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 
Idaho 
6,491 
32 
144 
4,087 
615 
1,663 
152 
141 
274 
Counties 
Ada 
570 
_ 
6 
204 
47 
108 
20 
6 
25 
Adams 
25 
- 
- 
60 
3 
17 
- 
- 
2 
Bannock 
104 
- 
8 
133 
14 
54 
15 
2 
8 
Bear Lake 
20 
- 
- 
85 
6 
37 
- 
2 
- 
Benewah 
- 
- 
2 
26 
8 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Bingham 
392 
- 
5 
196 
32 
79 
3 
9 
14 
Blaine 
39 
- 
4 
30 
14 
7 
- 
- 
5 
Boise 
16 
2 
- 
21 
4 
7 
4 
- 
- 
Bonner 
2 
7 
10 
95 
42 
58 
4 
3 
13 
Bonneville 
358 
- 
9 
120 
15 
43 
7 
3 
9 
Boundary 
- 
- 
6 
35 
31 
25 
7 
- 
6 
Butte 
20 
- 
- 
21 
3 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Camas 
11 
- 
- 
15 
8 
11 
2 
- 
6 
Canyon 
1,248 
- 
11 
397 
92 
223 
8 
23 
31 
Caribou 
15 
- 
- 
60 
10 
17 
- 
4 
1 
Cassia 
261 
- 
1 
89 
8 
36 
2 
5 
3 
Clark 
3 
- 
- 
5 
- 
3 
- 
3 
- 
Clearwater 
- 
- 
4 
62 
5 
7 
- 
3 
- 
Custer 
29 
- 
2 
58 
10 
18 
4 
- 
3 
Elmore 
60 
1 
- 
54 
1 
27 
- 
- 
- 
Franklin 
65 
_ 
7 
121 
10 
50 
2 
15 
9 
Fremont 
157 
2 
10 
88 
8 
32 
2 
9 
8 
Gem 
386 
- 
4 
213 
30 
91 
8 
4 
14 
Gooding 
189 
- 
- 
86 
14 
31 
4 
6 
2 
Idaho 
4 
2 
3 
154 
7 
43 
2 
4 
5 
Jefferson 
286 
- 
3 
126 
8 
48 
- 
2 
2 
Jerome 
250 
1 
2 
82 
8 
39 
2 
6 
8 
Kootenai 
39 
4 
4 
151 
19 
78 
9 
4 
4 
Latah 
- 
3 
8 
113 
25 
44 
14 
- 
19 
Lemhi 
23 
- 
6 
96 
11 
29 
- 
1 
11 
Lewis 
_ 
4 
4 
25 
3 
4 
1 
_ 
3 
Lincoln 
114 
- 
2 
79 
8 
17 
6 
2 
3 
Madison 
174 
- 
5 
55 
16 
33 
3 
2 
7 
Minidoka 
350 
- 
2 
63 
7 
44 
1 
5 
6 
Nez Perce 
23 
4 
3 
74 
7 
23 
2 
- 
6 
Oneida 
35 
- 
1 
53 
5 
23 
1 
3 
1 
Owyhee 
213 
- 
1 
123 
6 
48 
2 
- 
2 
Payette 
305 
- 
5 
149 
15 
61 
1 
1 
12 
Power 
64 
- 
2 
27 
2 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Shoshone 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Teton 
22 
2 
3 
43 
15 
15 
8 
1 
7 
Twin Falls 
473 
- 
1 
233 
26 
76 
8 
13 
9 
Valley 
24 
- 
- 
41 
6 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Washington 
122 
- 
- 
118 
6 
28 
- 
- 
2 
416 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
