Organic and Non-GMO Market News

Grain buyers offer contracts to grow organic and non-GMO grains in 2025

The following companies are offering contracts to farmers to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2025: Ag Partners Co-Op, Seneca, KS Phone: 913-609-0029 Email: michael.moritz@AgPartnersCoop.com Contact: Michael Moritz Contracts offered: Non-GMO soybeans. Clark Specialty Grains, Gothenburg, NE Phone: 308-537-2004 Email: contact@clarkspecialtygrains.com Contracts offered: Conventionally and organically grown Non-GMO Project Verified white, yellow, blue, and pink corn. Consolidated […]

International non-GMO markets are “successful and thriving”

International Non-GMO Summit brings together leaders of the non-GMO movement in EU and U.S.; unites against new GMO technologies The international non-GMO industry continues to grow but faces threats from the possible deregulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), such as gene editing. These were key takeaways of the International Non-GMO Summit held in Frankfurt, Germany […]

USDA warns certifiers about fraudulent organic soybeans and soymeal from West Africa

Organic grain supplier says warnings will not stop the fraud The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program (NOP) has issued a letter to organic certifiers warning them about possible fraudulent imports of organic soybeans and soybean meal from West Africa, specifically from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. The NOP has directed the […]

U.S. organic sales hit $69.7 billion in 2023, increase of 3.4% over 2022

U.S. sales of certified organic products approached $70 billion in 2023, a new record for the sector. Dollar sales for the American organic marketplace hit $69.7 billion last year, up 3.4 percent, according to the 2024 Organic Industry Survey recently released by the Organic Trade Association (OTA). Despite stubborn price inflation seen throughout retail aisles, […]

Grain buyers offer contracts to grow organic and non-GMO grains in 2024

The following companies are offering contracts to farmers to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2024: Bluegrass Farms of Ohio, Jeffersonville, OH Phone: 740-426-6683 Email: alanm@bluegrassfarmsohio.com Contact: Alan McElwain Contracts offered: Non-GMO and organic soybeans contracts. Clark Specialty Grains, Gothenburg, NE Phone: 308-537-2004 Email:clark@clarkspecialtygrains.com Contact:Jim Clark Contracts offered:Organic and conventional food-grade non-GMO yellow, white, blue, […]