Variety Breakdown: Which Seed Was Planted Most in Your Region?
December 3, 2010 Bayer CropScience’s FiberMax and Stoneville combined to capture 50.2% of the U.S. Upland market in 2010, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reported. That’s an increase of 4.2% over 2009. Individually, FiberMax claimed 39% of the market (first place), while Stoneville added another 11.2% (fourth place).
Monsanto’s Deltapine varieties were the second most popular, taking 25.6% of the market, down 13.7%. Deltapine, a traditional national leader, was particularly hard hit in total market share due to the fact that its seeds have been immensely popular for years in the Mid-South. The region saw less of a cotton-acreage increase in 2010 than did the rest of the nation. For example, while Mississippi’s acreage increased by 115,000 acres and Tennessee’s by 60,000, Arkansas saw a jump of only 10,000 acres and Louisiana was flat. By comparison, Texas alone increased by 700,000 acres in 2010.
Dow’s PhytoGen brand finished third, claiming 12.1% (up 4.9% from 2009), followed by Americot/NexGen (6.2%, nearly doubling its 2009 share), All-Tex (2.7%) and Dyna-Gro (1.5%).
Nationally, FiberMax’s FM 9058F was the most popular variety planted with a market share of 10.36%, followed by PhytoGen’s PHY 375 WRF (7.72%), FiberMax FM 9160B2F (5.53%), FiberMax 9063B2F (4.73%) and Deltapine’s classic DP 555 BG/RR (4.3%). DP 555 is no longer available, and any of the variety planted in 2010 was bought and paid for in 2009.
The highest market share for the top three individual varieties by region were:
- Southeast — DP 555 BG/RR (16.8%), PHY 375 WRF (15.62%) and Deltapine’s DP 0949 B2F (11.47%).
- Mid-South — PHY 375 WRF (17.8%), Deltapine’s DP 0912 B2RF (12.43%) and Stoneville’s ST 4288 B2RF (11.49%)
- Southwest — The three top varieties were all from FiberMax: FM 9058 F (18.67%), FM 9160 B2F (9.94%) and FM 9063 B2F (8.46%). In total, FiberMax had the top five varieties in the Southwest and claimed a 63.8% market share in the region.
- Far West — Deltapine DP 164 B2RF (17.66%), PhytoGen PHY 375 WRF (9.10%) and FiberMax FM 1740 B2F (5.3%)
The most popular Pima varieties were PhytoGen PHY 805 RF (58.1%), PhytoGen 800 (12.7%) and Deltapine DP 340 (12.5%). Bayer claims the number one spot overall.
Click here to read more about:
- All-Tex Varieties for 2011
- Americot / NexGen Varieties for 2011
- Deltapine Varieties for 2011
- FiberMax / Stoneville Varieties for 2011
- Phytogen Varieties for 2011
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