Cotton Incorporated

Final Cotton Crop Quality Summary Reports

The reports contained in this section provide annual summaries of the quality data for the U.S. Cotton Crop.

Here’s how the 2019 data compares with the 2018 data.

U.S. Average	Final 2018	Final 2019
Total White Grade	80.9 %	82.9 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	16.0 %	13.7 %
Average Micronaire	4.39	4.47
Average Length (32/in)	36.54 (32/in)	36.5 (32/in)
(inches)	1.140 in	1.138 in
Average Length UI	81.04 %	81.22 %
Average Strength	29.90 (g/tex)	30.61 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	16,920,623	18,644,692