In 2022, Australia was ranked first with an organic agricultural land area amounting to about 53 million hectares. The land area used for organic agriculture in Australia is thus larger than the acreage of all the other leading countries combined. Australia is followed by India and Argentina, which each had areas of organic agriculture of approximately 4.73 and 4.06 million hectares, respectively.
Organic farming in the United States
Among the different States in the United States, the State of California has the largest number of organic farms and ranches, with approximately 3,061. California is followed by the States of Wisconsin and New York, which have about 1.4 million hectares each. In terms of land ownership of organic acreage, over 2.1 million acres of certified organic land operated in the United States was rented from others.
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Organic Eprints. (March 8, 2024). Organic agricultural land area worldwide in 2022, by leading country (in million hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/677969/organic-agricultural-land-worldwide-leading-countries/
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