Adoption of Genetically Engineered Cotton in the U.S.
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Cotton in the U.S.

Adoption of Genetically Engineered Cotton in the U.S.

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This data product summarizes the adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant cotton. The tables below provide data obtained by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in the June Agricultural Survey for 2000-19. ERS does not modify the data published in the annual NASS Acreage report. 

USDA does not collect or disseminate information about global genetically engineered (GE) seed use. However, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) does produce estimates of global GE acreage, which can be found in their report, Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2018.

See more on recent trends in GE adoption, and documentation to the data.


Genetically engineered (GE) upland cotton varieties by State and United States, 2000-19

 


Insect-resistant (Bt) only                                           
State20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

Percent of upland cotton planted
Alabama 2/.....101010181311181712946212
Arkansas33212724344228323028201810221377797
California31169689478199219151032610
Georgia18138141329191719202018135311411
Louisiana37302730262113171920192624194510433
Mississippi2910191516147161914121592213821
Missouri 2/.....2032131218222233621612562
North Carolina11914161817191319151410162312312
Tennessee 2/.....1316101078974211211
Texas78781014181616151318118454533
Other States 1/1718191822182127222424212453103322
U.S.151313141618181718171517148554533


























Source: USDA-ERS

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