With 5.6 million new hectares (35%) of transgenic crops, Brazil supplanted Argentina to become the 2nd largest cultivator. China's transgenic plantings shrank, although biosafety certificates were issued for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) rice and phytase maize, clearing the way to commercialization. The first transgenic high oleic soybean was approved in the US, as were disease-resistant varieties of plum and papaya. 2010 plantings of glyphosate-resistant sugarbeet await a US Federal Court ruling.

Historical global area of transgenic crops

Global area by transgenic trait

2009 transgenic crop approvals in US and EU

EU transgenic crop field trials

Global area of biotech crops by country

Transgenic crops as a share of total US crops