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 
Minnesota 
- 
62 
335 
5,604 
974 
2,392 
305 
273 
434 
Counties 
Aitkin 
_ 
_ 
3 
67 
8 
27 
5 
2 
5 
Anoka 
- 
- 
- 
38 
18 
20 
3 
- 
5 
Becker 
- 
- 
3 
91 
12 
39 
- 
2 
4 
Beltrami 
- 
2 
8 
101 
13 
35 
3 
6 
3 
Benton 
- 
- 
6 
71 
2 
21 
4 
7 
3 
Big Stone 
- 
- 
- 
13 
6 
9 
1 
- 
- 
Blue Earth 
- 
- 
4 
31 
11 
15 
- 
- 
5 
Brown 
- 
2 
6 
24 
7 
22 
3 
2 
5 
Carlton 
- 
1 
1 
97 
12 
46 
7 
3 
5 
Carver 
- 
- 
1 
64 
13 
28 
3 
4 
7 
Cass 
_ 
4 
2 
97 
6 
22 
1 
2 
1 
Chippewa 
- 
2 
4 
25 
11 
22 
- 
- 
4 
Chisago 
- 
1 
2 
100 
6 
53 
10 
5 
9 
Clay 
- 
1 
4 
47 
7 
20 
8 
- 
4 
Clearwater 
- 
- 
2 
66 
7 
15 
2 
- 
- 
Cook 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Cottonwood 
- 
- 
6 
40 
10 
16 
1 
- 
1 
Crow Wing 
- 
1 
1 
62 
10 
22 
1 
2 
8 
Dakota 
- 
- 
1 
70 
17 
28 
9 
2 
9 
Dodge 
- 
- 
2 
47 
1 
24 
- 
2 
1 
Douglas 
- 
- 
1 
58 
15 
37 
1 
7 
2 
Faribault 
- 
- 
3 
6 
6 
12 
- 
- 
1 
Fillmore 
- 
1 
9 
204 
35 
58 
12 
28 
9 
Freeborn 
- 
- 
1 
45 
5 
30 
1 
6 
3 
Goodhue 
- 
3 
5 
187 
37 
63 
9 
2 
5 
Grant 
- 
- 
1 
17 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Hennepin 
- 
1 
1 
58 
20 
29 
4 
- 
8 
Houston 
- 
2 
1 
138 
10 
27 
3 
16 
3 
Hubbard 
- 
- 
1 
51 
17 
31 
8 
2 
4 
Isanti 
- 
- 
5 
80 
9 
39 
11 
2 
9 
Itasca 
_ 
1 
6 
79 
9 
33 
4 
_ 
4 
Jackson 
- 
2 
2 
44 
3 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Kanabec 
- 
- 
1 
79 
5 
34 
3 
2 
3 
Kandiyohi 
- 
- 
1 
56 
7 
29 
1 
2 
9 
Kittson 
- 
- 
- 
23 
3 
6 
1 
1 
- 
Koochiching 
- 
- 
1 
27 
3 
11 
- 
- 
2 
Lac qui Parle 
- 
1 
2 
46 
14 
17 
6 
- 
3 
Lake 
- 
2 
- 
5 
3 
1 
5 
- 
- 
Lake of the Woods 
- 
- 
- 
18 
1 
7 
- 
1 
1 
Le Sueur 
- 
- 
3 
47 
10 
23 
7 
2 
9 
Lincoln 
_ 
_ 
3 
44 
_ 
11 
_ 
2 
_ 
Lyon 
- 
- 
1 
46 
4 
10 
- 
2 
- 
McLeod 
- 
- 
1 
43 
17 
26 
8 
5 
6 
Mahnomen 
- 
- 
1 
18 
4 
9 
- 
- 
2 
Marshall 
- 
- 
2 
38 
- 
13 
1 
2 
1 
Martin 
- 
- 
1 
24 
3 
15 
4 
- 
6 
Meeker 
- 
2 
2 
56 
12 
35 
2 
1 
4 
Mille Lacs 
- 
2 
2 
86 
9 
43 
7 
8 
8 
Morrison 
- 
2 
11 
173 
12 
61 
9 
20 
5 
Mower 
- 
- 
3 
57 
9 
27 
1 
10 
2 
Murray 
- 
- 
4 
39 
8 
19 
1 
1 
- 
Nicollet 
- 
1 
2 
18 
8 
23 
4 
1 
2 
Nobles 
- 
- 
4 
22 
9 
26 
1 
2 
6 
Norman 
- 
- 
7 
36 
3 
13 
1 
2 
2 
Olmsted 
- 
- 
2 
99 
16 
40 
4 
7 
3 
Otter Tail 
- 
3 
10 
223 
29 
86 
10 
9 
14 
Pennington 
- 
1 
2 
35 
5 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Pine 
- 
1 
7 
158 
13 
25 
1 
2 
5 
Pipestone 
- 
- 
1 
67 
12 
17 
3 
1 
2 
Polk 
- 
1 
2 
61 
6 
15 
1 
2 
2 
Pope 
- 
- 
2 
71 
4 
17 
3 
- 
1 
Ramsey 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
5 
1 
- 
1 
Red Lake 
- 
- 
3 
31 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Redwood 
- 
- 
5 
44 
5 
21 
1 
2 
2 
Renville 
- 
- 
3 
16 
8 
25 
1 
- 
1 
Rice 
- 
- 
1 
106 
29 
55 
14 
1 
11 
Rock 
- 
- 
8 
54 
- 
29 
1 
- 
2 
Roseau 
- 
- 
3 
59 
1 
15 
3 
2 
2 
St. Louis 
- 
2 
6 
137 
21 
52 
3 
- 
10 
Scott 
- 
3 
7 
67 
26 
36 
3 
- 
10 
Sherburne 
_ 
1 
3 
49 
11 
20 
7 
1 
5 
Sibley 
- 
- 
9 
39 
14 
20 
4 
6 
9 
Stearns 
- 
3 
37 
224 
44 
150 
15 
13 
35 
Steele 
- 
- 
1 
27 
8 
19 
- 
5 
2 
Stevens 
- 
- 
4 
33 
8 
19 
4 
- 
9 
Swift 
- 
- 
4 
21 
5 
8 
2 
1 
4 
Todd 
- 
4 
29 
214 
54 
86 
6 
9 
27 
Traverse 
- 
- 
1 
7 
1 
9 
- 
- 
1 
Wabasha 
- 
1 
7 
122 
17 
37 
2 
12 
6 
Wadena 
- 
3 
8 
65 
10 
18 
2 
4 
6 
Waseca 
_ 
_ 
3 
17 
7 
27 
1 
_ 
1 
Washington 
- 
- 
2 
97 
36 
40 
12 
- 
22 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Minnesota 613 
