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 
Kentucky 
- 
96 
680 
14,652 
1,341 
4,117 
361 
788 
847 
Counties 
Adair 
_ 
_ 
7 
207 
14 
53 
1 
13 
13 
Allen 
- 
7 
18 
241 
46 
69 
6 
24 
31 
Anderson 
- 
2 
7 
138 
9 
53 
4 
7 
5 
Ballard 
- 
- 
1 
59 
6 
8 
- 
6 
2 
Barren 
- 
1 
23 
388 
26 
99 
5 
31 
21 
Bath 
- 
2 
7 
157 
13 
44 
3 
12 
7 
Bell 
- 
3 
- 
17 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Boone 
- 
- 
4 
138 
6 
26 
5 
2 
2 
Bourbon 
- 
2 
8 
296 
28 
62 
14 
7 
7 
Boyd 
- 
- 
2 
40 
5 
11 
- 
5 
2 
Boyle 
- 
- 
7 
163 
11 
29 
4 
9 
5 
Bracken 
- 
1 
10 
117 
4 
39 
2 
9 
5 
Breathitt 
- 
- 
1 
12 
1 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Breckinridge 
- 
4 
9 
275 
12 
88 
8 
6 
5 
Bullitt 
- 
- 
3 
68 
6 
21 
4 
4 
5 
Butler 
- 
2 
6 
100 
7 
22 
- 
13 
6 
Caldwell 
- 
- 
7 
73 
11 
24 
- 
5 
7 
Calloway 
- 
- 
7 
95 
11 
16 
1 
3 
7 
Campbell 
- 
- 
1 
124 
8 
43 
2 
5 
4 
Carlisle 
- 
- 
6 
17 
9 
8 
- 
“ 
7 
Carroll 
_ 
1 
6 
59 
7 
15 
5 
8 
3 
Carter 
- 
1 
4 
121 
11 
34 
7 
8 
4 
Casey 
- 
2 
6 
199 
31 
46 
6 
19 
20 
Christian 
- 
1 
11 
191 
31 
61 
8 
8 
26 
Clark 
- 
1 
7 
218 
20 
57 
10 
4 
10 
Clay 
- 
- 
2 
40 
4 
10 
1 
- 
6 
Clinton 
- 
- 
11 
79 
12 
23 
- 
7 
11 
Crittenden 
- 
2 
3 
86 
6 
28 
2 
6 
16 
Cumberland 
- 
- 
5 
51 
5 
11 
2 
10 
3 
Daviess 
- 
2 
5 
124 
13 
56 
2 
7 
8 
Edmonson 
_ 
_ 
5 
98 
6 
20 
1 
6 
8 
Elliott 
- 
1 
4 
80 
- 
18 
- 
6 
- 
Estill 
- 
- 
2 
71 
5 
19 
1 
4 
2 
Fayette 
- 
- 
4 
168 
19 
33 
11 
4 
5 
Fleming 
- 
8 
10 
259 
9 
50 
1 
11 
7 
Floyd 
- 
2 
2 
9 
5 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Franklin 
- 
- 
3 
135 
18 
38 
7 
4 
5 
Fulton 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Gallatin 
- 
- 
3 
34 
6 
14 
1 
2 
1 
Garrard 
- 
- 
4 
228 
15 
54 
1 
12 
7 
Grant 
_ 
1 
7 
175 
15 
43 
4 
6 
9 
Graves 
- 
- 
7 
110 
15 
45 
2 
8 
8 
Grayson 
- 
5 
16 
253 
23 
89 
8 
15 
15 
Green 
- 
1 
9 
227 
7 
46 
6 
9 
6 
Greenup 
- 
- 
5 
78 
6 
38 
2 
1 
4 
Hancock 
- 
- 
1 
65 
4 
16 
- 
3 
2 
Hardin 
- 
1 
13 
264 
16 
107 
4 
21 
10 
Harlan 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Harrison 
- 
- 
9 
264 
14 
74 
5 
9 
7 
Hart 
- 
1 
8 
246 
25 
76 
6 
14 
12 
Henderson 
_ 
_ 
2 
46 
7 
18 
2 
_ 
4 
Henry 
- 
1 
3 
209 
10 
50 
7 
9 
4 
Hickman 
- 
- 
- 
26 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Hopkins 
- 
- 
3 
95 
7 
39 
5 
5 
4 
Jackson 
- 
1 
8 
96 
12 
23 
3 
10 
8 
Jefferson 
- 
1 
4 
51 
19 
24 
4 
- 
4 
Jessamine 
- 
2 
10 
139 
19 
36 
2 
5 
13 
Johnson 
- 
1 
2 
38 
4 
9 
- 
- 
3 
Kenton 
- 
2 
3 
108 
8 
24 
3 
2 
3 
Knott 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Knox 
_ 
2 
2 
20 
3 
15 
_ 
4 
3 
Larue 
- 
- 
8 
178 
18 
54 
4 
7 
16 
Laurel 
- 
- 
10 
172 
33 
31 
4 
10 
14 
Lawrence 
- 
- 
3 
51 
6 
12 
- 
2 
4 
Lee 
- 
- 
- 
26 
- 
11 
2 
2 
- 
Leslie 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Letcher 
- 
- 
- 
12 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Lewis 
- 
3 
7 
117 
5 
31 
- 
13 
5 
Lincoln 
- 
- 
13 
288 
27 
52 
9 
27 
21 
Livingston 
- 
- 
3 
37 
3 
14 
1 
2 
3 
Logan 
- 
2 
8 
169 
11 
44 
2 
13 
8 
Lyon 
- 
- 
5 
29 
9 
8 
- 
- 
5 
McCracken 
- 
- 
4 
34 
15 
19 
- 
2 
14 
McCreary 
- 
- 
3 
29 
4 
16 
1 
3 
3 
McLean 
- 
- 
4 
44 
4 
18 
1 
1 
1 
Madison 
- 
- 
9 
325 
29 
63 
10 
6 
18 
Magoffin 
- 
- 
8 
38 
6 
12 
2 
4 
6 
Marion 
- 
- 
4 
227 
8 
84 
2 
14 
3 
Marshall 
- 
1 
12 
117 
7 
37 
3 
3 
8 
Martin 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Mason 
_ 
1 
9 
170 
10 
30 
_ 
9 
3 
Meade 
- 
- 
4 
186 
8 
70 
4 
6 
6 
-continued 
696 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
