Table 24. Primary Production Challenge - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Regulatory problems 
Price issues 
Production problems 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
United States 
4,281 
34 
927 
7 
2,607 
21 
Alabama 
4 
15 
_ 
_ 
12 
46 
Alaska 
5 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
16 
29 
7 
13 
20 
37 
Arkansas 
5 
18 
4 
14 
9 
32 
California 
900 
36 
219 
9 
573 
23 
Colorado 
44 
30 
7 
5 
39 
26 
Connecticut 
32 
29 
12 
11 
22 
20 
Delaware 
6 
60 
- 
- 
2 
20 
Florida 
43 
32 
18 
13 
26 
19 
Georgia 
20 
19 
6 
6 
37 
36 
Flawaii 
45 
30 
7 
5 
38 
25 
Idaho 
55 
38 
7 
5 
35 
24 
Illinois 
66 
27 
8 
3 
65 
26 
Indiana 
122 
50 
8 
3 
44 
18 
Iowa 
212 
39 
26 
5 
115 
21 
Kansas 
27 
36 
3 
4 
12 
16 
Kentucky 
24 
24 
6 
6 
12 
12 
Louisiana 
9 
43 
2 
10 
3 
14 
Maine 
107 
24 
25 
5 
74 
16 
Maryland 
30 
27 
2 
2 
15 
13 
Massachusetts 
45 
27 
13 
8 
32 
19 
Michigan 
71 
24 
12 
4 
60 
20 
Minnesota 
129 
27 
40 
8 
115 
24 
Mississippi 
1 
13 
2 
25 
1 
12 
Missouri 
64 
30 
9 
4 
54 
25 
Montana 
29 
22 
8 
6 
26 
20 
Nebraska 
35 
23 
15 
10 
34 
22 
Nevada 
8 
20 
- 
- 
10 
24 
New Hampshire 
49 
35 
24 
17 
13 
9 
New Jersey 
17 
22 
2 
3 
20 
26 
New Mexico 
38 
34 
8 
7 
14 
13 
New York 
298 
36 
69 
8 
154 
19 
North Carolina 
76 
32 
20 
8 
60 
25 
North Dakota 
20 
25 
7 
9 
25 
31 
Ohio 
210 
45 
19 
4 
78 
16 
Oklahoma 
19 
43 
2 
5 
7 
16 
Oregon 
128 
29 
38 
8 
115 
25 
Pennsylvania 
270 
44 
33 
5 
96 
16 
Rhode Island 
4 
16 
- 
- 
7 
29 
South Carolina 
13 
31 
2 
5 
3 
7 
South Dakota 
20 
28 
3 
4 
19 
26 
Tennessee 
13 
27 
7 
15 
7 
15 
Texas 
63 
33 
13 
7 
29 
15 
Utah 
34 
64 
- 
- 
7 
13 
Vermont 
156 
31 
72 
14 
69 
14 
Virginia 
66 
42 
4 
3 
28 
18 
Washington 
223 
36 
39 
6 
101 
16 
West Virginia 
2 
10 
- 
- 
8 
40 
Wisconsin 
390 
35 
94 
8 
247 
22 
Wyoming 
18 
37 
5 
10 
15 
31 
-continued 
220 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
