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USDA - Cotton Biotechnology Varieties Sown - June 2014

Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of Upland Cotton Planted - States
and United States: 2013 and 2014
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                :   Insect resistant (biotech)    :        Herbicide resistant
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2013      :      2014      :      2013       :      2014
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:       12                9                4                 6
Arkansas .......:       22               13               13                12
California .....:        9               15               40                28
Georgia ........:        5                3               10                 4
Louisiana ......:       19                4               16                11
Mississippi ....:        2                2               12                11
Missouri .......:        6               21               54                27
North Carolina .:        2                3                5                 5
Tennessee ......:        4                2                5                 5
Texas ..........:        8                4               17                15
                :
Other States 1/ :        5                3                9                 8
                :
United States ..:        8                5               15                12
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                :     Stacked gene varieties      :       All biotech varieties
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2013      :      2014      :      2013       :      2014
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:       82               83               98                98
Arkansas .......:       63               74               98                99
California .....:       28               34               77                77
Georgia ........:       83               92               98                99
Louisiana ......:       63               84               98                99
Mississippi ....:       85               86               99                99
Missouri .......:       38               48               98                96
North Carolina .:       87               89               94                97
Tennessee ......:       87               92               96                99
Texas ..........:       60               74               85                93
                :
Other States 1/ :       81               87               95                98
                :
United States ..:       67               79               90                96
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1/ Other States includes all other States in the Upland cotton estimating program.

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