Table 4 Bt cotton costs by state Cotton Insect Losses
2003
| State |
Number acres |
Bt
cost/Acre |
Average/ all Acres |
Total Cost |
% population Bollworm |
Acres Bt cotton sprayed |
Avg. # bworm appli to Bt
cotton |
| Alabama, North |
138,000 |
$24.00 |
$14.34 |
$3,312,000 |
95 |
28,000 |
1.00 |
| Alabama, South |
194,000 |
$25.00 |
$18.73 |
$4,850,000 |
85 |
25,000 |
1.00 |
| Alabama, Central |
56,000 |
$28.00 |
$19.60 |
$1,568,000 |
95 |
2,000 |
1.00 |
| Arizona, BT |
152,500 |
$31.90 |
$23.59 |
$4,864,750 |
80 |
141 |
0.10 |
| Arizona, nonBt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
80 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Arkansas, Southeast |
315,000 |
$28.00 |
$19.60 |
$8,820,000 |
70 |
405,000 |
3.00 |
| Arkansas, Northeast |
400,000 |
$22.00 |
$17.60 |
$8,800,000 |
80 |
350,000 |
1.50 |
| California |
7,400 |
$9.00 |
$0.10 |
$66,600 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Florida |
71,500 |
$27.00 |
$17.55 |
$1,930,500 |
75 |
100 |
1.00 |
| Georgia, Bt |
900,000 |
$26.00 |
$18.14 |
$23,400,000 |
100 |
350,000 |
1.00 |
| Georgia, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
70 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Kansas |
3 |
$23.00 |
$0.00 |
$69 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Louisiana, Bt |
436,800 |
$30.50 |
$25.62 |
$13,322,400 |
100 |
327,600 |
2.00 |
| Louisiana - nonBt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Mississippi, Hills |
340,000 |
$28.00 |
$23.80 |
$9,520,000 |
95 |
160,000 |
0.50 |
| Mississippi, Delta |
595,000 |
$28.00 |
$23.80 |
$16,660,000 |
93 |
410,000 |
1.00 |
| Missouri |
268,823 |
$24.00 |
$16.00 |
$6,451,752 |
75 |
189,120 |
1.10 |
| New Mexico |
12,500 |
$32.00 |
$8.30 |
$400,000 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
| North Carolina, nonBt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
88 |
0 |
0.00 |
| North Carolina, Bt |
575,000 |
$19.10 |
$13.90 |
$10,982,500 |
100 |
402,500 |
1.10 |
| Oklahoma |
66,320 |
$18.00 |
$7.19 |
$1,193,760 |
83 |
24,900 |
1.00 |
| South Carolina, Bt |
156,000 |
$21.00 |
$15.10 |
$3,276,000 |
90 |
0 |
0.00 |
| South Carolina, non-Bt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
90 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Tennessee, Bt |
462,400 |
$23.00 |
$19.55 |
$10,635,200 |
90 |
345,000 |
1.20 |
| Tennessee, nonBt |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
90 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley |
8,000 |
$18.00 |
$0.72 |
$144,000 |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Texas Northern Blacklands |
18,000 |
$21.00 |
$5.82 |
$378,000 |
85 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Texas High Plains |
292,690 |
$20.00 |
$2.60 |
$5,853,800 |
100 |
0 |
1.00 |
| Texas Southern Blacklands |
76,000 |
$20.00 |
$15.51 |
$1,520,000 |
80 |
3,000 |
0.20 |
| Texas Far West |
78,750 |
$26.20 |
$4.25 |
$2,063,250 |
100 |
2,000 |
0.00 |
| Texas Northern Rolling Planins |
60,000 |
$10.00 |
$1.67 |
$600,000 |
90 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Texas Southern Rolling Plains |
120,000 |
$7.50 |
$1.38 |
$900,000 |
74 |
2,000 |
1.00 |
| Texas Lower Coastal Bend |
72,000 |
$20.00 |
$3.22 |
$1,440,000 |
85 |
21,600 |
1.00 |
| Texas Upper Coastal Bend |
100,643 |
$20.00 |
$11.00 |
$2,012,860 |
83 |
39,418 |
1.00 |
| Virginia |
67,200 |
$12.00 |
$9.60 |
$806,400 |
99 |
60,000 |
1.00 |
| Total US |
6,040,529 |
$24.13 |
$11.61 |
$145,758,116 |
85.6 |
3,147,379 |
0.54 |
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