U.S. Corn Biotechnology Crops
Corn Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of All Corn Planted - States and
United States:
2015 and 2016
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: Insect resistant (biotech) : Herbicide resistant
State :---------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: percent
:
Illinois .......: 1 2 4 4
Indiana ........: 4 2 8 9
Iowa ...........: 5 3 8 9
Kansas .........: 4 4 12 12
Michigan .......: 2 3 16 18
Minnesota ......: 2 3 13 10
Missouri .......: 5 4 9 8
Nebraska .......: 4 3 10 15
North Dakota ...: 6 4 21 25
Ohio ...........: 3 2 14 18
:
South Dakota ...: 1 4 13 16
Texas ..........: 10 8 12 11
Wisconsin ......: 3 3 19 17
:
Other States 1/ : 4 5 18 18
:
United States ..: 4 3 12 13
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: Stacked gene varieties : All biotech varieties 2/
State :---------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: percent
:
Illinois .......: 88 87 93 93
Indiana ........: 76 75 88 86
Iowa ...........: 80 80 93 92
Kansas .........: 79 79 95 95
Michigan .......: 74 70 92 91
Minnesota ......: 78 80 93 93
Missouri .......: 75 81 89 93
Nebraska .......: 82 77 96 95
North Dakota ...: 70 66 97 95
Ohio ...........: 68 66 85 86
:
South Dakota ...: 83 78 97 98
Texas ..........: 67 71 89 90
Wisconsin ......: 70 70 92 90
:
Other States 1/ : 68 68 90 90
:
United States ..: 77 76 92 92
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1/ Other States includes all other States in the corn estimating program.
2/ All biotech varieties for the United States and Other States may not add due to
rounding.
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