Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 (continued) 
[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 - Con. 
Saline 
_ 
_ 
_ 
36 
4 
8 
_ 
_ 
4 
Sangamon 
- 
- 
- 
70 
10 
17 
5 
2 
3 
Schuyler 
- 
- 
3 
33 
- 
7 
3 
- 
- 
Scott 
- 
- 
- 
19 
4 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Shelby 
- 
- 
2 
43 
7 
15 
3 
- 
2 
Stark 
- 
- 
- 
14 
5 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Stephenson 
- 
- 
4 
102 
4 
26 
4 
17 
2 
Tazewell 
- 
- 
3 
54 
8 
14 
2 
5 
4 
Union 
- 
- 
2 
55 
19 
24 
3 
2 
8 
Vermilion 
- 
- 
- 
37 
3 
9 
2 
- 
1 
Wabash 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
Warren 
- 
- 
- 
45 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Washington 
- 
2 
- 
34 
10 
17 
3 
- 
- 
Wayne 
- 
- 
4 
44 
1 
11 
- 
1 
3 
White 
- 
- 
3 
31 
6 
11 
3 
2 
2 
Whiteside 
- 
- 
- 
32 
12 
9 
- 
2 
2 
Will 
- 
- 
2 
64 
17 
25 
2 
1 
6 
Williamson 
- 
- 
1 
51 
7 
12 
5 
- 
3 
Winnebago 
- 
- 
3 
53 
20 
31 
9 
1 
17 
Woodford 
- 
- 
- 
42 
14 
26 
6 
1 
4 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Illinois 615 
