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 Dakota 
94 
- 
38 
3,270 
111 
674 
49 
152 
47 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
_ 
_ 
71 
2 
13 
_ 
3 
_ 
Barnes 
- 
- 
- 
55 
5 
13 
- 
3 
- 
Benson 
- 
- 
- 
58 
1 
16 
1 
5 
1 
Billings 
- 
- 
- 
85 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
Bottineau 
- 
- 
6 
57 
6 
21 
1 
1 
- 
Bowman 
- 
- 
- 
74 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Burke 
- 
- 
- 
44 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Burleigh 
3 
- 
- 
191 
2 
14 
4 
2 
- 
Cass 
- 
- 
1 
51 
- 
16 
- 
5 
- 
Cavalier 
- 
- 
3 
13 
4 
6 
7 
- 
2 
Dickey 
7 
- 
3 
64 
7 
7 
- 
- 
2 
Divide 
- 
- 
- 
24 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
Dunn 
- 
- 
1 
136 
2 
34 
- 
9 
- 
Eddy 
- 
- 
- 
48 
2 
11 
- 
3 
- 
Emmons 
2 
- 
- 
73 
1 
11 
- 
2 
- 
Foster 
- 
- 
- 
31 
6 
8 
- 
- 
6 
Golden Valley 
- 
- 
- 
65 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Grand Forks 
- 
- 
- 
21 
3 
8 
- 
- 
3 
Grant 
5 
- 
- 
99 
- 
11 
- 
2 
- 
Griggs 
- 
- 
- 
53 
1 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Flettinger 
- 
- 
- 
29 
2 
15 
1 
4 
- 
Kidder 
- 
- 
- 
73 
2 
13 
1 
5 
1 
LaMoure 
- 
- 
- 
41 
1 
19 
- 
- 
- 
Logan 
- 
- 
- 
82 
- 
5 
- 
4 
- 
McFlenry 
1 
- 
- 
124 
3 
35 
2 
7 
- 
McIntosh 
- 
- 
4 
60 
2 
17 
- 
4 
- 
McKenzie 
26 
- 
2 
99 
5 
14 
2 
4 
4 
McLean 
5 
- 
2 
72 
4 
12 
3 
4 
5 
Mercer 
6 
- 
- 
87 
1 
24 
- 
6 
1 
Morton 
7 
- 
1 
178 
4 
25 
6 
10 
- 
Mountrail 
6 
_ 
_ 
63 
_ 
13 
_ 
6 
_ 
Nelson 
2 
- 
- 
21 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Oliver 
4 
- 
- 
55 
2 
11 
2 
2 
1 
Pembina 
- 
- 
- 
19 
2 
13 
- 
3 
5 
Pierce 
- 
- 
- 
51 
- 
11 
- 
10 
- 
Ramsey 
- 
- 
- 
13 
1 
10 
2 
- 
- 
Ransom 
1 
- 
- 
77 
5 
20 
- 
- 
- 
Renville 
- 
- 
2 
21 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
Richland 
- 
- 
1 
51 
6 
6 
5 
1 
4 
Rolette 
- 
- 
7 
47 
1 
24 
2 
8 
- 
Sargent 
2 
_ 
_ 
28 
_ 
12 
3 
1 
_ 
Sheridan 
- 
- 
- 
40 
2 
6 
- 
1 
1 
Sioux 
- 
- 
- 
58 
- 
12 
- 
2 
- 
Slope 
- 
- 
1 
55 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Stark 
3 
- 
- 
128 
2 
26 
- 
6 
- 
Steele 
- 
- 
1 
5 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Stutsman 
- 
- 
1 
98 
4 
33 
2 
4 
- 
Towner 
- 
- 
- 
13 
2 
6 
2 
- 
- 
Traill 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Walsh 
- 
- 
- 
38 
4 
14 
- 
4 
5 
Ward 
_ 
_ 
_ 
89 
_ 
21 
2 
4 
2 
Wells 
- 
- 
2 
55 
4 
7 
- 
3 
1 
Williams 
14 
- 
- 
64 
1 
10 
- 
6 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Dakota 427 
