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Organic farmers to harvest record acres in 2019

November 14, 2019

Organic agriculture is growing – in 2019, 8.3 million acres were planted and certified organic in the US. This equates to 18,155 organic farms and a 3% jump from 2018. Mercaris, a leading data provider for organic and non-gmo markets, recently released their Annual Acreage Report and Organic Farm Heat Map, which highlights density and distribution of US organic farm operations.

Highlights of the report include:

  • Organic grain farmers will harvest a record amount of acres in 2019, measuring in at 3.1 million acres.
  • This represents a 7% increase in organic field crop production from 2018.
  • The largest increases in organic harvested field crop acres this year were in the West and High Plains.

Read the press announcement about the Annual Acreage Report from Mercaris here.

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