Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Kent 
New Castle 
Sussex 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
13 
- 
- 
13 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
4 
1 
1 
2 
organic production 
....farms 
9 
1 
- 
8 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
16 
1 
1 
14 
$1,000 
207 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
6 
1 
1 
4 
$1,000 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
10 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
200 
- 
- 
200 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau ef 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Delaware 
- 
5 
14 
225 
66 
79 
22 
7 
37 
Counties 
Kent 
_ 
5 
13 
86 
12 
20 
10 
6 
10 
New Castle 
- 
- 
1 
51 
21 
27 
10 
1 
15 
Sussex 
- 
- 
- 
88 
33 
32 
2 
- 
12 
Table 44. Farms by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Kent 
New Castle 
Sussex 
Total farms 
2,451 
863 
374 
1,214 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
606 
232 
97 
277 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
17 
8 
36 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
9 
2 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
73 
24 
20 
29 
Other crop farming (1119) 
309 
128 
68 
113 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
309 
128 
68 
113 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
137 
71 
30 
36 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
32 
21 
6 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
7 
- 
9 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
645 
110 
7 
528 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
14 
9 
8 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1 125,1 129) 
520 
230 
126 
164 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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