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 
Pennsylvania 
- 
141 
247 
9,280 
2,379 
3,145 
551 
873 
1,124 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
2 
8 
170 
65 
113 
21 
5 
24 
Allegheny 
- 
- 
4 
74 
22 
31 
8 
- 
17 
Armstrong 
- 
5 
2 
158 
16 
43 
8 
12 
7 
Beaver 
- 
- 
2 
122 
18 
38 
5 
1 
12 
Bedford 
- 
6 
10 
262 
45 
73 
8 
23 
17 
Berks 
- 
6 
8 
289 
128 
134 
38 
23 
54 
Blair 
- 
- 
2 
72 
17 
22 
7 
9 
13 
Bradford 
- 
2 
6 
211 
41 
51 
10 
40 
21 
Bucks 
- 
1 
3 
150 
72 
78 
19 
4 
25 
Butler 
- 
- 
7 
197 
42 
71 
12 
8 
26 
Cambria 
_ 
3 
3 
96 
16 
25 
2 
6 
3 
Cameron 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Carbon 
- 
- 
- 
16 
15 
14 
2 
1 
3 
Centre 
- 
1 
14 
266 
59 
79 
21 
45 
47 
Chester 
- 
3 
6 
282 
99 
91 
33 
36 
59 
Clarion 
- 
- 
2 
108 
20 
43 
5 
2 
5 
Clearfield 
- 
6 
3 
84 
15 
46 
3 
6 
5 
Clinton 
- 
- 
7 
125 
5 
17 
4 
54 
25 
Columbia 
- 
5 
4 
112 
46 
37 
5 
10 
8 
Crawford 
- 
2 
3 
239 
33 
93 
9 
23 
12 
Cumberland 
_ 
3 
4 
180 
55 
63 
5 
20 
18 
Dauphin 
- 
1 
8 
140 
19 
45 
2 
8 
5 
Delaware 
- 
- 
1 
3 
7 
10 
6 
- 
3 
Elk 
- 
1 
2 
49 
7 
13 
1 
- 
2 
Erie 
- 
3 
5 
123 
63 
63 
8 
6 
40 
Fayette 
- 
3 
- 
134 
6 
42 
- 
6 
1 
Forest 
- 
- 
- 
8 
9 
6 
1 
- 
1 
Franklin 
- 
5 
2 
216 
92 
65 
8 
33 
39 
Fulton 
- 
6 
3 
120 
11 
32 
- 
5 
3 
Greene 
- 
2 
3 
149 
4 
36 
2 
10 
- 
Fluntingdon 
- 
2 
- 
126 
20 
37 
9 
12 
9 
Indiana 
- 
3 
8 
209 
37 
44 
5 
17 
24 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
- 
112 
16 
35 
2 
22 
5 
Juniata 
- 
3 
- 
133 
25 
34 
4 
13 
4 
Lackawanna 
- 
- 
- 
36 
12 
22 
- 
- 
10 
Lancaster 
- 
5 
17 
803 
337 
295 
88 
144 
173 
Lawrence 
- 
2 
1 
107 
19 
36 
7 
5 
20 
Lebanon 
- 
2 
1 
199 
37 
44 
7 
20 
16 
Lehigh 
- 
1 
- 
70 
34 
25 
16 
1 
24 
Luzerne 
- 
2 
7 
48 
30 
27 
3 
1 
13 
Lycoming 
_ 
3 
1 
178 
27 
64 
4 
13 
10 
McKean 
- 
- 
- 
28 
4 
22 
- 
- 
4 
Mercer 
- 
2 
1 
210 
30 
72 
18 
18 
22 
Mifflin 
- 
5 
2 
94 
15 
32 
6 
44 
9 
Monroe 
- 
- 
2 
31 
19 
18 
5 
1 
3 
Montgomery 
- 
3 
8 
115 
35 
35 
8 
- 
15 
Montour 
- 
- 
1 
64 
23 
17 
6 
4 
7 
Northampton 
- 
- 
1 
62 
21 
26 
12 
1 
11 
Northumberland 
- 
2 
1 
128 
39 
32 
2 
17 
24 
Perry 
- 
9 
5 
144 
37 
42 
10 
19 
5 
Philadelphia 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
6 
6 
- 
4 
Pike 
- 
2 
- 
8 
3 
1 
- 
1 
3 
Potter 
- 
6 
3 
51 
17 
14 
5 
2 
5 
Schuylkill 
- 
- 
5 
57 
45 
32 
4 
4 
14 
Snyder 
- 
2 
11 
143 
53 
53 
15 
20 
46 
Somerset 
- 
8 
3 
254 
37 
42 
9 
11 
28 
Sullivan 
- 
- 
2 
17 
3 
14 
- 
2 
3 
Susquehanna 
- 
- 
10 
141 
20 
35 
8 
8 
2 
Tioga 
- 
3 
7 
142 
28 
48 
2 
5 
11 
Union 
- 
- 
2 
78 
29 
27 
2 
37 
11 
Venango 
- 
1 
- 
79 
12 
25 
1 
2 
4 
Warren 
- 
- 
4 
101 
14 
47 
- 
1 
5 
Washington 
- 
- 
1 
347 
32 
75 
5 
14 
16 
Wayne 
- 
7 
5 
120 
44 
39 
8 
4 
14 
Westmoreland 
- 
1 
- 
278 
41 
86 
6 
6 
6 
Wyoming 
- 
- 
3 
62 
24 
25 
5 
1 
4 
York 
- 
1 
13 
336 
106 
138 
10 
7 
45 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Pennsylvania 525 
