Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New York 
Niagara 
Oneida 
Onondaga 
Ontario 
Orange 
Orleans 
Oswego 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
- 
4 
10 
8 
22 
9 
20 
5 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
2 
3 
4 
7 
2 
2 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
1 
2 
1 
4 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
6 
9 
9 
28 
11 
20 
5 
$1,000 
- 
262 
1,181 
3,268 
3,170 
1,249 
3,580 
189 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
2 
1 
2 
8 
3 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
6 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
4 
8 
7 
20 
8 
18 
5 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,152 
1,243 
(D) 
189 
Item 
Otsego 
Putnam 
Queens 
Rensselaer 
Richmond 
Rockland 
St. Lawrence 
Saratoga 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
53 
2 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
1 
8 
3 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
10 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
29 
5 
1 
54 
5 
$1,000 
2,490 
210 
- 
(D) 
7,008 
4 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
9 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
15 
4 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
45 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,992 
- 
Item 
Schenectady 
Schoharie 
Schuyler 
Seneca 
Steuben 
Suffolk 
Sullivan 
Tioga 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
- 
9 
10 
30 
51 
15 
4 
14 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
8 
4 
1 
3 
2 
_ 
8 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
2 
3 
6 
9 
1 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
17 
13 
25 
47 
17 
4 
20 
$1,000 
" 
425 
939 
2,522 
2,624 
1,032 
(D) 
1,533 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
8 
4 
2 
8 
2 
2 
8 
$1,000 
- 
28 
9 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
9 
9 
23 
39 
15 
2 
12 
$1,000 
- 
397 
930 
(D) 
2,613 
(D) 
(D) 
1,515 
Item 
Tompkins 
Ulster 
Warren 
Washington 
Wayne 
Westchester 
Wyoming 
Yates 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
22 
15 
- 
14 
16 
4 
8 
66 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
1 
5 
_ 
1 
4 
_ 
_ 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
8 
3 
1 
- 
20 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
18 
20 
15 
18 
4 
6 
65 
$1,000 
1,905 
275 
- 
3,670 
1,111 
110 
1,204 
8,121 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
4 
10 
_ 
2 
4 
_ 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
9 
17 
- 
(D) 
9 
- 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
14 
10 
- 
13 
14 
4 
6 
63 
$1,000 
1,896 
258 
- 
(D) 
1,102 
110 
1,204 
(D) 
498 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
