Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 (continued) 
[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 - Con. 
Gaines 
_ 
_ 
5 
16 
6 
3 
_ 
_ 
5 
Galveston 
- 
- 
5 
119 
13 
37 
- 
15 
6 
Garza 
- 
- 
1 
26 
1 
4 
2 
- 
1 
Gillespie 
- 
2 
14 
473 
41 
116 
10 
25 
32 
Glasscock 
- 
- 
- 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Goliad 
- 
1 
16 
288 
20 
60 
4 
20 
13 
Gonzales 
- 
- 
15 
419 
17 
102 
2 
44 
15 
Gray 
- 
- 
1 
43 
7 
7 
- 
2 
1 
Grayson 
3 
- 
24 
425 
37 
141 
6 
26 
26 
Gregg 
- 
- 
5 
62 
2 
14 
- 
3 
5 
Grimes 
_ 
_ 
14 
277 
18 
81 
3 
30 
17 
Guadalupe 
- 
3 
10 
448 
23 
127 
8 
51 
12 
Hale 
2 
- 
5 
53 
7 
5 
2 
1 
3 
Hall 
- 
- 
- 
35 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Hamilton 
- 
- 
14 
236 
22 
54 
4 
21 
15 
Hansford 
2 
- 
2 
9 
5 
4 
1 
2 
2 
Hardeman 
- 
- 
4 
42 
4 
11 
2 
2 
4 
Hardin 
- 
- 
6 
104 
9 
40 
1 
18 
13 
Harris 
1 
- 
6 
306 
39 
79 
2 
30 
13 
Harrison 
- 
9 
8 
176 
11 
56 
2 
21 
7 
Hartley 
- 
- 
2 
10 
2 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Haskell 
- 
- 
9 
38 
9 
5 
- 
1 
9 
Hays 
- 
1 
2 
296 
30 
75 
5 
16 
9 
Hemphill 
- 
- 
- 
31 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Henderson 
- 
2 
17 
326 
35 
105 
6 
26 
20 
Hidalgo 
220 
- 
13 
223 
42 
92 
3 
37 
48 
Hill 
- 
- 
12 
346 
15 
114 
3 
26 
13 
Hockley 
- 
- 
9 
17 
9 
4 
4 
- 
10 
Hood 
1 
- 
8 
218 
11 
66 
1 
12 
7 
Hopkins 
- 
5 
8 
337 
11 
79 
7 
25 
8 
Houston 
_ 
1 
18 
240 
22 
61 
2 
24 
19 
Howard 
- 
- 
- 
34 
2 
10 
- 
3 
- 
Hudspeth 
16 
- 
- 
12 
- 
8 
- 
1 
- 
Hunt 
- 
- 
24 
609 
54 
173 
8 
37 
18 
Hutchinson 
- 
- 
1 
35 
1 
17 
- 
6 
1 
Irion 
- 
- 
- 
33 
- 
9 
- 
1 
- 
Jack 
- 
- 
16 
198 
22 
72 
1 
10 
17 
Jackson 
- 
- 
2 
176 
3 
52 
3 
23 
3 
Jasper 
- 
4 
12 
108 
9 
43 
- 
16 
16 
Jeff Davis 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Jefferson 
4 
_ 
4 
95 
14 
57 
_ 
21 
6 
Jim Hogg 
- 
- 
- 
47 
- 
7 
- 
12 
- 
Jim Wells 
2 
- 
14 
190 
19 
67 
- 
21 
13 
Johnson 
- 
4 
15 
518 
36 
150 
19 
39 
16 
Jones 
1 
- 
7 
123 
11 
30 
2 
5 
7 
Karnes 
- 
- 
15 
334 
5 
97 
5 
45 
6 
Kaufman 
- 
2 
28 
444 
31 
165 
8 
31 
24 
Kendall 
- 
- 
7 
352 
19 
84 
1 
28 
7 
Kenedy 
2 
- 
- 
15 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Kent 
- 
- 
- 
14 
1 
5 
- 
1 
1 
Kerr 
1 
_ 
9 
194 
16 
35 
2 
5 
10 
Kimble 
- 
- 
2 
124 
2 
26 
2 
7 
2 
King 
- 
- 
1 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Kinney 
- 
- 
3 
29 
1 
6 
- 
7 
1 
Kleberg 
- 
- 
9 
96 
4 
21 
- 
7 
4 
Knox 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Lamar 
- 
- 
11 
287 
17 
84 
- 
27 
11 
Lamb 
2 
- 
5 
40 
7 
4 
9 
- 
5 
Lampasas 
- 
- 
10 
203 
9 
49 
- 
11 
8 
La Salle 
- 
- 
1 
85 
1 
24 
1 
10 
1 
Lavaca 
1 
1 
18 
622 
26 
200 
7 
112 
14 
Lee 
- 
- 
10 
449 
17 
130 
2 
47 
17 
Leon 
- 
2 
20 
373 
23 
93 
6 
32 
20 
Liberty 
- 
1 
13 
230 
22 
83 
4 
34 
13 
Limestone 
- 
- 
19 
263 
18 
72 
5 
29 
15 
Lipscomb 
- 
- 
4 
38 
2 
11 
3 
- 
2 
Live Oak 
- 
2 
6 
214 
11 
47 
1 
26 
7 
Llano 
- 
- 
6 
131 
7 
30 
- 
10 
3 
Loving 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Lubbock 
2 
- 
5 
45 
25 
26 
14 
6 
12 
Lynn 
2 
- 
2 
15 
7 
3 
8 
- 
2 
McCulloch 
- 
- 
1 
122 
8 
33 
- 
6 
1 
McLennan 
- 
5 
18 
509 
28 
132 
5 
56 
14 
McMullen 
- 
- 
1 
54 
1 
23 
- 
6 
1 
Madison 
- 
2 
7 
193 
5 
71 
2 
33 
5 
Marion 
- 
- 
3 
33 
- 
17 
- 
- 
- 
Martin 
1 
- 
9 
7 
9 
4 
2 
2 
9 
Mason 
- 
- 
5 
183 
11 
34 
- 
8 
6 
Matagorda 
- 
- 
7 
127 
16 
47 
7 
16 
4 
Maverick 
43 
- 
- 
43 
2 
6 
2 
6 
4 
Medina 
48 
_ 
7 
407 
19 
111 
6 
45 
13 
Menard 
- 
- 
- 
83 
1 
17 
1 
3 
- 
Midland 
2 
- 
1 
70 
5 
8 
1 
- 
1 
Milam 
- 
3 
15 
353 
17 
67 
3 
28 
16 
Mills 
- 
- 
- 
212 
1 
48 
- 
13 
2 
Mitchell 
- 
2 
7 
48 
8 
15 
2 
7 
7 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Texas 1129 
