Previous studies have found that organic crop production in the midwestern United States can be more profitable than conventional crop production. However, these studies have failed to consider potential differences in farm size between the two systems. If an organic crop rotation cannot be...

Purpose: The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) made several changes to the crop insurance products available to organic growers for the 2014 crop year. Most notably, a 5 percent premium surcharge was removed and organic-specific transitional yields (t-yields) were issued for the first time....

Despite dramatic increases in retail demand for organic milk and steadily increasing organic milk prices over the past 15 years, transition from conventional to organic dairy production has been unsteady. In some years supply has not met demand, leading to shortages of organic milk, and in other...

Despite dramatic increases in retail demand for organic milk and steadily increasing organic milk prices over the past 15 years, transition from conventional to organic dairy production has been unsteady. In some years supply has not met demand, leading to shortages of organic milk, and in other...