What percent of US corn is genetically modified?

Answer 1

First you must specify whether you mean GM foods that are modified by gene replacement in the lab or by selection and hybridization. Because of the stigma given GMO's by pseudo scientists there are very few directly grown, non processed GM foods. Almost all soybeans grown in the US are GMO and most of the corn and canola. Sweet corn, however, is not GM, but it's a hybrid. Growers must use herbicides to control weeds because there is no GM seed to do it.

Answer 2

It is estimated that 70% - 80% of the processed foods on grocery shelves in the United States contain GMO ingredients. Foods with certain ingredients, like corn (including High Fructose Corn Syrup - HFCS), soybeans, and canola, are almost certain to contain GMOs, since at least 80% (and that figure is probably low) grown in the United States is genetically modified. Meat and dairy products are likely to have been raised on "factory farms," where they are in crowded quarters and possibly given hormones created through genetic engineering, and high levels of antibiotics.

Most fruits and vegetables have not been genetically modified, but sweet corn, sugar beets, and crookneck squash have been: so have potatoes and tomatoes. As far as is known, there are no GMO potatoes or tomatoes that are being sold commercially.

Answer 3

99.9 percent of chickens for raised for meat, 97 percent of laying hens, 99 percent of turkeys, 95 percent of pigs, and 78 percent of cattle currently sold in the United States are raised on factory farms. To date, these animals are not genetically modified, but in many cases, genetically modified hormones, such as rGBH (used in dairy production), and feed that contains GMOs are used.

Answer 4

It all depends on what you mean by genetically modified. We have modified corn and other grain crops for tens of thousands of years. So all of US corn is genetically modified. If you mean GMOs in which pesticide resistant genes of been added to the DNA of the corn, up to 80% are GMO's.