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 York 
- 
186 
241 
5,878 
2,533 
2,593 
578 
358 
1,065 
Counties 
Albany 
- 
5 
5 
108 
29 
30 
12 
4 
12 
Allegany 
- 
1 
2 
150 
27 
32 
3 
19 
13 
Broome 
- 
1 
3 
108 
27 
30 
5 
6 
6 
Cattaraugus 
- 
1 
5 
172 
27 
58 
5 
7 
15 
Cayuga 
- 
6 
6 
151 
69 
80 
10 
3 
46 
Chautauqua 
- 
3 
4 
203 
50 
75 
3 
15 
27 
Chemung 
- 
- 
- 
57 
9 
18 
- 
1 
9 
Chenango 
- 
7 
4 
155 
40 
49 
12 
7 
10 
Clinton 
- 
5 
4 
64 
42 
46 
9 
5 
17 
Columbia 
- 
9 
1 
110 
91 
41 
29 
5 
31 
Cortland 
- 
4 
4 
135 
28 
36 
1 
7 
10 
Delaware 
- 
1 
1 
174 
72 
66 
10 
21 
19 
Dutchess 
- 
5 
4 
134 
72 
66 
23 
- 
21 
Erie 
- 
- 
3 
115 
73 
63 
17 
8 
23 
Essex 
- 
2 
6 
52 
27 
29 
11 
2 
11 
Franklin 
- 
3 
1 
101 
37 
52 
7 
5 
13 
Fulton 
- 
3 
2 
34 
12 
12 
- 
- 
3 
Genesee 
- 
2 
1 
74 
22 
35 
2 
3 
8 
Greene 
- 
1 
- 
45 
16 
19 
3 
1 
9 
Hamilton 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Herkimer 
- 
4 
10 
99 
42 
37 
5 
12 
21 
Jefferson 
- 
2 
7 
133 
38 
56 
15 
16 
10 
Kings 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
7 
2 
- 
4 
Lewis 
- 
1 
5 
66 
27 
25 
6 
4 
15 
Livingston 
- 
- 
3 
103 
25 
36 
6 
8 
8 
Madison 
- 
5 
8 
189 
61 
54 
21 
15 
22 
Monroe 
- 
- 
2 
29 
39 
15 
6 
- 
30 
Montgomery 
- 
1 
5 
126 
32 
44 
13 
14 
17 
Nassau 
- 
- 
- 
3 
6 
6 
3 
- 
2 
Niagara 
- 
- 
9 
87 
72 
75 
4 
5 
27 
Oneida 
- 
3 
6 
169 
44 
61 
8 
17 
29 
Onondaga 
- 
5 
3 
119 
56 
53 
13 
3 
23 
Ontario 
- 
5 
4 
121 
64 
55 
11 
12 
28 
Orange 
- 
7 
5 
73 
71 
41 
17 
4 
34 
Orleans 
- 
2 
1 
66 
45 
30 
5 
- 
28 
Oswego 
- 
6 
4 
96 
39 
74 
7 
5 
29 
Otsego 
- 
5 
11 
164 
63 
74 
14 
11 
23 
Putnam 
- 
2 
- 
4 
3 
6 
3 
1 
3 
Queens 
Rensselaer 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
9 
106 
47 
45 
15 
4 
20 
Rockland 
- 
1 
- 
3 
6 
7 
1 
1 
3 
St. Lawrence 
- 
1 
17 
250 
75 
97 
18 
14 
24 
Saratoga 
- 
3 
5 
108 
36 
44 
5 
1 
13 
Schenectady 
- 
- 
7 
23 
7 
4 
3 
- 
3 
Schoharie 
- 
4 
4 
101 
69 
48 
22 
7 
25 
Schuyler 
- 
16 
3 
74 
42 
47 
15 
1 
13 
Seneca 
- 
3 
2 
106 
49 
49 
12 
11 
33 
Steuben 
Suffolk 
- 
11 
14 
337 
57 
102 
11 
7 
25 
Sullivan 
- 
- 
- 
35 
149 
86 
28 
5 
51 
- 
3 
3 
62 
26 
28 
9 
5 
6 
Tioga 
- 
4 
1 
118 
23 
35 
9 
3 
6 
Tompkins 
- 
7 
4 
107 
53 
48 
28 
- 
20 
Ulster 
- 
4 
6 
89 
72 
56 
28 
3 
45 
Warren 
- 
- 
- 
13 
18 
10 
7 
- 
6 
Washington 
- 
6 
8 
152 
77 
86 
12 
3 
40 
Wayne 
- 
3 
- 
79 
63 
53 
12 
5 
27 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New York 499 
