Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lyon 
Madison 
Mahaska 
Marion 
Marshall 
Mills 
Mitchell 
Monona 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
2 
- 
2 
5 
2 
- 
14 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
1 
1 
5 
1 
14 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
391 
(D) 
477 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
1 
- 
1 
5 
1 
- 
14 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
391 
(D) 
- 
477 
- 
Item 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Muscatine 
O'Brien 
Osceola 
Page 
Palo Alto 
Plymouth 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
1 
1 
2 
8 
- 
2 
13 
2 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
1 
1 
2 
8 
2 
12 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,219 
- 
(D) 
2,869 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
_ 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
1 
1 
8 
- 
- 
10 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,219 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Pocahontas 
Polk 
Pottawattamie 
Poweshiek 
Ringgold 
Sac 
Scott 
Shelby 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
4 
6 
4 
3 
5 
7 
4 
10 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
1 
7 
4 
- 
8 
1 
1 
3 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
3 
9 
4 
3 
5 
7 
3 
8 
$1,000 
1,920 
301 
60 
(D) 
2,163 
312 
2,364 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
3 
8 
2 
3 
2 
7 
3 
8 
$1,000 
1,920 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,163 
312 
2,364 
Item 
Sioux 
Story 
Tama 
Taylor 
Union 
Van Buren 
Wapello 
Warren 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
3 
2 
11 
3 
- 
4 
1 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
2 
1 
4 
1 
5 
3 
1 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
3 
5 
9 
1 
3 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
689 
(D) 
- 
1,586 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
3 
2 
9 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
689 
(D) 
- 
1,586 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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