US cotton ginnings reached 917,150 running bales by October 1
A USDA report released October 9 compares cotton ginned from the 2026 crop with earlier seasons; 2025 data were unavailable because of a lapse in federal funding.
Event / data period: 2026-10-01
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The US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported 917,150 running bales of cotton ginned from the 2026 crop as of October 1 in its Cotton Ginnings report released October 9. The total was below the same-date counts for the 2023 crop (952,650) and 2024 crop (1,144,900).
The figure counts running bales ginned, excluding linters; it is not an estimate of total harvested production. The 2025 comparison is marked unavailable because of a lapse in federal funding. “D” marks state-operation data withheld to protect confidentiality.
Data
Ginning counts
USDA counts as of October 1 for the stated crops.
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2023 crop, same date
952,650 running bales; linters excluded.
- · Occurred
2024 crop, same date
1,144,900 running bales; linters excluded.
- · Occurred
Cotton ginned from the 2026 crop
917,150 running bales; linters excluded.
Methodology
Counts are reported as running bales ginned, excluding linters. The source’s 2025 value remains NA and disclosure-suppressed state data remain marked D.
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