Table 4. Bt Costs by State
State Number acres Bt cost/Acre Average/all Acres Total Cost % population Bollworm Acres Bt cotton sprayed Avg. # appli to Bt cotton
Alabama, Central 63,000 $28.00 $19.60 $1,764,000 75 5,000 1.00
Alabama, North 199,572 $26.00 $21.32 $5,188,872 60 10,000 1.75
Alabama, South 110000 $28.00 $15.40 $3,080,000 70 10,000 1.00
Arizona 168,000 $32.00 $22.49 $5,376,000 88 0 0.00
Arkansas, Northeast 27,200 $27.00 $1.13 $734,400 85 6,500 0.50
Arkansas, Southeast 128,000 $27.00 $10.80 $3,456,000 80 26,600 0.50
California, Imperial Valley 5,806 $32.00 $27.20 $185,776 NA NA NA
California, Sacramento Valley 450 $32.00 $1.44 $14,400 NA NA NA
California, San Joaquin Valley 12,328 $32.00 $0.48 $394,502 NA NA NA
Florida 60,000 $25.00 $15.00 $1,500,000 80 0 0.00
Georgia 850,000 $26.00 $15.24 $22,100,000 50 85,000 1.00
Louisiana 376,923 $29.77 $18.45 $11,220,998 100 216,719 1.45
Mississippi Delta 460,000 $29.00 $17.55 $13,340,000 60 230,000 0.65
Mississippi Hills 348,000 $28.70 $23.78 $9,987,600 65 75,000 0.25
Missouri 7,700 $22.00 $0.45 $169,400 99 2,212 1.00
New Mexico 16,000 $32.00 $9.14 $512,000 100 0 1.00
North Carolina 172,000 $19.00 $3.80 $3,268,000 95 103,000 0.69
Oklahoma 49,656 $20.00 $6.02 $993,120 75 1,000 1.00
South Carolina 267,750 $23.00 $19.55 $6,158,250 90 135,000 2.00
Tennessee 390,000 $24.00 $15.60 $9,360,000 60 88,900 1.10
Texas, Coastal Bend 102,700 $21.00 $3.94 $2,156,700 89 3,000 1.00
Texas, Southern Rolling Plains 140,000 $28.00 $9.01 $3,920,000 95 0 0.00
Texas, Far West 76,400 $22.04 $4.14 $1,683,856 100 2,000 1.00
Texas, Southern Blacklands 1,000 $24.65 $0.20 $24,650 90 40,000 1.00
Texas, North Rolling Plains 22600 $24.70 $1.33 $558,220 45 200 1.00
Texas, North Central 22,000 $22.00 $4.40 $484,000 98 0 0.00
Texas, High Plains 150,000 $36.85 $1.91 $5,527,500 98 0 0.00
Texas, Lower Rio Grande 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0 100 0 0.00
Virginia 7,700 $18.00 $1.26 $138,600 90 7,700 1.00
Total US 4,234,785 $25.49 $8.33 $113,296,844 76 1,055,331 0.29