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 
West Virginia 
- 
45 
211 
4,144 
469 
1,322 
104 
157 
226 
Counties 
Barbour 
_ 
_ 
5 
109 
8 
29 
3 
6 
3 
Berkeley 
- 
- 
6 
127 
19 
52 
2 
9 
14 
Boone 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Braxton 
- 
- 
5 
64 
8 
21 
- 
- 
5 
Brooke 
- 
- 
3 
19 
1 
8 
- 
2 
1 
Cabell 
- 
- 
3 
59 
3 
18 
- 
- 
- 
Calhoun 
- 
1 
3 
63 
7 
10 
- 
1 
3 
Clay 
- 
2 
2 
24 
3 
9 
3 
- 
3 
Doddridge 
- 
- 
7 
68 
10 
27 
3 
4 
6 
Fayette 
- 
2 
4 
39 
6 
14 
3 
- 
1 
Gilmer 
- 
- 
2 
61 
4 
13 
- 
- 
3 
Grant 
- 
1 
4 
87 
8 
35 
1 
2 
6 
Greenbrier 
- 
- 
5 
196 
24 
52 
3 
5 
6 
Flampshire 
- 
3 
6 
158 
20 
77 
9 
10 
15 
Hancock 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Hardy 
- 
- 
4 
92 
6 
24 
2 
4 
4 
Harrison 
- 
1 
7 
134 
14 
40 
2 
14 
9 
Jackson 
- 
4 
6 
140 
9 
43 
1 
8 
8 
Jefferson 
- 
2 
3 
86 
31 
36 
10 
4 
7 
Kanawha 
- 
- 
3 
54 
4 
10 
1 
- 
- 
Lewis 
_ 
2 
4 
70 
11 
17 
_ 
1 
3 
Lincoln 
- 
- 
- 
25 
1 
5 
- 
1 
1 
McDowell 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Marion 
- 
1 
9 
77 
11 
35 
1 
7 
12 
Marshall 
- 
1 
14 
131 
5 
60 
1 
5 
8 
Mason 
- 
1 
5 
159 
15 
69 
2 
4 
7 
Mercer 
- 
2 
4 
58 
6 
11 
3 
3 
4 
Mineral 
- 
2 
2 
98 
4 
12 
1 
- 
2 
Mingo 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Monongalia 
- 
2 
7 
99 
14 
31 
6 
5 
4 
Monroe 
- 
- 
8 
162 
29 
30 
8 
7 
12 
Morgan 
- 
- 
2 
28 
7 
16 
1 
2 
5 
Nicholas 
- 
1 
4 
109 
15 
25 
3 
5 
5 
Ohio 
- 
- 
3 
34 
4 
15 
- 
- 
3 
Pendleton 
- 
- 
4 
101 
4 
15 
2 
1 
3 
Pleasants 
- 
- 
1 
19 
3 
5 
1 
1 
1 
Pocahontas 
- 
2 
6 
76 
8 
32 
6 
2 
2 
Preston 
- 
1 
6 
217 
24 
83 
8 
7 
11 
Putnam 
- 
- 
4 
92 
13 
31 
- 
5 
7 
Raleigh 
- 
- 
1 
80 
4 
34 
- 
3 
2 
Randolph 
- 
1 
6 
65 
10 
26 
1 
5 
6 
Ritchie 
- 
4 
2 
98 
9 
25 
1 
3 
2 
Roane 
- 
4 
5 
173 
10 
37 
1 
4 
6 
Summers 
- 
- 
9 
65 
9 
21 
2 
1 
2 
Taylor 
- 
2 
3 
85 
8 
11 
- 
1 
- 
Tucker 
- 
- 
- 
39 
2 
5 
- 
1 
1 
Tyler 
- 
- 
3 
53 
5 
16 
1 
2 
1 
Upshur 
- 
- 
9 
67 
24 
32 
5 
3 
13 
Wayne 
- 
1 
2 
38 
4 
13 
1 
- 
1 
Webster 
- 
- 
- 
11 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Wetzel 
- 
- 
- 
47 
5 
18 
- 
3 
- 
Wirt 
- 
2 
2 
45 
6 
11 
2 
1 
2 
Wood 
- 
- 
8 
130 
12 
56 
1 
4 
5 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
West Virginia 437 
