Global challenges fuel volatility in organic grain market

Global challenges continue to fuel volatility in the organic grain market.

Clarkson Grain Company merchandiser John Merna tells Brownfield the industry is still feeling the effects from the halt of organic soybean imports from India in 2021.

“About 40% of our soybean use was coming from India, and there were a lot of tests that came back showing the grain wasn’t as pure as the USDA would like to see and didn’t deem them to be organic.