High Plains Cotton Production 1928-Present

1928-30 - 1940's - 1950's - 1960's - 1970's - 1980's - 1990's - 2000's

Crop

No.

Acreage

Acreage

Production

Production

5-yr Average

10-yr Average

Year

Counties

Planted

Harvested

Yield/H.A.

Bales**

Yield/H.A.*

Bales

Yield/H.A.

Bales

1928

18

1,666,500

1,599,840

100.8

335,820

 

 

 

 

1929

18

1,719,500

1,650,720

108.0

371,390

 

 

 

 

1930

18

1,686,200

1,618,752

85.7

289,000

 

 

 

 

1931

20

1,616,600

1,551,936

185.5

599,730

 

 

 

 

1932

22

1,744,850

1,675,056

183.0

638,500

132.5

446,888

 

 

1933

10

1,830,700

1,757,472

142.5

521,920

140.8

484,108

 

 

1934

21

1,090,090

1,046,486

45.2

98,560

134.8

429,542

 

 

1935

22

1,295,500

1,243,680

144.7

374,910

147.4

446,724

 

 

1936

22

1,706,200

1,637,952

122.7

418,770

133.9

410,532

 

 

1937

22

2,141,800

2,056,128

266.5

1,141,570

158.5

511,146

145.2

479,017