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 2020 data compares with the 2019 data.

U.S. Average	Final 2019	Final 2020
Total White Grade	82.9 %	90.5 %
Total Light Spotted Grade	13.7 %	7.4 %
Average Micronaire	4.47	4.27
Average Length (32/in)	36.5 (32/in)	37.1 (32/in)
(inches)	1.138 in	1.160 in
Average Length UI	81.22 %	81.20 %
Average Strength	30.61 (g/tex)	30.60 (g/tex)
Number of Bales Classed	18,644,692	14,608,692