Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Tillamook 
Umatilla 
Union 
Wallowa 
Wasco 
Washington 
Wheeler 
Yamhill 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
.... farms 
3 
10 
2 
1 
12 
18 
" 
29 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
.... farms 
“ 
6 
2 
2 
1 
9 
1 
8 
organic production 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
.... farms 
3 
2 
1 
9 
5 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
3 
13 
4 
3 
9 
25 
1 
36 
$1,000 
(D) 
1 1 ,470 
(D) 
(D) 
335 
2,570 
(D) 
15,317 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
2 
13 
1 
12 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
15 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
3 
11 
2 
1 
7 
12 
24 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,538 
- 
15,302 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Oregon 
3,373 
87 
324 
6,705 
1,898 
3,292 
391 
153 
761 
Counties 
Baker 
101 
_ 
2 
183 
15 
51 
4 
2 
6 
Benton 
11 
13 
8 
168 
91 
108 
10 
8 
33 
Clackamas 
3 
11 
29 
645 
206 
331 
35 
13 
58 
Clatsop 
- 
2 
5 
42 
11 
22 
5 
- 
7 
Columbia 
2 
2 
10 
165 
23 
78 
5 
6 
7 
Coos 
1 
9 
9 
161 
28 
73 
1 
11 
8 
Crook 
214 
- 
1 
152 
12 
56 
6 
2 
3 
Curry 
- 
1 
- 
40 
14 
25 
6 
1 
11 
Deschutes 
357 
- 
1 
310 
46 
143 
8 
4 
9 
Douglas 
38 
2 
23 
411 
63 
203 
18 
9 
23 
Gilliam 
_ 
_ 
4 
28 
2 
4 
3 
3 
2 
Grant 
13 
- 
5 
113 
7 
44 
2 
- 
3 
Flarney 
7 
- 
- 
117 
2 
25 
1 
7 
3 
Flood River 
75 
- 
- 
72 
47 
48 
16 
2 
29 
Jackson 
462 
4 
21 
366 
120 
193 
22 
3 
34 
Jefferson 
194 
- 
2 
112 
13 
36 
3 
4 
1 
Josephine 
69 
5 
6 
112 
47 
85 
14 
2 
24 
Klamath 
412 
- 
- 
272 
19 
77 
7 
7 
11 
Lake 
11 
- 
7 
76 
13 
27 
2 
1 
7 
Lane 
39 
8 
33 
478 
175 
253 
48 
16 
81 
Lincoln 
1 
1 
5 
71 
11 
49 
4 
4 
7 
Linn 
42 
8 
30 
363 
93 
188 
26 
9 
49 
Malheur 
651 
1 
3 
258 
22 
87 
4 
3 
11 
Marion 
75 
3 
20 
305 
167 
187 
22 
9 
87 
Morrow 
71 
1 
1 
70 
8 
25 
- 
- 
2 
Multnomah 
3 
- 
5 
65 
93 
66 
31 
- 
24 
Polk 
4 
1 
9 
182 
73 
112 
5 
4 
18 
Sherman 
- 
- 
3 
22 
5 
5 
- 
- 
3 
Tillamook 
1 
- 
3 
97 
22 
10 
14 
2 
9 
Umatilla 
272 
1 
19 
294 
51 
112 
5 
3 
30 
Union 
8 
5 
12 
163 
16 
50 
_ 
2 
8 
Wallowa 
18 
- 
3 
147 
18 
46 
8 
3 
8 
Wasco 
64 
1 
6 
98 
32 
45 
6 
1 
12 
Washington 
127 
5 
18 
174 
143 
175 
30 
6 
68 
Wheeler 
8 
- 
- 
44 
2 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Yamhill 
19 
3 
21 
329 
188 
241 
20 
6 
65 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Oregon 407 
