certification from an accredited certifying agent (ACA). USDA has determined that payments will be 
limited to 75 percent of an individual producer's certification costs , up to a maximum of $750 per year. 
Item 3 - Select either "Yes" or "No" to whether you were able to acquire a sufficient amount of organic 
seeds in 2014. 
Item 4 - Select either "Yes" or "No" to whether adequate organic production inputs, such as pest control, 
crop/soil nutrients, organic feed for livestock, etc) were available for your operation in 2014. 
Item 5 - Select one of the choices provided that best describes your primary challenge as an organic 
farmer/rancher. 
Item 6 - Report the number of years in which your operation has been growing or raising any agricultural 
products. 
Item 7 - Report the number of years in which any portion of your operation has been certified organic. 
Item 8 - Select one of the choices provided that best describes the [plan for the operation over the next 
five years. 
Item 9 - Select one of the choices provided that best describes your operation's total gross value of sales 
of all agricultural productions - organically or conventionally grown or raised - in 201 4. 
Item 10 - Report what percent of item 9 came from the sales of organically raised or produced 
agricultural products. 
Item 11 - Report what percent of your Net Household Income, the combined incomes of all people living 
in your residence, came from the production and sale of organic agricultural products. 
SECTION 16 TRANSITIONAL ACREAGE 
Transitional acres - Conventional acres in the process of becoming certified organic. This process 
usually takes 3 years. 
/ferns 2a- 2c- Report in whole number the numbers the transitional acres owned, leased from others, 
and/or leased to others. 
Item 3 - Calculate and report the sum of items 2a - 2b. 
Item 4a- 4b- Report what percent of the transitional acres reported in item 3 were cropland, 
pastu reland or rangeland. 
Item 5 - Report how large of a premium (in percent) over conventional prices did you received for your 
production from transitional acres. 
Item 6 - Marketing Contract Arrangement - A verbal or written agreement, reached before harvest of a 
crop, setting a price or pricing formula and market for the commodity. The operation usually owns the 
commodity prior to delivery. 
[SECTION 17) CONCLUSION 
Please print the name of the person completing this form, the date completed, and telephone number in 
the boxes provided. 
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