Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
Item 
Louisiana 
Acadia 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production farms 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification farms 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production farms 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
15 
16 
14 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 or more 
Item 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
..farms 
$1,000 
27 
2,445 
..farms 
$1,000 
..farms 
$1,000 
Avoyelles 
13 
16 
14 
2,430 
Beauregard 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production farms 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification farms 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production farms 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 or more 
Item 
..farms 
$1,000 
..farms 
$1,000 
..farms 
$1,000 
Calcasieu 
Caldwell 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production farms 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification farms 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production farms 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 or more 
Item 
..farms 
$1,000 
..farms 
$1,000 
..farms 
$1,000 
Concordia 
De Soto 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production farms 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification farms 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production farms 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) farms 
$1,000 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 farms 
$1,000 
$5,000 or more farms 
$1,000 
Allen 
Ascension 
Assumption 
Bienville 
Bossier 
Caddo 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Cameron 
Catahoula 
Claiborne 
East Baton Rouge 
East Carroll 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
East Feliciana 
5 
16 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 567 
