Bt-Cotton Costs by State

State

Number acres

Bt cost/Acre

Seed Cost

Average/all Acres

Total Cost

Alabama, Central

58000

$29.00

$2.00

$22.48

$1,798,000

Alabama, North

139000

$29.00

$2.00

$23.29

$4,309,000

Alabama, South

117000

$26.00

$0.00

$16.01

$3,042,000

Arizona

178000

$32.00

$9.00

$29.19

$7,298,000

Arkansas, Northeast

6000

$29.00

$5.00

$0.40

$204,000

Arkansas, Southeast

102600

$29.00

$5.00

$10.20

$3,488,400

California, Imperial Valley

4000

$32.00

$0.00

$16.41

$128,000

California, Sacramneto Valley

0

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0

California, San Joaquin Valley

10

$32.00

$0.00

$0.00

$320

Florida

44860

$32.00

$8.10

$22.49

$1,798,886

Georgia

610000

$26.00

$0.00

$12.20

$15,860,000

Louisiana

322542

$31.77

$1.20

$19.69

$10,634,210

Mississippi Delta

248718

$29.00

$0.00

$12.76

$7,212,822

Mississippi Hills

299513

$29.00

$0.00

$23.78

$8,685,877

Missouri

3300

$32.00

$6.00

$0.36

$125,400

New Mexico

21200

$32.00

$0.00

$11.31

$678,400

North Carolina

84000

$28.00

$1.50

$3.57

$2,478,000

Oklahoma

12000

$26.00

$0.00

$2.60

$312,000

South Carolina

112000

$24.00

$1.00

$10.00

$2,800,000

Tennessee

83500

$20.00

$0.00

$3.71

$1,670,000

Texas, Coastal Bend

51054

$20.00

$1.25

$2.55

$1,084,898

TexasS, Far West

34800

$23.50

$0.00

$5.84

$817,800

Texas, High Plains

2000

$23.50

$0.00

$0.26

$47,000

Texas, Lower Rio Grande

10000

$20.00

$0.00

$0.83

$200,000

Texas, North Central

55000

$26.00

$1.80

$7.11

$1,529,000

Texas, Northern Rolling Plains

30000

$20.00

$0.00

$0.32

$600,000

Texas, Southern Blacklands

40000

$20.00

$0.00

$5.03

$800,000

Texas, Southern Rolling Plains

60000

$24.00

$6.00

$10.59

$1,800,000

Virginia

2730

$20.00

$8.50

$0.86

$77,805

Total US

2731827

$27.54

$1.47

$7.40

$79,479,817