Table 23. Production Contracts for Organic Products - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Farms 
Farms by percent of total organic production under production contracts 
Less than 
25 percent 
25 to 49 
percent 
50 to 74 
percent 
75 to 99 
percent 
100 
percent 
United States 
1,414 
150 
131 
189 
189 
755 
Alabama 
3 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
Arizona 
16 
4 
- 
- 
1 
11 
Arkansas 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
California 
281 
15 
15 
11 
30 
210 
Colorado 
18 
4 
2 
- 
3 
9 
Delaware 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
Florida 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
Georgia 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Idaho 
16 
2 
1 
6 
4 
3 
Illinois 
49 
3 
9 
9 
9 
19 
Indiana 
6 
_ 
2 
_ 
2 
2 
Iowa 
112 
14 
13 
22 
9 
54 
Kansas 
9 
3 
- 
1 
- 
5 
Kentucky 
9 
- 
- 
3 
- 
6 
Maine 
29 
6 
2 
2 
2 
17 
Maryland 
8 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Massachusetts 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Michigan 
70 
5 
6 
13 
11 
35 
Minnesota 
107 
17 
21 
30 
9 
30 
Missouri 
47 
- 
6 
8 
7 
26 
Montana 
44 
3 
4 
7 
9 
21 
Nebraska 
29 
4 
2 
9 
4 
10 
New Hampshire 
9 
2 
2 
- 
2 
3 
New Mexico 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
New York 
54 
10 
5 
6 
5 
28 
North Carolina 
50 
_ 
_ 
4 
3 
43 
North Dakota 
33 
1 
3 
3 
7 
19 
Ohio 
32 
7 
7 
4 
5 
9 
Oklahoma 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oregon 
42 
11 
5 
5 
6 
15 
Pennsylvania 
55 
1 
2 
2 
10 
40 
South Carolina 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
South Dakota 
19 
7 
2 
2 
6 
2 
Tennessee 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Texas 
41 
1 
1 
5 
3 
31 
Utah 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 
Vermont 
12 
4 
1 
2 
2 
3 
Virginia 
33 
5 
- 
1 
7 
20 
Washington 
47 
7 
1 
6 
9 
24 
Wisconsin 
98 
13 
16 
19 
8 
42 
Wyoming 
14 
- 
1 
- 
3 
10 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 219 
