USDA De-Risk Carbon Bank and Farm Income Forecast & Export Data Tuesday Feb 9th, 2021 **California retains its national lead in the number of organic farms and ranches, according to the USDA. In an annual report from its Organic Integrity Database, the USDA says the number of certified organic farms and ranches in the state exceeds 5,000. California has more than two-and-a-half times the number of organic operations as the No. 2 state, Wisconsin. **The Biden administration is pondering how to “de-risk investments,” faced by farmers adopting climate mitigation practices. That’s according to USDA climate adviser Robert Bonnie who’s advocated for a so-called carbon bank to draw on USDA funding to finance “climate-smart land management practices” paying a guaranteed price per ton of carbon reductions.