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 
Florida 
- 
137 
111 
6,713 
1,187 
1,780 
277 
399 
628 
Counties 
Alachua 
_ 
5 
2 
256 
43 
71 
14 
11 
27 
Baker 
- 
- 
5 
54 
8 
20 
- 
2 
3 
Bay 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
7 
- 
- 
2 
Bradford 
- 
5 
- 
69 
13 
26 
- 
3 
3 
Brevard 
- 
1 
2 
68 
31 
17 
2 
9 
13 
Broward 
- 
- 
1 
49 
39 
4 
4 
3 
10 
Calhoun 
- 
4 
1 
25 
5 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Charlotte 
- 
1 
2 
34 
4 
19 
3 
5 
2 
Citrus 
- 
4 
- 
124 
21 
21 
- 
11 
4 
Clay 
- 
- 
- 
53 
3 
10 
- 
7 
3 
Collier 
- 
- 
- 
42 
8 
9 
- 
1 
4 
Columbia 
- 
1 
- 
166 
9 
35 
6 
9 
- 
DeSoto 
- 
1 
- 
158 
19 
37 
5 
13 
10 
Dixie 
- 
- 
- 
24 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Duval 
- 
2 
2 
42 
18 
18 
7 
1 
3 
Escambia 
- 
3 
3 
82 
23 
24 
1 
5 
11 
Flagler 
- 
2 
- 
18 
4 
6 
- 
3 
3 
Franklin 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Gadsden 
- 
6 
2 
72 
14 
17 
3 
5 
6 
Gilchrist 
- 
- 
- 
93 
15 
13 
5 
6 
7 
Glades 
_ 
_ 
1 
63 
_ 
9 
_ 
5 
5 
Gulf 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Hamilton 
- 
1 
- 
53 
- 
17 
- 
5 
- 
Hardee 
- 
- 
- 
136 
11 
33 
- 
15 
8 
Hendry 
- 
2 
2 
47 
11 
15 
- 
5 
3 
Hernando 
- 
- 
- 
141 
11 
34 
6 
10 
1 
Highlands 
- 
- 
- 
163 
18 
36 
1 
18 
10 
Hillsborough 
- 
3 
11 
399 
70 
119 
24 
28 
53 
Holmes 
- 
- 
1 
147 
4 
25 
5 
3 
3 
Indian River 
- 
- 
1 
65 
18 
18 
5 
4 
7 
Jackson 
_ 
13 
10 
159 
31 
59 
11 
2 
22 
Jefferson 
- 
1 
- 
73 
24 
27 
4 
5 
5 
Lafayette 
- 
4 
1 
30 
2 
11 
- 
- 
2 
Lake 
- 
1 
6 
227 
34 
79 
8 
12 
4 
Lee 
- 
6 
6 
117 
44 
47 
2 
8 
12 
Leon 
- 
2 
2 
49 
6 
12 
6 
- 
2 
Levy 
- 
7 
1 
148 
19 
36 
5 
3 
23 
Liberty 
- 
- 
- 
8 
4 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Madison 
- 
5 
6 
97 
9 
24 
4 
7 
3 
Manatee 
- 
2 
1 
134 
30 
27 
18 
9 
19 
Marion 
_ 
9 
6 
704 
13 
135 
11 
20 
14 
Martin 
- 
1 
- 
96 
27 
22 
3 
6 
16 
Miami-Dade 
- 
3 
- 
33 
190 
48 
28 
3 
136 
Monroe 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Nassau 
- 
- 
- 
65 
5 
26 
- 
4 
- 
Okaloosa 
- 
6 
3 
68 
6 
18 
- 
- 
4 
Okeechobee 
- 
1 
- 
180 
14 
31 
6 
20 
8 
Orange 
- 
1 
3 
70 
31 
26 
8 
8 
4 
Osceola 
- 
- 
- 
71 
5 
13 
4 
- 
4 
Palm Beach 
- 
- 
5 
96 
73 
33 
18 
3 
31 
Pasco 
_ 
2 
3 
149 
13 
36 
1 
13 
7 
Pinellas 
- 
- 
- 
9 
7 
3 
4 
- 
2 
Polk 
- 
2 
8 
310 
27 
78 
4 
26 
16 
Putnam 
- 
2 
- 
60 
13 
31 
1 
1 
12 
St. Johns 
- 
- 
- 
15 
4 
2 
4 
2 
3 
St. Lucie 
- 
- 
1 
63 
10 
8 
- 
10 
4 
Santa Rosa 
- 
2 
- 
58 
18 
10 
5 
- 
4 
Sarasota 
- 
- 
- 
56 
7 
12 
2 
3 
6 
Seminole 
- 
2 
- 
42 
9 
13 
1 
3 
6 
Sumter 
- 
5 
1 
197 
9 
58 
8 
8 
2 
Suwannee 
_ 
4 
6 
219 
16 
56 
_ 
12 
12 
Taylor 
- 
- 
- 
37 
1 
8 
- 
1 
1 
Union 
- 
- 
- 
34 
6 
11 
2 
1 
3 
Volusia 
- 
7 
1 
204 
39 
52 
11 
12 
19 
Wakulla 
- 
2 
- 
24 
6 
6 
4 
2 
7 
Walton 
- 
2 
- 
100 
4 
29 
1 
4 
2 
Washington 
- 
4 
5 
48 
9 
14 
2 
3 
4 
518 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
