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 
Virginia 
- 
74 
387 
9,315 
1,769 
2,677 
386 
408 
704 
Counties 
Accomack 
_ 
1 
_ 
5 
24 
7 
_ 
_ 
7 
Albemarle 
- 
1 
10 
235 
52 
63 
7 
4 
13 
Alleghany 
- 
- 
3 
31 
2 
12 
- 
1 
4 
Amelia 
- 
- 
2 
85 
11 
21 
- 
1 
5 
Amherst 
- 
2 
3 
95 
8 
30 
- 
8 
4 
Appomattox 
- 
- 
1 
74 
10 
17 
9 
1 
2 
Arlington 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Augusta 
- 
3 
13 
375 
54 
86 
13 
2 
15 
Bath 
- 
- 
- 
16 
1 
6 
- 
4 
- 
Bedford 
- 
- 
23 
318 
49 
88 
3 
13 
22 
Bland 
_ 
_ 
1 
79 
6 
18 
3 
6 
1 
Botetourt 
- 
- 
- 
141 
6 
35 
1 
- 
3 
Brunswick 
- 
2 
1 
52 
5 
5 
2 
4 
2 
Buchanan 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
9 
- 
1 
- 
Buckingham 
- 
2 
5 
124 
17 
30 
2 
- 
6 
Campbell 
- 
- 
1 
152 
18 
51 
2 
10 
2 
Caroline 
- 
3 
6 
46 
5 
9 
6 
9 
5 
Carroll 
- 
- 
12 
188 
37 
54 
5 
7 
16 
Charles City 
- 
- 
- 
13 
4 
6 
3 
- 
2 
Charlotte 
- 
1 
7 
95 
12 
23 
- 
6 
8 
Chesterfield 
_ 
_ 
_ 
36 
10 
14 
3 
_ 
2 
Clarke 
- 
- 
3 
87 
34 
28 
7 
1 
7 
Craig 
- 
2 
- 
79 
10 
21 
4 
7 
- 
Culpeper 
- 
- 
8 
176 
33 
44 
5 
15 
7 
Cumberland 
- 
- 
1 
60 
2 
14 
- 
- 
2 
Dickenson 
- 
- 
3 
40 
3 
12 
- 
2 
3 
Dinwiddie 
- 
2 
5 
75 
8 
13 
2 
1 
9 
Essex 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Fairfax 
- 
- 
- 
20 
5 
5 
2 
- 
3 
Fauquier 
- 
4 
325 
67 
119 
12 
9 
21 
Floyd 
- 
4 
6 
167 
40 
48 
7 
6 
11 
Fluvanna 
- 
- 
- 
59 
6 
10 
1 
2 
- 
Franklin 
- 
- 
12 
206 
37 
70 
8 
20 
17 
Frederick 
- 
- 
9 
142 
24 
56 
4 
7 
8 
Giles 
- 
- 
4 
97 
11 
26 
5 
4 
5 
Gloucester 
- 
- 
3 
26 
13 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Goochland 
- 
1 
2 
76 
7 
18 
2 
4 
3 
Grayson 
- 
- 
11 
144 
37 
54 
2 
10 
14 
Greene 
- 
- 
- 
65 
14 
15 
3 
4 
3 
Greensville 
- 
- 
2 
14 
2 
4 
2 
2 
1 
Halifax 
_ 
2 
9 
175 
40 
48 
9 
15 
21 
Hanover 
- 
2 
5 
85 
43 
36 
11 
3 
15 
Henrico 
- 
- 
- 
13 
6 
8 
- 
1 
2 
Henry 
- 
- 
- 
52 
4 
16 
- 
7 
5 
Highland 
- 
1 
4 
28 
17 
20 
1 
- 
8 
Isle of Wight 
- 
- 
1 
31 
13 
9 
5 
1 
5 
James City 
- 
- 
1 
11 
7 
5 
3 
- 
2 
King and Queen 
- 
1 
1 
19 
7 
11 
4 
- 
5 
King George 
- 
- 
- 
20 
11 
16 
3 
- 
6 
King William 
- 
- 
2 
26 
3 
2 
4 
5 
Lancaster 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
4 
2 
1 
_ 
2 
Lee 
- 
- 
12 
177 
23 
40 
1 
9 
16 
Loudoun 
- 
1 
9 
303 
83 
101 
20 
4 
24 
Louisa 
- 
2 
6 
127 
29 
39 
11 
5 
11 
Lunenburg 
- 
3 
11 
79 
17 
22 
- 
9 
11 
Madison 
- 
4 
7 
137 
47 
48 
9 
5 
13 
Mathews 
- 
- 
2 
10 
5 
4 
4 
- 
7 
Mecklenburg 
- 
- 
5 
86 
19 
18 
5 
8 
7 
Middlesex 
- 
- 
- 
12 
8 
3 
1 
- 
3 
Montgomery 
- 
1 
9 
143 
35 
39 
10 
1 
3 
Nelson 
- 
- 
3 
91 
29 
39 
9 
2 
11 
New Kent 
- 
- 
- 
27 
5 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Northampton 
- 
2 
- 
2 
18 
7 
4 
- 
13 
Northumberland 
- 
- 
- 
10 
6 
4 
1 
- 
1 
Nottoway 
- 
1 
2 
88 
9 
12 
7 
3 
4 
Orange 
- 
- 
12 
139 
26 
27 
3 
3 
18 
Page 
- 
- 
- 
110 
20 
33 
1 
7 
2 
Patrick 
- 
- 
4 
118 
24 
42 
8 
7 
13 
Pittsylvania 
- 
8 
18 
282 
48 
94 
20 
20 
23 
Powhatan 
- 
3 
3 
58 
7 
22 
2 
3 
8 
Prince Edward 
_ 
3 
_ 
86 
8 
8 
3 
1 
3 
Prince George 
- 
- 
- 
27 
1 
10 
- 
2 
- 
Prince William 
- 
- 
2 
112 
5 
12 
11 
- 
9 
Pulaski 
- 
- 
2 
118 
5 
31 
- 
11 
2 
Rappahannock 
- 
- 
2 
89 
38 
44 
9 
6 
10 
Richmond 
- 
- 
- 
16 
5 
6 
1 
- 
3 
Roanoke 
- 
- 
4 
24 
19 
9 
- 
2 
12 
Rockbridge 
- 
1 
- 
173 
31 
44 
6 
1 
2 
Rockingham 
- 
4 
20 
348 
101 
94 
22 
19 
67 
Russell 
- 
5 
3 
195 
7 
63 
- 
17 
3 
Scott 
_ 
_ 
9 
212 
13 
56 
8 
22 
9 
Shenandoah 
- 
2 
6 
208 
29 
43 
4 
7 
10 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 703 
