Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Lexington 
McCormick 
Marion 
Marlboro 
Newberry 
Oconee 
Orangeburg 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
3 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
1 
2 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Pickens 
Richland 
Saluda 
Spartanburg 
Sumter 
Union 
Williamsburg 
York 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
4 
6 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
2 
3 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
- 
62 
- 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
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