Constituting 38% of the US total, California is the nation’s leader in certified organic sales with turnovers worth $2.9 bn. Further, California also had the largest amount of certified organic acres and farms. In 2016, three US-states had more than 1,000 farms: California (2,713), Wisconsin (1,276), and New York (1,059). However, 77% of US-certified organic sales are to be allotted to ten states of the country, which constitutes almost the same share as in 2015 and 2014.

56% of the sales of certified organic production accounted for crops. The other 44%, however, were made up by livestock, poultry, and the according products. A broad range of goods is encompassed by organic production, including livestock and poultry products, with turnovers of $2.2 bn; vegetables, $1.6 bn; fruits, tree nuts, and berries, $1.4 bn; livestock and poultry, $1.2 bn; and field crops, $763 m; in 2016. During last year, the top products were milk, eggs, broiler chickens, apples and lettuce as well as crops like strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, hay, spinach and mushrooms.

The 2016 Certified Organic Survey was conducted by NASS in conjunction with USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). For more information please visit: www.nass.usda.gov/organics or https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov.
 

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