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This statistic reflects the total acreage of genetically modified crops of the leading countries in 2025. In 2025, the United States planted **** million hectares of biotech crops. Their biotech crops include maize, soybean, cotton, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, squash and potato.
Genetic modifications of crops are done for many reasons, for example, to attain desirable traits or to make crops resistant to pests or herbicides. The acreage of genetically modified crops has generally been increasing in the past decade. Globally, *** and **** are the most commonly adopted biotech products.
From 2018 to 2020, herbicide tolerant soybeans made up ** percent of the total soybean crop acreage in the United States. Some types of genetically modified cotton and corn made up more than **** or **** acreage as well. As of 2025, there were about million hectares of genetically modified soybeans in the U.S., continuing the trend of high adoption rates.
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