June 30, 2020
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In its June acreage report, USDA estimated 2020 U.S. cotton plantings at 12.19 million acres, 11.3 percent less than in 2019.
Upland planted area is estimated to have decreased 11.2 percent to 11.99 million acres. Extra-long staple cotton producers planted 195,000 acres, 14.7 percent less than in 2019.
USDA’s June projection for all U.S. cotton is 1.52 million acres less than the agency projected in its initial 2020 estimate released in March.
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