Minnesota ranked ninth in the nation in 2019 for the total number of certified organic farms with 635 farms, according to the USDA NASS Certified Organic Survey. That is nearly 4% of the nation's total number of certified organic farms.

There were 172,968 acres of certified organic farmland in Minnesota. This was an increase of 42,280 acres from 2016.

The national certified organic survey is a special study conducted by USDA-NASS and is part of the 2017 Census of Agriculture program. Its primary purpose 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.

Cow milk had the highest total value of sales of organically produced commodities in Minnesota with $38.2 million in sales.

Minnesota ranks third in certified organic corn for grain and fourth in organic soybean production in the U.S. and comprised 10% of the national production, for both corn and soybeans.

Minnesota ranked second in certified organic rye production in the U.S. and comprised 16% of the nation’s organic rye with sales totaling $328,736 in 2019.

Minnesota produced 38% of the nation’s organic goat milk with sales totaling $913,814. Minnesota ranked third in certified organic oat production in the U.S. and comprised 12% of the nation’s organic oats, with sales totaling $1,441,161 in 2019.

Complete results of the 2019 Certified Organic Survey are available at nass.usda.gov/organic.

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