Table 79. Five-Year Production Plan - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Discontinue 
organic production 
Discontinue 
all production 
Do not know 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
United States 
24 
2 
40 
3 
205 
14 
Alabama 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
62 
California 
7 
4 
1 
1 
41 
24 
Colorado 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
13 
Connecticut 
_ 
_ 
4 
9 
3 
7 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florida 
4 
20 
- 
- 
1 
5 
Georgia 
3 
10 
- 
- 
4 
13 
Flawaii 
- 
- 
3 
7 
- 
- 
Idaho 
2 
20 
_ 
_ 
4 
40 
Illinois 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Indiana 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
32 
Iowa 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
11 
Kansas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Kentucky 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
19 
Louisiana 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
56 
Maine 
3 
4 
2 
3 
11 
15 
Maryland 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
30 
Massachusetts 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
15 
Michigan 
1 
2 
1 
2 
4 
9 
Minnesota 
- 
- 
1 
3 
7 
19 
Missouri 
- 
- 
4 
13 
2 
6 
Montana 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
33 
Nebraska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nevada 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
New Hampshire 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
11 
New Jersey 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
8 
New Mexico 
- 
- 
4 
36 
5 
45 
New York 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
North Carolina 
_ 
_ 
5 
8 
13 
21 
Ohio 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
20 
Oklahoma 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
50 
Oregon 
- 
- 
2 
3 
10 
15 
Pennsylvania 
- 
- 
4 
15 
5 
19 
Rhode Island 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
South Carolina 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
South Dakota 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
100 
Tennessee 
- 
- 
2 
8 
6 
25 
Texas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
11 
Vermont 
2 
6 
_ 
_ 
4 
11 
Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
Washington 
- 
- 
4 
5 
4 
5 
West Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wisconsin 
2 
2 
1 
1 
6 
6 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 539 
