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 
Tennessee 
- 
51 
631 
11,766 
1,102 
3,551 
266 
313 
669 
Counties 
Anderson 
_ 
_ 
3 
79 
6 
16 
2 
_ 
3 
Bedford 
- 
1 
14 
262 
11 
62 
4 
1 
10 
Benton 
- 
- 
7 
78 
15 
10 
1 
- 
8 
Bledsoe 
- 
- 
2 
126 
9 
28 
1 
6 
6 
Blount 
- 
- 
13 
167 
25 
38 
4 
4 
10 
Bradley 
- 
- 
2 
138 
12 
39 
4 
4 
4 
Campbell 
- 
- 
3 
30 
5 
14 
2 
- 
2 
Cannon 
- 
- 
8 
89 
10 
36 
3 
3 
7 
Carroll 
- 
- 
3 
101 
5 
30 
2 
3 
4 
Carter 
- 
- 
5 
63 
11 
26 
1 
- 
3 
Cheatham 
_ 
2 
4 
91 
15 
20 
4 
2 
2 
Chester 
- 
- 
8 
55 
7 
16 
1 
- 
6 
Claiborne 
- 
- 
12 
195 
14 
59 
- 
6 
12 
Clay 
- 
- 
2 
124 
2 
23 
- 
- 
4 
Cocke 
- 
1 
5 
108 
9 
31 
- 
8 
7 
Coffee 
- 
2 
12 
172 
14 
39 
3 
2 
9 
Crockett 
- 
- 
2 
39 
3 
15 
1 
- 
3 
Cumberland 
- 
4 
5 
126 
8 
36 
8 
- 
10 
Davidson 
- 
- 
4 
42 
16 
20 
2 
3 
5 
Decatur 
- 
- 
5 
67 
6 
16 
- 
2 
5 
DoKalb 
_ 
_ 
6 
118 
17 
36 
3 
2 
8 
Dickson 
- 
1 
13 
246 
18 
71 
7 
9 
10 
Dyer 
- 
- 
1 
40 
4 
5 
2 
- 
- 
Fayette 
- 
- 
2 
74 
5 
32 
- 
1 
1 
Fentress 
- 
- 
4 
133 
7 
28 
7 
3 
4 
Franklin 
- 
- 
2 
164 
7 
44 
4 
- 
6 
Gibson 
- 
- 
2 
84 
11 
39 
1 
2 
5 
Giles 
- 
- 
15 
318 
20 
116 
2 
17 
18 
Grainger 
- 
- 
14 
170 
30 
60 
3 
6 
15 
Greene 
1 
22 
422 
36 
153 
5 
31 
16 
Grundy 
- 
- 
- 
56 
8 
9 
- 
- 
3 
Hamblen 
- 
2 
12 
130 
14 
46 
3 
2 
13 
Hamilton 
- 
- 
3 
111 
14 
33 
5 
1 
9 
Hancock 
- 
- 
2 
78 
4 
30 
2 
2 
2 
Hardeman 
- 
1 
10 
62 
9 
21 
4 
2 
11 
Hardin 
- 
- 
5 
95 
11 
25 
2 
2 
7 
Hawkins 
- 
4 
11 
230 
23 
75 
6 
16 
11 
Haywood 
- 
1 
2 
17 
9 
8 
1 
- 
6 
Henderson 
- 
1 
8 
120 
9 
33 
1 
1 
5 
Henry 
- 
- 
2 
125 
8 
23 
- 
- 
3 
Hickman 
_ 
2 
8 
117 
17 
46 
11 
_ 
13 
Houston 
- 
1 
4 
55 
2 
12 
- 
- 
4 
Humphreys 
- 
2 
1 
120 
4 
28 
1 
- 
5 
Jackson 
- 
- 
2 
102 
3 
23 
2 
2 
1 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
12 
212 
21 
59 
6 
5 
11 
Johnson 
- 
- 
6 
55 
15 
28 
3 
3 
13 
Knox 
- 
- 
6 
184 
23 
63 
5 
2 
8 
Lake 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Lauderdale 
- 
- 
2 
44 
7 
8 
1 
3 
6 
Lawrence 
- 
1 
18 
273 
36 
96 
21 
9 
34 
Lewis 
_ 
_ 
3 
45 
3 
6 
3 
_ 
1 
Lincoln 
- 
- 
16 
292 
26 
81 
8 
8 
19 
Loudon 
- 
1 
5 
131 
12 
34 
3 
1 
4 
McMinn 
- 
- 
15 
175 
13 
45 
3 
14 
6 
McNairy 
- 
2 
8 
84 
13 
21 
4 
- 
7 
Macon 
- 
1 
9 
154 
12 
43 
6 
8 
10 
Madison 
- 
- 
7 
55 
11 
16 
- 
1 
6 
Marion 
- 
- 
1 
56 
8 
17 
6 
6 
4 
Marshall 
- 
- 
11 
225 
16 
56 
7 
8 
12 
Maury 
- 
2 
16 
240 
23 
91 
2 
4 
16 
Meigs 
- 
- 
2 
47 
4 
13 
1 
3 
1 
Monroe 
- 
- 
20 
140 
12 
36 
1 
2 
5 
Montgomery 
- 
1 
1 
152 
13 
32 
3 
1 
3 
Moore 
- 
- 
3 
72 
6 
19 
- 
3 
3 
Morgan 
- 
- 
2 
76 
7 
34 
3 
1 
1 
Obion 
- 
1 
4 
52 
7 
18 
2 
1 
5 
Overton 
- 
- 
4 
217 
11 
52 
2 
1 
4 
Perry 
- 
- 
- 
37 
- 
17 
1 
- 
- 
Pickett 
- 
- 
6 
60 
4 
15 
- 
1 
4 
Polk 
- 
- 
5 
32 
8 
15 
- 
1 
4 
Putnam 
_ 
3 
9 
167 
14 
40 
4 
5 
8 
Rhea 
- 
- 
- 
76 
4 
32 
1 
1 
6 
Roane 
- 
- 
7 
110 
12 
33 
3 
4 
7 
Robertson 
- 
2 
9 
222 
21 
73 
9 
9 
13 
Rutherford 
- 
- 
13 
248 
15 
105 
3 
5 
7 
Scott 
- 
- 
3 
64 
3 
12 
2 
6 
4 
Sequatchie 
- 
- 
- 
34 
4 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Sevier 
- 
- 
4 
72 
9 
21 
1 
5 
7 
Shelby 
- 
1 
2 
39 
15 
19 
1 
2 
7 
Smith 
- 
- 
4 
165 
7 
50 
5 
9 
3 
Stewart 
_ 
_ 
1 
66 
_ 
18 
_ 
3 
_ 
Sullivan 
- 
2 
16 
151 
19 
87 
2 
4 
15 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Tennessee 595 
