Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Flampshire 
Belknap 
Carroll 
Cheshire 
Coos 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
....farms 
120 
8 
9 
7 
11 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
90 
2 
8 
6 
4 
organic production 
....farms 
26 
1 
1 
- 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
192 
7 
17 
9 
14 
$1,000 
15,838 
13 
197 
821 
543 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
99 
6 
12 
3 
3 
$1,000 
210 
(D) 
26 
3 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
93 
1 
5 
6 
11 
$1,000 
15,628 
(D) 
171 
818 
(D) 
Item 
Grafton 
Flillsborough 
Merrimack 
Rockingham 
Strafford 
Sullivan 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
9 
16 
23 
16 
18 
3 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
4 
5 
27 
17 
15 
2 
organic production 
....farms 
3 
7 
2 
7 
3 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
13 
19 
48 
31 
30 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
510 
(D) 
308 
645 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
4 
5 
32 
15 
18 
1 
$1,000 
10 
2 
69 
26 
58 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
9 
14 
16 
16 
12 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
508 
(D) 
282 
587 
(D) 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
New Flampshire 
- 
54 
93 
842 
602 
569 
173 
22 
202 
Counties 
Belknap 
- 
3 
8 
78 
25 
40 
8 
- 
10 
Carroll 
- 
- 
10 
68 
53 
50 
13 
- 
16 
Cheshire 
- 
3 
2 
84 
72 
41 
24 
2 
25 
Coos 
- 
1 
15 
50 
40 
31 
2 
1 
17 
Grafton 
- 
5 
19 
80 
71 
53 
11 
3 
21 
Flillsborough 
- 
2 
5 
127 
63 
68 
19 
8 
23 
Merrimack 
- 
25 
10 
104 
92 
95 
49 
- 
38 
Rockingham 
- 
3 
8 
102 
70 
97 
27 
6 
26 
Strafford 
- 
10 
8 
80 
57 
64 
17 
- 
14 
Sullivan 
- 
2 
8 
69 
59 
30 
3 
2 
12 
298 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
