Table 47. Production Practices - Certified Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Produced or 
used organic 
mulch/compost 
(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 
5,962 
8,400 
4,881 
8,658 
6,695 
1,768 
2,858 
Alabama 
12 
7 
6 
14 
11 
1 
1 
Alaska 
4 
4 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Arizona 
43 
33 
26 
23 
40 
- 
2 
Arkansas 
20 
17 
12 
8 
20 
1 
1 
California 
1,525 
1,177 
1,235 
1,477 
2,006 
130 
159 
Colorado 
66 
79 
52 
94 
85 
12 
11 
Connecticut 
71 
48 
45 
37 
44 
5 
3 
Delaware 
- 
3 
3 
6 
6 
- 
1 
Florida 
84 
64 
64 
96 
114 
5 
4 
Georgia 
64 
62 
41 
52 
68 
6 
6 
Flawaii 
81 
67 
66 
75 
66 
9 
8 
Idaho 
63 
73 
76 
108 
105 
18 
21 
Illinois 
83 
173 
69 
190 
87 
31 
37 
Indiana 
47 
220 
56 
188 
54 
75 
140 
Iowa 
202 
489 
166 
521 
209 
109 
111 
Kansas 
30 
57 
33 
67 
30 
6 
5 
Kentucky 
39 
68 
39 
59 
50 
15 
35 
Louisiana 
3 
8 
4 
10 
5 
3 
3 
Maine 
245 
299 
182 
170 
169 
97 
118 
Maryland 
58 
74 
42 
83 
70 
13 
23 
Massachusetts 
90 
90 
63 
64 
90 
17 
18 
Michigan 
126 
222 
67 
228 
89 
29 
63 
Minnesota 
161 
414 
189 
429 
179 
77 
139 
Mississippi 
4 
2 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Missouri 
55 
131 
61 
142 
59 
30 
26 
Montana 
48 
96 
56 
103 
56 
36 
35 
Nebraska 
54 
102 
54 
141 
93 
19 
20 
Nevada 
23 
27 
20 
23 
32 
- 
- 
New Hampshire 
87 
77 
50 
47 
57 
19 
22 
New Jersey 
36 
45 
28 
46 
39 
8 
8 
New Mexico 
70 
78 
64 
66 
83 
20 
14 
New York 
374 
703 
271 
571 
303 
190 
428 
North Carolina 
81 
102 
81 
139 
125 
19 
22 
North Dakota 
21 
55 
23 
83 
12 
2 
4 
Ohio 
184 
428 
132 
419 
197 
107 
215 
Oklahoma 
16 
23 
16 
23 
22 
6 
7 
Oregon 
249 
242 
202 
295 
334 
38 
66 
Pennsylvania 
219 
535 
220 
504 
294 
158 
285 
Rhode Island 
21 
18 
16 
17 
21 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
28 
20 
14 
25 
14 
2 
2 
South Dakota 
14 
60 
25 
73 
16 
7 
8 
Tennessee 
15 
26 
12 
25 
21 
4 
7 
Texas 
82 
102 
56 
113 
126 
18 
19 
Utah 
16 
26 
19 
33 
32 
7 
7 
Vermont 
249 
353 
163 
283 
181 
81 
196 
Virginia 
61 
74 
64 
93 
92 
16 
22 
Washington 
374 
337 
330 
420 
452 
43 
61 
West Virginia 
6 
4 
4 
4 
4 
6 
6 
Wisconsin 
449 
969 
351 
938 
405 
264 
463 
Wyoming 
9 
17 
9 
31 
20 
9 
6 
408 2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
