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News Release
NR-12-70
October 5, 2012

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Michigan Field Office
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 30239
Lansing, MI  48909-6248

Phone:      (517) 324-5300
Facsimile:  (517) 324-5299
E-mail:     nass-mi@nass.usda.gov
Web site:   www.nass.usda.gov

Jay V. Johnson, Director

Michigan Ranked Eight in Organic Sales in 2011

Michigan organic farmers sold $99.2 million worth of organic crops and 
livestock in 2011, according to Jay Johnson, director of the USDA, NASS, 
Michigan Field Office.  Seventy-seven percent of sales were sold to the 
wholesale market while 19 percent was sold directly to the retail market.  
The remaining 4 percent was sold directly to consumers.  

Organic field crop sales were the largest commodity group and accounted for 
$35.3 million in sales. The remaining top five commodity groups in order of 
sales were vegetables at $4.3 million, fruit and nuts (excluding apples and 
grapes) at $1.8 million, apples at $1.5 million, and berries at $0.7 million.  
Some commodity groups were not published to avoid disclosure of individual 
operations.

California was the number one state in organic sales with $1.4 billion 
followed by Washington ($297.1 million) and Oregon ($233.5 million). The 
remaining top eight organic producing states were Texas, Wisconsin, 
Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan.

For a copy of the 2011 Certified Organic Production Survey, visit our website 
at www.nass.usda.gov or follow the direct link to the publication 
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1859 
.