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 
Montana 
2,529 
12 
208 
5,536 
551 
1,068 
124 
113 
271 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
84 
_ 
3 
131 
11 
21 
3 
3 
4 
Big Horn 
52 
- 
1 
160 
- 
16 
- 
1 
- 
Blaine 
85 
- 
6 
105 
10 
20 
3 
4 
4 
Broadwater 
49 
- 
4 
71 
6 
8 
- 
- 
4 
Carbon 
40 
- 
4 
174 
16 
39 
6 
9 
6 
Carter 
1 
- 
1 
98 
2 
13 
- 
- 
1 
Cascade 
128 
- 
8 
200 
18 
42 
2 
3 
9 
Chouteau 
4 
- 
5 
80 
9 
12 
- 
3 
6 
Custer 
60 
- 
3 
93 
9 
18 
4 
2 
2 
Daniels 
1 
- 
4 
18 
5 
3 
- 
- 
4 
Dawson 
42 
_ 
8 
98 
9 
11 
2 
4 
10 
Deer Lodge 
1 
- 
- 
16 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Fallon 
1 
- 
3 
67 
4 
9 
- 
1 
3 
Fergus 
1 
- 
8 
195 
8 
32 
2 
7 
8 
Flathead 
3 
3 
5 
158 
29 
50 
7 
1 
8 
Gallatin 
16 
- 
8 
257 
42 
45 
10 
3 
16 
Garfield 
2 
- 
- 
96 
2 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Glacier 
37 
- 
4 
115 
7 
20 
3 
4 
8 
Golden Valley 
8 
- 
2 
24 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Granite 
7 
- 
1 
53 
- 
4 
- 
3 
- 
Hill 
13 
_ 
4 
110 
5 
19 
_ 
_ 
5 
Jefferson 
2 
- 
5 
86 
14 
20 
- 
- 
6 
Judith Basin 
- 
- 
- 
103 
3 
15 
- 
- 
- 
Lake 
375 
3 
11 
265 
58 
79 
17 
6 
35 
Lewis and Clark 
155 
- 
5 
98 
14 
11 
7 
- 
11 
Liberty 
6 
- 
- 
23 
1 
9 
- 
- 
1 
Lincoln 
4 
- 
4 
64 
7 
14 
3 
1 
1 
McCone 
1 
- 
8 
58 
9 
10 
6 
1 
9 
Madison 
50 
2 
3 
150 
6 
24 
- 
1 
6 
Meagher 
10 
- 
- 
41 
3 
12 
- 
1 
2 
Mineral 
- 
- 
2 
8 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Missoula 
50 
1 
8 
129 
20 
31 
6 
6 
6 
Musselshell 
10 
- 
1 
74 
2 
13 
- 
- 
1 
Park 
23 
3 
5 
157 
23 
24 
6 
3 
6 
Petroleum 
2 
- 
1 
28 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Phillips 
120 
- 
6 
125 
4 
19 
- 
1 
4 
Pondera 
73 
- 
1 
80 
5 
21 
3 
1 
2 
Powder River 
- 
- 
3 
90 
3 
15 
- 
4 
2 
Powell 
3 
- 
4 
73 
4 
13 
- 
4 
- 
Prairie 
25 
- 
- 
43 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Ravalli 
215 
_ 
10 
280 
67 
92 
8 
2 
25 
Richland 
92 
- 
7 
91 
8 
12 
2 
7 
8 
Roosevelt 
7 
- 
5 
68 
7 
5 
- 
3 
5 
Rosebud 
16 
- 
5 
110 
10 
14 
- 
2 
5 
Sanders 
58 
- 
3 
95 
15 
23 
4 
1 
7 
Sheridan 
1 
- 
2 
42 
2 
7 
1 
1 
2 
Silver Bow 
- 
- 
- 
43 
- 
7 
2 
- 
- 
Stillwater 
8 
- 
2 
126 
8 
18 
2 
1 
- 
Sweet Grass 
1 
- 
- 
107 
11 
25 
2 
- 
- 
Teton 
207 
- 
2 
128 
9 
38 
4 
2 
3 
Toole 
7 
_ 
4 
41 
7 
7 
3 
1 
5 
Treasure 
23 
- 
1 
22 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
Valley 
97 
- 
5 
83 
7 
10 
- 
3 
4 
Wheatland 
13 
- 
- 
31 
4 
9 
2 
3 
- 
Wibaux 
2 
- 
- 
49 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Yellowstone 
238 
- 
13 
206 
24 
53 
4 
6 
16 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Montana 455 
