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) 
United States Total 
United States 
42,545 
2,725 
1 1 ,759 
288,719 
49,043 
94,799 
12,617 
16,230 
23,274 
States 
Alabama 
_ 
119 
81 
5,548 
509 
2,023 
184 
399 
196 
Alaska 
- 
4 
14 
81 
118 
75 
42 
2 
48 
Arizona 
894 
2 
62 
1,181 
429 
579 
112 
85 
180 
Arkansas 
- 
47 
79 
7,143 
289 
2,199 
115 
440 
135 
California 
7,451 
69 
287 
5,889 
4,432 
4,281 
1,015 
218 
1,920 
Colorado 
3,897 
22 
247 
6,712 
848 
1,798 
234 
135 
407 
Connecticut 
- 
24 
33 
808 
591 
555 
218 
71 
243 
Delaware 
- 
5 
14 
225 
66 
79 
22 
7 
37 
Florida 
- 
137 
111 
6,713 
1,187 
1,780 
277 
399 
628 
Georgia 
- 
99 
84 
5,581 
610 
1,635 
261 
275 
283 
Hawaii 
_ 
38 
37 
736 
1,260 
488 
138 
20 
568 
Idaho 
6,491 
32 
144 
4,087 
615 
1,663 
152 
141 
274 
Illinois 
- 
35 
144 
4,366 
778 
1,551 
262 
196 
338 
Indiana 
- 
36 
246 
5,811 
991 
1,791 
230 
526 
549 
Iowa 
- 
13 
673 
6,642 
914 
2,060 
260 
474 
519 
Kansas 
207 
13 
126 
6,145 
406 
1,615 
144 
203 
107 
Kentucky 
- 
96 
680 
14,652 
1,341 
4,117 
361 
788 
847 
Louisiana 
- 
37 
126 
3,874 
479 
1,484 
97 
488 
228 
Maine 
- 
58 
164 
1,372 
1,074 
926 
406 
45 
456 
Maryland 
- 
13 
45 
2,087 
539 
667 
119 
64 
199 
Massachusetts 
_ 
59 
66 
1,005 
1,035 
738 
431 
43 
396 
Michigan 
- 
38 
266 
5,065 
1,637 
2,428 
410 
180 
813 
Minnesota 
- 
62 
335 
5,604 
974 
2,392 
305 
273 
434 
Mississippi 
- 
65 
101 
3,998 
349 
1,405 
137 
253 
202 
Missouri 
- 
141 
334 
16,882 
923 
3,926 
291 
1,016 
406 
Montana 
2,529 
12 
208 
5,536 
551 
1,068 
124 
113 
271 
Nebraska 
1,690 
26 
127 
7,197 
374 
1,205 
144 
46 
100 
Nevada 
595 
- 
23 
614 
118 
288 
67 
14 
39 
New Hampshire 
- 
54 
93 
842 
602 
569 
173 
22 
202 
New Jersey 
- 
7 
51 
1,160 
615 
533 
88 
23 
298 
New Mexico 
3,845 
33 
139 
3,198 
529 
1,107 
196 
219 
284 
New York 
- 
186 
241 
5,878 
2,533 
2,593 
578 
358 
1,065 
North Carolina 
- 
119 
480 
7,206 
2,201 
2,559 
579 
418 
931 
North Dakota 
94 
- 
38 
3,270 
111 
674 
49 
152 
47 
Ohio 
- 
54 
495 
8,905 
1,802 
3,179 
374 
418 
953 
Oklahoma 
31 
48 
609 
11,477 
742 
3,815 
164 
889 
582 
Oregon 
3,373 
87 
324 
6,705 
1,898 
3,292 
391 
153 
761 
Pennsylvania 
- 
141 
247 
9,280 
2,379 
3,145 
551 
873 
1,124 
Rhode Island 
- 
7 
17 
191 
174 
139 
50 
7 
60 
South Carolina 
- 
51 
99 
3,274 
495 
808 
152 
212 
192 
South Dakota 
372 
_ 
63 
4,485 
178 
847 
70 
108 
33 
Tennessee 
- 
51 
631 
11,766 
1,102 
3,551 
266 
313 
669 
Texas 
1,072 
199 
1,795 
41,401 
2,927 
1 1 ,544 
590 
3,587 
1,949 
Utah 
3,149 
4 
94 
2,720 
370 
1,138 
141 
190 
198 
Vermont 
- 
68 
76 
1,801 
1,174 
1,016 
332 
76 
389 
Virginia 
- 
74 
387 
9,315 
1,769 
2,677 
386 
408 
704 
Washington 
4,815 
82 
253 
5,798 
1,654 
2,267 
388 
107 
756 
West Virginia 
- 
45 
211 
4,144 
469 
1,322 
104 
157 
226 
Wisconsin 
- 
109 
505 
7,569 
1,719 
2,609 
392 
551 
946 
Wyoming 
2,040 
4 
54 
2,780 
163 
599 
45 
75 
82 
558 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
