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. 2014 Feb 5;5(1):65–75. doi: 10.4161/gmcr.28098

Table 7. Additional crop production arising from positive yield effects of GM crops.

  1996–2012 additional production
(million tonnes)
2012 additional production
(million tonnes)
Soybeans 122.3 12.05
Corn 230.5 34.09
Cotton 18.2 2.39
Canola 6.6 0.40
Sugar beet 0.6 0.15

Note: Sugar beet, US and Canada only (from 2008)