USDA: Total Planted Cotton Acres Climb to 11.7 Million in 2024
June 30, 2024 USDA’s Planted Acres report issued on June 28 showed that U.S. cotton growers planted an estimated 11.7 million acres of upland and Pima cotton in 2024 – up 14% from 2023.
For 2024, upland area is estimated at 11.5 million acres, a 14% increase from last year. American Pima plantings are estimated at 182,000 acres, up 24% from 2022.
According to the report, compared with last year, upland planted area showed increases or no change in 13 of the major cotton-producing states, with only slight decreases were reported in Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico, and Virginia.
On a regional basis, total cotton acres in the Southeast for 2024 totaled 2.37 million acres across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia – up 5.3% from 2023. The largest acreage increase is reported in Alabama with 450,000 acres (up 18.4%). Acreage is also up 14.3% in South Carolina to 240,000 acres, 7.9% in North Carolina to 410,000 acres, and 1.1% in Florida to 90,000 acres. Georgia drops 0.9% to 1.10 million acres, while Virginia acreage falls 1.2% to 80,000 acres.
In the Mid-South, planted acres climbed to 2.01 million acres – up 23.3% – with the largest increases reported in Arkansas (670,000 acres, up 31.4%) and Mississippi (520,000 acres, up 30%). Missouri shows 400,000 acres (up 19.4%), Tennessee with 300,000 acres (up 13.2%), and Louisiana unchanged at 120,000 acres.
In the Southwest, estimated planted acres increased 14.6% to a reported 6.97 million acres. Texas cotton acreage is reported at 6.4 million acres (up 15.3%), and Oklahoma is up 9.5% to 460,000 acres. Kansas shows a slight acreage decline of 1.8%, down to 110,000 acres.
Upland cotton acres in the West are up 14.0% to 138,000 acres, led by Arizona with 100,000 acres (up 31.6%). California upland acres are reported at 18,000 for 2024, an increase of 38.5%. New Mexico upland acres are down 37.5% to a reported 20,000 acres.
For Pima acreage, California is showing 130,000 acres (up 52.9%), Texas at 30,000 acres (up 3.4%), New Mexico with 10,000 acres (down 41.5%), and Arizona at 12,000 acres (down 25%).
The report also noted that cotton producers planted 96% of their acreage this year with biotech varieties – down 1% from 2023.
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