Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ohio 
Adams 
Allen 
Ashland 
Ashtabula 
Athens 
Auglaize 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
506 
- 
4 
14 
5 
5 
3 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
94 
“ 
“ 
1 
3 
2 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
136 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
538 
- 
4 
15 
7 
7 
1 
$1,000 
46,284 
- 
135 
1,197 
347 
610 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
109 
_ 
1 
2 
3 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
207 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
429 
- 
3 
13 
4 
5 
1 
$1,000 
46,077 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
343 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Belmont 
Brown 
Butler 
Carroll 
Champaign 
Clark 
Clermont 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
1 
- 
3 
6 
5 
- 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
“ 
3 
“ 
“ 
“ 
4 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
1 
- 
6 
6 
4 
- 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
694 
66 
- 
57 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
4 
$1,000 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
3 
6 
4 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
30 
694 
66 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Clinton 
Columbiana 
Coshocten 
Crawford 
Cuyahoga 
Darke 
Defiance 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
5 
1 
8 
- 
- 
3 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
3 
■ 
3 
5 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
5 
2 
7 
2 
5 
2 
1 
$1,000 
132 
(D) 
641 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
1 
1 
_ 
2 
5 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
4 
1 
7 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
641 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Delaware 
Erie 
Fairfield 
Fayette 
Franklin 
Fulton 
Gallia 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
5 
1 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 
1 
“ 
organic production 
....farms 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
5 
1 
2 
4 
3 
1 
- 
$1,000 
320 
(D) 
(D) 
193 
16 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
5 
1 
2 
4 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
320 
(D) 
(D) 
193 
(D) 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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