Genetically Engeered Crops

What is genetically engeered crops? They are crops that was genetically modified so that they gain resistant to insects or increase yeild. The common modications include insect-resistant, herbicide-tolerant, and stacked gene varieties. Since its first commercial introduced in 1996, its application has been growing rapidly. There are three major crops that are commonly genetically engeered: cotton, soybean, and corn.

Based on data from USDA, I plot the adoption of genetically engeered crops in United State in recently years. The dashboard I made was shown bellow.

Genetically engeering is most commonly adoped in soybean, with more than 80% of adoption rate. While stacked gene are major modification used in corn and cotton, most soybean are using herbicide-tolerant variety.