Ninety-six of the 143 growers of organic commodities responded yes or no to a question asking if obtaining operating loans from banks was a problem. Many did not answer this question, with several indicating that this question did not apply to them or that operating loans were not even requested. Of the 96 respondents, 93% said obtaining operating loans was not a problem. It is likely that many of the "no" responses were a result of operating loans not being needed.
There were no noteworthy trends in acreage size among the respondents for whom operating loans were a problem. A possible trend may be by farm commodity as three producers depended primarily on marketing of agronomic crops, one on agronomic crops and livestock, one on livestock alone, and only two on vegetable crops.