April 28, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – Larger-than-expected beginning stocks and more harvested acres have placed organic corn and wheat on a bearish trend over the 2019/20 market year, according to the new Mercaris Organic Commodity Outlook. Meanwhile, strong demand and lower imports have provided sup
Read MoreApril 15, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – Escalated grocery store sales have created a short-term opportunity to boost organic markets. Although, with threats to consumer incomes, livestock processing and tumultuous imports, t...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – Organic poultry production is expected to grow through 2020, but Q1 numbers indicate that growth will be slow. If the trend continues, organic grain markets could suffer the consequenc...
Read MoreMarch 3, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – Mercaris continues its initiatives to match buyers and sellers of organic cream, with its first auction of 2020 held Feb. 26. Wednesday’s event featured strong participation, with th...
Read More![](//s3.amazonaws.com/mercaris-cms/posts/255/large/Field_Crops_2019.jpg?1582560556){: style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"} Feb. 24, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – U.S. farmers harvested nearly 3...
Read MoreJan. 28, 2020 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – An acre of organic cropland differs from a conventional farm acre, and that difference extends beyond production practices. What that means for land value is a question Mercaris and a...
Read MoreDec. 10, 2019 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – U.S. imports of organic commodities are up 5 percent over last year’s pace. Coupled with flat demand in feed markets, prices appear to be responding, down 4 percent year-over-year, acco...
Read MoreDec. 4, 2019 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – Buyers and sellers of organic cream found price transparency for the first time, thanks to quarterly auctions from the nation’s only organic and non-GMO data and trading company, Mercari...
Read MoreNov. 13, 2019 (SILVER SPRING, MD) – About half of U.S. organic corn acres are still in the field across the Midwest, and snow could push the end of harvest further into December for some states, according to the November ...
Read MoreSilver Spring, MD, Oct. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spring weather has taken a toll on U.S. organic commodity producers, evidenced by a significant drop in overall corn and soybean production for 2019, according to a new...
Read MoreSilver Spring, MD, Oct 9, 2019 — With $3 million in new funding and an executive hire with domain expertise in developing, and expanding SaaS market data platforms, Maryland-based Mercaris is enhancing its capabilities to...
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