U.S. GM Cotton Area by Type - 2017
Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of Upland Cotton Planted - States and United States: 2016 and 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Insect resistant : Herbicide resistant State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Alabama ........: 6 2 2 3 Arkansas .......: 7 7 8 13 California .....: 3 2 37 27 Georgia ........: 1 4 5 4 Louisiana ......: 10 4 2 5 Mississippi ....: 3 8 2 3 Missouri .......: 12 5 34 36 North Carolina .: 2 3 1 4 Tennessee ......: 1 2 3 3 Texas ..........: 4 5 11 13 : Other States 1/ : 3 3 9 12 : United States ..: 4 5 9 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stacked gene varieties : All biotech varieties 2/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Alabama ........: 90 93 98 98 Arkansas .......: 84 79 99 99 California .....: 38 43 78 72 Georgia ........: 93 91 99 99 Louisiana ......: 86 90 98 99 Mississippi ....: 94 88 99 99 Missouri .......: 48 58 94 99 North Carolina .: 93 89 96 96 Tennessee ......: 94 94 98 99 Texas ..........: 75 76 90 94 : Other States 1/ : 85 82 97 97 : United States ..: 80 80 93 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States includes all other States in the Upland cotton estimating program. 2/ All biotech varieties for the United States and Other States may not add due to rounding.Only active subscribers can read all of this article.
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