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 
Colorado 
3,897 
22 
247 
6,712 
848 
1,798 
234 
135 
407 
Counties 
Adams 
9 
_ 
_ 
134 
17 
48 
4 
6 
3 
Alamosa 
26 
- 
- 
43 
6 
17 
2 
2 
1 
Arapahoe 
- 
- 
- 
131 
10 
32 
5 
1 
1 
Archuleta 
46 
2 
3 
109 
4 
30 
- 
5 
- 
Baca 
- 
- 
7 
82 
3 
8 
1 
- 
5 
Bent 
52 
- 
1 
64 
1 
10 
3 
- 
1 
Boulder 
77 
2 
13 
152 
53 
61 
29 
3 
20 
Broomfield 
3 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chaffee 
1 
2 
4 
53 
10 
16 
4 
- 
4 
Cheyenne 
- 
- 
4 
24 
4 
3 
- 
1 
4 
Clear Creek 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Conejos 
49 
- 
1 
103 
8 
20 
2 
7 
2 
Costilla 
10 
- 
- 
43 
6 
6 
- 
3 
- 
Crowley 
20 
- 
- 
55 
2 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Custer 
- 
- 
- 
33 
4 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Delta 
411 
6 
4 
234 
79 
107 
23 
6 
45 
Denver 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Dolores 
35 
- 
2 
26 
7 
9 
2 
- 
4 
Douglas 
3 
1 
8 
287 
18 
67 
1 
- 
7 
Eagle 
3 
- 
2 
47 
13 
7 
3 
1 
1 
Elbert 
- 
- 
4 
382 
15 
75 
7 
10 
3 
El Paso 
4 
- 
5 
286 
17 
56 
3 
11 
13 
Fremont 
38 
3 
14 
112 
20 
41 
5 
4 
12 
Garfield 
95 
- 
4 
126 
10 
44 
3 
- 
7 
Gilpin 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Grand 
3 
- 
1 
53 
1 
9 
- 
- 
1 
Gunnison 
14 
- 
3 
62 
2 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Hinsdale 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Huerfano 
2 
- 
3 
57 
9 
14 
- 
6 
3 
Jackson 
3 
- 
1 
34 
2 
7 
- 
1 
1 
Jefferson 
4 
_ 
3 
74 
10 
36 
1 
_ 
3 
Kiowa 
1 
- 
- 
35 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 
Kit Carson 
- 
- 
8 
65 
10 
14 
2 
- 
6 
Lake 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
La Plata 
399 
2 
6 
307 
49 
103 
19 
10 
16 
Larimer 
182 
2 
20 
416 
57 
101 
20 
3 
26 
Las Animas 
53 
- 
1 
150 
4 
45 
- 
7 
1 
Lincoln 
2 
- 
7 
77 
7 
17 
1 
- 
7 
Logan 
21 
- 
5 
154 
5 
16 
2 
3 
4 
Mesa 
718 
- 
18 
359 
93 
153 
20 
8 
65 
Mineral 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Moffat 
8 
- 
1 
88 
3 
12 
4 
1 
2 
Montezuma 
430 
2 
12 
263 
48 
84 
9 
1 
15 
Montrose 
519 
- 
6 
223 
31 
76 
9 
2 
14 
Morgan 
33 
- 
6 
108 
19 
26 
4 
1 
16 
143 
- 
2 
96 
10 
20 
1 
- 
7 
6 
- 
- 
29 
3 
5 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
72 
2 
15 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
32 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Pitkin 
4 
- 
- 
22 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Prowers 
41 
_ 
7 
46 
12 
9 
_ 
7 
6 
Pueblo 
78 
- 
5 
135 
19 
22 
5 
5 
9 
Rio Blanco 
8 
- 
- 
75 
4 
20 
2 
1 
1 
Rio Grande 
15 
- 
- 
62 
6 
15 
- 
- 
3 
Routt 
15 
- 
2 
170 
11 
34 
4 
2 
4 
Saguache 
10 
- 
1 
51 
7 
13 
2 
- 
1 
San Miguel 
4 
- 
2 
33 
9 
12 
5 
1 
2 
Sedgwick 
12 
- 
2 
40 
2 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Summit 
3 
- 
- 
12 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Teller 
- 
- 
- 
29 
3 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Washington 
7 
- 
11 
106 
11 
24 
2 
1 
9 
Weld 
273 
- 
28 
477 
65 
158 
14 
11 
37 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Colorado 485 
