Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Goodhue 
Grant 
Hennepin 
Houston 
Hubbard 
Isanti 
Itasca 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
15 
3 
2 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
” 
“ 
3 
1 
“ 
1 
organic production 
farms 
3 
2 
3 
2 
4 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
15 
3 
1 
- 
$1,000 
4,245 
- 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
8 
1 
- 
_ 
$1,000 
8 
- 
- 
4 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
7 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
4,236 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Jackson 
Kanabec 
Kandiyohi 
Kittson 
Koochiching 
Lac qui Parle 
Lake 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
6 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
” 
” 
“ 
“ 
” 
” 
4 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
" 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
4 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
4 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
6 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Lake of the 
Woods 
Le Sueur 
Lincoln 
Lyon 
McLeod 
Mahnomen 
Marshall 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
10 
2 
- 
6 
5 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
2 
“ 
“ 
3 
“ 
2 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
12 
1 
- 
9 
5 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
895 
(D) 
1,057 
61 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
8 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
2 
10 
1 
- 
6 
5 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,049 
61 
- 
Item 
Martin 
Meeker 
Mille Lacs 
Morrison 
Mower 
Murray 
Nicollet 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
4 
17 
3 
3 
5 
4 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
2 
3 
2 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
4 
15 
3 
1 
5 
4 
- 
$1,000 
289 
1,302 
38 
(D) 
82 
918 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
4 
15 
2 
1 
5 
4 
- 
$1,000 
289 
1,302 
(D) 
(D) 
82 
918 
- 
-continued 
610 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
