Growers intend to plant 10.7 million acres of all cotton across the United States, which is up 4 percent from the previous year.
Cotton producers in Georgia expect to plant an estimated 1.1 million acres, down 1 percent from the previous year. Alabama forecasts a 13 percent increase in planting this year at 430,000 acres of cotton. In Florida, the cotton planting forecast is set at 90,000 acres, a 1 percent increase from 2023.
This is Becky Sommer with the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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