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. 
Smyth 
- 
- 
7 
172 
12 
33 
- 
5 
8 
Southampton 
- 
- 
- 
39 
4 
9 
2 
- 
1 
Spotsylvania 
- 
- 
4 
86 
13 
19 
4 
6 
10 
Stafford 
- 
- 
2 
44 
9 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Surry 
- 
- 
- 
15 
9 
5 
- 
2 
3 
Sussex 
- 
1 
- 
5 
7 
6 
3 
2 
1 
Tazewell 
- 
- 
2 
123 
6 
38 
- 
- 
2 
Warren 
- 
- 
11 
62 
19 
23 
2 
1 
9 
Washington 
- 
1 
5 
275 
36 
69 
9 
10 
6 
Westmoreland 
- 
- 
11 
17 
9 
3 
- 
6 
Wise 
_ 
_ 
1 
29 
6 
17 
1 
2 
1 
Wythe 
- 
- 
4 
229 
13 
59 
1 
8 
5 
York 
- 
- 
5 
7 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Chesapeake City 
- 
2 
2 
51 
13 
6 
4 
- 
5 
Suffolk 
- 
- 
4 
49 
18 
19 
5 
- 
9 
Virginia Beach City 
- 
- 
4 
18 
21 
13 
3 
- 
7 
704 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
