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2003 Final Crop Quality Summary

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U.S. Classing Offices
   2002-3 2003-4
Total White Grade 77.0% 94.5%
Total Light Spotted Grade 19.9% 4.8%
Average Micronaire  4.58 4.44
Average Length 34.3 (32/in) (1.07 in) 34.7 (32/in) (1.09 in)
Average Strength 28.6 (g/tex) 28.8 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed 16,052,298 17,289,955

QUALITY SUMMARY OF 2003 U.S. UPLAND COTTON
PERCENT OF BALES
CLASSING OFFICE WHITE GRADES LIGHT SPOT GRADES OTHER Grades BARKY Grades
MID+ SLM LM- TOT MID+ SLM LM- TOT
Florence, SC 45.5 52.0 0.9 98.4 0.5 0.9 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.4
Macon, GA 31.9 59.6 4.0 95.5 0.4 2.9 1.0 4.3 0.2 1.3
Birmingham, AL 55.1 39.6 1.6 96.3 0.6 2.1 0.6 3.3 0.4 2.4
Rayville, LA 65.7 29.7 0.5 95.9> 1.0 2.3 0.5 3.8 0.3 0.9
Memphis, TN 75.2 21.2 0.8 97.2 1.1 1.1 0.2 2.4 0.4 0.7
Dumas, AR 65.1 30.0 0.7 95.8 1.7 2.0 0.3 4.0 0.2 0.5
C. Christi, TX 63.2 19.2 2.2 84.6 5.5 5.0 1.4 11.9 3.5 6.3
Abilene, TX 76.1 8.5 0.3 84.9 9.1 3.4 0.2 12.7 2.4 7.0
Lubbock, TX 94.2 0.6 0.0 94.8 4.5 0.1 0.0 4.6 0.6 1.5
Lamesa, TX 90.5 2.0 0.0 92.5 6.0 0.3 0.0 6.3 1.2 2.8
Phoenix, AZ 83.6 8.7 0.2 92.5 3.9 2.6 0.2 6.7 0.8 6.1
Visalia, CA 94.3 2.4 0.5 97.2 1.8 0.4 0.1 2.3 0.5 0.3
AVERAGE 67.8 25.6 1.1 94.5 2.5 1.9 0.4 4.8 0.7  

  MIC LEN L.UI STR TRASH MAT* FIN* LGRD NO. LEN
unit 32/in (%) g/t (%) RATIO mtex INDEX BALES inch
Florence, SC 4.1 34.6 81.3 27.9 0.49 0.88 174 3.3 1,425,162 1.08
Macon, GA 4.3 34.2 80.5 27.9 0.46 0.95 174 3.3 2,086,838 1.07
Birmingham, AL 4.3 34.3 81.2 28.1 0.52 0.92 180 3.5 876,746 1.07
Rayville, LA 4.8 34.6 81.0 28.5 0.45 0.99 184 3.3 1,106,215 1.08
Memphis, TN 4.5 34.6 81.8 28.0 0.42 0.92 189 3.3 2,824,793 1.08
Dumas, AR 4.7 34.7 81.7 28.3 0.48 0.98 191 3.4 2,420,494 1.08
C. Christi, TX 4.5 35.4 81.6 30.6 0.41 1.00 174 3.2 1,174,075 1.11
Abilene, TX 4.4 33.9 80.5 28.3 0.33 0.99 181 2.9 1,178,260 1.06
Lubbock, TX 4.4 33.9 80.9 29.1 0.23 0.93 171 2.4 1,506,089 1.06
Lamesa, TX 4.4 34.2 80.7 29.1 0.26 0.97 177 2.6 646,480 1.07
Phoenix, AZ 4.7 35.4 80.5 29.0 0.25 1.00 181 2.3 657,471 1.11
Visalia, CA 4.1 37.3 82.0 32.6 0.23 0.95 157 2.4 1,387,332 1.17
AVERAGE 4.44 34.7 81.3 28.8 0.39 0.95 178 3.1 17,289,955 1.09

Description: This page contains the Most Recent Weekly Quality Summary for 2003 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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