Organic and Non-GMO Market News

Bell & Evans, Cargill, and Rodale join forces to transition 50,000 acres to organic

Organic poultry producer needs to increase supply of U.S. domestic corn and soybeans to feed its chickens U.S. grain farmers have a new incentive to transition from conventional to organic practices as Pennsylvania-based poultry producer Bell & Evans recently announced a partnership with Cargill and the Rodale Institute to transition 50,000 acres of farmland to […]

Grain buyers offer contracts to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2021

The following companies are offering contracts to farmers to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2021. Ardent Mills Denver, CO Phone: 800-851-9618 Email: info@ardentmills.com Contracts offered: Wheat and other cereal grains. Baird Seed Company Williamsfield, IL Phone: cell: 309-531-1937, office: 309-639-2249 Email: bairdseedcompany@gmail.com Contact: Curt Haynes Contracts offered: Multiple non-GMO soybean grain contracts available depending […]

Grain buyers offer contracts to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2021

The following companies are offering contracts to farmers to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2021.

Retail perspective: strong organic and non-GMO sales are “silver lining to catastrophic dark clouds” of pandemic

Sales of both organic and non-GMO products have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Errol Schweizer, advisor to the natural food industry and board member of the Non-GMO Project. Speaking at the Organic & Non-GMO Forum, Schweizer quoted data from market research firm SPINS, showing that in October 2020 sales of organic products had […]

U.S. becomes biggest buyer of India’s non-GMO soybean meal

The United States, which is the world’s second-leading soybean producer, is now the biggest importer of India’s non-GMO soybean meal. In an interview with the Indian website MoneyControl, B.V. Mehta, executive director of Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), said: “Indian soymeal is given priority in the U.S. since it needs non-GM soybean. Hardly five […]