Bt cotton costs by state
|
State |
Number acres |
Bt cost/Acre |
Average/ all Acres |
Total Cost |
% population Bollworm |
Acres Bt cotton sprayed |
Avg. # bworm appli to Bt cotton |
|
Alabama, South |
125,000 |
$26.00 |
$13.00 |
$3,250,000 |
40 |
20,000 |
1.00 |
|
Alabama, Central |
38,400 |
$28.00 |
$13.44 |
$1,075,200 |
60 |
5,000 |
1.00 |
|
Alabama, North |
74000 |
$24.00 |
$9.50 |
$1,776,000 |
90 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Arizona, BT |
141000 |
$31.90 |
$19.14 |
$4,497,900 |
80 |
141 |
0.10 |
|
Arizona, nonBt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
80 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Arkansas, Southeast |
260000 |
$28.00 |
$18.20 |
$7,280,000 |
65 |
250000 |
2.50 |
|
Arkansas, Northeast |
200000 |
$22.00 |
$8.80 |
$4,400,000 |
50 |
175000 |
2.00 |
|
California |
4481 |
$3.00 |
$0.02 |
$13,443 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Florida |
63,600 |
$26.50 |
$14.05 |
$1,685,400 |
45 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Georgia, Bt |
670000 |
$26.00 |
$12.44 |
$17,420,000 |
100 |
225000 |
1.00 |
|
Georgia, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
35 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Kansas. South Central |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Kansas, Southwest |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Louisiana, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
20 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Louisiana, Bt |
378840 |
$29.50 |
$22.72 |
$11,175,780 |
100 |
314036 |
3.10 |
|
Mississippi, Hills |
285000 |
$26.00 |
$19.50 |
$7,410,000 |
90 |
200000 |
1.00 |
|
Mississippi, Delta |
650000 |
$26.00 |
$21.13 |
$16,900,000 |
85 |
610000 |
2.40 |
|
Missouri |
157509 |
$24.00 |
$9.82 |
$3,780,216 |
50 |
99946 |
1.00 |
|
New Mexico |
12000 |
$32.00 |
$5.00 |
$384,000 |
100 |
750 |
1.00 |
|
North Carolina, Bt |
645,000 |
$19.25 |
$13.07 |
$12,416,250 |
100 |
516,000 |
1.10 |
|
North Carolina, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
92 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Oklahoma |
61,035 |
$29.00 |
$10.11 |
$1,770,015 |
93 |
78750 |
1.50 |
|
South Carolina, Bt |
140000.00 |
$20.50 |
$14.35 |
$2,870,000 |
85.00 |
165000.00 |
1.50 |
|
South Carolina, non-Bt |
0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
85.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Tennessee, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
67 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Tennessee, Bt |
439520 |
$23.00 |
$18.86 |
$10,108,960 |
100 |
331000 |
1.20 |
|
Texas, Lower Rio Grande valley |
10000 |
$15.00 |
$0.67 |
$150,000 |
99 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Texas, Southern Blackland |
48000 |
$18.00 |
$13.94 |
$864,000 |
35 |
3 |
0.10 |
|
Texas, Northern Blacklands |
11000 |
$21.50 |
$3.75 |
$236,500 |
80 |
200 |
1.00 |
|
Texas, High Plains |
136480 |
$20.00 |
$0.96 |
$2,729,600 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Texas, Southern Rolling Plains |
55000 |
$10.00 |
$0.87 |
$550,000 |
95 |
2000 |
1.00 |
|
Texas, Far West |
72000 |
$20.00 |
$3.62 |
$1,440,000 |
100 |
2000 |
0.00 |
|
Texas, Northern Rolling Plains |
50000 |
$10.00 |
$1.06 |
$500,000 |
95 |
1000 |
1.00 |
|
Texas, Upper Coastal Bend |
89280 |
$20.15 |
$9.67 |
$1,798,992 |
45 |
29760 |
1.00 |
|
Texas, lower Coastal Bend |
70924 |
$19.97 |
$3.39 |
$1,416,352 |
45 |
2000 |
1.00 |
|
Virginia |
67,000 |
$12.00 |
$7.81 |
$804,000 |
85 |
64,000 |
1.00 |
|
Total US |
4,893,810 |
$23.96 |
$8.85 |
$117,235,100 |
83 |
3,091,586 |
0.52 |