Certified organic farming land U.S. by type 2021

The statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 2021 among certified organic U.S. farms and ranches. In that year, certified organic cropland operated by farms in the U.S. amounted to about 3630.6 thousand acres.

Certified organic land in the United States in 2021, by type (in 1,000 acres)*

Characteristic	Organic land in thousand acres
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

16,589***

Special properties

All U.S. farms and ranches certified for meeting the standards of the National Organic Program (NOP) administered by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)**

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

Total certified and exempt organic acres operated.
Figures were rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
The survey does not provide any information about the age of respondents.
* Hundredweight.
** Only operations certified by an AMS approved agent were included in the 2019 survey.
*** The sample count displays the number of records from the mail list that had certified organic production in 2021 or whose operational status was unknown. The mail list included 26,407 operations that met the criteria and the response rate for the U.S. was 42.6% (n=16,589)

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