date:Oct 30, 2013
producers, Ms. Greene said, However, the growth in certified acreage of both cropland and pastureland has more than recovered those losses and has reestablished its upward trajectory.
Four crops account for 75% of the organic cropland corn, soybeans, hay and wheat. While corn ranks first in planted acreage for all U.S. crops at about 92 million acres in 2011, it ranks third among organic crops. At 234,500 acres, corn accounts for 12% of certified organic acreage, versus 17% for wheat (344,600