Table 47. Production Practices - Certified 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 
4,200 
2,245 
4,189 
4,600 
4,361 
3,650 
Alabama 
11 
2 
8 
11 
12 
8 
Alaska 
2 
4 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Arizona 
29 
11 
25 
20 
14 
9 
Arkansas 
18 
6 
9 
16 
19 
6 
California 
1,061 
681 
1,109 
722 
702 
342 
Colorado 
55 
38 
56 
66 
51 
32 
Connecticut 
30 
21 
44 
55 
55 
25 
Delaware 
5 
3 
3 
6 
6 
6 
Florida 
55 
34 
75 
66 
69 
35 
Georgia 
49 
30 
43 
66 
55 
40 
Flawaii 
51 
34 
59 
53 
46 
21 
Idaho 
50 
24 
30 
53 
54 
45 
Illinois 
84 
40 
65 
97 
92 
114 
Indiana 
42 
16 
41 
62 
56 
96 
Iowa 
112 
25 
82 
155 
166 
254 
Kansas 
14 
11 
28 
39 
31 
34 
Kentucky 
44 
20 
35 
34 
31 
19 
Louisiana 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
Maine 
173 
67 
144 
218 
180 
110 
Maryland 
48 
29 
54 
58 
54 
51 
Massachusetts 
52 
42 
64 
84 
74 
43 
Michigan 
78 
36 
90 
94 
80 
89 
Minnesota 
80 
27 
124 
153 
194 
225 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Missouri 
38 
20 
43 
52 
48 
70 
Montana 
49 
28 
57 
54 
73 
51 
Nebraska 
42 
14 
54 
65 
74 
79 
Nevada 
18 
5 
22 
25 
15 
7 
New Hampshire 
46 
31 
38 
66 
61 
37 
New Jersey 
24 
13 
43 
45 
43 
26 
New Mexico 
46 
30 
51 
50 
50 
30 
New York 
212 
116 
187 
287 
270 
268 
North Carolina 
90 
48 
114 
105 
113 
76 
North Dakota 
16 
10 
17 
43 
29 
48 
Ohio 
115 
53 
93 
161 
179 
171 
Oklahoma 
16 
9 
11 
14 
15 
11 
Oregon 
196 
107 
194 
168 
169 
104 
Pennsylvania 
233 
106 
172 
281 
262 
299 
Rhode Island 
7 
7 
10 
21 
23 
17 
South Carolina 
17 
2 
17 
22 
20 
18 
South Dakota 
19 
7 
19 
35 
27 
47 
Tennessee 
9 
5 
14 
11 
13 
6 
Texas 
47 
34 
49 
57 
58 
58 
Utah 
13 
10 
19 
16 
15 
12 
Vermont 
127 
88 
134 
131 
134 
84 
Virginia 
63 
35 
83 
66 
80 
48 
Washington 
321 
158 
315 
233 
181 
81 
West Virginia 
2 
2 
6 
4 
5 
2 
Wisconsin 
282 
100 
225 
443 
346 
386 
Wyoming 
5 
2 
6 
9 
9 
4 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 407 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
