Two new reports on organic agriculture in Washington State are now available online from Washington State University. Current Status of Certified Organic Agriculture in Washington State: 2014 provides the most recent data on crop acreage, dairy cow numbers, and gross sales, in addition to data on global and national trends. The second report, Recent Trends in Certified Organic Tree Fruit: 2014, goes into more specific detail on organic apples, pears, and other tree fruit crops, and includes the most recent trend data internationally.
Also, information on the economics of organic apple production is presented, along with projections of organic tree fruit area growth in the next few years. Both reports are in PowerPoint format, annotated with supporting text to help explain the graphs and tables. These reports are the continuation of more than 10 years of annual summaries.