USDA: 12.5 Million Total U.S. Cotton Acres Planted in 2022
July 4, 2022 USDA’s Planted Acres report issued on June 30 showed that cotton growers planted an estimated 12.5 million acres of upland and Pima cotton in 2022 – up 11% from 2021.
For this year, upland area is estimated at 12.3 million acres, up 11% from last year. American Pima planting is estimated at 156,000 acres, up 23% from 2021.
According to the report, compared with last year, upland planted area increased in 16 of the 17 major cotton-producing states. The largest increase is in Texas, where upland planted acreage increased by 750,000 acres. Five states showed an increase of over 50,000 acres compared with last year.
In Arizona, persistent drought impacted planting decisions for the 2022 cotton crop. Compared with last year, planted acreage of upland cotton is down to a record low of 38,000 acres, while planted area for American Pima cotton acres in the state are up 11,000 acres.
The report noted that by June 19:
- 96% of the nation’s cotton acreage had been planted, slightly ahead of last year’s pace and the 5-year average.
- 22% of the acreage was squaring – 2 percentage points ahead of last year and 1 percentage point behind the 5-year average.
- 40% of the acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, compared with 52% in these two categories at the same time last year.
On a regional basis, total cotton acres in the Southeast for 2022 were reported at 2,510,000 acres across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia – up from 2,327,000 acres in 2021.
In the Mid-South, total 2022 reported acres were 1,860,000 across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee – up from 1,625,000 acres in 2021.
Southwest reported acres totaled 7,802,000 across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas – up from 6,972,000 acres in 2021.
In the West, 306,000 total acres were reported across Arizona, California, and New Mexico – up from 291,500 total acres in 2021. American Pima acres in those states climbed to 134,000 acres in 2022 compared to 109,500 acres in 2021. Pima acres in Texas climbed to 22,000 from 17,000 in 2021.
State by state totals can be found at the USDA Acreage website.
The report also noted that cotton producers planted 95% of their acreage this year with biotech varieties – down 2% from 2021. Of that total, Bt-only varieties accounted for 3% of the acreage, herbicide resistant varieties took 6% of the acres, and stacked gene varieties made up 86% of the total acres.
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