Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Arkansas 
- 
47 
79 
7,143 
289 
2,199 
115 
440 
135 
Counties 
Arkansas 
_ 
_ 
2 
15 
2 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
Ashley 
- 
2 
2 
45 
5 
17 
2 
5 
6 
Baxter 
- 
- 
1 
132 
5 
21 
- 
3 
1 
Benton 
- 
1 
4 
405 
10 
103 
1 
23 
5 
Boone 
- 
- 
3 
261 
4 
56 
1 
22 
2 
Bradley 
- 
- 
- 
25 
3 
8 
- 
- 
11 
Calhoun 
- 
- 
- 
19 
2 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Carroll 
- 
1 
1 
223 
14 
60 
8 
6 
3 
Chicot 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Clark 
- 
- 
- 
46 
- 
23 
1 
- 
- 
Clay 
- 
- 
2 
38 
- 
18 
2 
2 
1 
Cleburne 
- 
- 
1 
131 
1 
25 
- 
5 
2 
Cleveland 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Columbia 
- 
- 
- 
36 
- 
24 
2 
- 
- 
Conway 
- 
2 
2 
140 
2 
47 
2 
13 
- 
Craighead 
- 
- 
- 
29 
5 
10 
- 
- 
2 
Crawford 
- 
4 
2 
122 
16 
49 
6 
16 
3 
Crittenden 
- 
- 
- 
13 
6 
7 
2 
- 
2 
Cross 
- 
- 
2 
16 
1 
1 
- 
3 
1 
Dallas 
- 
- 
- 
14 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Desha 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
3 
2 
5 
_ 
1 
Drew 
- 
- 
- 
39 
3 
11 
- 
- 
1 
Faulkner 
- 
- 
3 
194 
10 
52 
1 
21 
1 
Franklin 
- 
- 
3 
155 
5 
50 
2 
15 
4 
Fulton 
- 
2 
1 
195 
2 
83 
- 
11 
2 
Garland 
- 
- 
1 
54 
3 
21 
2 
5 
- 
Grant 
- 
- 
- 
55 
3 
12 
- 
7 
5 
Greene 
- 
- 
- 
57 
7 
15 
- 
10 
2 
Flempstead 
- 
- 
1 
143 
5 
35 
3 
8 
2 
Hot Spring 
- 
4 
- 
92 
5 
32 
2 
3 
1 
Howard 
_ 
_ 
_ 
108 
_ 
35 
6 
4 
3 
Independence 
- 
1 
5 
176 
8 
48 
- 
12 
4 
Izard 
- 
5 
- 
159 
1 
37 
- 
12 
- 
Jackson 
- 
- 
- 
22 
3 
20 
1 
3 
2 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
1 
29 
3 
8 
1 
3 
2 
Johnson 
- 
- 
3 
112 
6 
52 
1 
13 
7 
Lafayette 
- 
- 
- 
36 
1 
17 
1 
2 
1 
Lawrence 
- 
3 
3 
101 
3 
13 
2 
3 
2 
Lee 
- 
- 
- 
10 
2 
1 
2 
- 
1 
Lincoln 
- 
- 
- 
51 
- 
5 
4 
1 
- 
Little River 
_ 
1 
_ 
57 
1 
17 
_ 
3 
_ 
Logan 
- 
1 
1 
159 
2 
59 
2 
11 
2 
Lonoke 
- 
- 
2 
82 
19 
35 
1 
13 
2 
Madison 
- 
- 
4 
292 
7 
69 
4 
13 
1 
Marion 
- 
- 
- 
119 
3 
30 
2 
3 
- 
Miller 
- 
- 
2 
69 
6 
43 
- 
3 
1 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
8 
1 
- 
3 
Monroe 
- 
- 
1 
8 
1 
3 
3 
- 
2 
Montgomery 
- 
- 
- 
82 
1 
16 
- 
5 
- 
Nevada 
- 
1 
- 
58 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Newton 
_ 
_ 
5 
145 
3 
40 
_ 
7 
2 
Ouachita 
- 
- 
- 
21 
1 
14 
- 
- 
1 
Perry 
- 
1 
- 
78 
6 
23 
4 
5 
- 
Phillips 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Pike 
- 
1 
- 
76 
2 
21 
- 
- 
1 
Poinsett 
- 
- 
- 
16 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Polk 
- 
- 
- 
178 
2 
52 
1 
9 
- 
Pope 
- 
2 
3 
178 
2 
47 
5 
14 
6 
Prairie 
- 
1 
- 
20 
1 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Pulaski 
- 
- 
- 
48 
8 
18 
4 
9 
1 
Randolph 
- 
2 
- 
178 
3 
50 
- 
3 
- 
St. Francis 
- 
- 
- 
16 
3 
2 
3 
- 
- 
Saline 
- 
1 
- 
67 
6 
32 
2 
4 
2 
Scott 
- 
- 
3 
83 
- 
34 
- 
4 
- 
Searcy 
- 
- 
- 
145 
2 
43 
2 
4 
1 
Sebastian 
- 
2 
- 
117 
2 
39 
3 
16 
2 
Sevier 
- 
- 
- 
109 
- 
19 
- 
4 
- 
Sharp 
- 
- 
- 
130 
- 
45 
- 
15 
1 
Stone 
- 
1 
4 
116 
3 
34 
- 
5 
1 
Union 
- 
- 
2 
47 
2 
15 
2 
2 
1 
Van Buren 
_ 
_ 
1 
114 
_ 
40 
1 
8 
_ 
Washington 
- 
2 
3 
444 
38 
139 
7 
19 
17 
White 
- 
3 
4 
218 
6 
96 
2 
18 
7 
Woodruff 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Yell 
- 
3 
1 
137 
3 
50 
2 
12 
1 
510 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
