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Iowa 6th in U.S. for Certified Organic Farms
Iowa Ag Connection - 10/23/2020

The 2019 Certified Organic Survey is a special study conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and is part of the 2017 Census of Agriculture program. The primary purpose of the survey is to collect value of sales information at the commodity level along with acreage, production, and practices data for a variety of certified organic crop and livestock operations. This is the sixth comprehensive organic survey NASS has conducted and the first since the 2016 Organic Survey.

In 2019, Iowa ranked sixth in the nation for the total number of certified organic farms with 779 farms. That is nearly 5% of the nation's total number of certified organic farms. There were 133,691 acres of certified organic farmland in Iowa. This was an increase of 30,555 acres from 2016.

Corn for grain had the highest total value of sales of organically produced commodities in Iowa with $38.0 million in sales. Iowa produced more certified organic corn of grain and soybeans than any other state, and comprised 13 and 15 percent of national production, respectively. The area harvested for organic corn for grain increased 25% from 2016. Organic soybean sales were $15.5 million in Iowa.

Iowa produced 30% of the Nation's organic oats with sales totaling $4,376,642 in 2019.

On December 31, Iowa producers had 5,458 certified organic hogs on hand, and comprised 36% of the national inventory. Iowa's organic hog inventory ranked first among all other states.

Eggs had the second highest total value of sales of organically produced commodities in Iowa with $37.1 million in sales.


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