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 
Missouri 
- 
141 
334 
16,882 
923 
3,926 
291 
1,016 
406 
Counties 
Adair 
_ 
_ 
4 
121 
8 
13 
2 
18 
3 
Andrew 
- 
- 
1 
82 
5 
26 
3 
5 
2 
Atchison 
- 
1 
- 
22 
1 
8 
1 
1 
- 
Audrain 
- 
2 
2 
125 
18 
25 
7 
7 
10 
Barry 
- 
1 
5 
280 
7 
51 
- 
20 
2 
Barton 
- 
- 
- 
155 
11 
34 
7 
7 
7 
Bates 
- 
2 
- 
173 
10 
38 
5 
13 
7 
Benton 
- 
- 
5 
166 
5 
42 
- 
9 
2 
Bollinger 
- 
1 
3 
158 
1 
45 
- 
5 
2 
Boone 
- 
6 
" 
201 
41 
69 
11 
4 
13 
Buchanan 
_ 
2 
2 
83 
12 
20 
6 
1 
6 
Butler 
- 
- 
4 
46 
1 
25 
5 
4 
1 
Caldwell 
- 
- 
2 
124 
2 
25 
2 
2 
- 
Callaway 
- 
4 
2 
254 
16 
65 
1 
11 
1 
Camden 
- 
- 
4 
114 
2 
27 
- 
3 
- 
Cape Girardeau 
- 
1 
7 
168 
13 
42 
9 
12 
7 
Carroll 
- 
- 
3 
102 
5 
30 
1 
6 
1 
Carter 
- 
2 
1 
53 
1 
10 
1 
5 
1 
Cass 
- 
4 
2 
245 
10 
81 
2 
10 
2 
Cedar 
- 
2 
2 
216 
6 
54 
- 
16 
2 
Chariton 
_ 
2 
2 
79 
7 
19 
2 
4 
3 
Christian 
- 
1 
3 
269 
7 
54 
3 
14 
- 
Clark 
- 
2 
8 
88 
7 
21 
4 
8 
2 
Clay 
- 
- 
4 
72 
5 
13 
3 
3 
7 
Clinton 
- 
- 
1 
130 
10 
30 
5 
4 
2 
Cole 
- 
3 
3 
238 
12 
47 
4 
23 
9 
Cooper 
- 
3 
2 
120 
5 
28 
1 
4 
4 
Crawford 
- 
4 
6 
160 
5 
19 
2 
10 
5 
Dade 
- 
1 
3 
174 
3 
46 
1 
5 
- 
Dallas 
- 
1 
3 
307 
20 
65 
6 
18 
12 
Daviess 
_ 
1 
10 
113 
13 
30 
3 
13 
8 
DeKalb 
- 
- 
- 
109 
8 
27 
- 
1 
- 
Dent 
- 
5 
1 
162 
12 
41 
2 
3 
- 
Douglas 
- 
3 
7 
221 
6 
36 
2 
36 
2 
Dunklin 
- 
- 
2 
4 
2 
2 
- 
1 
8 
Franklin 
- 
4 
4 
387 
29 
86 
4 
20 
4 
Gasconade 
- 
5 
4 
197 
18 
46 
6 
7 
4 
Gentry 
- 
- 
4 
87 
7 
21 
1 
6 
5 
Greene 
- 
- 
1 
360 
14 
94 
4 
22 
4 
Grundy 
- 
" 
- 
78 
5 
22 
3 
6 
6 
Flarrison 
_ 
_ 
_ 
105 
2 
11 
3 
4 
1 
Henry 
- 
- 
6 
124 
2 
32 
2 
10 
2 
Hickory 
- 
- 
1 
92 
4 
21 
1 
5 
3 
Holt 
- 
- 
- 
22 
3 
11 
2 
1 
2 
Howard 
- 
- 
- 
87 
10 
16 
2 
5 
3 
Howell 
- 
1 
6 
406 
8 
106 
1 
33 
2 
Iron 
- 
- 
- 
55 
2 
14 
1 
- 
2 
Jackson 
- 
- 
4 
81 
10 
32 
6 
- 
3 
Jasper 
- 
- 
6 
240 
12 
41 
4 
15 
1 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
1 
134 
10 
40 
4 
7 
4 
Johnson 
_ 
_ 
16 
272 
21 
88 
10 
9 
3 
Knox 
- 
- 
- 
77 
3 
11 
- 
16 
- 
Laclede 
- 
- 
4 
274 
3 
57 
2 
13 
1 
Lafayette 
- 
- 
8 
161 
15 
36 
4 
5 
8 
Lawrence 
- 
2 
3 
481 
13 
92 
6 
21 
6 
Lewis 
- 
- 
- 
82 
6 
19 
1 
4 
3 
Lincoln 
- 
1 
5 
118 
14 
50 
9 
4 
3 
Linn 
- 
2 
2 
107 
2 
24 
4 
9 
1 
Livingston 
- 
- 
- 
68 
7 
21 
- 
12 
6 
McDonald 
- 
- 
2 
166 
1 
52 
1 
13 
- 
Macon 
_ 
2 
9 
164 
5 
29 
_ 
24 
4 
Madison 
- 
1 
- 
92 
- 
16 
- 
6 
- 
Maries 
- 
2 
3 
227 
6 
42 
- 
6 
2 
Marion 
- 
- 
- 
71 
2 
12 
- 
3 
- 
Mercer 
- 
- 
1 
49 
1 
8 
2 
5 
1 
Miller 
- 
2 
4 
199 
3 
61 
1 
12 
1 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Moniteau 
- 
4 
5 
193 
29 
58 
5 
12 
14 
Monroe 
- 
2 
- 
148 
6 
28 
3 
9 
5 
Montgomery 
- 
1 
- 
114 
7 
9 
- 
1 
1 
Morgan 
- 
2 
9 
193 
14 
53 
3 
8 
12 
New Madrid 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Newton 
- 
1 
3 
335 
4 
70 
6 
25 
1 
Nodaway 
- 
- 
- 
173 
8 
29 
- 
8 
6 
Oregon 
- 
1 
5 
240 
5 
58 
1 
13 
2 
Osage 
- 
- 
4 
279 
9 
56 
5 
10 
2 
Ozark 
- 
1 
- 
181 
3 
29 
3 
6 
4 
Pemiscot 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Perry 
- 
2 
8 
152 
14 
29 
3 
3 
5 
Pettis 
- 
- 
4 
197 
6 
26 
" 
11 
2 
Phelps 
- 
4 
4 
171 
9 
31 
1 
4 
2 
Pike 
- 
- 
1 
120 
20 
32 
11 
5 
2 
-continued 
688 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
