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Abstract
This paper updates and expands the estimated value of biotic pollination for Georgia's agriculture in 2009 as reported in Barfield et al. (2015) to cover years 2010-2017. We use a production function approach to calculate three figures at the county level and the state as a whole: the economic value of pollination, the crop vulnerability ratio, and pollination’s contribution to total farm gate value. We find the economic value of pollination increased from $425 million in 2009 to $488 million in 2017 in real terms. Our study then uses GIS analysis to reveal spatial patterns within the state as well as to examine temporal trends in the data ranging from 2009 to 2017. We also use GIS to visualize newly released pollinator density data and are able to compare the locations of biotic pollinators to the areas they bring the most economic value to.