Organic and Non-GMO Market News

U.S. certified organic operations outpaced acreage for 2018

By Ryan Koory, senior economist at Mercaris U.S. certified organic farm operation expansion has outpaced organic acreage according to research conducted by Mercaris for its 2018 Organic and Non-GMO Acreage Report. Mercaris found that 10,912 farms were certified for organic field crop (corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, hay, and rye) production in the U.S. as of […]

Applegate, Kalona Organics partnership offers hope to struggling dairy farmers

Natural and organic meat producer teams with Iowa dairy processor to source milk for non-GMO cheese, while paying farmers a premium and giving consumers another choice in the marketplace

Organic corn, soybean acres looking good in the U.S. as harvest nears

By Ryan Koory, senior economist, Mercaris As we move into September, corn is maturing and soybeans are setting pods across much of the U.S. It is at this point that the market sets its focus on harvest, and begins to put together a picture of crop yields and understand implications for domestic supplies over 2018-19. […]

Yields hold potential boon for 2018 organic wheat production

By Ryan Koory, senior economist, Mercaris In its 2017/2018 Organic Wheat Market Guide, Mercaris estimated that despite a 22 percent increase in U.S. acres, U.S. organic wheat production only grew by 10 percent in 2017. The lackluster production is entirely due to a 10 percent year over year (y/y) decline in organic wheat yields, but […]

As organic corn imports into the U.S. drop, organic cracked corn imports increase

U.S. importers are replacing whole corn with cracked corn for use as animal feed By Ryan Koory and Rachel Storey In 2017 U.S. organic imports fell under scrutiny when a Washington Post article uncovered fraud along the international organic commodity supply chain, highlighting some conventional corn sourced from the Black Sea region that ultimately arrived […]