99% of corn and 98% of soybeans in the United States are sprayed with glyphosate.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The 99% corn and 98% soybean figures match the share of acres receiving any herbicide (about 96-99% per USDA-NASS and Minnesota data), but the sources put glyphosate specifically on far fewer acres: about 79% of corn (2021) and 58% of soybeans (2023) nationally, and 76% and 71% in Minnesota in 2019.
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… I, you know, I wasn't in there to argue for unreasonable things. We have a very complicated, interconnected economy. I've even buy the argument, right, that we can't ban this stuff tomorrow. You know, 99% of corn is sprayed with that, 98% of soybeans. It's used in other countries. It's a lot less in wheat, which is yeah, and they use it for post yeah desiccation yeah, which is really insane. …
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Contradicts. For glyphosate specifically, the 2021 and 2023 USDA-NASS-based analysis reports glyphosate on 79% of corn and 58% of soybean acres, well below 99% and 98%.[3]
Contradicts. Minnesota's 2019 survey puts glyphosate on 76% of corn acres and 71% of soybean acres, and the 2018 NASS soybean data show glyphosate salts on roughly 75% of soybean acres combined.[1][4]
Supports. USDA-NASS data show herbicides applied to 99% of soybean planted acres (2018) and the Minnesota 2019 survey shows herbicides on 98% of corn and 98-99% of soybean acres, matching the claim's figures for any herbicide.[1][4]
Context. Older and broader estimates, including NBC News' analysis and ERS data, place glyphosate use at roughly half of corn and soybean acres or lower in earlier years, with coverage rising over time.[2][5]
Context. The claim's figures appear to conflate overall herbicide use with glyphosate use; the post itself refers to glyphosate, so the extraction is faithful but the numbers depend on the measure used.[1][3]
Sources
5 sources: 2 primary, 2 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Nineteen states . . .nass.usda.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 2U.S. Corn and Soybean Farmers Apply a Wide Variety of Glyphosate Resistance Management Practicesers.usda.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Perspectives on the economics of herbicide usage in corn and ...cambridge.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 42019 Pesticide Usage on Corn and Soybeans Grown in ...mda.state.mn.us · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5A potentially cancer-causing chemical is sprayed on much of America’s farmland. Here is where it is used the most.nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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