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) 
Flarvested 
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 
Maryland 
- 
13 
45 
2,087 
539 
667 
119 
64 
199 
Counties 
Allegany 
- 
- 
5 
84 
7 
21 
1 
1 
2 
Anne Arundel 
- 
- 
- 
72 
17 
27 
4 
- 
4 
Baltimore 
- 
1 
2 
122 
53 
37 
22 
6 
15 
Calvert 
- 
- 
1 
57 
19 
20 
4 
- 
6 
Caroline 
- 
1 
- 
53 
22 
20 
1 
- 
10 
Carroll 
- 
- 
3 
262 
37 
70 
13 
5 
6 
Cecil 
- 
2 
5 
80 
9 
25 
3 
- 
3 
Charles 
- 
- 
1 
73 
12 
16 
5 
2 
8 
Dorchester 
- 
- 
- 
11 
10 
11 
- 
- 
8 
Frederick 
- 
6 
4 
256 
67 
91 
16 
15 
20 
Garrett 
_ 
_ 
7 
160 
30 
44 
2 
13 
16 
Flarford 
- 
- 
5 
118 
38 
33 
8 
4 
13 
Floward 
- 
- 
- 
43 
17 
18 
2 
- 
2 
Kent 
- 
- 
1 
29 
12 
14 
5 
2 
2 
Montgomery 
- 
1 
- 
139 
28 
31 
9 
- 
10 
Prince George's 
- 
1 
- 
70 
15 
27 
11 
2 
7 
Queen Anne's 
- 
- 
1 
41 
9 
15 
1 
1 
6 
St. Mary's 
- 
- 
- 
99 
50 
63 
5 
- 
26 
Somerset 
- 
1 
1 
4 
9 
1 
1 
- 
4 
Talbot 
- 
- 
- 
35 
8 
8 
- 
1 
3 
Washington 
- 
- 
4 
215 
41 
41 
2 
12 
13 
Wicomico 
- 
- 
5 
41 
24 
21 
2 
- 
13 
Worcester 
- 
- 
- 
23 
5 
13 
2 
- 
2 
342 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
