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U.S. Plantings of Biotech Cotton - June 2024

Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of Upland Cotton Planted - States
and United States: 2023 and 2024
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                :        Insect resistant         :        Herbicide resistant
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2023      :      2024      :      2023       :      2024
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:        4                3                3                 2
Arkansas .......:       16               15               13                 7
California .....:        4                9               28                18
Georgia ........:        5                4                3                 1
Louisiana ......:        2                3                2                 3
Mississippi ....:        2                2                3                 2
Missouri .......:        4                4               20                 8
North Carolina .:        3                6                7                 6
Tennessee ......:        1                1                -                 3
Texas ..........:        2                2                9                 7
                :
Other States 1/ :        1                5                6                10
                :
United States ..:        3                3                8                 6
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                :     Stacked gene varieties      :     All biotech varieties 2/
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2023      :      2024      :      2023       :      2024
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                :                               percent
                :
Alabama ........:       92               94               99                99
Arkansas .......:       70               77               99                99
California .....:       60               65               92                92
Georgia ........:       91               94               99                99
Louisiana ......:       95               92               99                98
Mississippi ....:       94               95               99                99
Missouri .......:       75               87               99                99
North Carolina .:       86               82               96                94
Tennessee ......:       96               86               97                90
Texas ..........:       85               87               96                96
                :
Other States 1/ :       90               84               97                99
                :
United States ..:       86               87               97                96
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-  Represents zero.
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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