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USDA Pima Classing Report

Thursday, February 11, 2010

By Classing Office

The USDA classing report for American Pima released today indicates a total of 384,467 bales (0 for the week) have been classed by the Visalia classing office. The USDA has also announced that all classing for the American Pima crop for the 2009/10 crop year is now complete.

Summary (year to date)

Classing Visalia Classing Office
Grade 2 and better 84.2
Grade 3 13.5
Uniformity Avg. 85.6
Micronaire Avg. 4.0
Strength Avg. 41.3
Color   Leaf  PHOENIX        VISALIA                           PHOENIX     VISALIA
 Grade          Week   Season   Week   Season                 Week Season Week Season
          1       -       -      -       5.8        24 & below  -     -     -     *
          2       -       -      -      19.9           25 - 26  -     -     -    0.1
          3       -       -      -       1.5           27 - 29  -     -     -    1.1
   01     4       -       -      -        *            30 - 32  -     -     -    1.8
          5       -       -      -        -            33 - 34  -     -     -    2.5
          6       -       -      -        -            35 - 36  -     -     -    6.1
          7       -       -      -        -            37 - 42  -     -     -    69.3
        Total     -       -      -      27.2           43 - 49  -     -     -    19.0
          1       -       -      -       4.5           50 - 52  -     -     -     *
          2       -       -      -      33.7        53 & above  -     -     -     -
          3       -       -      -      17.9           Average  0     0     0     40
   02     4       -       -      -       1.0         All Mike
          5       -       -      -        *         24 & below  -     -     -     *
          6       -       -      -        -                 25  -     -     -     *
          7       -       -      -        -                 26  -     -     -    0.1
        Total     -       -      -      57.0                27  -     -     -    0.2
          1       -       -      -       0.1                28  -     -     -    0.4
          2       -       -      -       3.1                29  -     -     -    0.5
          3       -       -      -       7.6                30  -     -     -    0.6
   03     4       -       -      -       2.6                31  -     -     -    0.6
          5       -       -      -       0.2                32  -     -     -    0.7
          6       -       -      -        *                 33  -     -     -    0.9
          7       -       -      -        -                 34  -     -     -    1.6
        Total     -       -      -      13.5                35  -     -     -    2.4
          1       -       -      -        *                 36  -     -     -    3.7
          2       -       -      -       0.2                37  -     -     -    6.0
          3       -       -      -       0.8                38  -     -     -    8.9
   04     4       -       -      -       0.7                39  -     -     -    13.0
          5       -       -      -       0.2                40  -     -     -    15.6
          6       -       -      -        *                 41  -     -     -    14.5
          7       -       -      -        *                 42  -     -     -    11.4
        Total     -       -      -       2.0                43  -     -     -    8.0
          1       -       -      -        *                 44  -     -     -    5.2
          2       -       -      -        *                 45  -     -     -    3.1
          3       -       -      -       0.1                46  -     -     -    1.8
   05     4       -       -      -       0.1                47  -     -     -    0.7
          5       -       -      -        *                 48  -     -     -    0.2
          6       -       -      -        *                 49  -     -     -     *
          7       -       -      -        *                 50  -     -     -     *
        Total     -       -      -       0.2                51  -     -     -     -
          1       -       -      -        -                 52  -     -     -     -
          2       -       -      -        *                 53  -     -     -     -
          3       -       -      -        *                 54  -     -     -     -
   06     4       -       -      -        *                 55  -     -     -     -
          5       -       -      -        *                 56  -     -     -     -
          6       -       -      -        *                 57  -     -     -     -
          7       -       -      -        *                 58  -     -     -     -
        Total     -       -      -        *                 59  -     -     -     -
          1       -       -      -        -         60 & above  -     -     -     -
          2       -       -      -        -            Average  0     0     0     40
          3       -       -      -        -           Strength
   07     4       -       -      -        -         17 & below  -     -     -     -
          5       -       -      -        -                 18  -     -     -     -
          6       -       -      -        -                 19  -     -     -     -
          7       -       -      -        *                 20  -     -     -     -
 Total            -       -      -        *                 21  -     -     -     -
 STAPLE          0.0            0.0                         22  -     -     -     -
40 & shorter      -              -                          23  -     -     -     -
          42      -              -                          24  -     -     -     -
          44      -              -                          25  -     -     -     -
          46      -              -                          26  -     -     -     -
48 & longer       -              -                          27  -     -     -     -
Average          0.0            0.0                         28  -     -     -     -
UNIFORMITY       0.0            0.0                         29  -     -     -     -
72.4 & below      -              -                          30  -     -     -     -
        72.5-7    -       -      -        -                 31  -     -     -     *
        73.5-7    -       -      -        -                 32  -     -     -     *
        74.5-7    -       -      -        -                 33  -     -     -     *
        75.5-7    -       -      -        -                 34  -     -     -    0.2
        76.5-7    -       -      -        -                 35  -     -     -    0.7
        77.5-7    -       -      -        *                 36  -     -     -    2.0
        78.5-7    -              -                          37  -     -     -    3.0
        79.5-8    -       -      -        *                 38  -     -     -    5.2
        80.5-8    -       -      -       0.1                39  -     -     -    9.8
        81.5-8    -       -      -       0.4                40  -     -     -    15.0
        82.5-8    -       -      -       2.3                41  -     -     -    17.4
        83.5-8    -       -      -      10.2                42  -     -     -    16.0
        84.5-8    -       -      -      31.4                43  -     -     -    13.2
        85.5-8    -       -      -      38.4                44  -     -     -    8.7
        86.5-8    -       -      -      14.6        45 & above  -     -     -    8.9
        87.5-8    -       -      -       2.5           Average 0.0   0.0   0.0   41.3
        88.5-8    -       -      -       0.2   Extraneous Matter
89.5 & above      -       -      -        -               Bark  -     -     -    0.2
Average          0.0     0.0    0.0     85.6             Grass  -     -     -    0.2
SAMPLES          0.0     0.0    0.0      0.0     Spindle Twist  -     -     -     *
CLASSED                                            Preparation  -     -     -    0.5
  Week            0              0
 Season                   0            384467

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9:07 Mar 10