# Biotech Corn and Soy Widely Used, Consumers Still Wary of GM Wheat

> Nearly all corn and soybean acreage in the world's largest exporting countries is planted with genetically modified varieties, but GM wheat has never been grown commercially. Argentina's Bioceres is developing drought-tolerant GM wheat. Concerns about a global food crisis linked to climate change and the war in Ukraine may be easing opposition to GM wheat.

- Date: 2022-09-20 · published 2022-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39588-biotech-corn-and-soy-widely-used-consumers-still-wary-of-gm-wheat
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Wider acceptance of GM wheat could eventually expand supply and ease wheat prices, but commercial availability is still years away and trade disruption risk remains a factor.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-09-20 | [Corn, soy, wheat groups applaud bill to ... \| U.S. Senator Joni Ernst](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68962-corn-soy-wheat-groups-applaud-bill-to-u-s-senator-joni-ernst.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2023-05-31 | [Pesticide, biotech industry meet with still no US action on Mexico  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35908-pesticide-biotech-industry-meet-with-still-no-us-action-on-mexico-agri-pulse.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-10-28 | [BIO: Mexico's Biotech Corn Ban Will Cause Food Security Crisis \| BIO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39112-bio-mexico-s-biotech-corn-ban-will-cause-food-security-crisis-bio.md) | -2.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-11-12 | [U.S. grains: Soybeans plunge with Trump EPA pick; wheat and corn also fall - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12340-u-s-grains-soybeans-plunge-with-trump-epa-pick-wheat-and-corn-also-fall-agcanada.md) | -0.5% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2025-12-09 | [Milei Is Cutting Export Taxes on Argentine Soy, Corn and Wheat - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13819-milei-is-cutting-export-taxes-on-argentine-soy-corn-and-wheat-bloomberg.md) | +0.1% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/markets/newswire/explainer-biotech-corn-and-soy-widely-used-consumers-still-wary-of-gm-wheat

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