Table 4.

Bt Cotton costs by state
Cotton insect losses -1996



State Number Acres Bt cost/ Acre Seed Cost Average/ All Acres Total Cost
Alabama 285500 $32.00 $1.50 $23.33 $9,564,250
Arizona 200000 $32.00 $1.68 $20.47 $6,736,000
Arkansas 116400 $32.00 $1.20 $4.16 $3,864,480
California 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Florida 60000 $32.00 $10.00 $25.20 $2,520,000
Georgia 550000 $32.00 $1.00 $12.65 $18,150,000
Louisiana 238709 $32.00 $1.38 $12.73 $7,968,120
Mississippi 413303 $32.00 $1.50 $14.38 $13,845,651
Missouri 3700 $32.00 $8.00 $0.40 $148,000
New Mexico 4200 $32.00 $2.16 $2.17 $143,472
North Carolina 21027 $32.00 $1.60 $10.20 $706,507
Oklahoma 16000 $32.00 $1.00 $2.85 $528,000
South Carolina 90000 $32.00 $1.00 $10.24 $2,970,000
Tennessee 15000 $1.50 $0.99 $502,500
Texas 257785 $3.65 $1.70 $9,189,694
Virginia 200 $8.00 $0.08 $8,000
Total US 2271824 $32.00 $1.82 $5.71 $76,844,674