Coexistence Resources and Statistical Data

American agriculture production practices are diverse in nature and the need for enhancing coexistence between all sectors of agriculture is important. A list of available resources and data is provided below.

Coexistence Best Practices

• Existing U.S. Seed Industry Production Practices That Address Coexistence - ASTA (PDF, 648 KB)
• GMO Contamination Prevention (PDF, 8.7 MB)
• Organic Risk Management - University of Minnesota
• USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) (PDF, 755 KB)
• USDA Conservation Buffers
• USDA - Guide for Organic Crop Producers (PDF, 8.6 MB)

Coexistence and Crop Production

Sugar Beet

• National Statistics for Sugar Beets
• Sugar Beet Standards - Oregon State University (PDF, 54 KB)
• USDA Sugarbeets Planted Acres by County for Selected States
• USDA - Sugar and Sweeteners

Corn

• Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
• Corn Crops - Clemson University
• Organic Risk Management - Corn (PDF, 848 KB)
• Pest Management - Corn
• The World of Corn (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• USDA Organic Production

Cotton

• Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
• Cotton Production
• Organic Cotton Facts
• USDA - All Cotton Acres (PDF, 16 KB)
• USDA Organic Production

Soybeans

• Organic Risk Production - Soy Production (PDF, 916 KB)
• USDA - National Statistics for Soybeans
• U.S. Soy Exports

Conventional Crops

• Conventional Plant Breeding
• The Practice of Coexistence in the Seed Industry - ASTA (PDF, 428 KB)
• USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) (PDF, 755 KB)

Genetically Engineered Crops

• Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
• Are genetically modified foods safe
• Getting a Biotech Crop to Market (PDF, 128 KB)
• Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2014
• USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) (PDF, 755 KB)

Organic Crops

• Food Business Week - Organic food sales top $32 billion in 2013
• Food Navigator - Organic Food Sales top 32B
• Organic Food Trends - Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
• USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) (PDF, 755 KB)
• USDA - National Organic Program
• USDA - Organic Agriculture
• U.S. Organic production in U.S.