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 
Mississippi 
- 
65 
101 
3,998 
349 
1,405 
137 
253 
202 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
2 
_ 
23 
_ 
4 
_ 
2 
_ 
Alcorn 
- 
- 
2 
74 
- 
9 
- 
7 
- 
Amite 
- 
- 
- 
74 
5 
30 
2 
1 
3 
Attala 
- 
- 
- 
29 
7 
13 
- 
3 
2 
Benton 
- 
- 
- 
27 
2 
5 
2 
1 
- 
Bolivar 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Calhoun 
- 
- 
- 
44 
8 
6 
2 
- 
4 
Carroll 
- 
1 
- 
52 
- 
19 
- 
2 
- 
Chickasaw 
- 
- 
4 
45 
12 
9 
- 
6 
5 
Choctaw 
- 
- 
4 
25 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Claiborne 
_ 
1 
1 
30 
3 
6 
3 
8 
3 
Clarke 
- 
- 
- 
51 
4 
15 
1 
- 
4 
Clay 
- 
2 
3 
71 
3 
20 
1 
- 
1 
Coahoma 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
Copiah 
- 
- 
3 
61 
6 
23 
- 
4 
5 
Covington 
- 
- 
- 
68 
4 
26 
4 
5 
1 
DeSoto 
- 
- 
- 
48 
5 
26 
2 
2 
4 
Forrest 
- 
- 
1 
66 
13 
26 
3 
4 
6 
Franklin 
- 
- 
4 
29 
2 
4 
- 
2 
- 
George 
- 
2 
2 
94 
18 
32 
2 
2 
4 
Greene 
_ 
2 
_ 
59 
10 
25 
_ 
_ 
2 
Grenada 
- 
- 
- 
32 
- 
11 
- 
2 
- 
Flancock 
- 
2 
2 
65 
1 
20 
- 
1 
- 
Flarrison 
- 
1 
- 
53 
8 
12 
2 
5 
3 
Flinds 
- 
1 
3 
106 
14 
44 
8 
6 
2 
Holmes 
- 
3 
4 
39 
1 
10 
- 
4 
- 
Humphreys 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Itawamba 
- 
- 
- 
22 
1 
12 
2 
6 
- 
Jackson 
- 
4 
3 
80 
5 
23 
6 
2 
1 
Jasper 
- 
- 
- 
44 
- 
20 
4 
- 
- 
Jefferson 
- 
- 
- 
28 
- 
13 
- 
5 
- 
Jefferson Davis 
- 
2 
- 
42 
6 
17 
4 
- 
1 
Jones 
- 
2 
- 
104 
6 
36 
2 
5 
3 
Kemper 
- 
1 
- 
44 
3 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Lafayette 
- 
- 
2 
54 
6 
12 
- 
4 
- 
Lamar 
- 
1 
6 
59 
6 
19 
2 
2 
9 
Lauderdale 
- 
- 
- 
32 
4 
17 
1 
3 
- 
Lawrence 
- 
- 
- 
61 
1 
17 
- 
2 
1 
Leake 
- 
- 
- 
42 
6 
22 
5 
1 
2 
Lee 
- 
- 
7 
37 
12 
26 
4 
15 
11 
Leflore 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Lincoln 
- 
2 
- 
86 
5 
37 
3 
4 
- 
Lowndes 
- 
- 
- 
46 
1 
12 
2 
- 
- 
Madison 
- 
1 
- 
71 
2 
24 
1 
2 
6 
Marion 
- 
2 
6 
54 
8 
21 
- 
6 
4 
Marshall 
- 
2 
16 
73 
16 
22 
2 
3 
18 
Monroe 
- 
1 
4 
75 
7 
17 
1 
7 
5 
Montgemery 
- 
- 
- 
38 
4 
8 
5 
- 
- 
Neshoba 
- 
2 
2 
70 
6 
29 
4 
4 
3 
Newton 
- 
- 
- 
56 
2 
28 
- 
3 
2 
Noxubee 
- 
- 
- 
44 
4 
20 
- 
3 
1 
Oktibbeha 
- 
- 
- 
68 
6 
14 
2 
8 
- 
Panola 
- 
- 
- 
60 
4 
17 
1 
8 
- 
Pearl River 
- 
6 
- 
145 
5 
35 
- 
5 
9 
Perry 
- 
- 
2 
41 
5 
22 
- 
1 
7 
Pike 
- 
2 
4 
107 
6 
33 
1 
7 
2 
Pontotoc 
- 
- 
2 
66 
8 
32 
4 
2 
6 
Prentiss 
- 
- 
2 
38 
6 
12 
- 
11 
4 
Quitman 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
3 
- 
1 
Rankin 
- 
5 
1 
88 
3 
30 
1 
9 
5 
Scott 
- 
- 
- 
69 
6 
36 
3 
4 
1 
Sharkey 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Simpsen 
- 
- 
- 
80 
- 
28 
1 
- 
- 
Smith 
- 
3 
- 
70 
2 
24 
- 
4 
2 
Stone 
- 
4 
- 
60 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
3 
- 
2 
3 
Tallahatchie 
- 
- 
- 
25 
1 
10 
5 
- 
1 
Tate 
- 
- 
- 
68 
5 
20 
6 
1 
4 
Tippah 
- 
- 
- 
38 
3 
28 
- 
7 
2 
Tishomingo 
- 
- 
- 
26 
3 
9 
- 
3 
- 
Tunica 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Union 
- 
3 
2 
62 
4 
39 
5 
9 
2 
Walthall 
- 
2 
5 
97 
7 
28 
7 
15 
11 
Warren 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Washington 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
Wayne 
- 
2 
- 
51 
5 
20 
2 
- 
17 
Webster 
- 
- 
- 
13 
3 
8 
- 
1 
3 
Wilkinson 
- 
- 
1 
28 
3 
13 
- 
1 
2 
Winston 
- 
- 
- 
60 
6 
26 
4 
1 
- 
Yalobusha 
- 
- 
- 
49 
1 
15 
3 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 541 
