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 
New Jersey 
- 
7 
51 
1,160 
615 
533 
88 
23 
298 
Counties 
Atlantic 
_ 
_ 
1 
42 
40 
20 
7 
_ 
53 
Bergen 
- 
- 
- 
12 
10 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Burlington 
- 
- 
5 
102 
64 
32 
9 
3 
38 
Camden 
- 
- 
- 
13 
16 
6 
1 
1 
11 
Cape May 
- 
- 
- 
16 
42 
17 
4 
- 
5 
Cumberland 
- 
- 
1 
47 
29 
15 
- 
- 
36 
Essex 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Gloucester 
- 
- 
2 
37 
40 
29 
5 
- 
35 
Hunterdon 
- 
3 
6 
252 
65 
96 
6 
4 
18 
Mercer 
- 
- 
- 
21 
17 
18 
4 
1 
4 
Middlesex 
- 
- 
1 
10 
19 
14 
3 
1 
7 
Monmouth 
- 
1 
3 
118 
54 
40 
7 
1 
10 
Morris 
- 
- 
1 
52 
36 
31 
12 
2 
11 
Ocean 
- 
- 
2 
19 
13 
8 
2 
- 
5 
Passaic 
- 
- 
2 
6 
5 
6 
1 
- 
3 
Salem 
- 
- 
8 
72 
31 
33 
5 
3 
21 
Somerset 
- 
- 
2 
61 
24 
35 
3 
1 
3 
Sussex 
- 
3 
5 
158 
59 
66 
8 
3 
17 
Union 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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