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Well only in the Dixie Region can you find a post about the

agricultural agenda in relation to auto-x. Sounds likely the course

may be inundated with piles of cotton again before the season ends.

LOL



Georgia's 2005 cotton crop is forecast to average 762 pounds of lint

per harvested acre, 16 pounds more than last month, and 88 pounds

more than last year. Acreage expected to be harvested this fall is

estimated at 1,210,000 acres, down 70,000 acres from last year, but

up 20,000 acres from last month. Production is estimated at 1.92

million bales, 7 percent more than last year's 1.80 million bales.

Cotton has benefitted from the overall good growing conditions this

summer. As of September 4, 73 percent of the cotton was rated good

to excellent, 23 percent was rated fair, and only 4 percent was rated

poor to very poor.



All cotton production is forecast at 22.3 million 480-pound bales, up

5 percent from the August forecast but 4 percent below last year's

production. Yield is expected to average 782 pounds per acre, 34

pounds above last month. If realized, both the yield and production

will be the second highest on record. The September harvested area is

expected to total 13.7 million acres, up less than 1 percent from

August and 5 percent above 2004. Producers in the Great Plains,

California, Georgia, New Mexico, and Louisiana are expecting higher

yields than last month. Yield expectations in Texas increased due to

excellent growing conditions in the High Plains area.

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