U.S. GE Crop Adoption Up

USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) report, “Adoption of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in the U.S.” was recently released. Key findings in the U.S. for 2009 include: Adoption of GE soybeans is 91%; Adoption of all GE cotton reached 88%; Adoption of all biotech corn climbed to 85%.

The report summarizes the extent of adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops since their introduction in 1996. The report mainly focused on corn, cotton, and soybeans cover the 2000-09 period in each U.S. state.

A copy of the USDA ERS report can be found at www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/.