98% of soybeans are sprayed with glyphosate.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The record supports that glyphosate is applied to most U.S. soybean acres, but national estimates run about 90-95% (EPA, CFS, ERS), with Minnesota's 2019 data showing glyphosate on 71%, so the claimed 98% is not supported for glyphosate. The 98% figure in the sources refers to Minnesota soybean acres treated with any herbicide, not glyphosate specifically.
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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. Minnesota's 2019 pesticide report says herbicides were applied to 98% of soybean acres, but glyphosate was applied to only 71%, so the 98% figure does not describe glyphosate in that source.[4]
Supports. EPA reports that glyphosate-treated soybean acreage is approximately 90 percent, and that soybeans are among the crops with the highest percentage of acres treated with glyphosate.[1]
Supports. The Center for Food Safety reports that nearly all corn and soybeans (91%) are sprayed with glyphosate, and ERS reports about 95 percent of surveyed soybean acres treated with glyphosate in 2006.[2][5]
Context. USDA NASS 2023 data show glyphosate isopropylamine salt applied to 46% of soybean planted acres, with other glyphosate salts reported separately and overlapping, indicating the share varies by measure and year.[3]
Sources
5 sources: 3 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Glyphosate - Response to Comments Usage and Benefits - Final - EPAepa.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2The Economics of Glyphosate Resistance Management in Corn and Soybean Productioners.usda.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Nineteen states . . .nass.usda.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 42019 Pesticide Usage on Corn and Soybeans Grown in ...mda.state.mn.us · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5[PDF] MONARCHS IN PERIL - Center for Food Safetycenterforfoodsafety.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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