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 
Nevada 
595 
- 
23 
614 
118 
288 
67 
14 
39 
Counties 
Churchill 
401 
_ 
5 
128 
21 
88 
28 
1 
12 
Clark 
7 
- 
- 
25 
17 
10 
6 
- 
1 
Douglas 
7 
- 
- 
40 
7 
18 
- 
- 
2 
Elko 
6 
- 
6 
134 
3 
31 
- 
7 
1 
Eureka 
2 
- 
- 
25 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Humboldt 
3 
- 
- 
31 
4 
11 
- 
- 
3 
Lander 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
13 
1 
- 
1 
Lincoln 
1 
- 
- 
33 
19 
24 
6 
1 
7 
Lyon 
85 
- 
4 
67 
17 
41 
17 
- 
5 
Mineral 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Nye 
- 
- 
- 
27 
4 
12 
1 
- 
1 
Pershing 
37 
- 
6 
24 
- 
13 
- 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Nevada 319 
