Table 74. Production Practices - Exempt 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 
579 
265 
651 
805 
674 
382 
Alabama 
6 
2 
11 
13 
7 
4 
Alaska 
6 
4 
5 
10 
7 
2 
Arkansas 
- 
2 
- 
4 
2 
- 
California 
50 
33 
85 
55 
53 
21 
Colorado 
10 
7 
9 
13 
9 
3 
Connecticut 
12 
3 
16 
31 
20 
14 
Delaware 
3 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
Florida 
15 
6 
7 
11 
15 
7 
Georgia 
20 
12 
16 
25 
22 
12 
Flawaii 
18 
9 
10 
16 
11 
5 
Idaho 
6 
2 
6 
4 
2 
2 
Illinois 
14 
4 
25 
23 
28 
15 
Indiana 
10 
2 
6 
8 
10 
6 
Iowa 
8 
3 
4 
10 
7 
8 
Kansas 
4 
- 
4 
2 
6 
2 
Kentucky 
8 
7 
9 
15 
16 
10 
Louisiana 
2 
- 
5 
5 
5 
2 
Maine 
33 
4 
35 
50 
41 
19 
Maryland 
3 
- 
8 
7 
7 
5 
Massachusetts 
14 
16 
16 
35 
16 
7 
Michigan 
22 
5 
31 
35 
25 
11 
Minnesota 
11 
2 
20 
19 
16 
7 
Missouri 
12 
9 
18 
22 
14 
15 
Montana 
5 
6 
6 
4 
4 
2 
Nebraska 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Nevada 
_ 
_ 
3 
3 
_ 
_ 
New Hampshire 
22 
6 
11 
31 
27 
12 
New Jersey 
6 
6 
9 
15 
7 
2 
New Mexico 
2 
2 
- 
4 
5 
4 
New York 
15 
4 
20 
36 
27 
22 
North Carolina 
35 
8 
33 
41 
35 
20 
Ohio 
21 
7 
19 
31 
21 
24 
Oklahoma 
8 
5 
5 
7 
7 
2 
Oregon 
23 
9 
28 
33 
29 
12 
Pennsylvania 
6 
8 
8 
7 
8 
6 
Rhode Island 
1 
_ 
1 
1 
1 
1 
South Carolina 
8 
6 
8 
6 
8 
3 
South Dakota 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tennessee 
7 
4 
17 
14 
9 
6 
Texas 
27 
27 
23 
30 
32 
18 
Vermont 
15 
5 
19 
19 
9 
6 
Virginia 
12 
3 
15 
9 
17 
4 
Washington 
37 
16 
32 
39 
33 
18 
West Virginia 
8 
2 
9 
4 
7 
7 
Wisconsin 
32 
7 
37 
54 
45 
34 
-continued 
526 2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
