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Upland Cotton: Monthly and Market Year Average Prices Received by Farmers
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul.
Cents Per Pound
1963 32.7 33.7 34.5 34.5 34.0 33.5 33.5
1968 27.0 23.0 22.0 23.0 24.0 23.5 22.5
1973 29.5 29.0 27.5 30.0 32.0 33.0 ---
1978 49.4 49.6 51.7 52.1 53.7 56.2 55.7
1983 57.9 56.2 59.2 60.4 61.2 61.0 61.2
1988 61.9 56.5 56.9 58.1 59.5 60.1 ---
1989 54.9 51.2 54.7 58.8 58.8 52.3 58.2
1990 61.6 57.7 63.9 64.5 65.6 64.8 65.0
1991 65.1 67.6 66.0 64.9 64.4 64.3 64.3
1992 54.2 53.0 52.6 55.7 56.0 56.0 56.1
1993 52.5 54.1 56.3 55.1 52.8 52.5 52.5
1994 60.6 64.1
65.7
64.1
63.3
58.0
56.5
1995 72.1 78.6 71.0 70.4 73.8 70.2 69.9
1996 73.4 73.4 74.3 77.9 74.7 73.6 73.4
1997 66.3 67.1 67.4 66.2 66.0 65.5 66.1
1998 63.7 63.3 63.1 64.0 64.4 67.6 66.5
Year Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.     Market Year
Average 1
Cents Per Pound
1963 33.5 34.0 33.8 32.8 31.5

34.73

1968
25.0
29.0 28.0 25.0 22.5

23.93

1973
---
--- 33.5 34.5 36.0

37.90

1978
57.5
56.6 59.5 61.5 61.4

60.00

1983
62.9
62.8 64.9 67.1 65.7

66.20

1988 51.5 50.6 52.0 53.2 53.0

53.7

1989 50.8 66.0 64.3 63.5 61.6

62.9

1990 65.0 65.9 65.3 65.7 65.3

65.4

1991 55.9 57.7 59.0 56.5 55.8

55.2

1992 52.2 52.9 51.6 51.0 52.4

52.6

1993 50.0 50.1 52.8 52.2 56.3

57.5

1994 65.0 67.7 68.1 66.9 73.5

71.7

1995 71.5 73.4 75.3 73.5 71.8

73.4

1996 73.5 72.6 71.7 68.9 66.0

68.0

1997 67.9 68.9 66.7 66.0 63.7

64.9

1998 2
64.1
66.9
--- Insufficient sales.
1 Market Year is August through July.
2 Preliminary.

Mississippi Agricultural Statistics, Supplement 32
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