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 
Iowa 
- 
13 
673 
6,642 
914 
2,060 
260 
474 
519 
Counties 
Adair 
_ 
_ 
1 
85 
4 
23 
4 
1 
1 
Adams 
- 
- 
1 
58 
- 
6 
1 
3 
- 
Allamakee 
- 
- 
3 
117 
12 
37 
3 
25 
8 
Appanoose 
- 
- 
- 
86 
2 
16 
1 
9 
- 
Audubon 
- 
- 
1 
44 
3 
10 
- 
- 
3 
Benton 
- 
- 
- 
92 
3 
29 
4 
2 
7 
Black Hawk 
- 
- 
- 
35 
10 
18 
2 
1 
2 
Boone 
- 
1 
9 
62 
21 
19 
12 
1 
5 
Bremer 
- 
- 
3 
63 
9 
30 
4 
8 
3 
Buchanan 
- 
1 
1 
66 
12 
24 
2 
14 
4 
Buena Vista 
_ 
_ 
18 
23 
2 
13 
1 
_ 
3 
Butler 
- 
- 
7 
72 
4 
9 
3 
1 
- 
Calhoun 
- 
- 
2 
35 
1 
6 
2 
- 
1 
Carroll 
- 
- 
5 
58 
3 
23 
1 
- 
3 
Cass 
- 
- 
1 
63 
9 
16 
5 
4 
- 
Cedar 
- 
- 
7 
63 
5 
11 
3 
6 
1 
Cerro Gordo 
- 
- 
5 
14 
6 
24 
- 
- 
1 
Cherokee 
- 
- 
2 
53 
1 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Chickasaw 
- 
1 
10 
56 
6 
21 
2 
10 
5 
Clarke 
- 
- 
2 
79 
4 
14 
- 
4 
1 
Clay 
- 
- 
7 
36 
3 
8 
1 
2 
3 
Clayton 
- 
- 
7 
111 
9 
32 
6 
25 
4 
Clinton 
- 
- 
2 
87 
7 
39 
3 
6 
2 
Crawford 
- 
- 
1 
89 
1 
12 
2 
6 
- 
Dallas 
- 
- 
8 
80 
26 
30 
5 
- 
14 
Davis 
- 
1 
2 
166 
17 
25 
2 
28 
7 
Decatur 
- 
- 
4 
100 
3 
23 
3 
5 
2 
Delaware 
- 
- 
8 
77 
6 
39 
1 
23 
3 
Des Moines 
- 
- 
2 
33 
3 
11 
- 
1 
5 
Dickinson 
- 
- 
1 
12 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Dubuque 
- 
1 
7 
115 
9 
41 
1 
14 
2 
Emmet 
- 
- 
11 
32 
1 
10 
1 
2 
1 
Fayette 
- 
- 
5 
69 
17 
20 
1 
6 
10 
Floyd 
- 
- 
8 
25 
1 
19 
2 
1 
8 
Franklin 
- 
- 
- 
27 
7 
17 
2 
1 
- 
Fremont 
- 
- 
- 
30 
7 
11 
2 
- 
- 
Greene 
- 
- 
3 
59 
8 
20 
1 
- 
3 
Grundy 
- 
- 
3 
30 
7 
23 
4 
1 
- 
Guthrie 
- 
- 
2 
83 
4 
17 
1 
1 
- 
Hamilton 
- 
- 
10 
27 
6 
14 
1 
1 
- 
Hancock 
_ 
_ 
6 
33 
5 
17 
2 
_ 
3 
Hardin 
- 
- 
3 
44 
7 
24 
2 
1 
4 
Harrison 
- 
- 
10 
63 
8 
16 
2 
4 
6 
Henry 
- 
- 
6 
75 
5 
11 
8 
4 
7 
Howard 
- 
- 
1 
52 
11 
24 
4 
16 
8 
Humboldt 
- 
- 
1 
11 
1 
6 
3 
- 
- 
Ida 
- 
- 
8 
52 
3 
9 
- 
2 
6 
Iowa 
- 
- 
4 
100 
7 
22 
4 
13 
5 
Jackson 
- 
- 
9 
179 
17 
52 
3 
17 
7 
Jasper 
- 
- 
6 
89 
13 
31 
3 
5 
5 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
3 
65 
16 
15 
1 
4 
7 
Johnson 
- 
1 
12 
148 
36 
49 
9 
19 
25 
Jones 
- 
- 
3 
104 
7 
31 
4 
15 
2 
Keokuk 
- 
- 
4 
84 
8 
20 
2 
4 
8 
Kossuth 
- 
- 
18 
30 
13 
25 
3 
1 
2 
Lee 
- 
- 
3 
72 
13 
26 
7 
4 
1 
Linn 
- 
- 
10 
95 
21 
49 
3 
7 
11 
Louisa 
- 
- 
1 
44 
6 
13 
2 
3 
4 
Lucas 
- 
- 
4 
78 
10 
26 
1 
3 
4 
Lyon 
- 
- 
4 
69 
1 
33 
- 
3 
3 
Madison 
- 
2 
9 
133 
14 
25 
4 
2 
11 
Mahaska 
- 
- 
4 
84 
11 
15 
3 
12 
4 
Marion 
- 
2 
5 
116 
14 
31 
3 
13 
8 
Marshall 
- 
- 
5 
57 
17 
23 
- 
2 
6 
Mills 
- 
- 
- 
34 
3 
18 
- 
1 
2 
Mitchell 
- 
- 
1 
61 
22 
38 
5 
10 
8 
Monona 
- 
- 
9 
36 
9 
8 
1 
- 
6 
Monroe 
- 
- 
6 
84 
8 
14 
1 
3 
5 
Montgomery 
- 
- 
4 
41 
7 
6 
- 
1 
3 
Muscatine 
- 
8 
65 
13 
22 
1 
3 
8 
O'Brien 
_ 
_ 
7 
42 
3 
13 
1 
_ 
6 
Osceola 
- 
- 
8 
24 
3 
22 
- 
- 
- 
Page 
- 
- 
5 
68 
6 
12 
2 
1 
5 
Palo Alto 
- 
- 
82 
28 
7 
19 
2 
- 
9 
Plymouth 
- 
- 
9 
84 
7 
19 
3 
1 
6 
Pocahontas 
- 
- 
17 
16 
2 
6 
2 
- 
1 
Polk 
- 
- 
3 
51 
23 
26 
4 
- 
13 
Pottawattamie 
- 
- 
11 
102 
22 
26 
9 
2 
10 
Poweshiek 
- 
- 
3 
59 
9 
14 
3 
4 
6 
Ringgold 
- 
- 
1 
130 
1 
23 
8 
" 
Sac 
- 
- 
7 
51 
5 
7 
- 
2 
4 
Scott 
- 
- 
2 
56 
22 
32 
4 
5 
7 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Iowa 613 
