Report of Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) Farm and Handling Operations, 2000-2004

Report of OTCO Farm and Handling Operations for years 2000-2004

Trend	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
OTCO Farm Operations
Total US Farms	368	359	371	388	401
Total US organic acres ¹	57,860	53,790	59,917	64,794	68,784
Total US acres in transition	2460	3155	2484	2130	4016
Average certified acres per US farm ¹	164	159	170	174	183

Total International Farms ²	33	40	45	35	29
Total International hectares (ha)	20,236	7042	10,529	19,212	8120
Total Intl. ha in transition	114	131	226	275	159
Average certified ha per Int. grower ²	10.3	24.5	28.2	39.4	16.1

Trend	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
OTCO Farm Operations in Oregon
Total OR farms	214	220	234	242	266
Total OR organic acres ¹	16,871	17,344	21,627	25,918	27,517
Total OR acres in transition	726	427	523	854	2680
Average certified acres per OR farm	82	81	96	112	115

Trend	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Size of US OTCO farm operations
Over 1,000 acres ¹	5	6	7	8	11
500 to 1,000 acres	18	17	20	23	23
100 to 500 acres	127	110	112	119	116
50 to 100 acres	48	40	36	46	41
10 to 50 acres	104	109	119	109	116
Under 10 acres	64	73	70	79	90

¹ OTCO certifies three wild harvest operations that harvest from a 5,000-acre area on Klamath Lake in Oregon. OTCO also certifies a 1.46 million-acre area in Alaska upon which organic livestock are grazed. These operations were left out of calculations for statistical reasons.

² Some international farms are cooperatives of growers or production partnerships, all certifying under one company name.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
OTCO Certified Handling Operations
US Organic Handlers	18	19	24	25	30
US Organic Processors	218	241	268	282	303
US Organic Marketers	31	22	27	25	22
US Organic Restaurants	1	1	1	1	1
Total US Operations	268	283	320	333	356

International Organic Handlers	3	3	2	3	3
International Organic Processors	30	25	22	18	14
International Organic Marketers	2	2	1	0	0
Total International Operations	35	30	25	21	17

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