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U.S. Cotton Plantings of Biotech Varieties - June 2020

Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of Upland Cotton Planted - States
and United States: 2019 and 2020
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                :        Insect resistant         :        Herbicide resistant
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2019      :      2020      :      2019       :      2020
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:        2                4                5                 3
Arkansas .......:        7               12               10                12
California .....:       10                3               38                17
Georgia ........:        1                3                1                 3
Louisiana ......:        3                7                4                 6
Mississippi ....:        1                2                4                 3
Missouri .......:        2                7               17                15
North Carolina .:        2                3                6                 4
Tennessee ......:        1                1                3                 1
Texas ..........:        3                5                7                 8
                :
Other States 1/ :        2                2                6                12
                :
United States ..:        3                5                6                 8
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                :     Stacked gene varieties      :     All biotech varieties 2/
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2019      :      2020      :      2019       :      2020
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:       92               92               99                 99
Arkansas .......:       82               75               99                 99
California .....:       41               75               89                 95
Georgia ........:       97               94               99                100
Louisiana ......:       92               86               99                 99
Mississippi ....:       94               94               99                 99
Missouri .......:       78               77               97                 99
North Carolina .:       89               89               97                 96
Tennessee ......:       95               95               99                 97
Texas ..........:       88               80               98                 93
                :
Other States 1/ :       90               82               98                 96
                :
United States ..:       89               83               98                 96
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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.

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