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 
Nebraska 
1,690 
26 
127 
7,197 
374 
1,205 
144 
46 
100 
Counties 
Adams 
2 
_ 
1 
58 
2 
9 
1 
_ 
1 
Antelope 
1 
- 
2 
96 
- 
13 
- 
- 
- 
Arthur 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Banner 
- 
- 
- 
39 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Blaine 
- 
- 
- 
35 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Boone 
- 
- 
4 
88 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Box Butte 
3 
- 
- 
49 
- 
10 
2 
4 
- 
Boyd 
- 
- 
- 
54 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Brown 
44 
- 
1 
76 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Buffalo 
6 
- 
- 
149 
16 
30 
2 
4 
8 
Burt 
1 
_ 
2 
61 
8 
9 
_ 
_ 
1 
Butler 
1 
- 
- 
100 
5 
15 
3 
- 
3 
Cass 
1 
- 
- 
74 
14 
37 
8 
1 
- 
Cedar 
- 
- 
- 
140 
12 
27 
1 
- 
- 
Chase 
4 
- 
- 
71 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Cherry 
3 
- 
- 
173 
3 
24 
- 
1 
- 
Cheyenne 
3 
- 
- 
42 
5 
7 
- 
- 
1 
Clay 
- 
- 
1 
75 
5 
18 
2 
- 
5 
Colfax 
- 
- 
1 
51 
5 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Cuming 
- 
- 
1 
108 
14 
6 
- 
2 
1 
Custer 
45 
- 
9 
329 
7 
26 
6 
1 
1 
Dakota 
- 
- 
- 
26 
3 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Dawes 
11 
3 
- 
155 
2 
13 
3 
- 
1 
Dawson 
54 
- 
7 
121 
6 
24 
3 
3 
2 
Deuel 
4 
- 
1 
13 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Dixon 
- 
- 
2 
61 
- 
13 
- 
1 
- 
Dodge 
- 
- 
- 
35 
2 
15 
2 
- 
- 
Douglas 
- 
- 
- 
46 
21 
19 
13 
- 
9 
Dundy 
3 
- 
- 
42 
4 
10 
2 
- 
1 
Fillmore 
1 
- 
2 
33 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Franklin 
35 
_ 
1 
60 
_ 
8 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Frontier 
1 
- 
1 
74 
- 
14 
- 
- 
- 
Furnas 
49 
- 
1 
31 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Gage 
- 
- 
1 
151 
5 
33 
4 
1 
- 
Garden 
9 
- 
1 
31 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Garfield 
17 
- 
- 
52 
1 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Gosper 
30 
- 
- 
63 
2 
7 
- 
- 
2 
Grant 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Greeley 
11 
- 
2 
68 
4 
11 
2 
- 
- 
Hall 
3 
- 
1 
57 
6 
16 
1 
Hamilton 
1 
_ 
_ 
47 
3 
10 
_ 
_ 
1 
Harlan 
21 
- 
2 
61 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Hayes 
3 
- 
- 
39 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Hitchcock 
19 
- 
- 
51 
1 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Holt 
- 
- 
2 
268 
16 
30 
4 
- 
2 
Hooker 
- 
- 
- 
36 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Howard 
137 
1 
5 
119 
10 
15 
1 
2 
1 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
5 
98 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Johnson 
1 
- 
2 
79 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Kearney 
27 
- 
5 
25 
- 
9 
1 
- 
1 
Keith 
6 
- 
2 
48 
- 
5 
1 
3 
- 
Keya Paha 
3 
- 
- 
65 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Kimball 
- 
- 
1 
41 
4 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Knox 
2 
1 
1 
189 
2 
33 
- 
2 
- 
Lancaster 
- 
16 
3 
208 
44 
73 
34 
- 
19 
Lincoln 
55 
- 
6 
183 
7 
36 
2 
1 
1 
Logan 
- 
- 
1 
31 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Loup 
4 
- 
- 
37 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
McPherson 
- 
- 
- 
29 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Madison 
1 
- 
2 
71 
3 
13 
1 
- 
2 
Merrick 
3 
_ 
_ 
42 
1 
19 
2 
_ 
_ 
Morrill 
161 
- 
- 
76 
- 
17 
1 
- 
- 
Nance 
20 
- 
- 
64 
2 
12 
- 
1 
- 
Nemaha 
- 
- 
1 
57 
- 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Nuckolls 
28 
- 
7 
121 
3 
8 
1 
- 
- 
Otoe 
2 
3 
5 
104 
13 
27 
- 
1 
2 
Pawnee 
- 
- 
2 
66 
3 
10 
- 
- 
1 
Perkins 
3 
- 
1 
27 
4 
15 
1 
1 
- 
Phelps 
52 
- 
3 
34 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Pierce 
- 
- 
3 
96 
9 
15 
3 
7 
- 
Platte 
8 
_ 
3 
81 
4 
17 
_ 
_ 
2 
Polk 
- 
- 
1 
33 
4 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Red Willow 
36 
1 
- 
32 
4 
6 
5 
- 
1 
Richardson 
- 
1 
- 
83 
7 
17 
- 
3 
3 
Rock 
2 
- 
- 
65 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Saline 
2 
- 
3 
88 
3 
22 
- 
- 
- 
Sarpy 
1 
- 
1 
21 
8 
16 
1 
- 
4 
Saunders 
- 
- 
- 
157 
16 
29 
7 
- 
4 
Scotts Bluff 
507 
- 
1 
129 
9 
31 
7 
- 
- 
Seward 
- 
- 
3 
125 
8 
32 
5 
1 
1 
Sheridan 
16 
_ 
2 
111 
2 
12 
1 
_ 
2 
Sherman 
62 
- 
1 
90 
- 
8 
2 
- 
- 
-continued 
564 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
