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Selected Industry Facts & Figures

Top AgScience companies in sales4/1/11
Maize yield trends change with biotech adoption
Ethanol market trends (and corn price relative to commodities)
Top countries for commodity production
Commercial biotech crops acres
4/1/11
AHPIS notifications by company
4/1/11
AHPIS notifications by crop
4/1/11
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Top AgScience companies, and ag-related sales (US$ Millions)

Rank Company *2010 *2009 *2008 *2007 *2006
1 Syngenta 11,641 10,992 11624 9240 8046
2 Monsanto 10,502 11,724 11365 8563 7294
3 Bayer CropScience 9,084 9,050 9382 7990 7160
4 DuPont /Pioneer ~7,800 ~7,000 6600 ~5600 4927
5 BASF 5,364 5,070 5011 4300 3867
6 Dow AgroSciences 4,869 4,522 4535 3779 3399

Sales figures include crop protection and seeds.

* StrathKirn used average 1 euro - 1.33US$ for 2010, 1.39US$ for 2009, 1.47US$ for 2008, 1.371US$ for 2007,1.256US$ for 2006

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Maize Yield Trends Change with Biotech Adoption

The above chart was first published in:

McLAREN, J.S. (2005). Crop biotechnology provides an opportunity to develop a sustainable future.
Trends in Biotechnology, 23, 339 -342

Corn yields in recent years: US National 3-year rolling average in MT/Ha

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009  2010
9.03 9.42 9.57 9.37 9.49 9.82 9.86

In 2010, there was >30 MM Ha of commercial biotech corn planted in the US.

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Ethanol Market Trends

ethanol chart 

Corn Price compared to other commodities

Prices

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Top countries for commodity production in 2009.

Commodity Country Commodity Country Commodity Country
Wheat China Maize USA Barley Russian Fed.
Rice China Soybean USA Cotton China
Groundnuts China Sunflower Russian Fed. Potatoes China
Beet sugar France Cane sugar Brazil Coffee Brazil
Fruit China Vegetables China Wine Italy 
Rapeseed China Oats Russian Fed. Tobacco China

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Commercial acres of biotech crops in the U.S.

Year Crop Acres (million)
2010  Corn  76 
  Soybean  73 
  Cotton  10 
2009 Corn 74
  Soybean 71
  Cotton 8
2008 Corn 69
  Soybean 70
  Cotton 8
2007 Corn 68
  Soybean 58
  Cotton 10
2006 Corn 48
  Soybean 67
  Cotton 13
2005 All 123
2004 All 111
2003 All 102
2002 All 96
2001 All 88
2000 All 71
1999 All 66
1998 All 54
1997 All 21
1996 All 3

* Estimate

Data is for physical acres: differs from trait acres due to stacking.

Growth Trend in Commercial Transgenic Crops, Worldwide

Biotech acres 

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AHPIS permits by company.

As % of total

2010 Rank Company 2010 2009  2008  2007
1. Monsanto 33  38 34  46
2.  Dow AgroSciences 8 2
3.  DuPont/Pioneer 7 13
4.  Syngenta 6 9 6 4
5. Amer Crystal Sugar  4      
6.  Bayer CropScience 2 2 3
7. Snake River Sugar 3      
8. Forage Genetics 4 2 3
9. BASF 1 2 2
10. ArborGen 1 4 7
           
  All US Universities 13  14 14 19

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AHPIS permits by crop by year.

As % total: 

Rank Crop 2010  2009  2008  2007  2006
1. Corn 38 46 46 47 43
2. Soybean  21 21 22 16 18
3.  Sugarbeet 11  1 1 1 1
4. Cotton 6 6 6 5 5
5. Alfalfa 2 3 2 3 <1
6. Tomato  2 2 2 2 3
7. Potato  2 1 2 2 2
8. Sugar Cane 1 <1     
9. Tobacco 3 3 2 5
10. Rice 1 1 1 2
  All Others  14 16 14 20 21

 "Others" include several crops such as apple, banana, barley, blueberry, cucumber, grape, grapefruit, flowers, vegetables,  sugarcane, watermelon ...

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