Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Des Moines 
Dickinson 
Dubuque 
Emmet 
Fayette 
Floyd 
Franklin 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
10 
- 
4 
- 
8 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
2 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
1 
2 
12 
4 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,140 
85 
- 
1,826 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
10 
- 
4 
- 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
85 
- 
1,826 
Item 
Fremont 
Greene 
Grundy 
Guthrie 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harrison 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
4 
4 
- 
3 
1 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
2 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
3 
2 
4 
1 
3 
1 
$1,000 
2,040 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
401 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000 
- 
2,040 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
401 
- 
Item 
Henry 
Howard 
Humboldt 
Ida 
Iowa 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
4 
13 
1 
3 
4 
3 
1 
13 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
6 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
4 
13 
1 
3 
3 
3 
1 
14 
$1,000 
73 
814 
(D) 
135 
187 
358 
(D) 
1,170 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
9 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
3 
13 
1 
3 
3 
3 
- 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
814 
(D) 
135 
187 
358 
- 
1,161 
Item 
Johnson 
Jones 
Keokuk 
Kossuth 
Lee 
Linn 
Louisa 
Lucas 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
64 
1 
7 
5 
3 
4 
1 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
13 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
62 
1 
4 
5 
3 
4 
1 
$1,000 
5,245 
(D) 
205 
525 
42 
148 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
9 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
57 
1 
3 
5 
2 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,237 
(D) 
(D) 
525 
(D) 
148 
- 
- 
-continued 
610 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
