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 
Texas 
1,072 
199 
1,795 
41,401 
2,927 
1 1 ,544 
590 
3,587 
1,949 
Counties 
Anderson 
_ 
9 
18 
341 
18 
107 
10 
26 
13 
Andrews 
- 
- 
2 
10 
2 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Angelina 
- 
1 
7 
112 
14 
32 
2 
16 
9 
Aransas 
- 
- 
2 
9 
2 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Archer 
- 
- 
4 
87 
1 
16 
- 
10 
1 
Armstrong 
- 
- 
3 
40 
3 
16 
- 
- 
3 
Atascosa 
3 
3 
17 
455 
23 
128 
4 
35 
21 
Austin 
1 
- 
12 
410 
26 
86 
5 
63 
16 
Bailey 
- 
- 
4 
14 
4 
3 
- 
3 
6 
Bandera 
- 
- 
4 
236 
12 
33 
- 
5 
8 
Bastrop 
1 
3 
14 
432 
35 
95 
7 
43 
15 
Baylor 
- 
- 
1 
27 
1 
7 
- 
2 
1 
Bee 
2 
- 
7 
211 
9 
43 
- 
15 
7 
Bell 
- 
3 
19 
378 
19 
91 
11 
17 
13 
Bexar 
19 
7 
18 
453 
27 
135 
3 
64 
18 
Blanco 
- 
2 
3 
170 
12 
42 
1 
12 
6 
Borden 
- 
- 
2 
12 
3 
2 
1 
- 
4 
Bosque 
- 
- 
5 
259 
11 
60 
- 
22 
5 
Bowie 
- 
3 
11 
226 
12 
88 
3 
24 
9 
Brazoria 
1 
- 
20 
418 
42 
142 
4 
56 
21 
Brazos 
_ 
_ 
4 
250 
18 
77 
4 
15 
7 
Brewster 
- 
- 
5 
39 
7 
7 
- 
- 
5 
Briscoe 
- 
- 
4 
17 
5 
2 
1 
- 
5 
Brooks 
- 
- 
- 
96 
4 
18 
1 
10 
2 
Brown 
8 
- 
8 
293 
13 
92 
- 
21 
7 
Burleson 
- 
2 
13 
309 
13 
85 
2 
13 
12 
Burnet 
5 
7 
11 
331 
15 
88 
5 
18 
6 
Caldwell 
1 
- 
16 
360 
23 
97 
7 
39 
16 
Calhoun 
1 
- 
4 
55 
3 
10 
2 
9 
3 
Callahan 
- 
- 
3 
141 
4 
47 
- 
9 
3 
Cameron 
196 
_ 
2 
142 
27 
37 
6 
4 
13 
Camp 
- 
- 
5 
69 
10 
28 
1 
4 
9 
Carson 
- 
- 
2 
34 
2 
7 
- 
2 
- 
Cass 
- 
- 
10 
117 
11 
49 
2 
9 
8 
Castro 
- 
- 
4 
18 
9 
5 
1 
2 
4 
Chambers 
11 
- 
3 
105 
5 
41 
4 
15 
3 
Cherokee 
- 
3 
13 
248 
33 
56 
7 
13 
20 
Childress 
- 
- 
1 
44 
2 
18 
- 
2 
- 
Clay 
- 
- 
11 
174 
20 
41 
8 
6 
15 
Cochran 
3 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Coke 
_ 
_ 
_ 
81 
2 
9 
_ 
3 
_ 
Coleman 
1 
3 
7 
163 
7 
46 
6 
7 
5 
Collin 
1 
- 
9 
407 
42 
104 
9 
11 
18 
Collingsworth 
- 
- 
3 
44 
3 
4 
- 
4 
5 
Colorado 
3 
2 
11 
341 
19 
75 
4 
50 
14 
Comal 
- 
- 
7 
273 
16 
54 
- 
6 
10 
Comanche 
1 
1 
8 
256 
29 
57 
- 
6 
16 
Concho 
- 
- 
- 
93 
2 
21 
- 
4 
- 
Cooke 
- 
1 
17 
359 
30 
103 
3 
19 
15 
Coryell 
2 
- 
10 
255 
10 
55 
1 
11 
10 
Cottle 
_ 
_ 
2 
31 
2 
2 
_ 
1 
2 
Crane 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Crockett 
- 
- 
1 
39 
2 
8 
- 
1 
1 
Crosby 
1 
- 
4 
21 
4 
3 
- 
1 
4 
Culberson 
1 
- 
- 
11 
1 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Dallam 
- 
- 
2 
27 
4 
6 
- 
- 
4 
Dallas 
- 
- 
9 
86 
15 
16 
- 
3 
8 
Dawson 
- 
- 
4 
7 
4 
6 
- 
- 
4 
Deaf Smith 
3 
- 
1 
33 
4 
12 
6 
6 
2 
Delta 
- 
- 
- 
93 
2 
19 
- 
8 
- 
Denton 
_ 
_ 
30 
496 
36 
149 
7 
31 
21 
DeWitt 
1 
- 
10 
448 
10 
128 
4 
57 
9 
Dickens 
2 
- 
2 
46 
2 
7 
- 
3 
2 
Dimmit 
1 
- 
1 
54 
3 
16 
- 
9 
- 
Donley 
2 
- 
1 
59 
2 
8 
2 
3 
1 
Duval 
4 
- 
9 
264 
11 
75 
3 
72 
11 
Eastland 
1 
- 
14 
209 
19 
44 
2 
14 
13 
Ector 
1 
- 
6 
27 
6 
10 
- 
6 
6 
Edwards 
- 
- 
2 
80 
- 
13 
- 
5 
- 
Ellis 
1 
2 
17 
352 
19 
123 
4 
18 
15 
El Paso 
322 
_ 
3 
32 
9 
31 
2 
_ 
9 
Erath 
1 
1 
18 
486 
28 
113 
5 
35 
19 
Falls 
- 
- 
11 
182 
11 
62 
1 
16 
8 
Fannin 
- 
3 
18 
373 
28 
115 
3 
13 
16 
Fayette 
4 
- 
14 
652 
26 
182 
10 
81 
16 
Fisher 
- 
- 
1 
44 
1 
16 
- 
2 
1 
Floyd 
- 
- 
4 
22 
4 
3 
- 
1 
4 
Foard 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
Fort Bend 
- 
5 
11 
171 
28 
63 
8 
46 
13 
Franklin 
- 
- 
6 
86 
6 
23 
- 
6 
6 
Freestone 
_ 
1 
14 
314 
14 
78 
10 
25 
17 
Frio 
1 
- 
4 
143 
8 
30 
- 
3 
10 
--continued 
1128 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
