Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mason 
Massac 
Menard 
Mercer 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Morgan 
Moultrie 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
2 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
135 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
135 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Ogle 
Peoria 
Perry 
Piatt 
Pike 
Pope 
Pulaski 
Putnam 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
120 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
120 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Randolph 
Richland 
Rock Island 
St. Clair 
Saline 
Sangamon 
Schuyler 
Scott 
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 
“ 
1 
1 
“ 
“ 
2 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Shelby 
Stark 
Stephenson 
Tazewell 
Union 
Vermilion 
Wabash 
Warren 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
1 
2 
5 
7 
1 
- 
- 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
1 
1 
3 
1 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
1 
2 
6 
8 
4 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
393 
915 
4 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
4 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
2 
3 
8 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
389 
915 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
--continued 
612 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
