Table 21 . Production Practices - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Practiced 
biological 
pest 
management 
(farms) 
Released 
beneficial 
organisms 
(farms) 
Maintained 
beneficial insect/ 
vertebrate habitat 
(farms) 
Selected planting 
locations to 
avoid pests 
(farms) 
Chose pest 
resistant 
varieties 
(farms) 
Planned 
plantings 
to avoid cross- 
contamination 
(farms) 
United States 
4,779 
2,510 
4,840 
5,405 
5,035 
4,032 
Alabama 
17 
4 
19 
24 
19 
12 
Alaska 
8 
8 
7 
12 
9 
2 
Arizona 
29 
11 
25 
20 
14 
9 
Arkansas 
18 
8 
9 
20 
21 
6 
California 
1,111 
714 
1,194 
777 
755 
363 
Colorado 
65 
45 
65 
79 
60 
35 
Connecticut 
42 
24 
60 
86 
75 
39 
Delaware 
8 
5 
3 
8 
8 
8 
Florida 
70 
40 
82 
77 
84 
42 
Georgia 
69 
42 
59 
91 
77 
52 
Flawaii 
69 
43 
69 
69 
57 
26 
Idaho 
56 
26 
36 
57 
56 
47 
Illinois 
98 
44 
90 
120 
120 
129 
Indiana 
52 
18 
47 
70 
66 
102 
Iowa 
120 
28 
86 
165 
173 
262 
Kansas 
18 
11 
32 
41 
37 
36 
Kentucky 
52 
27 
44 
49 
47 
29 
Louisiana 
6 
4 
9 
9 
9 
6 
Maine 
206 
71 
179 
268 
221 
129 
Maryland 
51 
29 
62 
65 
61 
56 
Massachusetts 
66 
58 
80 
119 
90 
50 
Michigan 
100 
41 
121 
129 
105 
100 
Minnesota 
91 
29 
144 
172 
210 
232 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Missouri 
50 
29 
61 
74 
62 
85 
Montana 
54 
34 
63 
58 
77 
53 
Nebraska 
44 
14 
56 
67 
76 
79 
Nevada 
18 
5 
25 
28 
15 
7 
New Hampshire 
68 
37 
49 
97 
88 
49 
New Jersey 
30 
19 
52 
60 
50 
28 
New Mexico 
48 
32 
51 
54 
55 
34 
New York 
227 
120 
207 
323 
297 
290 
North Carolina 
125 
56 
147 
146 
148 
96 
North Dakota 
16 
10 
17 
43 
29 
48 
Ohio 
136 
60 
112 
192 
200 
195 
Oklahoma 
24 
14 
16 
21 
22 
13 
Oregon 
219 
116 
222 
201 
198 
116 
Pennsylvania 
239 
114 
180 
288 
270 
305 
Rhode Island 
8 
7 
11 
22 
24 
18 
South Carolina 
25 
8 
25 
28 
28 
21 
South Dakota 
19 
7 
19 
35 
27 
47 
Tennessee 
16 
9 
31 
25 
22 
12 
Texas 
74 
61 
72 
87 
90 
76 
Utah 
13 
10 
19 
16 
15 
12 
Vermont 
142 
93 
153 
150 
143 
90 
Virginia 
75 
38 
98 
75 
97 
52 
Washington 
358 
174 
347 
272 
214 
99 
West Virginia 
10 
4 
15 
8 
12 
9 
Wisconsin 
314 
107 
262 
497 
391 
420 
Wyoming 
5 
2 
6 
9 
9 
4 
--continued 
210 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
