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Robinson, Arin |
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Submitted to: National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings Publication Acceptance Date: 1/16/1997 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: More than 400 cotton varieties have been planted in the United States since 1950. We utilized data provided by the Agricultural Marketing Service, the national and state offices of the Agricultural Statistics Service, and the U.S. Census Bureau to construct a previously unavailable database that provides county acreage data for the 60 most important varieties. The history of each variety can be examined in terms of both the total acreage planted each year and its geographical distribution. The database should be useful to cotton farmers, seed companies, agricultural consultants, and many others involved in cotton crop management and research. Technical Abstract: Data obtained from the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS, USDA), the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS, USDA), and the U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. Dept. Commerce), were compiled into a database that provides acres planted to each of 60 major cotton varieties during the interval 1950-95. Acres for each variety are given each year at the state level for all years from 1950 to 1995, and each year at the county level from 1979 to 1995; county level data prior to 1979 are given at 5-year intervals from 1952 to 1977, due to unavailability of percentage estimates for specific varieties in intervening years. |
