Adoption of genetically engineered cotton in the United States, by trait, 2000–22

Percent of planted acres

Area graph with 23 groups and 3 items per group.

Group 1, 2000, Total value of 61.
Item 1, Bt only value of 15 which is 24.6% of 2000.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 20 which is 32.8% of 2000.
Item 3, HT only value of 26 which is 42.6% of 2000.
Group 2, 2001, Total value of 69.
Item 1, Bt only value of 13 which is 18.8% of 2001.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 24 which is 34.8% of 2001.
Item 3, HT only value of 32 which is 46.4% of 2001.
Group 3, 2002, Total value of 71.
Item 1, Bt only value of 13 which is 18.3% of 2002.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 22 which is 31.0% of 2002.
Item 3, HT only value of 36 which is 50.7% of 2002.
Group 4, 2003, Total value of 73.
Item 1, Bt only value of 14 which is 19.2% of 2003.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 27 which is 37.0% of 2003.
Item 3, HT only value of 32 which is 43.8% of 2003.
Group 5, 2004, Total value of 76.
Item 1, Bt only value of 16 which is 21.1% of 2004.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 30 which is 39.5% of 2004.
Item 3, HT only value of 30 which is 39.5% of 2004.
Group 6, 2005, Total value of 79.
Item 1, Bt only value of 18 which is 22.8% of 2005.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 34 which is 43.0% of 2005.
Item 3, HT only value of 27 which is 34.2% of 2005.
Group 7, 2006, Total value of 83.
Item 1, Bt only value of 18 which is 21.7% of 2006.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 39 which is 47.0% of 2006.
Item 3, HT only value of 26 which is 31.3% of 2006.
Group 8, 2007, Total value of 87.
Item 1, Bt only value of 17 which is 19.5% of 2007.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 42 which is 48.3% of 2007.
Item 3, HT only value of 28 which is 32.2% of 2007.
Group 9, 2008, Total value of 86.
Item 1, Bt only value of 18 which is 20.9% of 2008.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 45 which is 52.3% of 2008.
Item 3, HT only value of 23 which is 26.7% of 2008.
Group 10, 2009, Total value of 88.
Item 1, Bt only value of 17 which is 19.3% of 2009.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 48 which is 54.5% of 2009.
Item 3, HT only value of 23 which is 26.1% of 2009.
Group 11, 2010, Total value of 93.
Item 1, Bt only value of 15 which is 16.1% of 2010.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 58 which is 62.4% of 2010.
Item 3, HT only value of 20 which is 21.5% of 2010.
Group 12, 2011, Total value of 90.
Item 1, Bt only value of 17 which is 18.9% of 2011.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 58 which is 64.4% of 2011.
Item 3, HT only value of 15 which is 16.7% of 2011.
Group 13, 2012, Total value of 94.
Item 1, Bt only value of 14 which is 14.9% of 2012.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 63 which is 67.0% of 2012.
Item 3, HT only value of 17 which is 18.1% of 2012.
Group 14, 201, Total value of 90.
Item 1, Bt only value of 8 which is 8.9% of 201.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 67 which is 74.4% of 201.
Item 3, HT only value of 15 which is 16.7% of 201.
Group 15, 2014, Total value of 96.
Item 1, Bt only value of 5 which is 5.2% of 2014.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 79 which is 82.3% of 2014.
Item 3, HT only value of 12 which is 12.5% of 2014.
Group 16, 2015, Total value of 94.
Item 1, Bt only value of 5 which is 5.3% of 2015.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 79 which is 84.0% of 2015.
Item 3, HT only value of 10 which is 10.6% of 2015.
Group 17, 2016, Total value of 93.
Item 1, Bt only value of 4 which is 4.3% of 2016.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 80 which is 86.0% of 2016.
Item 3, HT only value of 9 which is 9.7% of 2016.
Group 18, 2017, Total value of 96.
Item 1, Bt only value of 5 which is 5.2% of 2017.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 80 which is 83.3% of 2017.
Item 3, HT only value of 11 which is 11.5% of 2017.
Group 19, 2018, Total value of 94.
Item 1, Bt only value of 3 which is 3.2% of 2018.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 82 which is 87.2% of 2018.
Item 3, HT only value of 9 which is 9.6% of 2018.
Group 20, 2019, Total value of 98.
Item 1, Bt only value of 3 which is 3.1% of 2019.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 89 which is 90.8% of 2019.
Item 3, HT only value of 6 which is 6.1% of 2019.
Group 21, 2020, Total value of 96.
Item 1, Bt only value of 5 which is 5.2% of 2020.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 83 which is 86.5% of 2020.
Item 3, HT only value of 8 which is 8.3% of 2020.
Group 22, 2021, Total value of 97.
Item 1, Bt only value of 3 which is 3.1% of 2021.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 88 which is 90.7% of 2021.
Item 3, HT only value of 6 which is 6.2% of 2021.
Group 23, 2022, Total value of 95.
Item 1, Bt only value of 3 which is 3.2% of 2022.
Item 2, Stacked (Bt and HT) value of 86 which is 90.5% of 2022.
Item 3, HT only value of 6 which is 6.3% of 2022.

Note: HT indicates herbicide-tolerant varieties; Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) indicates insect-resistant varieties (containing genes from the soil bacterium Bt).

Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, (annual) June Agricultural Survey.