Table 21. Production Practices - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Produced or 
used organic 
mulch/compos 
t 
(farms) 
Used green 
or animal 
manures 
(farms) 
Used 
no-till 
or minimum till 
(farms) 
Maintained 
buffer 
strips 
(farms) 
Used water 
management 
practices 
(farms) 
Practiced free- 
range 
livestock 
production 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
grazing 
(farms) 
United States 
7,082 
9,409 
5,724 
9,259 
7,506 
2,048 
3,075 
Alabama 
25 
18 
15 
22 
22 
1 
1 
Alaska 
13 
10 
11 
5 
13 
- 
- 
Arizona 
43 
33 
26 
23 
40 
- 
2 
Arkansas 
25 
18 
15 
11 
23 
2 
1 
California 
1,649 
1,269 
1,328 
1,535 
2,131 
144 
165 
Colorado 
87 
98 
65 
102 
102 
14 
13 
Connecticut 
106 
78 
73 
45 
66 
17 
9 
Delaware 
3 
4 
5 
9 
9 
- 
1 
Florida 
101 
79 
77 
109 
130 
15 
8 
Georgia 
91 
84 
68 
63 
87 
14 
12 
Flawaii 
118 
94 
87 
93 
88 
9 
8 
Idaho 
67 
79 
80 
112 
109 
18 
23 
Illinois 
114 
202 
91 
213 
108 
35 
42 
Indiana 
63 
240 
70 
206 
58 
78 
148 
Iowa 
215 
501 
180 
536 
221 
112 
111 
Kansas 
34 
59 
37 
71 
34 
10 
5 
Kentucky 
60 
85 
53 
66 
69 
19 
37 
Louisiana 
10 
12 
9 
14 
10 
3 
3 
Maine 
300 
353 
235 
205 
204 
110 
127 
Maryland 
65 
79 
51 
90 
73 
16 
26 
Massachusetts 
126 
131 
101 
72 
109 
29 
29 
Michigan 
160 
256 
99 
245 
114 
47 
75 
Minnesota 
190 
442 
207 
451 
201 
78 
142 
Mississippi 
4 
2 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Missouri 
82 
160 
81 
161 
88 
33 
31 
Montana 
57 
102 
60 
107 
62 
36 
37 
Nebraska 
58 
104 
54 
143 
95 
21 
22 
Nevada 
26 
27 
23 
23 
35 
- 
- 
New Hampshire 
125 
110 
78 
63 
72 
30 
24 
New Jersey 
55 
64 
45 
56 
53 
15 
14 
New Mexico 
81 
89 
75 
66 
94 
20 
14 
New York 
421 
746 
303 
594 
330 
201 
440 
North Carolina 
126 
146 
121 
168 
163 
29 
32 
North Dakota 
21 
55 
23 
83 
12 
2 
4 
Ohio 
217 
468 
158 
437 
226 
123 
228 
Oklahoma 
26 
33 
21 
28 
32 
11 
10 
Oregon 
313 
300 
243 
322 
373 
45 
77 
Pennsylvania 
240 
554 
230 
511 
300 
164 
293 
Rhode Island 
22 
19 
17 
18 
21 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
36 
30 
19 
28 
22 
12 
7 
South Dakota 
16 
62 
26 
74 
17 
7 
8 
Tennessee 
35 
42 
22 
35 
25 
7 
8 
Texas 
124 
133 
75 
139 
159 
32 
26 
Utah 
16 
26 
19 
33 
32 
7 
7 
Vermont 
273 
376 
180 
291 
200 
94 
205 
Virginia 
78 
91 
74 
103 
104 
18 
24 
Washington 
425 
380 
373 
447 
493 
62 
78 
West Virginia 
17 
13 
8 
10 
10 
8 
8 
Wisconsin 
514 
1,036 
404 
988 
443 
291 
484 
Wyoming 
9 
17 
9 
31 
20 
9 
6 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 211 
