Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Illinois 
Adams 
Alexander 
Bond 
Boone 
Brown 
Bureau 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
179 
1 
" 
" 
2 
4 
8 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
65 
“ 
“ 
2 
“ 
“ 
■ 
organic production 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
farms 
67 
2 
2 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
220 
1 
- 
2 
2 
4 
6 
$1,000 
26,182 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,660 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
61 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
114 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
159 
1 
- 
2 
4 
6 
$1,000 
26,068 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,660 
Item 
Calhoun 
Carroll 
Cass 
Champaign 
Christian 
Clark 
Clay 
Clinton 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
3 
5 
1 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
3 
“ 
2 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Item 
Coles 
Cook 
Crawford 
Cumberland 
De Kalb 
De Witt 
Douglas 
Du Page 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
2 
13 
2 
5 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
2 
13 
2 
5 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
8,315 
(D) 
266 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
2 
13 
2 
4 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
8,315 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Edgar 
Edwards 
Effingham 
Fayette 
Ford 
Franklin 
Fulton 
Gallatin 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
■ 
“ 
2 
“ 
1 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
--continued 
610 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
