-July 13,2022-
The state of California Pink Bollworm program reports that San Joaquin Valley cotton acreage is up this year vs last. Cotton mapping for the Valley was completed the week of June 13, 2022.The current total mapped acreage for the SJV is 120,564 acres (up from 102,218 acres in 2021). The breakdown of cotton acreage is 31,382 acres in Fresno County (up from 24,579 acres in 2021), 9,463 acres in Kern County (up from 8,607 acres in 2021) 45,541 acres in Kings County (up from 42,552 acres in 2021), 28,778 acres in Merced County (up from 20,279 acres in 2021), 253 acres in Madera County (up from 249 acres in 2021), and 5,144 acres in Tulare County (down from 5,952 acres in 2021.
While acreage is up this summer, prices on the US market are down about one third in the past few weeks at a 20 month low reflecting a decline in many ag commodities.