Table 74. Production Practices - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Produced or 
used organic 
mulch/compos 
t 
(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 
1,120 
1,009 
843 
601 
811 
280 
217 
Alabama 
13 
11 
9 
8 
11 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
9 
6 
7 
5 
9 
- 
- 
Arkansas 
5 
1 
3 
3 
3 
1 
- 
California 
124 
92 
93 
58 
125 
14 
6 
Colorado 
21 
19 
13 
8 
17 
2 
2 
Connecticut 
35 
30 
28 
8 
22 
12 
6 
Delaware 
3 
1 
2 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Florida 
17 
15 
13 
13 
16 
10 
4 
Georgia 
27 
22 
27 
11 
19 
8 
6 
Flawaii 
37 
27 
21 
18 
22 
- 
- 
Idaho 
4 
6 
4 
4 
4 
_ 
2 
Illinois 
31 
29 
22 
23 
21 
4 
5 
Indiana 
16 
20 
14 
18 
4 
3 
8 
Iowa 
13 
12 
14 
15 
12 
3 
- 
Kansas 
4 
2 
4 
4 
4 
4 
- 
Kentucky 
21 
17 
14 
7 
19 
4 
2 
Louisiana 
7 
4 
5 
4 
5 
- 
- 
Maine 
55 
54 
53 
35 
35 
13 
9 
Maryland 
7 
5 
9 
7 
3 
3 
3 
Massachusetts 
36 
41 
38 
8 
19 
12 
11 
Michigan 
34 
34 
32 
17 
25 
18 
12 
Minnesota 
29 
28 
18 
22 
22 
1 
3 
Missouri 
27 
29 
20 
19 
29 
3 
5 
Montana 
9 
6 
4 
4 
6 
- 
2 
Nebraska 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Nevada 
3 
_ 
3 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
New Hampshire 
38 
33 
28 
16 
15 
11 
2 
New Jersey 
19 
19 
17 
10 
14 
7 
6 
New Mexico 
11 
11 
11 
- 
11 
- 
- 
New York 
47 
43 
32 
23 
27 
11 
12 
North Carolina 
45 
44 
40 
29 
38 
10 
10 
Ohio 
33 
40 
26 
18 
29 
16 
13 
Oklahoma 
10 
10 
5 
5 
10 
5 
3 
Oregon 
64 
58 
41 
27 
39 
7 
11 
Pennsylvania 
21 
19 
10 
7 
6 
6 
8 
Rhode Island 
1 
1 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
South Carolina 
8 
10 
5 
3 
8 
10 
5 
South Dakota 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Tennessee 
20 
16 
10 
10 
4 
3 
1 
Texas 
42 
31 
19 
26 
33 
14 
7 
Vermont 
24 
23 
17 
8 
19 
13 
9 
Virginia 
17 
17 
10 
10 
12 
2 
2 
Washington 
51 
43 
43 
27 
41 
19 
17 
West Virginia 
11 
9 
4 
6 
6 
2 
2 
Wisconsin 
65 
67 
53 
50 
38 
27 
21 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 527 
