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Crop Quality Summary Week Ending February 14, 2008

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Crop Quality Summary Charts

Comparison to last year's crop at this time
U.S. Average
02/15/07
02/14/08
Total White Grade 
94.7%
86.4%
Total Light Spotted Grade
4.5%
11.7%
Average Micronaire
4.40
4.33
Average Length(32's)
35.2(32/in)
35.3(32/in)
(Inches)
1.10(in)
1.10(in)
Average Strength
29.2(g/tex)
29.3(g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed
20,077,929
17,181,758

 

Classing Week Ending - 2/14/2008
CLASSING
OFFICE
WHITE GRADES LIGHT SPOT GRADES OTHER
Grades
BARKY
Grades
MID+ SLM LM- TOT MID+ SLM LM- TOT
Florence, SC 26.1 44.9 12.7 83.7 2.0 7.3 6.2 15.5 0.8 0.1
Macon, GA 38.8 56.7 2.7 98.2 0.2 1.1 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.4
Birmingham, AL 46.6 38.6 2.7 87.9 4.8 5.1 1.0 10.9 1.2 1.1
Rayville, LA 23.7 66.2 2.0 91.9 0.7 5.2 1.4 7.3 0.8 0.3
Memphis, TN 12.5 34.7 6.2 53.4 3.7 28.3 7.8 39.8 6.8 0.0
Dumas, AR 22.4 60.7 4.6 87.7 1.5 9.0 1.3 11.8 0.5 0.2
C. Christi, TX 11.1 43.8 15.0 69.9 0.8 10.1 13.1 24.0 6.1 8.6
Abilene, TX 86.9 8.5 0.3 95.7 2.9 0.5 0.0 3.4 0.9 7.0
Lubbock, TX 96.7 0.7 0.0 97.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.4 3.2
Lamesa, TX 94.1 0.8 0.0 94.9 4.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 1.0 7.2
Phoenix, AZ 87.5 8.1 0.4 96.0 2.9 0.7 0.1 3.7 0.3 3.2
Visalia, CA 91.7 4.4 0.2 96.3 2.6 0.8 0.1 3.5 0.2 0.1
AVERAGE 55.6 27.4 3.4 86.4 2.4 6.9 2.5 11.7 1.8

 

CLASSING
OFFICE
MIC
unit
LEN 
32/in
L.UI
(%)
STR
g/t
TRASH
(%)
LGRD
INDEX
NO.
BALES
LEN
inch
Florence, SC 4.7 33.8 81.0 28.9 0.51 3.7 1,007,354 1.06
Macon, GA 4.7 34.4 80.1 28.6 0.41 3.4 1,659,974 1.08
Birmingham, AL 4.4 33.9 80.0 28.0 0.49 3.7 457,366 1.06
Rayville, LA 4.7 34.9 80.4 28.2 0.52 3.8 745,839 1.09
Memphis, TN 4.2 34.6 81.0 28.7 0.56 3.9 2,694,548 1.08
Dumas, AR 4.5 34.7 80.9 28.8 0.60 3.9 1,704,718 1.08
C. Christi, TX 4.4 36.5 81.5 29.4 0.61 4.0 904,624 1.14
Abilene, TX 4.1 35.6 80.6 29.5 0.31 2.8 1,899,665 1.11
Lubbock, TX 4.1 36.0 80.7 29.6 0.21 2.4 3,596,284 1.13
Lamesa, TX 4.2 36.0 80.9 29.7 0.21 2.4 1,333,097 1.13
Phoenix, AZ 4.5 35.9 80.6 29.7 0.20 2.3 617,420 1.12
Visalia, CA 4.3 37.4 82.3 33.5 0.21 2.2 560,869 1.17
AVERAGE 4.33 35.3 80.8 29.3 0.39 3.2 17,181,758 1.10


Description: This page contains the Most Recent Weekly Quality Summary for 2007 U.S. Upland Crop. This report was produced by the staff of Cotton Incorporated's Fiber Quality Research Division and made available to the cotton community. Questions may be directed to Mike Watson.

 

 




 
 

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