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USDA Pima Classing Report

Friday, February 08, 2013

By Classing Office

The USDA classing report for American Pima released today indicates a total of 732,868 bales (25,085 for the week) have been classed by the Visalia classing office.

Summary (year to date)

Classing Visalia Classing Office
Grade 2 and better 95.4%
Grade 3 4.3%
Uniformity Avg. 85.5
Micronaire Avg. 4.0
Strength Avg. 42.8 GPT
QUALITY OF AMERICAN PIMA COTTON CLASSED FOR PRODUCERS BY CLASSING OFFICE
                             WEEK AND SEASON ENDED February 7, 2013
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  Color      Leaf     VISALIA
  Grade             Week  Season
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                1    16.7    23.8
                2    29.0    30.8
                3     0.7     1.3
      01        4      -       *
                5      -       -
                6      -       -
                7      -       -

                1     2.0     5.1
                2    34.6    26.1
                3     7.6     7.9
      02        4     0.3     0.3
                5      -       *
                6      -       *
                7      -       -

                1     0.1      *
                2     2.5     1.2
                3     4.5     2.4
      03        4     0.9     0.6
                5     0.1      *
                6      *       *
                7      -       *

                1      -       *
                2      *       *
                3     0.2     0.1
      04        4     0.3     0.1
                5     0.1      *
                6     0.1      *
                7      *       *

                1      -       *
                2      *       *
                3      *       *
      05        4      *       *
                5     0.1      *
                6      *       *
                7      *       *

                1      -       *
                2      -       *
                3      *       *
      06        4     0.1      *
                5      *       *
                6      *       *
                7      -       *

                1      -       -
                2      -       *
                3      -       *
      07        4      *       *
                5      *       *
                6      -       *
                7      -       *

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 STAPLE
40 & shorter          *       *
    42              0.1      *
    44              7.8     3.4
    46             30.2    28.0
48 & longer         61.8    68.6
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Average             47.2    47.5
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 UNIFORMITY
72.4 & below          -       -
 72.5-73.4           -       -
 73.5-74.4           -       -
 74.5-75.4           -       -
 75.5-76.4           -       -
 76.5-77.4           -       -
 77.5-78.4           -       -
 78.5-79.4           -       -
 79.5-80.4           *       *
 80.5-81.4          0.1      *
 81.5-82.4          0.5     0.2
 82.5-83.4          2.8     1.6
 83.5-84.4         14.4     9.6
 84.5-85.4         41.3    35.2
 85.5-86.4         33.7    43.2
 86.5-87.4          6.8     9.4
 87.5-88.4          0.4     0.7
 88.5-89.4           *       *
89.5 & above          -       -
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average             85.2    85.5
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 MIKE
24 & below            -       *
 25-26               *       *
 27-29              0.2     0.5
 30-32              1.7     1.6
 33-34              3.0     1.6
 35-36              4.2     3.9
 37-42             76.3    74.6
 43-49             14.5    17.7
 50-52               *      0.1
53 & above            *       *
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Average               40      40
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ALL RANGE MIKE
24 & below            -       *
   25                -       *
   26                *       *
   27                *       *
   28                *      0.1
   29               0.2     0.3
   30               0.3     0.5
   31               0.5     0.5
   32               0.9     0.6
   33               1.5     0.7
   34               1.5     0.9
   35               2.4     1.4
   36               1.8     2.5
   37               3.8     4.9
   38               7.5     9.1
   39              12.7    13.5
   40              17.7    16.9
   41              19.6    17.2
   42              15.1    13.1
   43               9.0     8.2
   44               4.1     4.5
   45               1.0     2.1
   46               0.4     1.3
   47                *      0.9
   48                *      0.4
   49                *      0.2
   50                *      0.1
   51                -       *
   52                -       *
   53                -       *
   54                -       -
   55                -       -
   56                *       *
   57                -       -
   58                -       -
   59                -       -
60 & above            -       -
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average               40      40
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 Strength
17 & below            -       -
   18                -       -
   19                -       -
   20                -       -
   21                -       -
   22                -       -
   23                -       -
   24                -       -
   25                -       -
   26                -       -
   27                -       -
   28                -       -
   29                -       -
   30                -       -
   31                *       *
   32                *       *
   33                *       *
   34               0.1     0.1
   35               0.1     0.5
   36               0.4     1.4
   37               1.0     1.8
   38               1.3     2.3
   39               3.2     4.2
   40               6.1     6.3
   41              10.4     9.2
   42              16.2    13.4
   43              18.9    17.6
   44              17.0    18.2
45 & above          25.4    25.1
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average             43.0    42.8
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EXTRANEOUS MATTER
     Bark            *      0.1
     Grass           *      0.2
 Spindle Twist      0.3      *
  Preparation       1.0     1.3
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SAMPLES CLASSED
     Week        25,085
    Season               732,868
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* Less than 0.05 percent

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