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 
California 
7,451 
69 
287 
5,889 
4,432 
4,281 
1,015 
218 
1,920 
Counties 
Alameda 
13 
1 
2 
68 
24 
49 
4 
2 
5 
Alpine 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Amador 
20 
- 
1 
76 
39 
51 
10 
1 
7 
Butte 
162 
1 
14 
118 
92 
104 
23 
5 
41 
Calaveras 
8 
1 
- 
100 
46 
62 
3 
1 
13 
Colusa 
342 
- 
6 
40 
11 
23 
11 
- 
4 
Contra Costa 
45 
1 
2 
49 
54 
30 
11 
- 
18 
Del Norte 
1 
- 
- 
40 
12 
20 
5 
3 
7 
El Dorado 
51 
- 
13 
168 
94 
137 
27 
1 
47 
Fresno 
1,118 
- 
36 
188 
157 
131 
41 
10 
157 
Glenn 
458 
1 
7 
102 
37 
44 
8 
4 
26 
Humboldt 
- 
3 
9 
177 
129 
105 
30 
25 
48 
Imperial 
88 
- 
1 
- 
17 
11 
5 
- 
12 
Inyo 
- 
- 
- 
30 
3 
6 
7 
- 
6 
Kern 
217 
- 
6 
111 
57 
89 
12 
3 
44 
Kings 
134 
2 
9 
30 
18 
38 
6 
6 
13 
Lake 
5 
2 
- 
64 
46 
39 
14 
5 
8 
Lassen 
11 
- 
3 
94 
4 
25 
- 
- 
2 
Los Angeles 
18 
- 
5 
24 
85 
50 
15 
- 
25 
Madera 
279 
- 
5 
94 
35 
44 
14 
1 
15 
Marin 
1 
8 
_ 
107 
64 
51 
17 
3 
21 
Mariposa 
3 
2 
- 
77 
16 
25 
6 
1 
4 
Mendocino 
35 
2 
- 
136 
132 
131 
28 
- 
27 
Merced 
362 
- 
7 
127 
38 
61 
16 
41 
40 
Modoc 
49 
- 
1 
114 
21 
14 
- 
- 
1 
Mono 
- 
- 
- 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Monterey 
12 
- 
2 
159 
99 
88 
16 
2 
38 
Napa 
13 
2 
6 
49 
204 
299 
3 
- 
23 
Nevada 
67 
- 
- 
159 
102 
96 
39 
- 
35 
Orange 
16 
- 
- 
1 
28 
10 
3 
- 
13 
Placer 
189 
- 
4 
228 
91 
139 
25 
4 
54 
Plumas 
5 
- 
1 
58 
7 
20 
6 
- 
5 
Riverside 
142 
- 
2 
40 
179 
79 
20 
2 
82 
Sacramento 
56 
1 
- 
112 
64 
53 
19 
1 
18 
San Benito 
56 
- 
2 
87 
24 
45 
8 
1 
23 
San Bernardino 
22 
- 
7 
18 
59 
50 
26 
7 
56 
San Diego 
108 
3 
13 
82 
419 
196 
76 
2 
175 
San Francisco 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
San Joaquin 
364 
3 
8 
170 
107 
106 
29 
6 
62 
San Luis Obispo 
3 
12 
12 
283 
255 
236 
48 
1 
91 
San Mateo 
3 
2 
2 
42 
42 
43 
8 
_ 
19 
Santa Barbara 
49 
- 
3 
131 
166 
95 
26 
- 
49 
Santa Clara 
20 
- 
- 
69 
95 
66 
23 
- 
48 
Santa Cruz 
16 
2 
2 
36 
101 
58 
24 
- 
55 
Shasta 
333 
2 
12 
277 
64 
151 
22 
8 
23 
Sierra 
- 
- 
- 
10 
7 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Siskiyou 
55 
- 
2 
157 
34 
55 
12 
2 
10 
Solano 
136 
1 
5 
106 
73 
59 
25 
1 
30 
Sonoma 
43 
10 
15 
376 
383 
376 
75 
10 
101 
Stanislaus 
585 
1 
11 
255 
77 
126 
25 
20 
41 
Sutter 
274 
_ 
4 
74 
41 
24 
2 
4 
17 
Tehama 
128 
- 
8 
256 
55 
93 
18 
- 
20 
Trinity 
3 
- 
3 
71 
34 
39 
8 
- 
19 
Tulare 
980 
4 
22 
137 
117 
141 
50 
22 
102 
Tuolumne 
13 
- 
2 
59 
25 
31 
1 
6 
2 
Ventura 
78 
2 
3 
48 
113 
57 
23 
1 
68 
Yolo 
153 
- 
7 
77 
89 
46 
27 
5 
27 
Yuba 
109 
- 
2 
114 
43 
62 
14 
1 
23 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
California 521 
