Update on Cotton Acreages for California for 2014

The Association has recently received information on the cotton acreage in California including the breakdown between upland and pima.  Preliminary acreages as determined by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pink Bollworm Program are 54,440 acres of upland and 153,325 acres of pima, for a total of 207,765 acres.  This does not include the cotton acreage for the Sacramento Valley, which will be all upland and is estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000 acres.  The breakdown in the San Joaquin Valley is as follows:

County

Upland Acres

Pima Acres

Fresno

7,465

40,140

Kern

4,230

30,205

Kings

4,135

60,510

Madera

715

30

Merced

19,770

16,290

Tulare

8,080

5,940

TOTALS =

44,395

153,115

In Southern California, the breakdown is as follows:

County

Upland Acres

Pima Acres

Imperial

2,485

210

Riverside

7,445

0

San Bernardino

115

0

TOTALS =

10,045

210

Please be advised that the acres listed are based on Pink Bollworm Program field mapping techniques are intended for use on PBW Program detection and control activities and are not assumed to represent exact cotton acreage planted in California.