U.S. upland cotton and long staple this year , the total cultivated area of 5.85 million hectares

U.S. upland cotton and long staple this year , the total cultivated area of 5.85 million hectares
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American International Cotton Association , said the cotton acreage in the United States in the spring of this year than last year, an increase of 1.7% ,education city, which upland cotton and pre kinds of long-staple cotton area of ​​5.72 million hectares and 1,263 hectares , respectively,kids health, compared with last year an increase of 1.4% and 15.2% .

According to projections, the 2006 U.S. cotton acreage in the area of ​​wasteland around 9% , the actual cotton producing area of ​​5.3 million hectares , according to the National Cotton yields forecast 2006 U.S. cotton production to 4.67 million tons , lower than the 5.17 million tons in 2005 . Which 449 million tons of upland cotton , long-staple cotton to 18 million tons of cottonseed production is expected to be 766 million tons , compared to 8.5 million tons last year , declined .

the results derived from the U.S. National Cotton Council survey in mid - December 2005 , with one - third of the farmers in 17 states of the nation's cotton . The senior economist of the U.S. National Cotton Council , said Dr. Stephen · P · sre Sharansky , the ultimate cotton acreage depends primarily on the expected economic benefits compared to cotton and other crops .

findings show that the southeastern U.S. cotton-growing areas , in central and southern cotton-growing areas , the cotton-growing areas of the southwest will increase 3.3% , 6.2% and 0.3% of the land acreage . The western the cotton region will reduce 23 % of the upland cotton acreage into long staple and specialty cotton planting higher prices .