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 
Maine 
- 
58 
164 
1,372 
1,074 
926 
406 
45 
456 
Counties 
Androscoggin 
- 
1 
- 
84 
38 
58 
58 
3 
14 
Aroostook 
- 
4 
11 
114 
88 
83 
17 
2 
63 
Cumberland 
- 
1 
9 
145 
90 
95 
26 
7 
46 
Franklin 
- 
1 
3 
78 
36 
46 
19 
6 
13 
Flancock 
- 
4 
12 
73 
101 
73 
41 
1 
42 
Kennebec 
- 
6 
2 
117 
65 
51 
20 
2 
20 
Knox 
- 
3 
13 
58 
52 
42 
7 
- 
16 
Lincoln 
- 
1 
4 
66 
60 
53 
31 
1 
10 
Oxford 
- 
1 
9 
79 
72 
66 
18 
3 
27 
Penobscot 
- 
1 
26 
72 
96 
69 
14 
5 
37 
Piscataquis 
- 
6 
8 
42 
26 
25 
2 
- 
12 
Sagadahoc 
- 
2 
17 
38 
42 
22 
8 
7 
17 
Somerset 
- 
1 
14 
94 
48 
66 
20 
2 
24 
Waldo 
- 
22 
13 
152 
115 
54 
65 
3 
40 
Washington 
- 
- 
7 
47 
44 
35 
16 
- 
37 
York 
- 
4 
16 
113 
101 
88 
44 
3 
38 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Maine 327 
