Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States 2000-2025

This dataset summarizes the adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant corn, cotton, and soybeans in the United States from 2000 to 2025. The data is obtained by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service through the June Agricultural Survey.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in herbicide-tolerant crop adoption rates for corn, cotton, and soybeans over the 25-year period.
• Compare the adoption rates of insect-resistant traits across the three major crops (corn, cotton, soybeans).
• Study the relationship between crop type (corn, cotton, soybeans) and the prevalence of genetically engineered traits.
• Model the annual growth of genetically engineered acreage for specific crops using the survey time series.

Strengths

• Data covers a 25-year time range from 2000 to 2025.
• Sourced from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), an authoritative government agency.
• Focuses on three major U.S. crops: corn, cotton, and soybeans.

Limitations

• Limited to U.S. data; does not include global genetically engineered seed use information.
• Specific row counts, column details, and granular data points (e.g., state-level) are not provided in the input.
• Relies on annual survey data which may have sampling limitations compared to a complete census.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Collection Method

Data obtained from the USDA NASS June Agricultural Survey, published in the annual Acreage report.

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Data is updated annually via the June Agricultural Survey; metadata was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

United States