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. 
Shelby 
- 
- 
18 
87 
20 
22 
4 
2 
7 
Sioux 
- 
- 
23 
60 
19 
20 
10 
1 
17 
Story 
- 
1 
24 
70 
24 
45 
8 
- 
16 
Tama 
- 
- 
5 
62 
9 
18 
5 
5 
7 
Taylor 
- 
- 
5 
69 
4 
25 
3 
2 
4 
Union 
- 
- 
1 
95 
3 
22 
1 
5 
- 
Van Buren 
- 
- 
7 
74 
14 
16 
3 
15 
8 
Wapello 
- 
- 
7 
53 
9 
10 
- 
5 
7 
Warren 
- 
- 
16 
132 
20 
39 
5 
3 
14 
Washington 
- 
- 
14 
91 
22 
21 
9 
10 
22 
Wayne 
- 
- 
13 
115 
11 
22 
- 
1 
13 
Webster 
- 
- 
5 
28 
5 
15 
3 
- 
3 
Winnebago 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
Winneshiek 
- 
2 
21 
151 
28 
41 
6 
18 
22 
Woodbury 
- 
- 
8 
82 
11 
23 
1 
- 
9 
Worth 
- 
- 
7 
25 
6 
11 
- 
- 
5 
Wright 
- 
- 
8 
19 
10 
8 
- 
- 
6 
614 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
