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 
crepping 
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 
Wisconsin 
- 
109 
505 
7,569 
1,719 
2,609 
392 
551 
946 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
_ 
3 
28 
4 
10 
2 
1 
_ 
Ashland 
- 
- 
- 
35 
9 
17 
6 
- 
3 
Barron 
- 
4 
6 
178 
19 
42 
8 
14 
13 
Bayfield 
- 
4 
2 
66 
35 
37 
14 
2 
24 
Brown 
- 
4 
4 
57 
18 
28 
8 
30 
10 
Buffalo 
- 
3 
3 
132 
19 
26 
2 
3 
7 
Burnett 
- 
1 
10 
55 
7 
19 
2 
1 
5 
Calumet 
- 
2 
2 
31 
9 
16 
- 
5 
8 
Chippewa 
- 
6 
15 
199 
44 
51 
10 
24 
25 
Clark 
- 
2 
20 
328 
45 
74 
5 
29 
40 
Columbia 
_ 
_ 
13 
169 
42 
57 
8 
3 
21 
Crawford 
- 
2 
11 
152 
23 
40 
6 
13 
16 
Dane 
- 
1 
26 
250 
104 
97 
30 
13 
61 
Dodge 
- 
- 
16 
135 
29 
54 
5 
13 
19 
Door 
- 
- 
2 
56 
46 
49 
5 
2 
26 
Douglas 
- 
- 
5 
60 
6 
13 
4 
1 
1 
Dunn 
- 
1 
7 
169 
41 
65 
9 
14 
21 
Eau Claire 
- 
1 
15 
142 
29 
51 
9 
12 
14 
Florence 
- 
- 
- 
9 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Fond du Lac 
- 
- 
6 
68 
17 
52 
6 
7 
10 
Forest 
_ 
_ 
_ 
24 
5 
14 
1 
1 
4 
Grant 
- 
2 
13 
256 
36 
74 
9 
31 
13 
Green 
- 
- 
6 
147 
28 
35 
6 
15 
8 
Green Lake 
- 
1 
10 
54 
23 
15 
2 
2 
15 
Iowa 
- 
3 
12 
188 
40 
52 
5 
16 
12 
Iron 
- 
- 
2 
8 
3 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Jackson 
- 
- 
6 
104 
19 
30 
3 
9 
11 
Jefferson 
- 
3 
4 
71 
23 
39 
7 
5 
11 
Juneau 
- 
- 
10 
74 
16 
29 
1 
2 
16 
Kenosha 
- 
- 
- 
26 
14 
13 
- 
- 
4 
Kewaunee 
_ 
_ 
5 
48 
13 
30 
4 
4 
8 
La Crosse 
- 
5 
6 
81 
19 
22 
3 
10 
10 
Lafayette 
- 
1 
5 
136 
15 
39 
3 
18 
11 
Langlade 
- 
- 
5 
38 
14 
11 
2 
2 
21 
Lincoln 
- 
- 
2 
88 
16 
38 
1 
1 
3 
Manitowoc 
- 
1 
4 
82 
14 
42 
5 
7 
7 
Marathon 
- 
4 
17 
270 
41 
100 
5 
24 
14 
Marinette 
- 
- 
10 
48 
21 
16 
1 
7 
11 
Marquette 
- 
- 
4 
62 
8 
17 
- 
2 
3 
Milwaukee 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
3 
2 
- 
4 
- 
5 
16 
224 
39 
62 
7 
36 
22 
Monroe 
- 
- 
3 
94 
22 
35 
3 
3 
11 
Oconto 
- 
- 
2 
24 
12 
15 
2 
- 
4 
Oneida 
- 
- 
2 
80 
32 
59 
1 
18 
15 
Outagamie 
- 
1 
- 
43 
27 
22 
7 
5 
9 
Ozaukee 
- 
- 
2 
56 
17 
20 
3 
5 
5 
Pepin 
- 
3 
10 
167 
38 
63 
7 
4 
16 
Pierce 
- 
2 
15 
186 
41 
55 
10 
12 
28 
Polk 
- 
1 
7 
111 
23 
62 
7 
- 
15 
Portage 
Price 
- 
2 
2 
74 
10 
14 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
2 
48 
31 
25 
5 
- 
11 
Racine 
- 
2 
12 
166 
26 
33 
6 
12 
24 
Richland 
- 
- 
3 
112 
52 
55 
20 
1 
18 
Rock 
- 
- 
4 
95 
15 
34 
2 
2 
8 
Rusk 
- 
3 
13 
157 
25 
60 
7 
14 
21 
St. Croix 
- 
2 
20 
254 
32 
60 
16 
4 
20 
Sauk 
- 
1 
2 
27 
9 
16 
2 
2 
7 
Sawyer 
- 
- 
9 
95 
26 
47 
3 
15 
11 
Shawano 
- 
1 
4 
82 
24 
38 
8 
8 
9 
Sheboygan 
Taylor 
- 
3 
13 
130 
13 
24 
2 
13 
5 
- 
4 
12 
146 
17 
54 
5 
4 
11 
Trempealeau 
- 
14 
23 
454 
94 
98 
33 
22 
79 
Vernon 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Vilas 
- 
1 
- 
89 
40 
43 
10 
2 
15 
Walworth 
- 
- 
4 
56 
19 
33 
2 
2 
7 
Washburn 
- 
4 
3 
55 
15 
13 
7 
4 
6 
Washington 
- 
3 
1 
65 
16 
18 
4 
1 
6 
Waukesha 
- 
2 
9 
99 
31 
37 
2 
3 
14 
Waupaca 
- 
- 
2 
50 
24 
16 
3 
- 
10 
Waushara 
- 
- 
10 
67 
7 
18 
2 
4 
5 
548 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
