Table 50. Primary Production Challenge - Certified 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 
3,929 
35 
847 
7 
2,356 
21 
Alabama 
4 
31 
_ 
_ 
7 
54 
Alaska 
2 
50 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
16 
29 
7 
13 
20 
37 
Arkansas 
2 
9 
2 
10 
7 
33 
California 
846 
38 
217 
9 
537 
23 
Colorado 
37 
30 
7 
5 
39 
31 
Connecticut 
25 
36 
8 
12 
14 
20 
Delaware 
5 
83 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florida 
33 
28 
18 
17 
26 
22 
Georgia 
6 
8 
6 
8 
29 
39 
Flawaii 
39 
36 
5 
4 
24 
22 
Idaho 
51 
38 
7 
5 
35 
26 
Illinois 
62 
29 
8 
4 
54 
25 
Indiana 
109 
51 
8 
4 
44 
21 
Iowa 
212 
40 
25 
5 
109 
21 
Kansas 
25 
36 
1 
1 
12 
17 
Kentucky 
19 
24 
4 
5 
11 
14 
Louisiana 
7 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maine 
93 
24 
23 
6 
63 
16 
Maryland 
27 
27 
- 
- 
11 
11 
Massachusetts 
22 
19 
13 
11 
23 
19 
Michigan 
58 
23 
7 
3 
57 
22 
Minnesota 
121 
27 
36 
8 
111 
25 
Mississippi 
1 
13 
2 
25 
1 
12 
Missouri 
57 
31 
9 
5 
44 
24 
Montana 
28 
22 
8 
6 
24 
19 
Nebraska 
35 
24 
13 
9 
34 
23 
Nevada 
8 
22 
- 
- 
7 
18 
New Hampshire 
34 
33 
13 
12 
11 
11 
New Jersey 
11 
21 
1 
2 
10 
19 
New Mexico 
38 
37 
8 
8 
9 
9 
New York 
284 
37 
64 
8 
149 
20 
North Carolina 
63 
36 
17 
10 
48 
27 
North Dakota 
20 
25 
7 
9 
25 
31 
Ohio 
197 
45 
18 
4 
65 
15 
Oklahoma 
16 
47 
2 
6 
3 
9 
Oregon 
116 
29 
36 
9 
106 
26 
Pennsylvania 
265 
45 
30 
5 
93 
16 
Rhode Island 
4 
17 
- 
- 
6 
26 
South Carolina 
10 
31 
2 
6 
- 
- 
South Dakota 
20 
29 
3 
4 
19 
27 
Tennessee 
9 
32 
5 
18 
5 
18 
Texas 
48 
34 
10 
7 
22 
16 
Utah 
34 
64 
- 
- 
7 
13 
Vermont 
152 
32 
69 
15 
65 
14 
Virginia 
60 
46 
2 
2 
20 
15 
Washington 
213 
38 
35 
6 
93 
17 
West Virginia 
2 
22 
- 
- 
6 
67 
Wisconsin 
365 
36 
86 
8 
236 
23 
Wyoming 
18 
37 
5 
10 
15 
31 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 417 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
