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 
Ohio 
- 
54 
495 
8,905 
1,802 
3,179 
374 
418 
953 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
_ 
12 
180 
25 
39 
2 
20 
11 
Allen 
- 
- 
5 
25 
7 
12 
6 
- 
6 
Ashland 
- 
- 
5 
136 
36 
54 
8 
18 
26 
Ashtabula 
- 
1 
4 
148 
46 
64 
14 
7 
26 
Athens 
- 
2 
6 
144 
19 
31 
5 
3 
6 
Auglaize 
- 
- 
1 
45 
4 
23 
1 
1 
1 
Belmont 
- 
2 
9 
156 
13 
47 
3 
10 
11 
Brown 
- 
- 
9 
175 
23 
61 
2 
7 
14 
Butler 
- 
- 
4 
122 
19 
42 
1 
4 
7 
Carroll 
- 
3 
4 
142 
15 
48 
5 
3 
9 
Champaign 
- 
- 
6 
57 
17 
31 
1 
- 
19 
Clark 
- 
1 
4 
78 
19 
21 
1 
1 
6 
Clermont 
- 
2 
9 
123 
21 
29 
1 
3 
9 
Clinton 
- 
1 
3 
56 
20 
26 
6 
3 
6 
Columbiana 
- 
2 
6 
178 
37 
56 
7 
6 
15 
Coshocton 
- 
- 
15 
224 
23 
68 
5 
2 
7 
Crawford 
- 
- 
1 
28 
5 
12 
2 
- 
2 
Cuyahoga 
- 
- 
1 
9 
13 
9 
12 
- 
3 
Darke 
- 
1 
10 
67 
14 
39 
6 
4 
10 
Defiance 
- 
- 
2 
28 
5 
11 
5 
3 
2 
Delaware 
_ 
1 
4 
94 
25 
43 
5 
1 
7 
Erie 
- 
1 
1 
25 
10 
18 
4 
- 
8 
Fairfield 
- 
- 
6 
143 
28 
45 
3 
2 
13 
Fayette 
- 
- 
3 
46 
6 
8 
3 
1 
3 
Franklin 
- 
1 
1 
49 
19 
25 
3 
- 
5 
Fulton 
- 
- 
1 
33 
12 
18 
4 
- 
7 
Gallia 
- 
- 
15 
195 
18 
57 
6 
9 
13 
Geauga 
- 
2 
11 
182 
60 
102 
19 
16 
44 
Greene 
- 
2 
2 
107 
31 
47 
2 
- 
3 
Guernsey 
- 
- 
7 
209 
18 
52 
1 
16 
6 
Flamilton 
_ 
1 
4 
59 
30 
25 
7 
3 
11 
Hancock 
- 
- 
5 
39 
8 
27 
- 
1 
5 
Hardin 
- 
- 
7 
30 
16 
21 
1 
- 
8 
Harrison 
- 
- 
1 
120 
6 
25 
- 
3 
2 
Henry 
- 
- 
5 
13 
15 
13 
2 
- 
8 
Highland 
- 
- 
9 
160 
24 
48 
8 
1 
18 
Hocking 
- 
- 
2 
74 
7 
24 
- 
2 
3 
Holmes 
- 
2 
26 
586 
76 
80 
10 
54 
43 
Huron 
- 
- 
2 
72 
18 
25 
2 
4 
12 
Jackson 
- 
- 
4 
84 
13 
21 
1 
1 
9 
Jefferson 
_ 
_ 
3 
108 
1 
23 
2 
3 
1 
Knox 
- 
4 
8 
241 
52 
73 
13 
6 
16 
Lake 
- 
- 
- 
12 
25 
11 
2 
- 
6 
Lawrence 
- 
4 
10 
89 
21 
31 
3 
12 
19 
Licking 
- 
2 
13 
223 
58 
68 
8 
2 
26 
Logan 
- 
- 
3 
86 
12 
26 
2 
2 
9 
Lorain 
- 
- 
5 
75 
32 
60 
4 
2 
23 
Lucas 
- 
- 
3 
22 
23 
10 
- 
- 
11 
Madison 
- 
- 
5 
51 
11 
14 
3 
6 
9 
Mahoning 
- 
1 
3 
65 
24 
43 
4 
4 
10 
Marion 
_ 
_ 
6 
32 
5 
12 
1 
_ 
5 
Medina 
- 
- 
6 
117 
38 
62 
12 
7 
24 
Meigs 
- 
- 
16 
101 
27 
34 
2 
1 
21 
Mercer 
- 
- 
4 
37 
7 
24 
3 
- 
7 
Miami 
- 
- 
11 
76 
18 
30 
4 
4 
7 
Monroe 
- 
- 
12 
145 
21 
42 
1 
9 
12 
Montgomery 
- 
- 
5 
67 
16 
22 
5 
- 
11 
Morgan 
- 
- 
6 
116 
18 
25 
2 
2 
8 
Morrow 
- 
- 
7 
82 
23 
49 
5 
4 
11 
Muskingum 
- 
2 
7 
249 
30 
66 
5 
13 
18 
Noble 
_ 
1 
4 
125 
12 
36 
_ 
1 
7 
Ottawa 
- 
- 
7 
25 
17 
23 
1 
- 
12 
Paulding 
- 
- 
6 
10 
5 
10 
- 
- 
5 
Perry 
- 
3 
2 
114 
14 
41 
8 
2 
2 
Pickaway 
- 
- 
4 
51 
9 
32 
4 
- 
7 
Pike 
- 
1 
3 
60 
13 
17 
6 
7 
21 
Portage 
- 
- 
10 
134 
35 
68 
6 
2 
19 
Preble 
- 
- 
5 
103 
14 
42 
3 
4 
7 
Putnam 
- 
- 
4 
9 
10 
20 
- 
3 
7 
Richland 
- 
2 
9 
127 
43 
38 
6 
7 
23 
Ross 
_ 
_ 
2 
82 
14 
26 
2 
4 
7 
Sandusky 
- 
- 
3 
28 
11 
19 
4 
- 
5 
Scioto 
- 
- 
4 
98 
17 
34 
2 
3 
9 
Seneca 
- 
- 
6 
49 
8 
57 
3 
- 
7 
Shelby 
- 
- 
3 
43 
12 
27 
7 
2 
5 
Stark 
- 
- 
4 
159 
41 
83 
13 
4 
15 
Summit 
- 
1 
- 
46 
22 
37 
4 
- 
8 
Trumbull 
- 
2 
6 
118 
20 
41 
8 
13 
14 
T uscarawas 
- 
- 
7 
206 
30 
37 
2 
12 
7 
Union 
- 
- 
4 
70 
24 
35 
8 
1 
9 
Van Wert 
_ 
_ 
1 
13 
6 
11 
1 
3 
6 
Vinton 
- 
- 
3 
34 
6 
11 
- 
5 
3 
--continued 
602 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
