 9 4 1 - - - 14 49 6 3 2 2 - - - 5 9 7 e = a = 4 2 : = TOTAL---- 1,546 529 237 39 4 - 2,355 9,800 33 l=2 2,812 1,478 496 68 - - 4,854 11,053 3 6,724 4,701 2,098 475 28 1 14,027 25,346 4 1,654 1,327 746 177 5 - 3,909 7,218 5 244 241 104 11 - = 600 1,146 6 24 22 9 1 - - 56 101 7 1 = = - - - 1 5 TOTAL---- 11,459 7,769 3,453 732 33 1 23,447 4,48 6 9 43 1-2 3,536 1,586 314 20 1 1 5,458 10,541 3 14,543 9,248 2,792 222 24 2 26,831 41,840 4 8,340 6,488 2,718 290 22 5 17,863 25,490 5 1,155 1,183 629 88 17 3 3,075 4,498 6 143 169 73 13 2 1 401 604 7 11 16 13 1 - 42 81 TOTAL---- 27,728 18,690 6,539 634 67 12 53,670 83,054 53 ~ 478 207 5 1 - - 731 1,973 5 2,669 1,382 339 16 1 1 4,408 8,738 4 2,417 1,487 447 15 5 1 4,372 7,729 5 986 662 242 13 1 - 1,904 3,136 6 131 97 50 10 - - 288 466 ta 24 18 6 2 - - 50 75 TOTAL---- 6,705 3,853 1,129 57 a 2 11,753 22,117 63 1-2 21 17 4 1 - - 43 154 3 184 74 17 - - - 275 929 4 198 80 11 1 1 - 291 775 5 109 57 13 1 - - 180 416 6 54 29 5 = - = 88 169 a 5 4 . = = = 9 23 TOTAL---- 571 261 50 3 1 - 886 2,466 24-54 1-7 3,435 2,290 967 223 17 2 6,934 11,851 25-55 1-7 24 16 10 = : = 50 118 81-85 1/ 1-7 447 198 95 30 2 1 773 1,894 8 2/ 406 410 179 34 3 z 1,032 1,404 TOTAL, ALU==--- 5,207,527 3,837,252 1,977,309 210,251 15,416 A OSf Viee2oleole 16, 7a, cog EXTRANEOUS Average Staple ------ 35.0 MATTER Percent Tenderable -- 62.6 Bark - Level 1 847,177 Bark - Level 2 1,581 Grass - Level 1 426,490 Grass - Level 2 3,635 Prep - Level 1 44,283 Prep - Level 2 169 Other - Level 1 23,110 Other - Level 2 356 16,751,257 Bales Classed 1/_ Below Color. 2/ Below Leaf. = 6 Table 2. —— United States: Distribution of color, leaf and staple for upland cotton classed, 1996 crop. QUALITY STAPLE COLOR 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34&—- Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales 11 &21 18 151 1,648 12,340 44,328 121,283 295,755 475,532 10 46 401 3,733 20,302 78,647 217,082 320,227 = 4 44 343 2,446 9,819 25,811 38,467 218 845 1,340 2,437 20 106 8 : QO Se 2.095 Ss 6452: SOF 81S: 10,63 540; 03222222: B96; TLE: 1 83 831 5,513 21,914 115,685 432,816 576,843 12 125 1,164 7,141 30,530 146,937 581,167 767,082 10 95 638 4,131 20,694 68,451 155,848 249,870 11,889 51,211 101,125 7,250 16,340 TeT OTALZ S = "80. O47 8068. 19,284: TAZ 73,48" 928,524408 4,711,868222. 99,666 127,693 318,985 381,467 105,892 |-pA0 | | | a okn N oo© _o Oo@ NJ alk edN O@ al|=o =la!n ma | _ _ |— OOMW@|l —Ny=