# Crop Progress: Cotton Condition Slips as Harvest Picks Up

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2022-10-03
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The 2022 U.S. cotton crop continues to wind its way to season’s end.

According to the [USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending Oct. 2](https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/z890t358m/v118sp937/prog4122.pdf), open bolls can now be found in 77% of the U.S. crop – up 10 percentage points in the past week and 4 points ahead of the 5-year average for this date. Nine states are currently at or above their respective averages for open bolls.

Overall harvest is now reported on 22% of the U.S. acres – up 7 percentage points in the past week and 5 points ahead of the overall average. Largest harvesting increases come from Louisiana, California, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia.

Crop condition numbers for the week show that 31% of the crop is rated good/excellent (unchanged from last week), 23% now rated fair, and 46% rated poor/very poor.