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 
South Carolina 
- 
51 
99 
3,274 
495 
808 
152 
212 
192 
Counties 
Abbeville 
_ 
_ 
3 
127 
12 
36 
4 
7 
2 
Aiken 
- 
1 
2 
165 
18 
17 
8 
3 
3 
Allendale 
- 
- 
3 
8 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2 
Anderson 
- 
2 
7 
262 
19 
58 
7 
12 
7 
Bamberg 
- 
- 
2 
24 
10 
3 
2 
- 
5 
Barnwell 
- 
- 
- 
36 
6 
11 
3 
- 
3 
Beaufort 
- 
- 
3 
16 
17 
- 
7 
- 
8 
Berkeley 
- 
- 
2 
58 
15 
22 
2 
4 
5 
Calhoun 
- 
- 
- 
31 
7 
8 
2 
1 
- 
Charleston 
- 
- 
3 
59 
22 
9 
3 
2 
14 
Cherokee 
_ 
_ 
_ 
115 
3 
24 
_ 
5 
1 
Chester 
- 
- 
2 
93 
8 
32 
2 
8 
2 
Chesterfield 
- 
3 
1 
71 
10 
23 
1 
6 
5 
Clarendon 
- 
- 
- 
21 
8 
1 
2 
- 
3 
Colleton 
- 
1 
1 
46 
9 
15 
4 
4 
9 
Darlington 
- 
1 
1 
39 
13 
7 
2 
2 
2 
Dillon 
- 
2 
- 
23 
1 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Dorchester 
- 
- 
- 
39 
5 
3 
1 
4 
4 
Edgefield 
- 
1 
4 
54 
10 
15 
3 
2 
1 
Fairfield 
- 
3 
1 
44 
2 
16 
- 
3 
- 
Florence 
_ 
_ 
2 
58 
13 
19 
4 
_ 
3 
Georgetown 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Greenville 
- 
4 
5 
205 
37 
40 
10 
13 
19 
Greenwood 
- 
2 
1 
63 
10 
22 
2 
15 
1 
Flampton 
- 
2 
1 
14 
4 
7 
1 
- 
- 
Horry 
- 
2 
2 
74 
11 
20 
4 
2 
6 
Jasper 
- 
1 
- 
6 
1 
3 
- 
- 
3 
Kershaw 
- 
- 
- 
42 
9 
7 
3 
2 
- 
Lancaster 
- 
- 
2 
99 
4 
18 
2 
10 
4 
Laurens 
- 
2 
5 
116 
9 
31 
7 
12 
1 
Lee 
_ 
_ 
_ 
19 
5 
8 
_ 
_ 
3 
Lexington 
- 
7 
3 
108 
21 
28 
3 
11 
10 
McCormick 
- 
- 
2 
20 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Marion 
- 
1 
2 
26 
6 
7 
3 
- 
3 
Marlboro 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Newberry 
- 
2 
6 
103 
10 
22 
2 
14 
7 
Oconee 
- 
3 
9 
146 
23 
42 
5 
7 
10 
Orangeburg 
- 
- 
- 
59 
28 
13 
5 
2 
10 
Pickens 
- 
3 
7 
113 
7 
26 
8 
8 
2 
Richland 
- 
- 
- 
55 
12 
21 
5 
- 
8 
Saluda 
_ 
2 
4 
101 
6 
20 
4 
5 
3 
Spartanburg 
- 
1 
8 
190 
33 
54 
15 
12 
12 
Sumter 
- 
- 
2 
53 
8 
12 
5 
6 
2 
Union 
- 
- 
1 
47 
4 
12 
- 
6 
- 
Williamsburg 
- 
1 
2 
53 
18 
10 
8 
- 
1 
York 
- 
4 
- 
161 
15 
50 
3 
24 
5 
430 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
