Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
536 
1 
- 
18 
1 
4 
10 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
53 
“ 
” 
2 
“ 
” 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
149 
1 
" 
5 
1 
1 
7 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
512 
1 
- 
20 
1 
4 
10 
$1,000 
57,545 
(D) 
2,457 
(D) 
644 
286 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
67 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
131 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
445 
1 
- 
17 
1 
4 
10 
$1,000 
57,414 
(D) 
- 
2,449 
(D) 
644 
286 
Item 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
1 
- 
3 
40 
5 
6 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
2 
“ 
2 
” 
“ 
“ 
2 
organic production 
....farms 
" 
" 
6 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
3 
- 
5 
35 
5 
5 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
65 
1,386 
260 
824 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
2 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
3 
34 
5 
5 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
260 
824 
- 
item 
Carroll 
Cass 
Cedar 
Cerro Gordo 
Cherokee 
Chickasaw 
Clarke 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
2 
2 
5 
1 
1 
4 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
1 
" 
“ 
” 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
" 
1 
1 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
2 
3 
4 
1 
1 
3 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
381 
(D) 
(D) 
343 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
2 
2 
4 
1 
1 
3 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
381 
(D) 
(D) 
343 
- 
item 
Clay 
Clayton 
Clinton 
Crawford 
Dallas 
Davis 
Decatur 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
1 
14 
3 
- 
10 
31 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
1 
“ 
3 
5 
1 
organic production 
....farms 
1 
5 
- 
- 
4 
7 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
1 
14 
3 
- 
12 
27 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,601 
100 
- 
357 
1,843 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
5 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
13 
8 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
13 
3 
- 
8 
22 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
100 
- 
343 
1,834 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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