NCC Survey Projects 11.5 Million Planted Acres of Cotton in 2021

摘要

ACCORDING TO the National Cotton Council's 40th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey, U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 11.5 million cotton acres this spring, down 5.2% from 2020 based on USDA's February 2021 estimate.The survey results - presented during the NCC's 2021 Annual Meeting virtual live-stream event - indicated upland cotton intentions of 11.3 million acres, down 4.9% from 2020, while extra-long staple (ELS) intentions of 161,000 acres represent a 20.7% decline.In comparison, the Cotton Grower 2021 Acreage Survey, released in January, projected 11.61 million cotton acres for this year.