The only thing close around here is 1 elevator that takes white corn -- you have to store on farm and hold until elevator is ready, then deliver it. The non-gmo guys haul quite a ways to get a premium price, but don't know if the premium is worth it. Anybody can switch to non-gmo quite readily, but if everyone did it, there would be no premium for it. Organic is tougher due to all the rules, inspections, qualifying ground, paperwork, etc. Still, it probably wouldn't take very many to reduce or eliminate the premium -- at the same time, if enough switched, it should make a dent in non-organic production while reducing the gap in pricing. The last thing organic producers should want is more organic producers. Once 'specialty crops' are mainstream, they're no longer 'specialty'.
Just curious, since the crop insurance now requires adherance to approved conservation plans, how do the organic growers who do a lot of tillage intend to maintain their compliance? Not any more, but used to have a certified organic neighbor -- everything was either fall or spring moldboard plowed -- but he never signed up for anything at FSA, didn't need to, although he did collect some handsome crop insurance payouts. I think he made some decent money, organic farming combined with crop insurance money, but it was overly time consuming with all the tillage and cultivating, and hauling his grain sometimes hundreds of miles to a premium-paying market.
