b'Organics At A Quick GlanceSOURCE: USDA 2019 ORGANIC SURVEY16,585$206,000,000 farmssales5.5 million181,000 acresacres$9.9 billionsalesFIGURE 10. Sales of certi\x1ded organic food products in the United States.Drones are also proving to be an advantageousthe face of global population growth, climate change, agricultural technology used to spray and seed crops.and general sustainability issues.28Drones can apply inputs to crops with far greater accuracy than planes while requiring less fuel. InAGRICULTURAL MOVEMENTS a report from the Federal Aviation Administration,AFFECTING IDAHO which oversees drone usage and regulations, theAGRICULTUREworldwide agricultural drone market in 2017 was valued at $990 and projected to explode to $6.73Consumer preference has become a major inuence billion by 2025. The commercial drone market,on agricultural production as more people are including ag usage, is set to expand to triple in sizeshowing a preference for healthier and organic foods. by 2023 with more than 15,000 commercial dronesSales of certied organic food products in the United registered each month. Drones have also been usedStates increased by 31 percent to $9.9 billion, from within the ranching industry to count cattle by2016-2019, according to recently released USDA data utilizing thermal cameras with automatic counting(see Figure 10). Idaho recorded $206 million in total functions. As the regulations for drone usage areorganic sales last year, ranking the state No. 10 in responsibly lessened, their roles are expected tothe nation in that category. The state also ranked No. continue to expand.27 10 in total certied organic acres at 181,000 acres. According to Idaho State Department of Agriculture Another area of technological promise can be found(ISDA) data, there were 70 organic operations in indoor agricultural advancements. Vertical farmingcertied by the department in southcentral Idaho is an urban farming technique that involves stackinglast year, 67 in southwest Idaho, 37 in east Idaho, plants in dense layers in a highly controlled indoor34 in central Idaho, 33 in southeast Idaho, and 21 in environment, using LED lighting to replace sunlightnorth Idaho. The top organic commodity in the U.S. to enable year-round agriculture. This method ofin 2019 was milk with $1.6 billion worth of sales, up growing food also evades the problem of pests and14 percent from 2016, followed by broiler chickens pesticides. Vertical farming operations typically utilize($1.1 billion, up 49 percent), eggs ($887 million, up computer systems with software programs that help9 percent), apples ($475 million, up 45 percent), and increase the yield and quality of foods by optimizinglettuce ($400 million, up 44 percent). Furthermore, growing parameters. Promoters of indoor agriculturethese trends are expected to continue. A National argue that vertical farms are an important strategy inAgricultural Statistics Service (NASS) survey reported 26 I D A H O I N F R A S T R U C T U R E G U I D E B O O K'