Line chart with 28 groups and 5 lines per group.
Percent of planted acres
HT corn (Line) | Bt corn (Line) | Bt cotton (Line) | HT cotton (Line) | HT soybeans (Line) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | 3 | 1.4 | 14.6 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
1997 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 15 | 10.5 | 17 |
1998 | 9 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 26.2 | 44.2 |
1999 | 8 | 25.9 | 32.3 | 42.1 | 55.8 |
2000 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 46 | 54 |
2001 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 68 |
2002 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 58 | 75 |
2003 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 59 | 81 |
2004 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 60 | 85 |
2005 | 26 | 35 | 52 | 61 | 87 |
2006 | 36 | 40 | 57 | 65 | 89 |
2007 | 52 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 91 |
2008 | 63 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 92 |
2009 | 68 | 63 | 65 | 71 | 91 |
2010 | 70 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 93 |
2011 | 72 | 65 | 75 | 73 | 94 |
2012 | 73 | 67 | 77 | 80 | 93 |
2013 | 85 | 76 | 75 | 82 | 93 |
2014 | 89 | 80 | 84 | 91 | 94 |
2015 | 89 | 81 | 84 | 89 | 94 |
2016 | 89 | 79 | 84 | 89 | 94 |
2017 | 89 | 80 | 85 | 91 | 94 |
2018 | 90 | 82 | 85 | 91 | 94 |
2019 | 89 | 83 | 92 | 95 | 94 |
2020 | 89 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 94 |
2021 | 90 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 95 |
2022 | 90 | 84 | 89 | 92 | 95 |
2023 | 91 | 85 | 89 | 94 | 95 |
Note: HT indicates herbicide-tolerant varieties; Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) indicates insect-resistant varieties (containing genes from the soil bacterium Bt). Data for HT/Bt corn and cotton are not mututally exclusive, as HT and Bt categories include those varieties with overlapping (stacked) HT and Bt traits.
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from the 2002 ERS report, Adoption of Bioengineered Crops (AER-810) for 1996–99 and National Agricultural Statistics Service, (annual) June Agricultural Survey for 2000–23.