Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Minnesota 
Aitkin 
Anoka 
Becker 
Beltrami 
Benton 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
523 
1 
2 
16 
- 
3 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
76 
1 
4 
1 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
139 
- 
- 
3 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
519 
- 
6 
16 
- 
3 
$1,000 
67,325 
43 
1,462 
- 
84 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
86 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
136 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
433 
- 
2 
15 
- 
3 
$1,000 
67,188 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
84 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
- 
6 
2 
4 
4 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
" 
“ 
1 
4 
1 
organic production 
....farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
“ 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
- 
4 
2 
4 
8 
2 
$1,000 
130 
(D) 
234 
145 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
4 
2 
4 
4 
1 
$1,000 
- 
130 
(D) 
234 
141 
(D) 
Item 
Chippewa 
Chisago 
Clay 
Clearwater 
Cook 
Cottonwood 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
2 
5 
8 
8 
1 
6 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
2 
" 
" 
1 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
“ 
2 
2 
“ 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
2 
6 
8 
6 
2 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
167 
5,045 
757 
(D) 
758 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
5 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
2 
3 
8 
4 
1 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
162 
5,045 
(D) 
(D) 
758 
Item 
Crow Wing 
Dakota 
Dodge 
Douglas 
Faribault 
Fillmore 
Freeborn 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
6 
9 
8 
9 
12 
20 
9 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
” 
1 
“ 
” 
“ 
4 
2 
organic production 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
....farms 
6 
1 
2 
5 
1 
4 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
5 
10 
8 
4 
11 
22 
11 
$1,000 
246 
1,537 
1,087 
518 
1,940 
1,390 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 
5 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
6 
7 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
5 
9 
8 
3 
11 
19 
6 
$1,000 
246 
(D) 
1,087 
(D) 
1,940 
1,385 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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