The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Organic feed demand to achieve double-digit growth again over 2018

By Ryan Koory, Mercaris senior economist In the recently-released Mercaris Annual Organic Commodity Reports, Mercaris reported that the 2017/2018 marketing year will see continued growth in feed demand. Sustained expansion in U.S. organic livestock production is expected to push the demand for organic feed grains up 35 percent this marketing year, as compared to 2016/17. […]

BYF Brands builds secure non-GMO corn supply chain for PopCorners snack product

Three years ago, BYF Brands, maker of PopCorners snack product, took a big step to improve its supply chain and secure non-GMO corn for its product. Securing a non-GMO supply chain that would pass the Non-GMO Project’s stringent verification required seeking help from Bunge, a 200-year-old global ingredient supplier that company president Dan Morgan said […]

Non-GMO and organic seed trial data now online

The US Testing Network (USTN) announced that its non-GMO and organic seed yield trial data is now available online. USTN was launched in 2009 when a few cutting-edge seed corn retailers and breeders decided it was time to build something they couldn’t find—a yield trial testing network for their non-GMO and organic hybrids. Sarah Carlson […]

New zinc-enriched non-GMO corn set to improve nutrition in Colombia

The first zinc-enriched corn variety developed for South America was released in Colombia this past February in an effort to combat malnutrition in the country. Developed using traditional non-GMO breeding techniques, this biofortified corn variety has naturally higher concentrations of zinc, an essential mineral that plays an important role in human development. It is estimated that […]

Ensuring non-GMO and organic flour for bakers

Consumers want their baked goods to be as honest and nutritious as their dairy, fruits, and vegetables—so they look for logos such as Certified Organic or Non-GMO Project Verified. “The largest issue is meeting the requirements for those niche ingredients,” said Keith Smith of Cargill. Testing and verifying flour is essential, along with documentation from […]