Cotton is the most important textile fiber in the world, accounting for more than 40 percent of total fiber production. Other cotton products are also important, including cottonseed oil and animal feed.
Monsanto's Bollgard® trait revolutionized insect control in cotton. Today, cotton growers are benefiting from second-generation and stacked trait technologies. Genuity™ Bollgard II® with Roundup Ready® Flex represents Monsanto's newest wave of innovation with two second-generation traits stacked into one seed.