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 
North Carolina 
- 
119 
480 
7,206 
2,201 
2,559 
579 
418 
931 
Counties 
Alamance 
_ 
_ 
2 
141 
60 
54 
12 
9 
15 
Alexander 
- 
1 
5 
92 
16 
41 
4 
2 
8 
Alleghany 
- 
1 
4 
81 
18 
23 
3 
9 
4 
Anson 
- 
2 
10 
36 
18 
12 
2 
3 
11 
Ashe 
- 
2 
7 
95 
69 
54 
10 
13 
23 
Avery 
- 
- 
3 
35 
65 
27 
5 
2 
6 
Beaufort 
- 
1 
3 
15 
12 
6 
3 
- 
6 
Bertie 
- 
- 
1 
2 
3 
9 
1 
- 
1 
Bladen 
- 
- 
5 
38 
19 
18 
7 
5 
21 
Brunswick 
- 
- 
- 
24 
13 
1 
2 
- 
4 
Buncombe 
_ 
5 
13 
203 
99 
110 
30 
13 
36 
Burke 
- 
3 
6 
93 
23 
44 
2 
2 
12 
Cabarrus 
- 
- 
8 
111 
26 
27 
9 
5 
6 
Caldwell 
- 
2 
3 
67 
7 
26 
- 
4 
3 
Camden 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Carteret 
- 
- 
- 
16 
10 
9 
2 
1 
2 
Caswell 
- 
1 
4 
102 
25 
35 
9 
6 
8 
Catawba 
- 
- 
5 
115 
8 
33 
- 
4 
9 
Chatham 
- 
5 
11 
241 
59 
79 
15 
17 
26 
Cherokee 
- 
- 
2 
40 
5 
5 
5 
2 
3 
Chowan 
_ 
_ 
1 
15 
16 
1 
2 
_ 
9 
Clay 
- 
- 
- 
39 
3 
12 
1 
3 
- 
Cleveland 
- 
2 
4 
161 
28 
46 
11 
6 
15 
Columbus 
- 
- 
2 
56 
27 
20 
7 
3 
12 
Craven 
- 
- 
3 
24 
9 
9 
2 
- 
7 
Cumberland 
- 
- 
6 
28 
11 
10 
1 
1 
9 
Currituck 
- 
- 
2 
9 
9 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Davidson 
- 
3 
8 
143 
30 
54 
12 
14 
5 
Davie 
- 
- 
13 
112 
24 
42 
9 
8 
19 
Duplin 
- 
1 
9 
76 
20 
18 
10 
2 
14 
Durham 
- 
1 
1 
52 
18 
18 
8 
- 
7 
Edgecombe 
- 
- 
3 
14 
5 
8 
2 
- 
- 
Forsyth 
- 
6 
9 
117 
29 
30 
12 
2 
11 
Franklin 
- 
12 
10 
102 
24 
24 
24 
- 
8 
Gaston 
- 
- 
4 
84 
17 
31 
3 
4 
5 
Gates 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Graham 
- 
- 
3 
20 
6 
4 
- 
- 
4 
Granville 
- 
- 
11 
94 
21 
33 
3 
6 
10 
Greene 
- 
- 
4 
11 
12 
10 
- 
- 
5 
Guilford 
- 
3 
16 
180 
37 
64 
12 
5 
20 
Halifax 
- 
- 
2 
25 
6 
7 
- 
- 
7 
Harnett 
- 
- 
2 
97 
26 
39 
5 
3 
2 
Haywood 
- 
1 
1 
93 
31 
25 
3 
7 
5 
Henderson 
- 
3 
9 
57 
81 
43 
9 
2 
43 
Hertford 
- 
- 
- 
9 
7 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Hoke 
- 
- 
3 
18 
4 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Hyde 
- 
- 
2 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Iredell 
- 
3 
8 
191 
27 
73 
5 
16 
16 
Jackson 
- 
- 
1 
49 
18 
10 
7 
- 
4 
Johnston 
- 
2 
8 
155 
44 
57 
11 
3 
23 
Jones 
- 
- 
4 
24 
12 
7 
2 
- 
10 
Lee 
- 
4 
2 
50 
8 
18 
4 
5 
4 
Lenoir 
- 
- 
5 
32 
17 
11 
2 
1 
8 
Lincoln 
- 
1 
1 
110 
22 
33 
10 
11 
2 
McDowell 
- 
2 
5 
79 
21 
17 
3 
5 
3 
Macon 
- 
- 
2 
42 
11 
13 
5 
2 
10 
Madison 
- 
9 
15 
110 
53 
57 
15 
8 
20 
Martin 
- 
- 
6 
10 
2 
7 
5 
- 
1 
Mecklenburg 
- 
- 
1 
44 
23 
18 
1 
2 
12 
Mitchell 
- 
- 
9 
26 
19 
17 
- 
- 
9 
Montgomery 
- 
- 
4 
48 
15 
19 
8 
2 
3 
Moore 
- 
3 
7 
137 
33 
49 
11 
10 
16 
Nash 
- 
1 
5 
52 
20 
12 
- 
- 
14 
New Hanover 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Northampton 
- 
- 
2 
12 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Onslow 
- 
- 
2 
51 
9 
9 
- 
- 
4 
Orange 
- 
4 
4 
143 
83 
61 
36 
7 
18 
Pamlico 
- 
1 
- 
6 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Pasquotank 
- 
- 
- 
16 
4 
6 
- 
- 
6 
Pender 
- 
2 
1 
50 
20 
16 
4 
3 
6 
Perquimans 
- 
- 
1 
12 
3 
2 
3 
- 
2 
Person 
- 
5 
3 
58 
15 
20 
10 
5 
9 
Pitt 
- 
2 
4 
28 
8 
13 
1 
- 
4 
Polk 
- 
- 
- 
65 
20 
25 
9 
2 
1 
Randolph 
- 
1 
14 
290 
43 
67 
- 
20 
22 
Richmond 
- 
- 
2 
24 
8 
4 
2 
4 
2 
Robeson 
- 
- 
12 
78 
22 
28 
15 
7 
21 
Rockingham 
- 
2 
8 
171 
33 
52 
14 
- 
14 
Rowan 
- 
2 
11 
191 
33 
66 
14 
27 
17 
Rutherford 
- 
2 
10 
131 
39 
44 
6 
7 
14 
Sampson 
- 
3 
16 
106 
45 
27 
5 
- 
47 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Carolina 637 
