All cotton plantings for 2010 are expected to total 10.5 million acres, 15 percent above last year. Upland acreage is expected to total 10.3 million acres, up 15 percent. Growers intend to increase planted area in all States except Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana.
The largest acreage increase is in Texas where producers intend to plant 600,000 more acres of Upland cotton than in 2009. American-Pima cotton growers intend to increase their plantings by 34 percent from 2009 to 190,000 acres. California producers intend to plant 165,000 acres, up 39 percent from last year.
State-by-state acreage and a comparison with previous intentions from Cotton Grower and the National Cotton Council is available at: www.cotton247.com/acreage.
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