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May 11, 2021
Larissa Zimberoff
BLOOMBERG – The pandemic turbocharged many trends that were already underway when the coronavirus struck the United States (US) early last year. One of them was consumer demand for food labelled “organic”, as shuttered restaurants and lockdowns forced many to see the contents of their refrigerator in a new light.
Indeed, 2020 sales of organic produce grew by 14.2 per cent. In the first quarter of this year, organic food sales rose by 9.3 per cent over the same period in 2020, topping USD2.2 billion as shoppers sought to avoid the taint of artificial additives, fertilisers and pesticides.
“Some of the surge we’ve seen in organic sales in the pandemic has been because of the perception of safety,” said Global Food Analyst Melanie Bartelme at Mintel, a market research firm.
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A new University of California cost study shows potential profits in growing alfalfa organically for the organic dairy market. High-quality organic alfalfa hay is an important ingredient in milk-cow feed rations for organic dairies.
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A new study that outlines costs and returns of establishing and producing organic alfalfa hay has been released by University of California Cooperative Extension, the UC Agricultural Issues Center and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
High-quality organic alfalfa hay is an important ingredient in milk-cow feed rations for organic dairies. Organic dairy farms are required to use organic feed and allow cows to graze for part of their forage. Organic alfalfa hay comprises a major source of forage for the industry.
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