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8 SEEDWORLD.COM JUNE 2016 The latest report from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications shows the number of biotech hectares globally increased from 1.7 million in 1996 to 179.7 million in 2015. This 100-fold increase makes biotechnology the fastest adopted crop technology in recent times and the United States leads the way. Currently there are nine crops approved for commercial planting in the United States. These include apple alfalfa canola corn cotton papaya soybean sugar beet and squash according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Crop Apple USDA deregulated Feb. 18 2015 Developer Okanagan Purpose Non-browning Commercial Name Arctic Commercially available 2015 Crop Alfalfa USDA deregulated June 14 2005 fully deregulated Developer Monsanto Forage Genetics International Purpose Tolerant to glyphosate Commercial Name Roundup Ready Commercial Availability 2005-2007 2011 Lawsuit filed USDA deregulated Feb. 18 2015 OkanaganOkanagan Non-browning Commercial Name Arctic Commercially available 2015 The Breakdown