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 
Alabama 
- 
119 
81 
5,548 
509 
2,023 
184 
399 
196 
Counties 
Autauga 
- 
1 
1 
49 
16 
17 
3 
1 
2 
Baldwin 
- 
7 
4 
113 
40 
46 
7 
5 
25 
Barbour 
- 
4 
1 
59 
- 
31 
- 
1 
2 
Bibb 
- 
4 
- 
31 
- 
6 
3 
1 
- 
Blount 
- 
- 
- 
150 
22 
53 
4 
8 
9 
Bullock 
- 
5 
1 
47 
2 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Butler 
- 
- 
- 
40 
10 
20 
5 
2 
5 
Calhoun 
- 
2 
- 
88 
11 
41 
2 
2 
6 
Chambers 
- 
2 
- 
44 
2 
11 
1 
- 
- 
Cherokee 
- 
1 
- 
82 
1 
28 
2 
3 
- 
Chilton 
_ 
_ 
1 
62 
18 
28 
1 
2 
5 
Choctaw 
- 
- 
2 
24 
3 
9 
- 
5 
- 
Clarke 
- 
- 
- 
26 
3 
13 
- 
3 
3 
Clay 
- 
3 
- 
80 
4 
24 
2 
4 
2 
Cleburne 
- 
- 
1 
52 
1 
15 
3 
1 
- 
Coffee 
- 
5 
1 
107 
14 
27 
5 
4 
1 
Colbert 
- 
2 
3 
84 
3 
25 
1 
12 
1 
Conecuh 
- 
- 
2 
37 
6 
18 
2 
2 
- 
Coosa 
- 
- 
2 
24 
1 
15 
1 
- 
- 
Covington 
- 
8 
2 
108 
7 
35 
4 
1 
2 
Crenshaw 
_ 
2 
- 
55 
1 
24 
1 
4 
1 
Cullman 
- 
1 
4 
240 
18 
104 
13 
38 
14 
Dale 
- 
5 
1 
50 
9 
17 
- 
- 
3 
Dallas 
- 
- 
- 
50 
3 
18 
2 
2 
- 
DeKalb 
- 
3 
9 
317 
8 
92 
4 
35 
8 
Elmore 
- 
2 
4 
58 
10 
35 
5 
- 
3 
Escambia 
- 
- 
1 
56 
3 
20 
9 
2 
1 
Etowah 
- 
- 
6 
132 
7 
48 
- 
10 
3 
Fayette 
- 
- 
- 
33 
9 
9 
- 
2 
- 
Franklin 
- 
2 
- 
131 
3 
52 
5 
14 
2 
Geneva 
_ 
4 
_ 
110 
20 
36 
5 
4 
10 
Greene 
- 
- 
- 
34 
10 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Flale 
- 
- 
- 
66 
3 
33 
4 
4 
2 
Flenry 
- 
- 
- 
37 
4 
30 
- 
2 
4 
Flouston 
- 
2 
- 
102 
12 
31 
8 
- 
6 
Jackson 
- 
2 
3 
164 
13 
80 
4 
14 
3 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
- 
54 
7 
24 
- 
2 
2 
Lamar 
- 
- 
1 
35 
- 
11 
1 
2 
- 
Lauderdale 
- 
3 
1 
194 
6 
70 
5 
16 
2 
Lawrence 
- 
- 
1 
167 
3 
75 
5 
31 
3 
Lee 
_ 
2 
_ 
62 
3 
11 
3 
_ 
3 
Limestone 
- 
- 
- 
134 
12 
62 
3 
10 
2 
Lowndes 
- 
2 
- 
57 
6 
23 
- 
6 
2 
Macon 
- 
7 
7 
50 
14 
23 
4 
3 
8 
Madison 
- 
- 
- 
137 
13 
52 
4 
15 
4 
Marengo 
- 
3 
2 
52 
4 
15 
1 
4 
1 
Marion 
- 
2 
2 
101 
2 
29 
1 
5 
- 
Marshall 
- 
- 
1 
218 
12 
75 
5 
29 
4 
Mobile 
- 
3 
- 
87 
38 
9 
1 
- 
14 
Monroe 
- 
2 
1 
43 
1 
18 
1 
7 
- 
Montgomery 
- 
2 
1 
95 
11 
32 
3 
4 
2 
Morgan 
- 
2 
- 
221 
14 
61 
1 
12 
1 
Perry 
- 
2 
- 
27 
2 
12 
1 
4 
- 
Pickens 
- 
1 
- 
44 
1 
15 
1 
- 
- 
Pike 
- 
8 
- 
86 
2 
24 
3 
2 
- 
Randolph 
- 
1 
1 
83 
1 
34 
- 
7 
2 
Russell 
- 
2 
1 
42 
7 
22 
1 
- 
2 
St. Clair 
- 
- 
- 
79 
3 
22 
2 
3 
5 
Shelby 
- 
- 
1 
54 
13 
27 
9 
6 
3 
Sumter 
- 
- 
2 
44 
4 
20 
1 
13 
- 
Talladega 
- 
3 
1 
71 
7 
28 
7 
3 
3 
Tallapoosa 
- 
- 
3 
65 
8 
22 
7 
- 
4 
Tuscaloosa 
- 
- 
- 
62 
8 
22 
3 
5 
2 
Walker 
- 
- 
1 
75 
5 
17 
1 
- 
1 
Washington 
- 
- 
1 
51 
3 
19 
- 
3 
- 
Wilcox 
- 
5 
1 
28 
- 
10 
- 
2 
- 
Winston 
- 
2 
3 
88 
2 
42 
3 
17 
- 
528 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
