PLANT SCIENCE INDUSTRY IN CANADA
PESTICIDE SALES DATA: BY THE NUMBERS
CropLife Canada members reported pesticide sales of $1,424,050,000 in 2007, a slight increase over 2006 sales of $1,345,996,000.
PESTICIDE SALES: AT A GLANCE
- Herbicides continue to dominate pesticide sales in Canada accounting for 75% of all pesticide sales in 2007.
- Fungicides accounted for 11% of all pesticide sales in 2007.
- Insecticides accounted for 5% of total pesticide sales in 2007.
- While speciaity products accounted for 9% of all pesticide sales in 2007.
FARMERS EMBRACING BIOTECH:
According to the International Service for the Acquisiton of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), global biotech crop acres have reached 282.4 million acres in 23 countries in 2007, an increase of 12 per cent from 2006. Domestic acceptance of biotech crops has also continued to rise, with the biotech crop acreage in Canada increasing in 2007 to over 17 million acres from 15 million acres in 2006. The majority of this increase can be attributed to three main crops – soybeans, corn and canola. CropLife Canada released two new reports outlining the successful introduction of GM corn and soybean into the Canadian marketplace showing that GM soy and corn varieties now each command approximately 65 per cent of the total acres grown. In 2007, the number of countries planting biotech crops increased to 23, comprised of 12 developing countries and 11 industrialized countries.
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