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 
Louisiana 
- 
37 
126 
3,874 
479 
1,484 
97 
488 
228 
Parishes 
Acadia 
_ 
_ 
_ 
91 
8 
30 
2 
8 
2 
Allen 
- 
1 
- 
56 
2 
12 
- 
10 
2 
Ascension 
- 
- 
- 
44 
5 
20 
2 
7 
1 
Assumption 
- 
- 
- 
7 
1 
5 
- 
1 
- 
Avoyelles 
- 
1 
3 
125 
14 
44 
12 
11 
10 
Beauregard 
- 
2 
2 
161 
7 
51 
1 
24 
3 
Bienville 
- 
- 
1 
47 
3 
10 
- 
12 
2 
Bossier 
- 
- 
- 
83 
5 
37 
- 
3 
7 
Caddo 
- 
3 
- 
66 
6 
21 
- 
8 
4 
Calcasieu 
- 
- 
3 
135 
4 
71 
4 
46 
3 
Caldwell 
_ 
_ 
1 
30 
_ 
11 
_ 
3 
_ 
Cameron 
- 
- 
- 
53 
- 
42 
- 
18 
- 
Catahoula 
- 
- 
2 
44 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
Claiborne 
- 
1 
2 
47 
1 
13 
- 
5 
- 
Concordia 
- 
- 
- 
20 
5 
12 
- 
4 
2 
De Soto 
- 
- 
- 
82 
2 
38 
3 
6 
3 
East Baton Rouge 
- 
- 
- 
83 
5 
24 
1 
7 
- 
East Carroll 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
East Feliciana 
- 
3 
- 
63 
2 
16 
- 
16 
- 
Evangeline 
- 
4 
5 
93 
8 
36 
2 
12 
6 
Franklin 
- 
- 
2 
69 
3 
23 
2 
- 
5 
Grant 
- 
- 
3 
28 
6 
16 
1 
5 
5 
Iberia 
- 
2 
3 
47 
17 
19 
2 
8 
- 
Iberville 
- 
- 
1 
38 
5 
6 
- 
6 
1 
Jackson 
- 
- 
- 
37 
- 
12 
- 
1 
- 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Jefferson Davis 
- 
- 
3 
78 
11 
38 
1 
16 
1 
Lafayette 
- 
- 
4 
97 
14 
59 
3 
24 
4 
Lafourche 
- 
- 
5 
70 
15 
34 
- 
9 
10 
La Salle 
- 
2 
4 
28 
4 
9 
- 
2 
4 
Lincoln 
_ 
3 
3 
51 
4 
30 
5 
1 
9 
Livingston 
- 
- 
1 
85 
7 
13 
- 
7 
5 
Madison 
- 
- 
1 
7 
2 
7 
- 
- 
2 
Morehouse 
- 
2 
7 
38 
9 
10 
2 
- 
10 
Natchitoches 
- 
- 
7 
88 
11 
25 
- 
13 
8 
Orleans 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
2 
2 
1 
Ouachita 
- 
- 
4 
43 
9 
20 
1 
8 
7 
Plaquemines 
- 
- 
- 
7 
15 
5 
2 
- 
10 
Pointe Coupee 
- 
- 
6 
60 
9 
22 
- 
7 
6 
Rapides 
- 
- 
5 
81 
30 
33 
8 
9 
13 
Red River 
_ 
_ 
7 
41 
10 
22 
1 
3 
11 
Richland 
- 
- 
4 
71 
11 
32 
1 
4 
5 
Sabine 
- 
- 
- 
45 
3 
31 
- 
9 
- 
St. Bernard 
- 
- 
- 
7 
5 
- 
- 
3 
- 
St. Charles 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
- 
- 
7 
- 
St. Flelena 
- 
1 
4 
103 
13 
37 
1 
2 
8 
St. James 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
St. John the Baptist 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
St. Landry 
- 
- 
10 
179 
34 
83 
8 
26 
16 
St. Martin 
- 
- 
3 
46 
8 
11 
3 
6 
4 
St. Mary 
- 
1 
2 
19 
3 
6 
- 
- 
1 
St. Tammany 
- 
- 
4 
96 
27 
40 
5 
5 
4 
Tangipahoa 
- 
4 
- 
229 
22 
69 
9 
10 
9 
Tensas 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
7 
- 
3 
- 
Terrebonne 
- 
- 
- 
23 
5 
8 
- 
3 
4 
Union 
- 
- 
- 
65 
2 
18 
1 
3 
2 
Vermilion 
- 
- 
1 
184 
27 
73 
2 
51 
2 
Vernon 
- 
- 
- 
81 
4 
31 
2 
8 
- 
Washington 
- 
2 
5 
163 
23 
63 
3 
16 
9 
Webster 
- 
1 
2 
64 
1 
25 
1 
4 
- 
West Baton Rouge 
- 
3 
- 
24 
5 
7 
- 
- 
- 
West Carroll 
- 
- 
- 
36 
4 
7 
- 
1 
5 
West Feliciana 
- 
1 
- 
38 
7 
10 
2 
- 
- 
Winn 
- 
- 
6 
44 
- 
18 
2 
4 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 571 
