Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Montmorency 
Muskegon 
Newaygo 
Oakland 
Oceana 
Ogemaw 
Ontonagon 
Osceola 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
6 
14 
4 
12 
- 
- 
5 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
4 
5 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
4 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
9 
19 
9 
11 
3 
$1,000 
- 
532 
710 
127 
3,126 
- 
- 
591 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
3 
7 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
5 
19 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
6 
12 
3 
9 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
528 
691 
117 
(D) 
- 
- 
591 
Item 
Oscoda 
Otsego 
Ottawa 
Presque Isle 
Roscommon 
Saginaw 
St. Clair 
St. Joseph 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
5 
2 
12 
- 
- 
9 
5 
14 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
2 
1 
2 
1 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
6 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
5 
2 
14 
2 
7 
7 
15 
$1,000 
625 
(D) 
1,732 
- 
(D) 
666 
142 
625 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
7 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
5 
2 
12 
- 
- 
7 
4 
14 
$1,000 
625 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
666 
135 
(D) 
Item 
Sanilac 
Schoolcraft 
Shiawassee 
Tuscola 
Van Buren 
Washtenaw 
Wayne 
Wexford 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
26 
- 
10 
46 
3 
6 
2 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
6 
_ 
3 
13 
2 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
10 
- 
2 
7 
3 
11 
2 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
26 
14 
42 
4 
12 
2 
$1,000 
2,487 
- 
401 
22,767 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
2 
_ 
6 
_ 
1 
11 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
12 
- 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
24 
- 
8 
42 
3 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
390 
22,767 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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