Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Oregon 
Baker 
Benton 
Clackamas 
Clatsop 
Columbia 
Coos 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
434 
5 
21 
36 
- 
2 
9 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
181 
4 
15 
21 
- 
5 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
112 
- 
4 
18 
- 
1 
4 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
9 
33 
53 
- 
4 
11 
$1,000 
194,356 
77 
4,597 
18,503 
- 
25 
9,619 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
195 
6 
17 
24 
_ 
2 
2 
$1,000 
399 
8 
32 
72 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
359 
3 
16 
29 
- 
2 
9 
$1,000 
193,956 
69 
4,565 
18,431 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Crook 
Curry 
Deschutes 
Douglas 
Gilliam 
Grant 
Ffarney 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
5 
- 
2 
4 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
5 
3 
11 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
6 
6 
14 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
638 
- 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
6 
1 
9 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
14 
(D) 
16 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
5 
5 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
622 
- 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Flood River 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Josephine 
Klamath 
Lake 
Lane 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
13 
31 
1 
26 
36 
18 
38 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
3 
11 
1 
12 
1 
- 
28 
organic production 
farms 
2 
7 
- 
3 
7 
2 
15 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
15 
36 
2 
33 
32 
17 
60 
$1,000 
2,450 
3,364 
(D) 
5,504 
19,704 
2,494 
6,087 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
4 
16 
1 
11 
3 
_ 
21 
$1,000 
5 
24 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
- 
43 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
11 
20 
1 
22 
29 
17 
39 
$1,000 
2,444 
3,340 
(D) 
5,474 
(D) 
2,494 
6,044 
Item 
Lincoln 
Linn 
Malheur 
Marion 
Morrow 
Multnomah 
Polk 
Sherman 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
3 
28 
5 
38 
5 
14 
14 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
1 
10 
■ 
5 
“ 
6 
6 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
1 
3 
- 
10 
- 
1 
6 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
36 
5 
35 
5 
20 
19 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
18,702 
2,198 
14,195 
(D) 
331 
2,157 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
1 
12 
_ 
7 
_ 
10 
8 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
29 
- 
19 
- 
19 
10 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
24 
5 
28 
5 
10 
11 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
18,673 
2,198 
14,176 
(D) 
311 
2,147 
(D) 
--continued 
406 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
