# Crop Progress Notes for U.S. Cotton – October 28

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2019-10-29
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/market-analysis/production-outlook-acreage/crop-progress-notes-for-u-s-cotton-october-28/

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Last week’s rain in the Mid-South pushed harvest numbers below the 5-year averages for several states. But that didn’t keep several of those same states from big increases in harvested acres, according to the [USDA Crop Progress report for October 28](https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/ms35tq116/nz806d09d/prog4419.pdf).

Across the Cotton Belt, 46% of U.S. cotton fields have been harvested – up 6% in the past week and still 3% ahead of the national 5-year average. But the biggest jumps in harvest percentage were reported in Missouri (up 17%), California (up 15%), Alabama (up 13%), and Arkansas and Mississippi (both up 10%).

Open bolls are reported across 95% of the U.S. cotton acres.

Crop condition continued its normal weekly shifts, with 40% of the crop rated good/excellent, 40% rated fair and 20% rated poor/very poor.