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. 
Stanly 
- 
- 
- 
14 
6 
6 
2 
1 
- 
Stokes 
- 
- 
10 
96 
26 
46 
13 
12 
11 
Surry 
- 
1 
11 
134 
22 
39 
6 
7 
12 
Swain 
- 
2 
12 
207 
38 
81 
8 
18 
19 
Transylvania 
- 
- 
- 
19 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Tyrrell 
- 
- 
- 
42 
21 
13 
5 
3 
3 
Union 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vance 
- 
1 
13 
157 
26 
61 
5 
20 
15 
Wake 
- 
- 
- 
26 
6 
2 
1 
3 
2 
Warren 
- 
6 
9 
95 
54 
64 
13 
8 
26 
Washington 
- 
1 
2 
28 
11 
9 
- 
1 
3 
Watauga 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
8 
1 
- 
- 
Wayne 
- 
2 
2 
86 
56 
29 
21 
1 
12 
Wilkes 
- 
1 
6 
56 
15 
7 
1 
3 
11 
Wilson 
- 
1 
8 
167 
36 
59 
16 
22 
15 
Yadkin 
- 
- 
1 
20 
7 
4 
1 
- 
4 
Yancey 
- 
- 
9 
198 
34 
66 
7 
9 
13 
638 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
