date:Oct 30, 2013
acres) and 39% for hay (786,000 acres). Cropland devoted to produce was estimated at 154,800 acres in 2011, or 8% of all organic cropland. By contrast, the overall figure for area planted to produce in 2011 was 2,800,000 acres (or 1% of total U.S. cropland).
Overall, certified organic cropland made up roughly 0.7% of U.S. cropland in 2011, Ms. Greene said. Only a small percentage of the top U.S. field crops corn (0.3 per cent), soybeans (0.2 per cent), and wheat (0.6 per cent) were grown unde