date:Dec 12, 2013
oybeans is lower, Zhang said.
Chinese farmers currently plant non-genetically modified varieties, and their per-hectare production is about half that of the genetically modified ones grown in the US, Brazil and Argentina. In the meantime, domestically grown beans produce less oil than imported ones.
Soybeans are grown in 29 states in the US, where about 55 percent of its soybean production is exported. Biotech soybean production accounted for 94 percent of 30 million hectares in 2012. In the