North Carolina
Agricultural Statistics
03
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CLEARINGHOUSE
FEB 4 2003
STATE l»ArtY OF NORTH CAROUtN^
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The statistical information included in this book represents a snapshot of North Carolina agriculture and the
industry's overall impact and significance on each county in the state, illustrates the diversification of North
Carolina's $62.6 billion agriculture industry, highlights farming and agribusiness trends, and encompasses avast
amount of statistical data that allows a broad overview of the industry as well as individual commodities.
While the 2003 Agricultural Statistics book captures a period in time, one of its primary goals is to help agricultural
leaders look forward and plan for the future. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is
working to ensure the continued success of the state's number one industry for future generations. Our continued
partnerships with numerous agricultural groups, universities and agribusinesses, will provide the opportunity for
tomorrow's agricultural leaders.
The future of this industry rests in the hands of the young people who choose to
till the soil and make the production of food and fiber their lives' work. The 4-H
organization has been an instrumental and guiding force for more than 1 00 years
in educating youngsters, reinforcing a strong sense of values and work ethic, and
helping produce future leaders through their many programs. With its beginnings
in agriculture and through the support of county cooperative extension offices,
4-H has been a crucial link in building and maintaining interest in agricultural
activities.
The photos on the cover and inside this book were taken by 4-H members across
the state during their 2002-2003 photography contest. We are happy to salute and
celebrate their achievements and successes and are proud of the role 4-H plays in
preparing the next generation of leaders.
Finally, I would like to recognize our Agricultural Statistics Division, and especially
their dedicated enumerator staff, for all the hard work put into compiling this important information. Countless
hours went in to this project from collecting the information and computing the numbers to assembling and
printing the book. Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of our finished product in order to reflect the
complete picture of agriculture in North Carolina.
This is a tremendous undertaking and the effort of everyone involved is certainly appreciated.
Sincerely,
iJ. ^A^^JlJi-
Britt Cobb
Interim Agriculture Commissioner
W. Britt Cobb, Jr.
Interim Commissioner
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Agricultural Statistics 2003
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Craig Hayes, Deputy State Statistician
Issued Cooperatively By
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
& CONSUMER SERVICES
W. BRITT COBB, JR.
Interim Commissioner
N. DAVID SMITH
Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS SERVICE
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
RON BOSECKER
Administrator
JOE REILLY
Deputy Administrator, Field Operations
Compiled and Edited by:
Erika M. Sherrell, Statistical Assistant
Cover design and layout by:
Tracey Turner Jarrett, Artist Illustrator
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General Statutes of the State of North Carolina.
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About the Cover
The 4-H program offers an educationally rich and fun
environment where 4-H members and their parents learn by doing.
Through its many projects, 4-H offers limitless opportunities for
engaging the imagination and for hands-on activities. In 4-H, there
is something for every child whether he or she lives in rural, suburban
or urban North Carolina.
Many of the photos used in this publication were selected from
entries in the 2002 and 2003 4-H Photography Contest. This state-
wide competition is sponsored by the North Carolina Farm Writers
and Broadcasters Association and coordinated by the Department of
Communication Services in the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences at NC State University. The purpose of this exhibition is to
provide a showcase of 4-H members' photographic accomplish-
ments.
North Carolina
Agricultural Statistics
2003
Photographs from 4-H members used in this publication are as follows:
Above:
"Nature's Beauty Up Close"
David Barry/Watauga County
Front Cover:
(smokehouse) "Old Times Not Forgotten"
John Barnes/Wilson County
(cow) "What a Good Looker I Am"
Zachary Barnes/Catawba County
Back Cover:
(rooster) "Alarming Handsome"
Lacey Martin/Catawba County
General Section: Page 5
"Granddaddy's Tobacco"
Haley Vincent/Pitt County
"December's First Snow"
Carter Edgerton/Rutherford County
"Gardening with my Duck"
Zachary Barnes/Catawba County
Livestock Section: Page 21
"A Cow's Life"
Haley Vincent/Pitt County
Livestock Section: Page 21
"Lucy Eating Straw"
Zachary Barnes/Catawba County
Crops Section: Page 41
No Title
Heather Goodrich/Sampson County
"Picking Through the Generations"
Danielle Neeland/Currituck County
"Vegetable Fun"
Kelly Wentz/Lincoln County
Prices Section: Page 73
"Feeding Time"
Jessi Campbell/Pender County
"Working in the Bees"
Todd Fishman Elliot/Rutherford County
'Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Quack, Quack, Quack, and
Cockadoodle Doo to You"
Julianne Lauren Ward/Catawba County
County Summary Section: Page 79
"50 Long Years of Farming"
Emma Troxler/Alamance County
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL
North Carolina's Rank in U.S. Agriculture 6
Top Ten Counties in Cash Receipts 6
Cash Receipts, by Commodity 7
Cash Receipts, Pie Chart and Distribution Map 8
Cash Receipts and Government Payments 9
Cash Receipts, Rank by State 10
Income from Forest and Seafood, by County 11
Farm Income, Production Expenses 12
Farm Income, Cash Receipts, Percent, by Month 12
Farm Real Estate Values 13
Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 13
Export Shares of Agricultural Commodities 13
Weather Summary 14
Topsoil Moisture 14
Harvest Progress 15
Average Temperatures and Total Precipitation, by Month 15
Fertilizer Shipped 16-17
Fertilizer Shipped by Type, by Month 16-17
Fertilizer Usage, Soybeans 17
Chemical Usage, Soybeans, Bell Peppers, Fresh Cucumbers 18
Chemical Usage, Processed Cucumbers, Squash, Snap Beans 19
Chemical Usage, Cabbage, Watermelons, Sweet Corn 20
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY AND POULTRY
2002 Livestock Summary 22
Livestock - Record Highs and Lows 23
Hog Inventory, Leading States 23
Number of Operations with Livestock, by Species 23
Livestock and Poultry Inventory and Values 24
Meat Animals, Production, Disposition and Income 25
County Estimates:
All Cattle 26
Beef Cows and Heifers that have Calved 27
Milk Cows and Heifers that have Calved 30
Hogs & Pigs 33
Broilers Produced 34
All Chickens 36
Turkeys Raised 37
Red Meat Production, Number of Pounds by Month 28
Livestock Slaughter by Species 28
Livestock Slaughtering Establishments 28
Milk Production and Disposition 29
Milk Marketed, Income and Value 29
Manufactured Dairy Products 29
Milk Production, Number of Milk Cows, Average Production
per Cow, by Quarter 31
Hogs and Pigs, by Class and Weight, Quarterly 32
Pig Crop, Sows Farrowed and Pigs Saved 32
Hogs and Pigs, Number of Operations by Size 32
Commercial Hatcheries - Broiler Eggs Set and
Chicks Placed, by Week 35
Laying Hens, Number on Farms, Rate of Lay
and Egg Production 38
Commercial Hatcheries, Broiler Type Chicks
Hatched and Turkey Poults Placed 38
Commercial Broilers, Production and Value 39
Eggs, Production and Value of Sales 39
Turkeys, Production and Value 39
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY AND POULTRY
(Continued)
Chickens, Lost, Sold and Value of Sales 39
Honey: Production, Stocks and Value 39
Trout: Number of Operations and Total Sales 40
Trout Foodsize: Number, Weight and Value 40
Catfish: Number of Operations, Water Surface
and Total Sales 40
Catfish, Foodsize: Number, Weight and Value 40
CROPS
2002 Crop Summary 42
Crops - Record Highs and Lows 43
Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates:
Field Crops and Vegetables 44
Harvested Cropland 2001-2002 45
Acres, Yield and Production, N.C., 2001-2002 46
Acres, Yield and Production, U.S., 2001-2002 47
County Estimates:
Acres, Yield and Production, 2001-2002:
Corn for Grain 48-49
Corn for Silage 50-51
Cotton 52-53
All Hay 54-55
Peanuts 56
Irish Potatoes 57
Soybeans 58-59
Tobacco 60-61
Wheat 62-63
Oats 64-65
Barley 66
Sorghum Grain 67
Sweetpotatoes 68
Tobacco Auction and Contract Sales 69
Grain Stocks by Positions 70
Grain Storage Capacity, On-Farm and Off-Farm 70
Hay Stocks on Farms 70
Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties 70
Farm Marketings of Selected Crops, by Month 71
Corn and Soybean Biotechnology Varieties 71
Floriculture Summary 72
Selected Floriculture Crops, Quantity Sold, Wholesale Value 72
PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID
Index Numbers of Prices Received and Paid 74
Average Prices Received:
Specified Crops, by Month 75
Specified Commodities, by Month 76
Marketing Year Average Prices, Crops 77
Average Prices Paid for Feed 78
COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS
Crops, Livestock and Cash Receipts, by County 80-129
Leading Counties 130
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Statistical Reports Program
[V ORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
^ compiles current and historic statistics con-
cerning agriculture in the State. Where possible, information
most often requested by farmers, the general public, and
workers in government agencies are included.
Reporting of crop and livestock statistics is a
service rendered to farmers and others in the State
by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with
the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Con-
sumer Services.
The collection and dissemination of agricultural
statistics had its start in 1863. This is one of the oldest
activities of the United States Department of
Agriculture. It was recognized that there were many advan-
tages of a joint relationship between the State and Federal
Governments in the development of agricultural sta-
tistics. Thus, in 1919 the N.C. Department of Agriculture
entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture to provide detailed agricultural
statistics. The agreement resulted in the creation of the Ag-
ricultural Statistics Division of the North Carolina Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The North Carolina Agricultural Statistics Division
publishes official statistics on crops, livestock, prices, and
various other agricultural items. The most important reports
and the approximate dates of release are shown
in the table below. The reports marked with an (*) are is-
sued separately. All others are included in the semi-
monthly release entitled "Farm Report". The reports are
free for respondents providing information used to com-
pile the reports. Others are charged a nominal fee for
the reports, which are available by writing to: State
Statistician, P.O. Box 27767, Raleigh, NC 27611 or E-mail
at: ncagstat@ncmail.net.
TYPE OF REPORTS
FREQUENCY
OF
REPORT
APPROXIMATE
DATE AVAILABLE
CROP REPORTS
• Intentions to plant
• Production of Field Crops,
Fruits & Vegetables
• Grain Stocks (All Positions)
• Annual Crop Summaries - Small Grains
Other Field Crops
Annually
Monthly
(In Season)
Quarterly
Annually
Annually
March 30
9-1 2th
Jan. 10, End of Mar., June, Sept.
September 30
January 15
WEATHER-CROPS REPORTS
Weekly *
( rr\c\ nth Iw Inn SL Foh ^
iiiiuiHiiiy. octii. ex rcu.j
Monday - 4:00 P.M.
LIVESTOCK REPORTS
• Cattle & Milk Cow Inventory, Jan. 1
• Calf Crop
• Hog and Pig Inventory and Pig Crop
• Commercial Slaughter
• Meat Animals - Farm Production,
Disposition & Income
Annually
Annually
Quarterly
Monthly
Annually
February 4
February 4
End of Mar., June, Sept., Dec.
20th
April 10
DAIRY REPORTS
• Cows Milked & Milk Production
• Milk Production & Disposition
Quarterly
Annually
Mid-Jan., Apr., July, Oct.
Mid-May
POULTRY REPORTS
• Broiler Report
• Poultry Inventory Dec. 1
• Eggs, Chicken, and Hatchery
• Turkeys Raised
• Poultry Production, Disposition, & Income
Weekly *
Annually
Monthly
Twice Per Year
Annually
Wednesday, 4:00 pm
January 30
22nd
20th Aug. and Mid-Jan.
April 28
ECONOMIC REPORTS
• Prices Received By Farmers
• Prices Paid By Farmers
• Labor, Wage Rates
Monthly
Annually
Quarterly
30th
April 30
16-1 8th Feb., May, Aug., Nov.
All reports and other statistics are available on Internet World Wide Web at http://www.ncagr.com/stats
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+Rank Among States
+Farm Income
+Real Estate Values
+Farm Numbers
+Exports
Weather
+Fertilizer A
"Granddaddy's Tobacco"
Haley Vincent/Pitt Co.
\ - -
"December's First Snow"
Caller Edeerton/Rutherford CoJ
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NORTH CAROLINA'S RANK IN U.S. AGRICULTURE, 2002
US Rank
Item
Production
% of U.S. Production
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2.0 (Mil Bu)
1 .7
19
BarlGy
1.4 (Mil Bu)
0.6
20
Corn for Grain
58.1 (Mil Bu)
0.6
30
Milk
1,137 (Mil Lbs)
0.7
32
Cattle on Farms (1-1-03)
920 (000 Hd)
1.0
35
Hay
1,131 (000 Tons)
0.7
' Utilized production. 2 480 lbs. bales.
TOP TEN COUNTIES IN FARM CASH RECEIPTS
NORTH CAROLINA, 2001
Rank
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
All Crops
Total 1
County
Thousand Dollars
County
Thousand Dollars
County
Thousand Dollars
1
Sampson
542,732
Johnston
158,958
Sampson
655,948
2
Duplin
518,921
Henderson
142,107
Duplin
613,735
3
Union
250,014
Mecklenburg
128,891
Union
307,462
4
Wilkes
243,424
Wilson
112,985
Wayne
291,942
5
Wayne
210,418
Sampson
97,828
Wilkes
256,316
6
Randolph
185,330
Buncombe
96,376
Johnston
240,370
7
Bladen
143,742
Duplin
84,698
Randolph
217,101
8
Chatham
130,800
Robeson
77,357
Robeson
207,423
9
Anson
129,961
Pitt
74,105
Bladen
188,387
10
Greene
122,396
Wayne
69,689
Greene
166,956
' Includes government payments.
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FARM INCOME
Cash Receipts from Farming by Commodity, North Carolina, 1999-2002
UUIVIMUUI I Ibo
RECEIPTS
2002 %
OF TOTAL
SALES
1999
2000
2001
2002
Thousand Dollars
Percent '
TOTAL COMMODITIES SOLD:
6.695,420
7 309 5fifi
7 584 975
1 , JUT, J 1 yj
6,602,994
100.0
Livestock, Dairy & Poultry Products
3,839,586
t , C , O / C7
4 R54 445
3,944,013
59.7
Crops
2,855,834
3 009 687
2,930,530
2,658,981
40.3
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY & POULTRY:
Poultry and Eggs 2
2,212,268
2 171 ,279
2,458,242
2,113,192
32.0
Broilers
1 ,430,235
1 ,41 7,745
1 681 040
1,367,472
20.7
Turkeys
449,064
433,944
45? 360
429,293
6.5
Chicken Eggs
230,674
??3 OOfi
C C vJ , \J\J\J
232,375
228,718
3.5
Chickens, Farm
5,735
6,024
6,907
7,149
.1
Other Miscellaneous Poultry
96,560
90 560
85 560
UJ, JUU
80,560
1.2
Meat Animals
1 ,369,431
1 903 ?7?
1 ,949,21 7
1,623,115
24.6
Hogs
1 ,160,274
1 671 fiOfi
1 ,721 ,496
1,407,110
21.3
Cattle and Calves
208,709
231 ,667
227,721
216,005
3.3
Milk Wholesale & Retail
207,081
1 74,479
1 94,427
154,698
2.3
Miscellaneous Livestock
50,806
50 848
52,559
53,008
.8
Trout
6,130
5,247
6,475
6,829
.1
Catfish
2,417
2,743
3,1 51
3,143
*
Honey
671
771
847
971
*
Other Miscellaneous Livestock
41 ,588
42,087
42,086
42,065
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INDIVIDUAL CROPS:
Tobacco
784,251
854,1 49
685 799
656,535
9.9
Oil Crops
257,171
261 ,748
271 ,628
217,306
3.3
Soybeans
174,691
1 69,406
183,222
173,626
2.6
Peanuts
82,480
92,342
88,406
43,680
.7
Feed Grains
1 16,936
1 39 191
1 75 723
176,938
2.7
Corn
101,503
1 1 6,762
151 ,607
154,958
2.3
Hay
11,771
1 7,961
1 9,438
16,180
.2
Barley
1,837
2,644
2,276
2,770
*
Oats
1 ,026
844
1 ,066
1,693
♦
Sorghum Grain
799
980
1 ,336
1,337
*
Food Grains
67,975
66 1 70
53,424
61,964
.9
Wheat
67,064
65 478
52 849
61,359
.9
Rye
91 1
692
575
605
*
Cotton
235,191
232, 1 53
327 309
206,746
3.1
Cotton Lint
223,463
211 770
307 071
194,865
3.0
Cottonseed
1 1 ,728
20 383
20 238
11,881
.2
Vegetables
253,255
304 367
301 266
319,924
4.8
Sweetpotatoes
46,495
60 285
67 41 2
64,065
1.0
Cucumbers
27,700
36 200
34,91 1
35,565
.5
Irish Potatoes
20,358
21 255
20 280
31,520
.5
Tomatoes
20,677
20 880
23 296
24,057
.4
Bell Peppers
14,617
1 7 388
16 154
20,020
.3
Cabbage
10,982
1 4 580
16 817
17,820
.3
Snap Beans
9,817
14 744
9 848
11,709
.2
Sweet Corn
7,896
1 2 1 50
1 2 743
11,300
.2
Watermelon
6,713
9 600
8 396
10,608
.2
Squash
3
10,260
.2
Collard Greens
4
8 580
0,0 1 o
*
Turnip Greens
4
4 480
3 822
4
*
Mustard Greens
4
^ D4R
4
*
Chili Peppers
4
1 330
1 800
4
Lima Beans
4
1 ,750
1 ,485
4
*
Eggplants
4
900
777
4
*
Other Vegetables
88,000
68,000
65,000
83,000
1.3
Fruits and Nuts
67,223
63,130
58,007
72,452
1.1
Blueberries
13,430
18,130
18,900
22,534
.3
Apples
25,734
18,264
16,012
22,067
.3
Strawberries
14,080
17,325
16,660
19,125
.3
Peaches
10,080
4,440
1,400
3,500
.1
Grapes
2,183
2,661
2,532
2,934
*
Pecans
1,180
1,770
1,980
1,760
Other Fruits and Nuts
536
540
523
532
*
All Other Crops
1,073,832
1,088,779
1,057,374
947,116
14.3
Greenhouse/Nursery
974,441
986,177
951,889
840,770
12.7
Christmas Trees and Greenery
92,000
95,000
98,000
99,000
1.5
Miscellaneous Crops 5
7,391
7,602
7,485
7,346
.1
' Percents may not add to totals due to rounding. 2 Value of production. 3 Estimate initiated in 2000. " Vegetables added for 2000, discontinued for 2002. 5 Included
in "Miscellaneous Crops", other seeds, other field crops. * Less than 0.05 percent.
7
SOURCE OF FARM CASH RECEIPTS, NORTH CAROLINA, 2002
$6,602,994
Greenhouse & Nursery
Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts 12.7%
5.9%
All Other Crops
5.4%
fi.i
Broilers 20.7%
Crops
40.3%
Oil Crops 3.3%
Cotton 3.1%
- Tobacco 9.9%
All Other Livestock 0.8%
— Milk 2.3%
T Cattle & Calves 3.3%
Turkeys 6.5%
Chicken Eggs 3.5%
Hogs 21 .3%
Poultry & Eggs
32.0%
All Other Poultry
1.3%
Livestock, Dairy
& Poultry
59.7%
(Percents inside the pie chart represent change from previous year.)
DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS, 2001
CASH RECEIPTS AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS, NORTH CAROLINA, 1926-2002
Year
All
Commodi-
ties
Crops
Livestock
Dairy &
Poultry
Payments
Thousand Dollars
1926
251 ,870
214,197
37,673
-
1927
289,173
253,227
35,946
-
1928
265,955
225,731
40,224
-
1929
241,521
204,039
37,482
-
1930
182,694
153,909
28,785
-
1931
128,247
102,920
25,327
-
1932
98,210
79,105
19,105
-
1933
154,948
134,093
20,855
2,830
1934
236,509
211,980
24,529
12,580
1935
217,259
187,808
29,451
16,130
1936
222,436
190,541
31,895
4,302
1937
260,356
224,259
36,097
12,217
1938
216,189
181,197
34,992
16,524
1939
219,475
184,874
34,601
19,892
1940
201 ,241
167,322
33,919
14,876
1941
283,102
238,819
44,283
14,474
1942
424,206
359,288
64,918
22,443
1943
482,544
382,952
99,592
14,250
1944
611,415
504,044
107,371
16,421
1945
629,069
508,159
120,910
9,345
1946
745,428
625,535
119,893
9,677
1947
759,460
624,310
135,150
8,056
1948
783,091
630,097
152,994
7,905
1949
710,969
564,109
146,860
7,557
1950
816,523
656,251
160,272
8,800
1951
954,080
760,383
193,697
8,032
1952
935,128
732,221
202,907
6,790
1953
903,950
683,885
220,065
3,926
1954
947,556
722,71 1
224,845
6,107
1955
972,214
739,422
232,792
7,292
1956
1 ,003,376
760,297
243,079
10,515
1957
867,332
598,313
269,019
26,439
1958
1,007,969
694,144
313,825
37,538
1959
945,807
650,238
295,569
10,625
1960
1 ,066,336
752,304
314,032
12,829
1961
1,119,452
797,541
321,911
32,012
1962
1,158,856
813,632
345,224
39,467
1963
1,184,963
835,231
349,732
31 ,778
1964
1,227,798
863,879
363,919
35,156
1965
1,160,253
760,552
399,701
43,412
Year
All
Commodi-
ties
Crops
Livestock
Dairy &
Poultry
Thousand Dollars
Government
Payments
1966
1,272,287
803,508
468,779
62,816
1967
1 !295!686
833^78
462!608
61 ^696
1968
1 ,250,337
742,208
508,129
61,592
1969
1,408,700
812,493
596,207
69,757
1970
1 ,502,531
899,987
602,544
59,682
1971
1 ,484,470
900,869
583,601
40,998
1972
1 !64o!227
996,870
643^357
57,529
1973
2,334,160
1,361,189
972,971
35,866
1974
2,575,297
1,657,501
917,796
8,125
1975
2,638,343
1 ,637,434
1 ,000,909
8,879
1976
2,826,274
1,758,142
1 ,068,132
7,784
1977
2!623!269
1 !57o!467
1 !052!802
21^645
1978
3,284,895
2,006,275
1 ,278,620
34,758
1979
3,401,269
2,010,932
1 ,390,337
8,306
1980
3,592,612
2,148,710
1 ,443,902
13,187
1981
4,159,897
2,555,685
1,604,212
15,547
1982
4!l02!665
2!482!093
1 !62o!572
16,464
1983
3,812,405
2,133,303
1,679,102
67,565
1984
4,453,902
2,515,510
1 ,938,392
71,884
1985
4,115,050
2,157,310
1,957,740
42,581
1986
3,764,904
1 ,593,792
2,171,112
90,279
1987
3,767,443
1 ,652,202
2,115,241
190,172
1988
4,152,327
1 ,964,699
2,187,628
146,023
1989
4,621,338
2,111,101
2,510,237
93,917
1990
4,962,498
2,303,693
2,658,805
73,255
1991
5,263,032
2,640,098
2,622,934
52,837
1992
5,561,517
2,777,320
2,784,197
74,805
1993
6,041 ,096
2,851,133
3,189,963
132,448
1994
C A OO OOA
6,4^8,380
o h r\r\ 70c
3,\ OOJZb
O 00"7 CC A
6,6dl ,bo4
1 1 X> lo
1995
6,898,016
3,166,973
3,731,043
41 ,476
1996
7,869,422
3,427,914
4,441,508
75,705
1997
8,227,056
3,503,748
4,723,308
86,126
1998
7,314,513
3,228,788
3,956,350
129,375
1999
6,983,253
2,855,834
3,839,586
287,833
2000
7,756,662
3,009,687
4,299,879
447,096
2001
7,916,205
2,930,530
4,654,445
331,230
2002
6,871,126
2,658,981
3,944,013
275,147
CASH RECEIPTS, NORTH CAROLINA, 1965-2002
10,000
8,000
TOTAL
6,000
CROPS
LIVESTOCK
4,000
2,000
1965 1975 1985 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
9
FARM INCOME 1
Cash Receipts from Farm Marketings and Government Payments, by State, 2002
STATE
RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS
Government
Payments
Total
Cash Receipts
Crops
Livestock, Dairy
and Poultry
Total
Receipts
Rank
Receipts
Rank
Receipts
Rank
Receipts
Rank
Receipts
Rank
Receipts in Thousand Dollars
Alabama
583,811
36
2,378,278
14
2,962,089
29
262,148
18
3,224,237
26
Alaska
22,773
50
27,906
49
50,679
49
1,829
48
52,508
49
Arizona
1,903,139
18
1 ,094,056
29
2,997,195
27
68,926
34
3,066,121
29
Arkansas
1,574,866
21
2,951,745
10
4,526,611
14
446,553
9
4,973,164
15
California
19,865,008
1
6,241 ,632
2
26,106,640
1
451,495
8
26,558,135
1
Colorado
1,378,928
23
3,501 ,589
9
4,880,517
12
188,414
24
5,068,931
14
Connecticut
314,125
39
154,364
45
468,489
43
4,916
46
473,405
43
Delaware
177,184
43
546,329
39
723,513
40
11,863
41
735,376
40
Florida
5,609,028
4
1 ,239,225
28
6,848,253
8
81,467
31
6,929,720
8
Georgia
1 ,582,309
20
2,889,736
12
4,472,045
15
652,789
3
5,124,834
13
Hawaii
424,354
38
84,789
46
509,143
41
1,802
49
510,945
42
Idaho
1,935,141
17
1,998,531
17
3,933,672
19
163,322
25
4,096,994
19
Illinois
5,923,828
2
1 ,562,297
22
7,486,125
6
612,706
4
8,098,831
6
Indiana
3,248,526
9
1,551,019
23
4,799,545
13
332,782
12
5,132,327
12
Iowa
5,759,106
3
5,074.754
5
10,833,860
3
737,107
2
11,570,967
3
Kansas
2,536,465
12
5,325,329
4
7,861 ,794
5
452,680
7
8,314,474
5
Kentucky
1,151,034
27
1 ,960,679
18
3,111,713
24
137,901
28
3,249,614
25
Louisiana
1,159,374
26
614,049
38
1 ,773,423
33
251 ,735
20
2,025,158
33
Maine
211,923
42
230,471
42
442,394
44
13,752
40
456,146
44
Maryland
621,423
35
810,343
32
1 ,431 ,766
36
48,338
36
1,480,104
36
Massachusetts
297,024
40
83,250
47
380,274
45
6,204
44
386,478
45
Michigan
2,130,372
15
1 ,259,700
27
3,390,072
22
188,513
23
3,578,585
23
Minnesota
3,833,272
6
3,644,854
8
7,478,126
7
480,483
6
7,958,609
7
Mississippi
1,012,645
29
1,949,698
19
2,962,343
28
249,758
21
3,212,101
27
Missouri
2,099,829
16
2,302,053
15
4,401 ,882
16
397,292
10
4,799,174
16
Montana
701 ,983
32
985,498
30
1,687,481
34
259,096
19
1 ,946,577
34
Nebraska
3,764,363
7
5,824,295
3
9,588,658
4
485,091
5
10,073,749
4
Nevada
155,085
44
211,157
43
366,242
47
11,121
42
377,363
47
New Hampshire
91,297
46
56,276
48
147,573
48
3,895
47
151,468
48
New Jersey
663,118
34
192,609
44
855,727
39
6,434
43
862,161
39
New Mexico
574,926
37
1,382,052
26
1 ,956,978
32
72,996
33
2,029,974
32
New York
1 ,234,324
25
1,870,160
20
3,104,484
25
158,174
26
3,262,658
24
North Carolina
2,658,981
10
3,944,013
6
6,602,994
9
275,147
17
6,871,126
9
North Dakota
2,498,974
13
723,656
37
3,222,630
23
381 ,658
11
3,604,288
22
Ohio
2,645,811
11
1 ,630,227
21
4,276,038
17
278,967
16
4,555,005
17
Oklahoma
837,492
30
2,893,460
11
3,730,952
21
308,822
14
4,039,774
21
Oregon
2,294,134
14
808,131
33
3,102,265
26
80,290
32
3,182,555
28
Pennsylvania
1 ,360,038
24
2,682,401
13
4,042,439
18
129,113
29
4,171,552
18
Rhode Island
39,787
49
6,300
50
46,087
50
697
50
46,784
50
South Carolina
691,852
33
760,227
35
1 ,452,079
35
64,019
35
1,516,098
35
South Dakota
1,719,982
19
2,059,513
16
3,779,495
20
281 ,256
15
4,060,751
20
Tennessee
1 ,086,785
28
913,073
31
1,999,858
31
107,178
30
2,107,036
31
Texas
4,577,242
5
8,087,670
1
12,664,912
2
986,216
1
13,651,128
2
Utah
249,426
41
807,752
34
1,057,178
37
45,719
38
1,102,897
37
Vermont
76,178
48
400,174
40
476,352
42
36,341
39
512,693
41
Virginia
721,763
31
1,451,127
25
2,172,890
30
153,790
27
2,326,680
30
Washington
3,713,638
8
1,495,317
24
5,208,955
11
214,138
22
5,423,093
11
West Virginia
78,289
47
300,197
41
378,486
46
5,683
45
384,169
46
Wisconsin
1,550,606
22
3,768,302
7
5,318,908
10
330,604
13
5,649,512
10
Wyoming
126,213
45
749,571
36
875,784
38
47,260
37
923,044
38
United States
99,467,672
93,479,835
192,947,608
10,961,465
203,909,073
NOTE: Farm Forest Products are not included in cash receipts, but are included in other farm-related income. 1 Totals may not equal sum of
states due to rounding.
10
FOREST, FISH AND SEAFOOD INCOME RELATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
OF THE N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE, 2001-2002 1
Counties by
Extension Service
Districts
All Forest
Products 2
2001
2002
Fish and
Seafood 3
2001
2002
Counties by
Extension Service
Districts
All Forest
Products 2
2001
2002
Fish and
Seafood 3
2001
2002
STATE TOTAL
Avery
Buncombe
Cherokee
Cherokee Reservation
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
WESTERN
Thousand Dollars
1,539,642 1,798,438 100,947 103,553
Beaufort
Carteret
Craven
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Onslow
Pamlico
Pender
Pitt
Wayne
S. EASTERN .
Alexander
Alleghany .
Ashe
Burke
Caldwell ...
Catawba ..
Davie
Forsyth ....
Stokes
Surry
Watauga ..
Wilkes
Yadkin
N. WESTERN
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Gaston
Iredell
Lincoln
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Polk
Rowan
Rutherford ....
Stanly
Union
S. WESTERN
25,503
5,614
2,466
1,035
2,267
7,165
2,267
10,359
3,446
5,095
8,125
2,780
2,329
5,003
83,454
25,882
6,432
2,946
1,291
2,884
8,359
2,775
1 1 ,047
5,623
6,181
8,839
3,441
2,689
5,329
93,718
*
#
#
#
#
*
1,423
1,423
1,092
90
#
23
3,940
36,051
8,293
31,577
34,734
10,614
20,313
5,557
1,327
35,856
9,909
38,998
16,879
22,811
87,066
5,839
32,684
39,816
11,571
21,589
5,899
1,616
37,587
21,963
40,347
22,175
24,373
5,567
18,747
6,136
33
2,426
5,445
6,459
754
1,771
272,919 352,525 47,367
3,839
27,773
39,266
8,485
6,507
2,180
3,542
2,928
5,802
6,044
12,336
13,961
4,938
4,618
28,860
40,776
9,805
7,681
2,526
4,446
3,703
7,069
7,157
17,274
17,004
5,968
137,601 156,887
3,430
5,432
3,081
7,673
2,842
4,720
1,118
1,605
4,683
4,974
3,080
17,584
60,222
4,075
6,035
3,533
9,112
3,247
5,615
1,356
1,886
5,566
5,722
3,541
19,354
69,042
110
1,092
*
90
*
#
23
4,006
6,282
19,725
1,602
22
2,649
5,512
7,026
674
1,789
*
45,349
89
Edgecombe ..
Franklin
Halifax
Harnett
Johnston
Nash
Northampton
Vance
Wake
Warren
Wilson
N. CENTRAL.
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Gates
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Pasquotank .
Perquimans .
Tyrrell
Washington .
N. EASTERN
Alamance
Caswell
Chatham
Davidson
Durham
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Randolph
Rockingham .
N. PIEDMONT
Anson
Bladen
Brunswick ....
Columbus
Cumberland ..
Hoke
Lee
Montgomery .
Moore
Richmond
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. CENTRAL
9,988
62,682
41,946
36,667
38,005
26,162
29,383
10,128
59,235
28,627
49,803
392,626
Thousand Dollars
18,624
65,826
50,640
40,356
45,151
45,877
37,600
10,626
61,395
30,869
40,927
447,891
29,526
6,581
8,211
2,685
241
24,692
23,058
5,279
25,716
7,721
11,630
4,214
16,933
166,487
36,994
11,762
18,048
16,118
1,645
12,478
21,152
42,201
19,247
6,112
1,969
14,249
15,071
217,046
29
2,998
440
1,629
24,968
5,778
5,505
33,851
4,925
3,512
19,708
7,404
4,797
12,761
6,107
7,718
112,066
6,781
6,525
38,110
6,212
3,885
20,701
8,917
5,552
14,615
7,879
9,682
128,859
30,418
31,174
32,428
52,040
9,659
10,878
5,105
25,592
26,403
26,522
27,072
28,280
8,696
314,267
31,163
32,542
33,929
55,428
10,942
1 1 ,400
5,848
26,851
27,557
27,912
28,326
30,210
10,362
332,470
#
3,798
76
#
21
3,978
35
2,928
450
3,477
23,120
8,180
9,516
38
38
2,243
3,048
1,704
2,375
2,463
3,015
210
1,170
45,284
50,051
3,353
74
#
17
3,763
' * Some counties not shown separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2 Includes total income from farm and commercial forestry as
estimated by County Extension Agents. The portion from commercial forestry is not included in cash farm receipts from farm marketings. 3 This
estimate includes both commercial farm ponds and marine seafood. Trout and catfish income from commercial farm ponds was estimated by
County Extension Agents. Estimates for trout and catfish for 2002, not available at publication, were carried forward from 2001. # Indicates no
estimate of income was provided. The income from seafood was based on dockside value of the commercial catch at the point of landing, as
estimated by National Marine Fishery Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Beaufort, N.C. Sums may not equal totals to avoid disclosing
individual operations.
1 1
FARM INCOME, PRODUCTION EXPENSES, NORTH CAROLINA, 1998-2002
GOODS AND SERVICES
NORTH CAROLINA
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Cash Receipts :
Crops
Livestock
Services & Forestry Income 2
Home Consumption
Value of Inventory Adjustment 3
Final Agricultural Sector Output
Direct Government Payments
Consumption Expenses
Feed Purchased
Livestock & Poultry Purchased
Seed Purchased
Fertilizers & Lime
Pesticides
Petroleum Fuel & Oils
Electricity
Property Taxes
Other Intermediate Expenses 4
Gross Value Added 5
Capital Consumption
Net Value Added 5
Employee Compensation (Total Hired Labor) .
Net Rent Received by Nonoperator landlords .
Real Estate & Nonreal Estate Interest
Net Farm Income 5
North Carolina Net Income Per Farm
United States Net Income Per Farm
3,228,788
3,956,350
1 ,902,978
13,759
11,610
9,088,116
129,375
1,911,812
225,046
141,983
271,459
207,271
176,690
93,917
1 1 1 ,740
1 ,265,427
4,812,146
445,377
4,366,769
456,573
1,385,910
278,889
2,245,397
2,855,834
3,839,586
1 ,808,496
14,266
(124,048)
8,503,916
287,833
1 ,799,604
234,305
153,495
243,614
217,955
175,845
88,663
1 1 1 ,772
1 ,300,538
4,465,958
457,036
4,008,922
464,947
1,144,926
281,598
2,117,451
Thousand Dollars
3,009,687
4,299,879
1,827,390
17,279
328,449
9,136,956
446,816
1,764,931
244,221
149,657
231,945
196,587
214,723
86,515
116,495
1 ,252,835
5,325,863
472,806
4,853,057
415,988
1 ,290,493
308,223
2,838,353
2,930,530
4,654,445
1 ,856,990
17,093
179,496
9,441,965
331 ,230
1,617,425
260,994
157,332
238,980
200,861
199,883
99,974
116,495
1 ,250,288
5,630,963
486,774
5,144,189
505,731
1,303,109
279,008
3,056,341
2,658,981
3,944,013
1,866,704
15,754
(390,577)
8,469,698
275,147
1,656,898
263,360
172,682
231,716
196,587
195,586
97,156
119,643
1,282,518
4,528,699
501,383
4,027,316
501,832
1,200,074
282,963
2,042,447
38,714
22,128
36,508
21,071
Actual Dollars
49,796
22,121
54,578
21,201
36,472
13,988
' Final sector output is the gross value of the commodities and services produced within a year. Net value-added is the sector's contribution to
the National economy and is the sum of the income from production earned by all factors-of -production. Net farm income is the farm operator's
share of income from the sector's production activities. 2 Includes machine hire and custom work, forest products sold, other farm income, and
gross imported rental value of farm buildings. 3 A positive value of inventory change represents current-year production not sold by
December 1. A negative value is an offset to production from prior years included in current-year sales. 4 Includes repair and maintenance of
capital items, machine hire and custom work, marketing, storage, and transportation expenses, contract labor, and miscellaneous expenses.
5 Totals may not add due to rounding.
FARM INCOME
Cash Receipts, Percent, by Month, North Carolina, 2000-2002
MONTHS
MONTHLY PERCENTS
Total Farm Marketings
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
All Crops
2000
2001
2002
2000
2001
2002
2000
2001
2002
January
6.3
7.2
6.6
7.9
8.2
8.0
4.0
5.7
4.4
February
5.9
6.4
6.1
7.8
7.8
7.6
3.2
4.2
3.7
March
7.0
7.3
7.2
8.7
8.5
8.5
4.5
5.4
5.3
April
7.0
7.3
7.9
7.7
7.8
8.8
5.9
6.5
6.7
May
7.0
7.5
7.9
8.0
8.3
8.4
5.7
6.3
7.2
June
7.3
7.3
7.2
8.4
8.2
7.8
5.7
6.0
6.4
July
6.4
8.0
8.2
7.8
8.1
8.5
4.6
8.1
7.6
August
10.2
9.5
9.3
7.9
8.4
8.0
13.4
11.1
11.2
September
12.9
10.8
11.2
8.6
8.3
8.5
19.1
14.4
15.2
October
11.8
10.3
11.1
9.1
8.9
8.8
15.7
12.4
14.6
November
9.5
9.7
9.2
8.9
8.6
8.4
10.2
11.5
10.4
December
8.7
8.7
8.1
9.2
8.9
8.7
8.0
8.4
7.3
TOTAL
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
SOURCE: Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector, USDA-Economic Research Service.
12
FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES
North Carolina, 1998-2003
Farm Real Estate
Cropland
Pasture
YEAR
Value per Acre
Value
Cash Rent
Value
Cash Rent
January 1, 1998-2003
per Acre
per Acre
per Acre
per Acre
Dollars
1998
2,080
1,950
43.00
2,100
22.00
1999
2,250
2,130
45.00
2,270
21.00
2000
2,500
2,400
45.00
2,400
21.00
2001
2,800
2,700
48.00
2,600
22.00
2002
2,900
2,800
49.50
2,800
21.50
2003 1
3,100
2,950
51.00
3,000
22.00
' Preliminary.
FARMS
Number of Farms and Land in Farms, 1998-2002 1
YEAR
Number
Land
Average
Size
SALES CLASS ESTIMATES
of
Farms
in
Farms
$1,000-
$9,999
$10,000-
$99,999
$100,000
+
$1,000-
$9,999
$10,000-
$99,999
$100,000
+
Thousand
Thousand
Acres
Acres
Number
NORTH CAROLINA
Thousand Acres
1998
58
9,400
162
34,000
14,000
10,000
2,300
1,900
5,200
1999
58
9,300
160
35,000
13,000
10,000
2,200
1,900
5,200
2000
57
9,200
161
34,000
13,000
10,000
2,000
1,800
5,400
2001
56
9,100
163
34,000
13,000
9,000
2,000
1,800
5,300
2002
56
9,100
163
34,000
13,000
9,000
2,200
1,800
5,100
UNITED STATES
1998
2,191
953,500
435
1,180,950
652,310
358,100
133,788
287,017
532,695
1999
2,192
947,440
432
1,194,340
648,850
348,880
133,028
288,492
525,920
2000
2,172
943,090
434
1,173,550
649,550
349,180
127,683
286,192
529,215
2001
2,156
941,310
437
1,160,990
642,710
351,980
124,945
275,880
540,485
2002
2,158
941,480
436
1,172,770
637,160
348,160
124,735
274,100
542,645
' A farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the
year.
EXPORTS
Value of Agricultural Export Shares for North Carolina, Fiscal Years, 1998-2002
YEAR
Wheat
and
Products
Cotton
Including
Linters
Soybeans
and
Products
Peanuts
and Oil
Cottonseed
Oil
Tobacco
Unmanufactured
Seeds
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Million Dollars
94.1 126.2 129.4 24.0 4.7 572.8 7.6
84.5 93.7 90.9 17.3 4.0 521.8 7.3
86.5 82.2 74.9 28.4 4.0 452.5 6.0
86.9 163.4 109.1 14.2 6.9 433.4 8.6
93.9 164.7 109.5 16.3 7.3 442.1 10.0
YEAR
Fruits
and
Preparations
Vegetables
and
Preparations
Meats and
Products
Poultry
Products
Dairy
Products
Other
All
Agricultural
Commodities
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Million Dollars
8.3 16.3 164.9 258.9 3.0 195.9 1,606.1
10.8 15.7 137.9 183.7 2.9 178.1 1,348.6
13.1 17.4 173.4 198.1 2.7 178.4 1,317.6
13.3 19.8 189.5 226.4 2.9 201.8 1,476.2
12.4 21.6 201.7 209.4 2.5 209.3 1,500.7
SOURCE: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S., USD A, Economic Research Service.
13
North Carolina 2002 Annual Weather and Climate Summary
lorth Carolina farmers began 2002 with double digit
deficiencies in cumulative rainfall due to a dry weather
pattern which had been in place since the beginning of fall
2001. January appeared to bring the antidote with above
normal precipitation, but February settled back into the
same dry pattern. Low stream flows and reduced ground
water were major concerns for many areas. Adequate pre-
cipitation fell in March to restore soil moisture levels to
90% adequate or surplus by the end of the month. Soil
moisture had slipped to 45% short or very short by the end
of April, making farmers nervous about germination of
recently planted or soon to be planted fields. Summer seemed
to be settling in early with above normal temperatures and
isolated thunderstorms cropping up in scattered locations.
Consecutive days of low temperatures during the last full
week of May ended the illusion of an early summer and
resulted in freeze damage in the Northern Mountain region
and some low-lying areas. The steady downturn in soil
moisture percentages had been eased throughout most of
May by various frontal systems that brought light to mod-
erate precipitation.
Stress to newly planted crops resumed again the
week of Memorial day as soil moisture ratings fell to 80%
short or very short by June 23rd. Above normal
temperatures during this period evaporated the minimal
precipitation which did fall, causing the State to be in one
of the worst periods of dry weather on record. Temporary
relief began in July as various rain events improved soil
moisture ratings to 43% short or very short by the end of
the month. Phenological development of many crops was
accelerated, but moisture stress was beyond repair for much
of the corn crop, and the entire State was classified as
having exceptional drought conditions. The hot humid weather
added insult to injury by fostering an ideal environment for
a wide variety of disease and pests. Arid patterns returned
in August and soil moisture ratings fell to 84% short or
very short by the end of the month. With the accelerated
development of drought and pest stressed plants, some
burley tobacco growers opted to harvest their crop early.
Pasture conditions deteriorated forcing early supplementa-
tion of hay to livestock herds. This early demand caused
concerns about winter availability of hay from a crop which
was already in short supply due to growing conditions.
Some livestock operations began culling herds. Some cot-
ton plants "cut out" when bolls should have been opening
causing further reductions in expected production.
After months of persistent dry weather, most of central
and eastern North Carolina received a week of ground-soak-
ing, lake-filling, stream-rising, pasture-greening and gener-
ally beneficial rainfall in early September. The combination
of a northeasterly wind with an upper low to the west fed
moisture over a stalled frontal boundary to produce heavy
precipitation and an event considered atypical in the
Southeast during the summer. Flash flooding and standing
water in fields were the negative effects of the system, but
overall it was a shot in the arm for the rain starved State.
Reflective of the moisture, statewide soil moisture got a
huge boost and improved by 37 percentage points in one
week. The drought classification in the eastern half of the
State was lessened. The rains were considered to be too late
to improve tobacco and corn conditions but brought hope
that cotton, soybean, and sweetpotato yields may improve.
Arid conditions seemed to be returning, but were offset by
the remnants of Tropical Depression Hanna which brought
widespread and significant rainfall. More rain came the last
week of September. The first full week of Autumn
brought statewide precipitation as a result of the tropical
system Isadore. Soil moisture improved to its best rating
since mid April. While the rainfall was beneficial and wel-
comed by farmers hoping to improve yields, those harvest-
ing corn and tobacco had their progress deterred as they
waited for fields to dry. There was good access to fields in
early October.
Drought conditions soon gave way to six straight
weeks of excessive rainfall that limited days suitable
to fieldwork to less than four days per week. This delayed
harvest, diminished yields and crop quality, and delayed small
grain plantings behind the un-harvested crops. The rains
did relieve short term drought conditions as classifications
were scaled back and water restrictions lifted in most loca-
tions by the end of October. Moisture content remained
high causing some peanut and soybean pod rot and prema-
ture pod shattering in soybeans. Thick tall stands of hay
remained inaccessible for harvest while some small
livestock herds were being liquidated due to insufficient
winter feed supplies. Farmers were able to access fields in
early December and harvest progressed well until a winter
storm followed by two weeks of wet weather brought
harvest to a halt. Many acres intended for small grain were
not planted. Overall, 2002 was a crop year that most North
Carolina farmers will be glad to forget.
Percent
100
Topsoil Moisture, North Carolina, 2002
10/13
11/10 12/15
12/31
14
100
80
60
40
20
0
100
80
60
40
20
0
Percent
HARVEST PROGRESS, NORTH CAROLINA
Soybean Harvest Cotton Harvest
-
2002
2001
5 Year
Average
100
80
60
40
20
Percent
2002
2001
5 Year
Average
— ^^y^
9/29 10/13 10/27 11/10 11/24 12/8 12/22
Flue-cured Tobacco Harvest
Percent
2002
2001
5 Year
Average
7/21
8/4 8/18 9/1 9/15 9/29 10/13
100
80
60
40
20
0
9/29 10/13 10/27 11/10 11/24 12/8
Corn Harvest
Percent
12/22
a
2002
2001
5 Year
Average
■
9/1
9/15 9/29 10/13 10/27 11/10 11/24
Climatological Data
Average Temperature and Total Precipitation, by District, by Month, North Carolina, 2002
Average Temperatures
DISTRICT
Annual
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average
Degrees Fahrenheit
N. Mountain
36.6
36.8
41.9
56.1
59.1
69.2
73.7
71.6
66.9
56.2
41.9
34.8
53.7
W. Mountain
39.0
39.8
47.3
59.2
62.0
71.1
74.8
73.4
69.1
60.0
43.8
38.0
56.5
N. Piedmont
40.7
43.1
48.6
61.7
65.1
75.7
79.3
77.2
71.3
60.2
47.3
38.8
59.1
C. Piedmont
41.9
44.3
50.5
63.3
66.5
76.7
79.8
77.8
72.3
61.2
47.8
39.6
60.1
S. Piedmont
42.9
44.7
52.0
64.8
66.4
77.1
80.9
78.3
73.1
62.4
48.8
40.6
61.0
N. Coastal
45.1
47.2
53.1
63.5
67.9
77.3
80.5
79.4
74.5
64.9
51.6
43.0
62.3
C. Coastal
46.2
48.1
54.4
65.0
68.1
76.9
80.3
79.4
75.3
65.8
52.0
43.4
62.9
S. Coastal
46.3
47.8
55.3
67.0
68.8
77.9
81.7
79.6
75.7
66.3
51.3
43.5
63.4
Precipitation
DISTRICT
Jan.
Dec.
Annual
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Total
Inches of Water
N. Mountain
3.33
1.31
5.02
1.84
3.42
3.03
4.69
2.48
6.56
4.91
4.41
4.95
45.95
W. Mountain
4.97
1.65
5.86
2.32
4.70
3.62
3.46
3.45
7.66
4.15
4.95
6.47
53.26
N. Piedmont
4.93
1.06
3.77
1.37
2.21
2.11
4.24
5.81
4.55
8.27
4.26
4.96
47.54
C. Piedmont
5.66
1.16
3.56
1.42
2.05
2.61
3.47
4.05
3.87
7.59
4.27
5.69
45.40
S. Piedmont
5.25
1.61
4.04
1.20
2.49
1.39
3.16
4.57
4.78
6.38
4.22
5.57
44.66
N. Coastal
5.46
1.93
5.28
2.64
2.24
3.28
5.28
5.98
4.40
5.88
5.44
3.99
51.80
C. Coastal
5.47
2.19
5.15
2.44
2.75
3.67
6.29
5.92
5.11
4.54
4.77
3.31
51.61
S. Coastal
4.79
2.07
4.31
1.75
2.55
3.82
5.53
6.75
3.75
3.60
3.88
3.28
46.08
SOURCE: National Climate Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
15
Total Fertilizer Tonnage Up
A he total amount of fertilizer, including lime and
gypsum, shipped in North Carolina rose 5%> from last
year to 2.32 million tons. Lime tonnage in 2002
increased 10% from 797,749 to 878,562 tons. Gypsum
shipments, at 71,833 tons, increased 33% from last
year. Fertilizer is broken down into the following
categories: Dry Materials, Mixed Materials, Other
Dry Materials, Bagged Products, Fluid Materials,
Mixed Fluid Materials, and Other Fluid Materials.
Dry and Fluid Materials include any substance
containing either nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium,
or any other recognized plant food element or
compound which is used primarily for its plant food
content or for compounding mixed fertilizers. Not
included in this definition are all types of
unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures and
mulches for which no plant food content is claimed.
Mixed Dry Products and Mixed Fluid Products include
products resulting from the combination, mixture, or
simultaneous application of two or more fertilizer
materials for use in, or claimed to have value in
promoting plant growth. Other Dry Products and
Other Fluid Products include micro nutrient
supplements and organic materials. Bagged Products
include any fertilizer product that is sold in package
form. Total dry products account for 66% of the total
fertilizer. Bagged products account for 16%, and total
fluid products account for 18%.
Fertilizer Materials Tonnage Shipped
Fertilizer
Lime
Gypsum
Grand Total
1997
2,019,743
863,225
100,752
2,983,720
1998
1 ,704,031
1 ,052,695
152,537
2,909,263
1999
1,628,708
958,951
122,204
2,709,863
2000
1 ,401 ,745
626,849
113,005
2,141,599
2001
1 ,358,073
797,749
53,950
2,209,772
2002
1 ,366,356
878,562
71 ,833
2,316,751
Fertilizer Tonnage Shipped July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002
2001
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dry Materials
29,522
10,263
7,235
33,526
7,488
24,651
Mixed Materials
19,464
14,274
12,093
4,484
17,427
1,313
Other Dry Materials
1,048
1,645
1,796
2,857
238
1,829
Bagged Products
7,317
15,456
11,700
12,401
7,954
10,527
Fluid Materials
20,515
7,455
4,008
9,543
6,510
11,121
Mixed Fluid Materials
3,955
1,690
1,749
989
511
471
Other Fluid Materials
317
94
154
1
1
16
Total
82,138
50,877
38,735
63,801
40,129
49,928
2002
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
Total Yr.
Dry Materials
31,366
67,052
126,030
34,915
144,139
57,429
573,616
Mixed Materials
1,627
3,433
16,654
157,168
32,012
16,737
296,686
Other Dry Materials
3,014
1,394
4,608
4,245
109
4,330
27,113
Bagged Products
14,448
16,144
40,756
40,031
33,972
7,953
218,659
Fluid Materials
9,102
16,415
26,890
31,283
41,205
11,550
195,597
Mixed Fluid Materials
71
764
4,757
17,637
15,715
4,594
52,903
Other Fluid Materials
16
9
852
104
44
174
1,782
Total
59,644
105,211
220,547
285,383
267,196
102,767
1,366,356
16
Total Fertilizer Shipped, North Carolina, 1992-2002 1
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
' Total tonnage shipped June 30-July 1, includes lime and gypsum.
North Carolina Fertilizer by Type
July 1,2001 - June 30, 2002
Dry Materials I Bagged Products Fluid Materials
Thousand
July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June
Soybeans: Fertilizer Primary Nutrient Applications,
North Carolina, 2002
Primary
Nutrient
Planted
Acreage
Area
Applied
Applications
Rate per
Application
Rate per
Crop Year
Total
Applied
1,000 Acres
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Million Pounds
North Carolina
1,360
Nitrogen
36
1.0
29
29
14.4
Phosphate
36
1.0
51
51
25.0
Potash
41
1.0
91
91
51.3
17
Soybeans: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Applications
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Thousand Pounds
MCI UILIUCO
f"nl\/nhnQPtp
1 3
0.71
0.98
i .tlUO
Imazethapyr
5
1.0
0.04
0.04
3
Paraquat
14
1.0
0.39
0.39
77
Pendimethalin
3
1.0
0.53
0.53
22
Insecticides
Esfenvalerate
4
1.0
0.03
0.03
2
Lambda-cyhalothrin ....
14
1.0
0.02
0.02
4
' Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 1.36 million acres.
Bell Peppers: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Applications
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Herbicides
Percent
Number
Pounds oer Acre
Thousand Pounds
Clomazone
24
1.0
0.57
0.57
1.0
Napropamide
21
1.0
1.11
1.11
1.7
Paraquat
8
1.0
0.75
0.79
0.5
Insecticides
Acephate
89
2.1
0.58
1.28
8.4
Bt (Bacillus thur.)2
*
5.5
Carbaryl
6
2.0
1.00
2.01
0.9
Endosulfan
12
1.0
0.75
0.77
0.7
Esfenvalerate
6
2.1
0.03
0.07
3
Permethrin
13
2.0
0.09
0.20
0.2
Fungicides
Chlorothalonil
*
4.0
1.67
6.68
0.1
Copper hydroxide
35
6.1
0.30
1.84
4.8
Mancozeb
12
3.9
0.76
3.02
2.7
Maneb
23
7.2
1.45
10.48
17.9
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin
5
1.0
52.83
52.83
20.3
Methyl bromide
5
1.0
107.25
107.25
41.3
* Area applied is less than one percent. ' Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 7,400 acres. 2 Rates and total applied are not
available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 3 Total applied is less than 50 lbs.
Cucumbers, Fresh: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Ingredient
Area
Applied
Applications
Rate per
Application
Rate per
Crop Year
Total
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
Ethalfluralin
8
1.0
0.93
0.93
0.6
Insecticides
Bt (Bacillus thur.)2
*
6.3
Carbaryl
13
1.5
0.79
1.22
1.2
Endosulfan
2.7
0.76
2.08
3
Esfenvalerate
56
1.9
0.006
0.01
3
Permethrin
3
1.1
0.15
0.17
3
Fungicides
Azoxystrobin
9
1.1
0.12
0.14
0.1
Chlorothalonil
69
1.8
1.56
2.90
15.0
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin
1.0
42.50
42.50
2.1
Methyl bromide
1.0
86.28
86.28
4.2
* Area applied is less than one percent. 1 Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 7,500 acres. 2 Rates and total applied are not available
because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 3 Total applied is less than 50 lbs.
18
Cucumbers, Processed: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Applications
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
Clomazone
Ethalfluralin
4
24
1.0
1.0
0.28
0.63
0.28
0.63
0.2
2.8
nsecticides
Esfenvalerate
Permethrin
28
4
1.1
O Q
0.03
0.12
0.03
0.34
0.2
U.o
:ungicides
Azoxystrobin
30
1.1
0.18
0.20
1.1
Dther Chemicals
Dichloropropene
3
1.0
50.90
50.90
32.5
' Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 18,500 acres.
Squash: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Ingredient
Area
Applied
Applications
Rate per
Application
Rate per
Crop Year
Total
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds
per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
Ethalfluralin
6
1.0
0
51
0
51
0.1
Insecticides
Bt (Bacillus thur.)2
*
1.7
Carbaryl
15
1.8
0
97
1
77
1.1
Endosulfan
8
1.1
0
64
0
73
0.2
Esfenvalerate
21
1.7
0
02
0
04
3
Permethrin
10
1.2
0
14
0
18
0.1
Fungicides
Azoxystrobin
3
1.8
0
18
0
33
3
Chlorothalonil
18
1.6
1
50
2
51
1.9
Mancozeb
5
2.1
0
87
1
86
0.4
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin
*
1.0
53
87
53
87
1.7
Methyl bromide
1.0
109
37
109
37
3.5
* Area applied is less than one percent. ' Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 4,200 acres. 2 Rates and total applied are not
available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 3 Total applied is less than 50 lbs.
Snap Beans, Fresh: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Ingredient
Area
Applied
Applications
Rate per
Application
Rate per
Crop Year
Total
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds
per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
Bentazon
24
1.0
0
09
0
09
0.2
S-Metolachlor
55
1.0
1
69
1
69
7.7
Sethoxydim
12
1.0
0
25
0
25
0.3
Insecticides
Acephate
35
1.3
0
55
0
74
2.1
Carbaryl
47
1.0
0
99
1
02
3.9
Dimethoate
5
1.2
0
43
0
52
0.2
Endosulfan
*
1.7
0
95
1
68
2
Esfenvalerate
76
1.0
0
03
0
03
0.2
Permethrin
2
1.0
0
11
0
12
2
Fungicides
Chlorothalonil
26
1.5
1
34
2
02
4.3
* Area applied is less than one percent. 1 Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 8,200 acres. 2 Total applied is less than 50 lbs.
19
Cabbage, Head, Fresh: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Applications
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
Napropamide
9
1.0
1.04
1.04
0.9
Oxyfluorfen
33
1.0
0.43
0.43
1.4
Trifluralin
8
1.0
1.24 (
1 .24
0.9
Insecticides
Rt fRarilluci thur ^2
51
2.8
Carbaryl
1
3^0
0.96
2.91
0.4
Dimethoate
5
4.0
0.50
2.02
0.9
Esfenvalerate
36
2.4
0.02
0.04
0.1
Lambda-cyhalothrin ....
15
1 .5
0.02
0.02
Mpthnm\/I
14
1 7
0.41
0.72
1 n
Permethrin
8
1 .9
0.12
0.24
0.2
Spinosad
61
2.8
0.03
0.09
0.5
Fungicides
Chlorothalonil
9
3.7
1.14
4.30
3.5
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin
1.0
27.87
27.87
0.7
Methyl bromide
1.0
59.72
59.72
1.5
* Area applied is less than one percent. 1 Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 9,500 acres. 2 Rates and total applied are not
available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 3 Total applied is less than 50 lbs.
Watermelons: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Applications
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Herbicides
Percent
Number
Pounds per Acre
Thousand Pounds
Clomazone
20
1.0
0.20
0.21
0.4
Ethalfluralin
48
1.0
0.74
0.75
3.6
Glyphosate
6
1.0
0.69
0.70
0.4
Naptalam
10
1.0
2.33
2.33
2.4
Sethoxydim
12
1.0
0.14
0.14
0.2
Insecticides
Carbaryl
4
1.5
0.69
1.06
0.4
Esfenvalerate
29
1.8
0.03
0.05
0.1
Permethrin
13
1.5
0.12
0.19
0.2
Fungicides
Azoxystrobin
9
1.4
0.15
0.23
0.2
Chlorothalonil
28
2.5
1.31
3.30
9.2
Mancozeb
8
1.0
1.33
1.40
1,2
Other Chemicals
Chloropicrin
4
1.1
35.02
40.89
16.3
Methyl bromide
2
1.3
127.54
174.46
31.7
' Planted area in 2002 for North Carolina totaled 10,100 acres.
Sweet Corn, Fresh: Agricultural Chemical Applications, North Carolina, 2002 1
Active
Area
Rate per
Rate per
Total
Ingredient
Applied
Applications
Application
Crop Year
Applied
Percent
Number
Pounds oer Acre
Thousand Pounds
Herbicides
2,4-D
1
1.3
0.74
0.98
0.1
Alachlor
8
1.0
2.90
2.90
2.0
Atrazine
75
1.0
0.81
0.81
5.3
S-Metolachlor
42
1.0
1.53
1.53
5.6
Insecticides
Bt (Bacillus thur.)2
27
2.0
Carbaryl
2
1.7
0.70
1.21
0.2
Esfenvalerate
70
2.7
0.03
0.08
0.5
Lambda-cyhalothrin ...
30
3.5
0.02
0.07
0.2
Permethrin
13
5.9
0.13
0.77
0.8
Terbufos
48
1.0
0.59
0.59
2.5
Thiodicarb
49
5.1
0.46
2.38
10.2
' Planted area in 2002
for North Carolina totaled 8,700 acres. 2 Rates and total applied are not available because amounts of active
ingredient are not comparable between products. 2Q
& Poultry
+Livestock Summary
+Highs and Lows
+Inventory
+Value
+County Estimates
-^-Slaughter
+Dairy Products
+Poultry & Egg
+Honey §
+Catfish & Tr
"A Cow's Life"
> Haley Vincent/Pitt Co.
I
f-ii^ 'I *" '.'Lucy Eating Straw"
r„V . ZacharyBarnes/Catawba Co.
2002 North Carolina Livestock Summary
Cash Receipts Decline
Cash receipts from all livestock, dairy, and poultry products
totaled $3.9 billion in 2002, down 15% from 2001. Hog prices
declined in 2002, reducing cash receipts for pork 1 8% from the
previous year to $1 .41 billion. Broiler prices dropped nearly 10
cents per pound and caused receipts to fall 1 9% to $ 1 .37 billion.
Turkey receipts decreased 5% and totaled $429 million. Cattle
and calf receipts, at $2 1 6 million, were down 5%. Eggs declined
$3.7 million to $229 million. Receipts from milk were down
20% to $155 million. Trout sales increased 5% to $6.8 million,
while catfish sales decreased slightly to $3.1 million. Honey
sales rose 1 5% and totaled $97 1 ,000.
Hogs are the number one commodity in the state with 2 1 .3%
of total receipts, followed by broilers at 20.6%. Receipts from
all poultry and eggs accounted for 32.0% of total receipts.
Hog Cash Receipts Down
Cash receipts from the marketing of North Carolina hogs and
pigs decreased 18% to $1.41 billion in 2002, primarily as a
result of a $10.70 per cwt. price decrease. Annual hog
marketings for the year increased 7% to 18.75 million head.
Pounds of pork marketed rose 7% to 3.90 million pounds.
Inventory of hogs and pigs on December 1 , 2002 totaled 9.7
million head, down 1% from 2001. The inventory was 6%
below the all time high inventory of 10.3 million head on
September 1 , 1 998. A crop of 1 9.6 million pigs was produced in
the state during 2002, another record high, up 2% from the 19.3
million produced in 2001. The average litter size remained
unchanged in 2002 at 9.00 pigs. The value of home
consumption, at $ 1 .6 million, was down 26%. About two-thirds
of the states' hogs and pigs were under contract compared to
about one-third for the nation. Under contract is defined as hogs
being owned by large operators, but raised by contractees. Less
than 5% of the hogs and pigs in the state were raised by
independent producers.
Broiler Production Record High
Broiler production rose to a record high 4.4 billion pounds in
2002, 5% above last year's record high. The number of birds
produced was also a record at 735 million, 3% above 2001 's
record high. Average weight was unchanged at 6.0 pounds per
bird. Price per pound decreased 9 cents and income for the state
decreased in 2002 to $1.37 billion, 19% less than last year.
Broilers averaged 31 cents per pound during 2002.
Number One in Turkeys
North Carolina returned to the number one national ranking
in turkey production in 2002. Production totaled 1.2 billion
pounds, up 3% from the previous year. The number of turkeys
raised totaled 45.5 million in 2002, up 6% from last year. The
price of turkeys dropped 3 cents per pound to 37 cents, and cash
receipts decreased to $429 million, 5% below 2001 .
Egg Receipts Decline
The value of egg production in North Carolina decreased 2%
in 2002 to $229 million. Price per dozen, including hatching
eggs, was down 1% from the previous year to $1.09. The
number of eggs produced decreased 1% to 2.5 billion. The state
ranks ninth nationally in the value of egg production.
22
Cattle and Calf Cash Receipts Down
Cash receipts from cattle and calves totaled $216 million,
down 5% from 2001 . Lower prices offset increased marketings to
account for the 5% decrease in cash receipts. Cattle and calf prices
were $59.40 and $82. 1 0 per cwt. , respectively. The value of home
consumption decreased 13% in 2002 to $9.4 million.
All cattle and calf marketings totaled 336 million pounds in
2002, up 7% from the previous year. Cattle marketings increased
9% from 2001, but calf marketings were down 1%. Calf births
totaled 445,000 head, down 1% last year. Inventory of cattle and
calves as of January 1 , 2002, at 950,000 head, was the same as the
previous year. However, the end of year inventory dropped to
920,000 head.
Milk Receipts Decline
During 2002, cash receipts from marketing of milk and cream
produced in North Carolina dropped 20% to $155 million. The
decrease was caused by a 19% reduction in the price received,
averaging $13.80 per hundredweight.
Milk cow numbers declined 4% to an average of 64,000 head,
reducing overall milk production 1% in 2002 to 1.14 billion
pounds. Output per cow rose 3% to 17,766 pounds in 2002
compared with 1 7,224 pounds a year earlier.
Trout Sales Up
North Carolinas' commercial trout growers sold 4.8 million
pounds of trout in 2002 with a value of sales totaling $6.8 million,
up 5% from the previous year. The state ranks second in the nation
in trout sales behind Idaho.
Trout, 1 2 inches and longer (foodsize), value of sales increased
7% to $6.3 million and averaged $1.38 per pound, compared to
$ 1 .30 a year ago. Pounds sold were 4.6 million, up 1 % from a year
earlier. Sales to processors accounted for 87% of foodsize sales,
with 8% going direct to consumers, 1% to restaurants and retail
outlets, and the remaining 4% to live haulers, other producers, and
fee and recreational operations. Trout losses totaled 380,000
pounds for the year with 5 1 % lost to disease, 1 9% to drought, 1 7%
to predators, and the balance to chemicals, flood, and theft.
Catfish Sales Down
Commercial catfish growers in North Carolina had sales of
$3.1 million in 2002, down slightly from the $3.2 million the
previous year. Water surface area for production on Januray 1,
2003 totaled 1 ,700 acres, up 300 acres from the previous year.
Ninety-eight percent of foodsize catfish sales went to processors,
with the remainder going to recreational and other outlets. The
average price received for foodsize catfish in North Carolina was
59 cents per pound, down 8 cents from the previous year's
average, but 3 cents above the national average. North Carolina
producers received more per pound for their fish than producers in
the leading producing states of Mississippi, Alabama and
Arkansas. The Tar Heel state ranks sixth nationally in total value
of sales.
Honey Production Up
Commercial honey producers in North Carolina with five or
more colonies produced 714,000 pounds of honey in 2002, up
25% from a year ago. The estimated 14,000 colonies rose 8%
during the year. Yield per colony averaged 5 1 pounds, up 7 pounds
from 2001 . Average price for the 2002 crop, at $1 .36 per pound,
was down 12 cents from a year earlier. The value of commercial
honey production totaled $971,000, up 15% from 2001.
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY AND POULTRY
Record Highs and Lows, North Carolina, Through January 1, 2003
Date
Series
Began
RECORD HIGH
RECORD LOW
Year
Number
Year
Number
Thousands
Thousands
Cattle and Calves - Inventory, Jan. 1
1924
1985
1,175
1927
490
t\ A 1 1 \y r\\kic — Iny/ontnn/ Ion 1
1 OOA
1944
400
2003
63
ivmik rrooucuon ^ldsj - Annual
1985
1 ,748,000
1924
1,050,000
Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Jan. 1 1 ....
1867
1870
560
1979
7
Hogs - Inventory, Dec. 1
1867
2001
9,800
1929
830
Chickens - Inventory, Dec. 1
1924
1969
22,115
1931
8,670
Hens
1930
1972
7,122
1935
3,029
Pullets of laying age
1930
1968
1 1 ,835
1931
4,040
Egg Production
1924
1970
3,440,000
1930
542,000
Commercial Broilers
1934
2002
735,200
1934
900
Turkeys - Total Raised, Dec. 1
1929
1992
62,000
1931
203
' Sheep and lambs inventory estimates discontinued January 2000.
HOG INVENTORY
Leading States - December 1996 - December 2002
MILLIONS
12/96 12/97 12/98 12/99 12/00 12/01 12/02
IOWA#1 | ! MINNESOTA #3 ^ INDIANA #5 H§ NEBRASKA # 7
NORTH CAROLINA #2 ■ ILLINOIS #4 [||| MISSOURI #6
Ranking based on most current year
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS WITH LIVESTOCK DURING YEAR, BY SPECIES, 1998-2002 1
North Carolina and United States
YEAR
NORTH CAROLINA
UNITED STATES
Hogs
Cattle
Milk Cows
Sheep
Hogs
Cattle
Milk Cows
Sheep
1998
4,200
30,000
1,100
600
113,830
1,115,650
117,180
68,550
1999
4,000
28,000
1,000
2
98,610
1,096,550
1 1 1 ,000
66,800
2000
3,600
26,000
950
2
86,360
1 ,077,560
105,170
66,100
2001
3,400
25,000
900
2
80,880
1,049,910
97,510
65,120
2002
3,200
24,000
870
2
75,350
1,032,670
91 ,990
64,170
' Any farm having one or more head of livestock. 2 Estimate discontinued.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY INVENTORY
North Carolina and United States, 2000-2003
SPECIES AND
NORTH CAROLINA
UNITED STATES
CLASSIFICATION
NUMBER ON FARMS JANUARY 1
NUMBER ON FARMS JANUARY 1
2001
2002
2003
2001
2002
2003
Thousand Head
Thousand Head
Cattle - Total 1
950
950
920
97,277
96,704
96,106
Cows & Heifers that have calved
505
500
480
42,580
42,229
42,099
Beef Cows
436
434
417
33,397
33,118
32,947
Milk Cows
DO
DO
y - i oo
Q 1 19
Q 1
y , i d£
Heifers 500 pounds and over
121
123
120
19,776
19,678
19,601
For Beef Cow replacement
75
73
73
5,588
5,561
5,608
For Milk Cow replacement
30
30
28
4,057
4,060
4,104
Other Heifers
16
20
19
10,131
10,057
9,890
Steers 500 pounds and over
4U
4o
AR
1 A AAA
I 0,44 I
1 c 7on
1 ft con
Bulls 500 pounds and over
34
34
32
2,274
2,244
2,253
Calves under 500 pounds
250
250
240
16,206
15,763
15,563
Sheep - Total 1 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
6,965
6,685
6,350
Breeding Sheep & Lambs
n/a
n/a
n/a
4,967
4,913
4,682
Replacement Lambs
n/a
n/a
n/a
675
734
702
Ewes 1 year plus
n/a
n/a
n/a
4,091
3,980
3,789
Rams 1 year plus
n/a
n/a
n/a
201
200
192
Market Sheep & Lambs
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,998
1,772
1,668
NUMBER ON FARMS DECEMBER 1
NUMBER ON FARMS DECEMBER 1
2000
2001
2002
2000
2001
2002
Thousand Head
Thousand Head
All Hogs and Pigs
9,300
9,800
9,700
59,138
59,804
59,513
Chickens - Total 1 3
17,759
18,121
17,042
435,056
441,509
438,948
3,582
3,616
3,352
153,222
153,357
153,032
Layers 20 weeks old but less than
1 year
7,540
7,539
7,224
179,188
185,271
184,181
Pullets 13 weeks old and older
but less than 20 weeks
1,957
2,549
2,639
38,395
42,807
39,679
Pullets Chicks and Pullets under
1 3 weeks of age
3,640
3,179
2,825
56,163
51,948
53,706
Other Chickens
1,040
1,238
1,002
9,661
8,088
8,350
' Totals may not add due to rounding. 2 N.C. Sheep inventory was discontinued January 2000. 3 Does not include commercial broilers
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY INVENTORY VALUES
North Carolina, 1998-2003
ALL CATTLE AND CALVES
ALL HOGS AND PIGS
ALL CHICKENS
STOCK SHEEP AND LAMBS
January 1
December 1
December 1
January 1
YEAR
Farm
Value
Per Head
Total
Value
Farm
Value
Per Head
Total
Value
Farm
Value
Per Head
Total
Value
Farm
Value
Per Head
Total
Value
Dollars
Thousand
Dollars
Dollars
Thousand
Dollars
Dollars
Thousand
Dollars
Dollars
Thousand
Dollars
1998
490
470,400
41.00
397,700
4.60
79,212
115.00
1,610
1999
480
470,400
63.00
598,500
5.00
85,675
99.00
1,436
2000
550
517,000
62.00
576,600
4.00
71,036
n/a
n/a
2001
600
570,000
63.00
604,800
5.00
90,605
n/a
n/a
2002
620
589,000
58.00
562,600
4.80
81,802
n/a
n/a
2003
600
552,000
n/a
n/a
Note: Sheep value was discontinued January 2000.
24
MEAT ANIMALS
Numbers, Production, Disposition, Price and Income, North Carolina 1999-2002
SPECIES
1999
2000
2001
2002
Thousands
HOGS AND PIGS
Beginning Inventory
9,700
9,500
9,300
9,800
Spring Pig Crop: (December-May)
Sows Farrowed
1 ,060
1 ,070
1 ,070
1,090
Pigs Saved
9,408
9,444
9,551
9,783
Fall Pig Crop: (June-November)
Sows Farrowed
1,060
1 ,070
1 ,080
1,090
Pigs Saved
9,410
9,443
9,775
9,866
Inshipments
149
171
158
250
Marketings 1
17,829
17,792
17,478
18,754
Farm Slaughter 2
18
16
16
15
Deaths
1 ,320
1,450
1,490
1,230
Production (Lbs.) 3
3,657,846
3,707,726
O "700 0~7~7
3,700,077
3,874,954
Marketings (Lbs.) 4
3,682,731
3,745,300
3,654,476
3,898,610
Price Per 100 Lbs. ($)
30.3
42.4
44.7
34
Cash Receipts from Sales ($) 5
1,160,274
1,671,606
1 ,721 ,496
1,407,110
Value of Home Consumption ($)
1 ,580
1 ,987
2,108
1 ,553
Gross Income ($)
1,161,854
^ P"70 coo
1 ,673,593
H 700 OO A
1 ,723,604
1 ,408,663
Ending Inventory
9,500
9,300
9,800
9,700
CATTLE AND CALVES
Beginning Inventory
On hand January 1 (Total)
980
940
950
950
Cows and Heifers that have Calved
510
510
505
500
Calves Born
450
460
450
445
Inshipments
16
21
19
17
Marketings 1
Cattle
245
231
243
265
Calves
215
196
186
184
Farm Slaughter 2
Cattle and Calves
2
2
2
2
Deaths
Cattle
17
15
13
16
Calves
27
ZD
25
Production 3
Total Cattle and Calves (Lbs.)
303,146
320,835
314,118
318,858
Marketings (Lbs.) 4
330,470
307,935
313,400
336,370
rrice per iuu lds.
Cattle
57.7
68
66.9
59.4
Calves
78.5
96.2
91.3
82.1
Cash Receipts from Sales ($)5
208,709
231,667
227,721
216,005
Value of Home Consumption ($)
9,411
11,133
10,840
9,414
Gross Income ($)
218,120
242,800
238,561
225,419
Ending Inventory
940
950
950
920
' Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and state outshipments, but excludes interfarm sales within the state. 2 Excludes
custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments. 3 Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 4 Excludes
custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the state. 5 Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter.
25
I
ALL CATTLE
Number on Farms, by County, North Carolina, January 1, 2002-2003 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
Alleghany 005
Ashe 009
Avery 01 1
Caldwell 027
Surry 171
Watauga 1 89
Wilkes 1 93
Yadkin 1 97
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ...
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford ....
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
021
023
039
043
075
087
089
099
1 1 1
1 13
1 15
121
1 49
161
173
175
199
W. Mountain 20
Alamance
Caswell
Durham
Forsyth
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Rockingham .
Stokes
Vance
Warren
001
033
063
067
069
. 077
081
135
. 145
. 157
. 169
. 181
. 185
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander .
Catawba ...
Chatham ..
Davidson ..
Davie
Iredell
Lee
Randolph .
Rowan
Wake
003
035
. 037
057
059
097
105
. 151
. 159
. 183
C. Piedmont 50
23
19
1
6
25
1 1
34
22
145
20
6
5
4
1
21
8
2
3
5
10
2
3
13
3
5
118
20
10
3
8
9
1 1
17
13
7
1 1
1 1
2
10
136
21
17
32
19
16
50
4
42
24
10
400
200
500
400
800
200
800
700
000
000
500
800
500
300
000
000
000
400
700
800
400
900
500
700
100
400
000
100
800
100
200
000
000
500
800
500
300
000
100
600
000
100
000
100
000
500
500
200
300
000
300
237,000
22
18
1
6
24
11
34
22
141
19
6
5
4
1
20
7
1
3
5
10
2
3
12
3
5
114
19
11
2
7
9
11
16
13
7
10
10
2
9
131
20
16
34
17
17
49
3
39
23
8
000
700
200
200
400
300
400
800
000
200
200
800
300
300
300
700
800
300
400
900
500
600
700
700
000
300
000
200
100
300
200
100
100
000
700
800
900
800
000
800
000
200
300
000
300
200
100
400
100
100
300
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 1 09
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 1 23
Moore 1 25
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 1 67
Union 1 79
S. Piedmont 60
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe ..
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Martin
Nash
Northampton .
Pasquotank ..
Perquimans ..
Tyrrell
Washington ..
015
029
041
053
055
065
073
083
091
1 1 7
127
131
1 39
143
1 77
187
N. Coastal 70
Beaufort .
Carteret ..
Craven ....
Greene ...
Hyde
Johnston
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico...
Pitt
Wayne ....
Wilson
C. Coastal
013
. 031
. 049
079
. 095
101
103
107
137
147
. 191
. 195
... 80
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ...
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover .
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal
017
019
047
051
061
085
093
129
133
141
1 55
163
165
.. 90
9,300
9,200
14,400
15,200
24,900
23,500
q 1 nn
y , i uu
o, / UU
14,700
13,100
8,800
8,400
6,400
6,200
9,400
9,200
2,900
2,800
18,600
18,100
25,500
24,600
144,000
139,000
1,600
1,700
1 ,300
1,300
3, 1 00
3,000
1 ,200
1 ,300
y,ouu
2,700
2,500
10,200
10,000
2,600
2,500
700
700
1 ,200
1,300
1 ,400
1,300
37,000
36,000
1,900
1,700
2,700
2,600
2,400
2,400
14,200
13,900
2,700
2,700
4,500
4,200
4,700
4,400
1 1 ,400
10,800
2,300
2,200
48,000
46,000
4,900
4,500
2,500
2,600
8,600
8,800
5,700
5,200
19,900
20,500
9,400
9,600
2,400
2,100
6,100
19,900
1,700
85,000
228,000
State Total.
950,000
2,500
2,300
6,500
18,800
2,000
85,000
920,000
' 2003 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 500 cattle or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
ALL CATTLE
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Iredell
49,100
Randolph
39,100
Wilkes
34,400
Chatham
34,000
Union
24,600
Surry
24,400
Cleveland
23,500
Rowan
23,100
Yadkin
22,800
Alleghany
22,000
ALL CATTLE: Number on farms, January 1, 2003
H Under 2,000/Undisclosed
D 2,000-4,999
1 10,000-17,999
I 5,000-9,999
1 18,000 and up
26
BEEF COWS AND HEIFERS THAT HAVE CALVED
Number on Farms, by County, North Carolina, January 1, 2002-2003 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
Alleghany 005
Ashe 009
Avery 01 1
Caldwell 027
Surry 171
Watauga 1 89
Wilkes 193
Yadkin 197
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ...
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford ....
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
021
023
039
043
075
087
089
099
1 1 1
1 13
1 1 5
121
149
161
173
175
199
W. Mountain 20
Alamance
Caswell
Durham
Forsyth
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Rockingham .
Stokes
Vance
Warren
001
033
063
067
069
077
081
135
145
1 57
169
181
185
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander.
Catawba ...
Chatham ..
Davidson ..
Davie
Iredell
Lee
Randolph .
Rowan
Wake
003
035
037
057
059
097
105
151
. 159
183
C. Piedmont 50
9,400
7,800
700
3,200
10,900
3,900
17,100
10,000
63,000
8,800
7,700
600
3,000
10,800
3,900
16,600
9,600
61,000
8,000
3,500
2,500
2,400
600
8,600
2,900
1,300
1,600
3,000
5,400
1,300
1,500
7,600
300
1,500
3,000
55,000
7,800
3,300
2,500
2,200
600
8,300
2,700
1,100
1,500
2,900
5,300
1,300
1,500
7,300
300
1,500
2,900
53,000
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 1 09
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 1 23
Moore 1 25
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 1 67
Union 1 79
S. Piedmont 60
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe ..
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Martin
Nash
Northampton .
Pasquotank ..
Perquimans ..
Tyrrell
Washington ..
015
029
041
053
055
065
073
083
091
1 1 7
127
131
1 39
143
1 77
1 87
o,UUU
7,100
7,100
13,900
13,200
3,700
3,500
6,500
5,900
3,100
3,000
3,600
3,400
5,100
5,000
1,500
1,500
10,600
10,200
13,900
13,300
74,000
71,000
700
600
*
600
600
N. Coastal 70
8,400
4,800
1,700
4,200
4,100
5,900
7,600
6,800
3,800
4,800
4,400
1,100
4,400
62,000
7,900
4,600
1,300
3,800
4,100
5,700
7,000
6,400
3,700
4,700
4,600
1,000
4,200
59,000
Beaufort .
Carteret ..
Craven ....
Greene ...
Hyde
Johnston
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico...
Pitt
Wayne ....
Wilson
C. Coastal
013
031
049
079
095
101
103
107
137
147
191
1 95
,.. 80
8,600
8,500
16,800
8,200
8,900
16,200
1,700
17,500
10,700
3,900
101,000
8,200
8,100
16,300
7,800
8,600
15,900
1,600
16,900
10,100
3,500
97,000
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ...
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover .
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal
01 7
019
047
051
061
085
093
129
133
. 141
. 155
. 163
. 165
... 90
1 ,500
1 ,400
600
600
3,600
3,400
1,500
1,300
4,400
4,200
1,500
1,400
400
400
600
600
*
800
700
17,000
16,000
900
800
*
1,100
1,000
1,200
1,200
*
6,300
6,100
700
700
1,800
1,700
2,400
2,200
5,100
4,800
1,100
1,100
21,000
20,000
2,700
2,600
1,400
1,300
4,700
4,500
2,800
2,700
9,600
9,400
4,300
4,200
1,200
1,000
3,100
8,300
1,000
41,000
State Total.
434,000
1,200
1,000
3,100
8,200
1,000
40,000
417,000
' 2003 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 200 cows or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
BEEF COWS BEEF COWS: Number on Farms, January 1 , 2003
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Randolph
16,900
Wilkes
16,600
Chatham
16,300
Iredell
15,900
Union
13,300
Cleveland
13,200
Surry
10,800
Stanly
10,200
Rowan
10,100
Yadkin
9,600
J Under 1,000/Undisclosed
] 1,000-1,999
1 4,000-7,999
1 2,000-3,999
1 8,000 and up
27
RED MEAT PRODUCTION
Number of Pounds by Month, North Carolina 1 998-2002 1
YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Annual
Total
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Thousand Pounds
164,700 142,300 159,300 154,300 142,300 146,800 147,700 147,700 159,800 168,300 163,100 164,600 1,861,100
156,600 142,800 168,200 157,600 148,900 162,400 152,800 157,500 153,900 173,900 180,200 170,800 1,925,800
152,200 162,000 173,500 137,900 158,300 153,900 145,800 170,800 162,400 173,000 174,000 172,700 1,936,500
166,200 147,900 167,500 157,700 174,300 157,700 149,600 168,900 157,100 191,200 176,700 167,100 1,981,900
165,500 160,800 167,300 181,100 175,100 150,900 164,200 171,200 173,800 190,800 178,000 183,700 2,062,400
Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton, based on packer's dressed weight and excludes farm slaughter.
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER
Species by Month and Total, North Carolina, 2002 1
CATTLE
ALL SPECIES
CALVES
HOGS
SHEEP & LAMBS
TOTAL
ALL SPECIES
MONTH
Number
Slaughtered
Live
Weight
Number
Slaughtered
Live
Weight
Number
Slaughtered
Live
Weight
Number
Slaughtered
Live
Weight
Number
Slaughtered
Live
Weight
Thousand
Head
Thousand
Pounds
Thousand
Head
Thousand Thousand
Pounds Head
Thousand
Pounds
Thousand
Head
Thousand Thousand
Pounds Head
Million
Pounds
January
16.7
17,957
0.2
62
813.3
208,743
802.7
226,762
February
14.4
15,545
0.1
53
791.9
203,515
781.4
219,113
March
15.3
16,040
0.1
44
822.7
211,764
0.1
5
811.8
227,853
April
15.7
16,712
0.1
47
888.8
228,931
876.6
245,690
May
16.1
17,399
0.1
55
868.4
220,007
853.7
237,461
June
16.1
17,231
0.1
50
755.5
189,383
743.6
206,664
July
15.2
16,002
0.1
52
831.6
206,779
0.1
4
819.0
222,837
August
16.4
17,107
0.1
54
866.1
215,242
0.1
3
854.3
232,406
September
16.4
17,284
0.1
57
869.7
219,023
0.1
5
857.6
236,369
October
19.4
20,427
0.2
62
950.6
239,841
0.1
6
936.1
260,336
November
20.1
21,325
0.2
60
869.1
222,671
0.1
6
856.7
244,062
December
18.5
19,003
0.1
54
895.7
230,910
882.4
249,967
Annual Total 2
200.3
212,032
1.7
650
10,223
2,596,809
0.6
29
10,076
2,809,520
' Includes slaughter under federal inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2 Months may not add to totals due t<
rounding.
SLAUGHTERING ESTABLISHMENTS
Number of Livestock Slaughtering Establishments
North Carolina, January 1, 1998-2003
TYPE OF SLAUGHTERING
ESTABLISHMENTS
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Under Federal Inspection
20
16
21
23
23
25
State Inspection
57
61
40
40
39
38
Total
77
77
61
63
62
63
28
MILK PRODUCTION AND DISPOSITION
North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
Milk
Cows
on
rdllllo
PRODUCTION OF MILK AND MILKFAT
MILK USED ON FARMS
WHERE PRODUCED
MILK MARKETED BY FARMERS
PER MILK COW
Percent
Fat in
Milk
TOTAL
Fed
to
Calves
Consumed
as
Fluid
Milk or
Cream
Total
Sold to
Plants &
Dealers
as Whole
Milk 2
Total
Used
in
Products
bold
Whole
Milk
Milk-
fat
Whole
Milk
Milk-
fat
Thous.
Pounds
Percent
Million Pounds
1998
75
16,680
612
3.67
1,251
45.9
12
8
20
1,231
1,231
1999
73
16,658
633
3.80
1,216
46.2
11
8
19
1,197
1,197
2000
71
16746
615
3.67
1,189
43.6
1 1
7
18
1,171
1,171
2001
67
17,224
627
3.64
1,154
42.0
11
6
17
1,137
1,137
2002
64
17,766
648
3.65
1,137
41.5
10
6
16
1,121
1,121
' Average number on farms during year excluding heifers not yet fresh. 2 Includes milk and cream retailed by farmers.
MILK MARKETED, INCOME AND VALUE
North Carolina, 1998-2002
MILK SOLD TO
PLANTS AND DEALERS 1
COMBINED MARKETINGS OF
MILK AND CREAM
MILK, CREAM & BUTTER
USED ON FARMS
WHERE PRODUCED
Gross
Farm
Income
from
Farm
AVERAGE
Cash
Receipts
from
Marketings
Value
YEAR
Price
Per Cwt.
Cash
Receipts
Milk
Utilized
RETURN
of
Milk
Produced 3
Quantity
Per Cwt.
Milk
Per
Pound
Milkfat
Milk
Utilized
Value
Dairy
Products 2
Mil.
Lbs.
Dollars
Thous.
Dols.
Mil.
Lbs.
Dollars
Thous.
Dols.
Mil.
Lbs.
Thousand Dollars
1998
1,231
16.90
208,039
1,231
16.90
4.60
208,039
8
1,352
209,391
211,419
1999
1,197
17.30
207,081
1,197
17.30
4.55
207,081
8
1,384
208,465
210,368
2000
1,171
14.90
174,479
1,171
14.90
4.06
174,479
7
1,043
175,522
177,161
2001
1,137
17.10
194,427
1,137
17.10
4.70
194,427
6
1,026
195,453
197,334
2002
1,121
13.80
154,698
1,121
13.80
3.78
154,698
6
828
155,526
156,906
Includes milk and cream retailed by farmers. 2 Cash receipts from marketing of milk and cream plus value of milk consumed on farm and
farm churned butter. 3 Includes value of milk fed to calves in addition to gross farm income.
MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS
Production of
Specified Products, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
Ice
Cream
Milk
Sherbet
Ice Cream
Lowfat
Water
Ices
Ice
Cream
Mix
All
Other
Mix 1
Cottage
Cheese
Curd
Cottage
Cheese
Creamed
Thousand Gallons
Thousand Pounds
1998
14
21,603
1,692
11,422
673
254
1,018
14
1999
13
21,524
1,688
10,732
168
168
1,082
13
2000
12
17,761
1,279
8,752
277
277
807
12
2001
12
21,284
1,306
10,667
327
327
820
12
2002
10
32,703
1,629
17,265
750
*
*
10
' Includes ice milk and milk sherbet mixes. * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual opera-
tions.
29
MILK COWS AND HEIFERS THAT HAVE CALVED
Number on Farms, by County, North Carolina, January 1, 2002-2003 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2002
2003
Alleghany .
Ashe
Avery
Caldwell ....
Surry
Watauga ..
Wilkes
Yadkin
005
009
011
027
171
189
193
197
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ...
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford ....
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
. 021
. 023
. 039
043
075
087
089
099
.111
.113
.115
121
149
161
. 173
175
199
W. Mountain 20
Alamance 001
Caswell 033
Durham 063
Forsyth 067
Franklin 069
Granville 077
Guilford 081
Orange 1 35
Person 1 45
Rockingham 1 57
Stokes 1 69
Vance 181
Warren 1 85
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander 003
Catawba 035
Chatham 037
Davidson 057
Davie 059
Iredell 097
Lee 1 05
Randolph 151
Rowan 1 59
Wake 1 83
C. Piedmont 50
4,100
1 ,100
1 ,700
2,100
10,300
2,500
2,100
2,500
8,800
1 ,800
900
2,100
2,000
700
28,000
3,800
1,000
1,600
1,900
9,600
2,000
2,000
2,500
8,200
1,700
800
2,000
2,000
700
800
800
9,500
9,200
2,700
2,600
900
900
1,600
1,600
1,900
1,800
1,100
1,100
11,800
11,800
*
5,000
4,400
2,800
2,500
26,900
Anson 077
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 1 09
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 1 23
Moore 1 25
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 1 67
Union 1 79
S. Piedmont 60
Bertie 015
Camden 029
Chowan 041
Currituck 053
Dare 055
Edgecombe 065
Gates 073
Halifax 083
Hertford 091
Martin 1 17
Nash 1 27
Northampton 1 31
Pasquotank 1 39
Perquimans 1 43
Tyrrell 1 77
Washington 1 87
N. Coastal 70
Beaufort .
Carteret ..
Craven ....
Greene ...
Hyde
Johnston
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico ...
Pitt
Wayne ....
Wilson
C. Coastal
.013
031
. 049
. 079
. 095
101
103
107
137
147
191
195
... 80
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ...
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover .
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal
017
019
047
051
061
085
093
129
133
141
155
. 163
165
... 90
State Total.
600
800
1,500
1,900
900
6,600
600
800
1,400
1,900
900
6,500
800
800
400
400
1 ,600
1,400
66,000
63,000
2003 Preliminary, 2002 Revised. * Counties with less than 200 cows or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
MILK COWS
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Iredell
11,800
Randolph
4,400
Alleghany
3,800
Alexander
2,600
Henderson
2,500
Rowan
2,500
Buncombe
2,000
Haywood
2,000
Guilford
2,000
Orange
2,000
MILK COWS: Number on Farms, January 1, 2003
J Under 200/Undisclosed
3200-999 EZ
1 2,000 and up
11,000-1,999
30
MILK COWS 1
Number on Farms, Quarterly, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Annual
Average
1998
1999
2000
f 2001
1 2002
Thousand Head
77 76 74 73 73
73 73 73 73 73
72 72 71 69 71
68 68 67 66 67
65 65 64 63 64
' Includes dry cows. Excludes heifers not yet fresh.
MILK PRODUCTION 1
Average Pounds Per Cow, Quarterly, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Annual
Total
1998
1999
; 2000
1 2001
2002
Pounds
4,312 4,276 3,932 4,151 16,680
4,342 4,260 3,959 4,096 16,658
4,389 4,208 3,972 4,174 16,746
4,397 4,397 4,194 4,318 17,373
4,585 4,646 4,219 4,238 17,766
' Quarterly pounds per cow derived. Annual total may not equal sum of quarterly estimates because of rounding.
MILK PRODUCTION 1
Total Pounds, Quarterly, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Annual
Total
Million Pounds
1998
332
325
291
303
1,251
i 1999
317
31 1
289
299
1,216
2000
316
303
282
288
1,189
2001
299
299
271
285
1,154
2002
298
302
270
267
1,137
' Excludes milk sucked by calves.
MILK COW NUMBERS AND MILK PRODUCTION
NORTH CAROLINA, 1958-2002
CO
■ PRODUCTION (Million Pounds) MILK COWS (Thousand Head)
31
HOGS AND PIGS
Number on Farms, by Quarter, by Class and Weight, North Carolina, 1998-2003
BY CLASS
MARKET HOGS AND PIGS, BY WEIGHT GROUP
YEAR
TOTAL
Breeding
Market
Under
60-119
120-179
180 Pounds
Hogs
Hogs and Pigs
60 Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
and Over
Thousands
MARCH 1
1 999
9,500
1,000
8,500
3,400
1,950
1,750
1,400
2000
9,400
1,000
8,400
3,400
1,950
1,650
1,400
2001
9,300
1,000
8,300
3,350
1,800
1,700
1,450
2002
9,800
1,000
8,800
3,450
2,000
1,850
1,500
2003
9 600
1,000
8,600
3,350
2,000
1,800
1,450
JUNE 1
1 999
9,500
1,000
8,500
3,400
2,000
1,750
1,350
2000
9,600
1,000
8,600
3,500
2,000
1,700
1,400
2001
9,700
1,000
8,700
3,600
2,1 10
1,620
1,370
2002
9 900
1,000
8,900
3,600
2,150
1,700
1,450
2003
9,600
1,000
8,600
3,530
2,100
1,650
1,300
SEPTEMBER 1
1 998
1 0,300
1,050
9,250
3,620
2,120
1,920
1,590
1 999
9 900
1,000
8,900
3,400
2,100
1,850
1,550
2000
9,700
1,000
8,700
3,450
2,000
1,750
1,500
2001
9,900
1,000
8,900
3,500
2,200
1,800
1,400
2002
10,200
1,000
9,200
3,600
2,300
1,800
1,500
DECEMBER 1
1998
9,700
1,000
8,700
3,400
2,000
1,850
1,450
1999
9,500
1,000
8,500
3,350
1,950
1,750
1,450
2000
9,300
1,000
8,300
3,400
1,800
1,650
1,450
2001
9,800
1,000
8,800
3,500
2,020
1,730
1,550
2002
9,700
1,000
8,700
3,450
2,050
1,700
1,500
SPRING PIG CROP
Sows Farrowed and Pigs Saved, North Carolina, 1999-2003
YEAR
SOWS FARROWED
PIGS PER LITTER
PIGS SAVED
Dec. 1 -
Feb.
Mar. - May
Dec. 1 - May
Dec. 1 - Feb.
Mar. - May
Dec. 1 - May
Dec. 1 - Feb.
Mar. - May
Dec. 1 - May
Thousand Head
Head
Thousand Head
1999
530
530
1,060
8.85
8.90
8.88
4,691
4,717
9,408
2000
530
540
1,070
8.80
8.90
8.85
4,638
4,806
9,444
2001
530
540
1,070
8.85
9.00
8.93
4,691
4,860
9,551
2002
540
550
1,090
8.95
9.00
8.98
4,833
4,950
9,783
2003
530
540
1,070
9.00
9.00
9.00
4,770
4,860
9,630
' Previous year. FALL PIG CROP
Sows Farrowed and Pigs Saved, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
SOWS FARROWED
PIGS PER LITTER
PIGS SAVED
June - Aug.
Sept. - Nov.
June - Nov.
June - Aug.
Sept. - Nov.
June - Nov.
June - Aug.
Sept. - Nov.
June - Nov.
Thousand Head
Head
Thousand Head
1998
550
520
1,070
8.80
8.65
8.73
4,840
4,498
9,338
1999
540
520
1,060
9.00
8.75
8.88
4,860
4,550
9,410
2000
540
530
1,070
8.80
8.85
8.83
4,752
4,691
9,443
2001
550
530
1,080
9.10
9.00
9.05
5,005
4,770
9,775
2002
560
530
1,090
9.10
9.00
9.03
5,096
4,770
9,866
HOGS AND PIGS: Number of Operations
Percent of Inventory by Size Group, North Carolina 2001-2002
1 -99 Head
100-499 Head
500-999 Head
1,000-1,999 Head
2,000-4,999 Head
5,000+ Head
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
Number of
Operations
1,600
1,460
140
120
100
90
200
190
720
700
640
640
Percent of
Inventory
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.7
0.6
2.9
2.5
20.9
20.0
75.0
76.5
32
HOGS AND PIGS
Number On Farms, By County, December 1, 2001-2002 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Alleghany .
Ashe
Avery
Caldwell....
Surry
Watauga ..
Wilkes
Yadkin
.005
.009
.01 1
.027
. 171
.189
. 193
.197
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ....
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford ....
Swain
Transylvania .
Yancey
.021
.023
.039
.043
.075
.087
.089
.099
.111
.113
.115
.121
.149
.161
.173
.175
. 1 99
W. Mountain 20
Alamance
Caswell
Durham
Forsyth
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Rockingham
Stokes
Vance
Warren
N. Piedmont....
.001
.033
.063
.067
.069
.077
.081
.135
.145
.157
. 169
.181
.185
... 40
Alexander
Catawba ...
Chatham ..
Davidson ..
Davie
Iredell
Lee
Randolph .
Rowan
Wake
C. Piedmont 50
2,500
20,100
8,000
31 ,000
2,000
1 ,000
2,000
25,000
1 ,800
8,200
4,000
1 1 ,500
7,000
3,400
40,800
105,000
2,400
19,000
8,200
30,000
2,000
1,200
1,300
26,000
1,700
8,600
3,500
9,300
7,600
3,500
43,000
106,000
003
035
037
6,500
7,000
057
1 ,200
1,200
059
2,100
2,100
097
105
5,000
4,300
151
30,800
34,000
159
3,100
3,400
183
1 ,600
1,400
50
52,000
54,000
Anson
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Gaston
Lincoln
Mecklenburg .
Montgomery .
Moore
Richmond
Stanly
Union
007
025
045
071
109
1 19
123
125
153
167
179
S. Piedmont 60
66,000
5,500
1 ,500
1 ,900
28,800
45,200
59,700
5,000
26,100
240,000
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe ..
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Martin
Nash
Northampton
Pasquotank ..
Perquimans ..
Tyrrell
Washington ..
N. Coastal ....
.015
029
.041
053
.055
.065
073
083
091
117
. 1 27
131
1 39
143
1 77
. 1 87
... 70
52,000
4,000
12,000
164,600
33,000
65,000
53,000
19,000
64,100
140,000
1 ,500
9,500
30,000
21,500
670,000
Beaufort
Carteret
Craven
Greene
Hyde
Johnston ...
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico
Pitt
Wayne
Wilson
C. Coastal .
013
031
049
079
.095
101
103
107
137
147
191
1 95
... 80
80,000
88,000
402,000
181 ,500
280,000
300,000
3,100
260,000
565,000
35,000
2,200,000
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ...
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover.
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal
017
019
047
.051
061
085
093
1 29
133
141
155
163
.165
... 90
850,000
74,000
260,000
120,000
2,100,000
66,000
85,000
175,000
270,000
390,000
1 ,970,000
140,000
6,500,000
State Total
9,800,000
66,500
5,300
1,500
2,000
28,200
44,100
61,400
5,700
27,100
242,000
54,000
3,600
13,000
148,300
35,000
65,000
54,000
20,400
63,500
135,000
1,400
10,100
28,800
57,000
690,000
72,000
87,000
410,000
183,400
270,000
293,000
3,200
230,000
576,300
33,100
2,160,000
807,000
74,300
256,500
124,000
2,086,000
70,700
83,500
178,000
263,000
381,000
1,953,000
139,000
6,416,000
9,700,000
2002 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 1,000 hogs or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
HOGS
HOGS: Number on Farms, December 1, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Duplin
2,086,000
Sampson
1,953,000
Bladen
807,000
Wayne
576,300
Greene
410,000
Robeson
381,000
Lenoir
293,000
Jones
270,000
Pender
263,000
Columbus
256,500
33
BROILERS
Number Produced, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Alleghany .
Ashe
Avery
Caldwell ...
Surry
Watauga ..
Wilkes
Yadkin
005
009
011
027
171
189
193
197
N. Mountain 10
3,000,000
26,300,000
87,000,000
5,200,000
122,000,000
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ...
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain
Transylvania .
Yancey
021
023
039
043
075
087
089
099
1 1 1
113
115
121
149
161
173
175
199
5,200,000
W. Mountain 20
2,500,000
1,800,000
9,500,000
Alamance
Caswell
Durham
Forsyth
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Rockingham .
Stokes
Vance
Warren
001
033
063
067
069
077
081
135
145
157
169
181
185
N. Piedmont 40
3,500,000
*
*
2,500,000
500,000
3,100,000
10,000,000
Alexander .
Catawba ...
Chatham ...
Davidson ..
Davie
Iredell
Lee
Randolph ..
Rowan
Wake
003
035
037
057
059
097
105
151
159
183
C. Piedmont 50
13,500,000
4,700,000
39,000,000
4,600,000
1,300,000
7,000,000
52,200,000
123,000,000
3,000,000
26,300,000
87,000,000
5,200,000
122,000,000
5,200,000
2,300,000
2,000,000
9,500,000
3,300,000
*
2,600,000
500,000
3,100,000
10,000,000
15,100,000
4,400,000
40,200,000
4,600,000
1,500,000
7,200,000
54,300,000
128,000,000
Anson
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Gaston
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Montgomery .
Moore
Richmond
Stanly
Union
007
025
045
071
109
119
123
125
153
167
179
S. Piedmont 60
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe ...
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Martin
Nash
Northampton .
Pasquotank ...
Perquimans ...
Tyrrell
Washington ...
N. Coastal ....
015
029
041
053
055
065
073
083
091
117
127
131
139
143
177
187
.. 70
26,500,000
26,500,000
3,200,000
3,900,000
6,600,000
7,200,000
*
3,200,000
2,600,000
*
21,300,000
24,000,000
37,500,000
37,500,000
27,600,000
29,000,000
10,900,000
11,600,000
78,000,000
80,900,000
216,300,000
224,700,000
18,300,000
18,000,000
2,100,000
1,800,000
5,000,000
4,400,000
5,900,000
10,800,000
3,400,000
8,600,000
10,000,000
6,500,000
6,000,000
81,000,000
Beaufort
Carteret
Craven
Greene
Hyde
Johnston ...
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico
Pitt
Wayne
Wilson
C. Coastal
013
031
. 049
079
095
101
103
107
137
147
191
195
,.. 80
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ....
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal.
017
019
047
051
061
085
093
129
133
141
155
163
165
.. 90
19,500,000
12,700,000
6,900,000
110,500,000
State Total ,
712,300,000
5,100,000
4,500,000
6,000,000
11,600,000
4,200,000
8,500,000
10,000,000
*
5,800,000
*
5,200,000
81,000,000
4,700,000
4,500,000
*
9,700,000
13,000,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
2,300,000
3,100,000
*
4,000,000
4,100,000
16,700,000
18,500,000
1,000,000
700,000
40,000,000
45,500,000
3,900,000
4,400,000
*
3,600,000
3,800,000
2,000,000
2,100,000
33,100,000
36,100,000
24,000,000
23,200,000
3,600,000
3,000,000
19,200,000
14,300,000
7,300,000
114,500,000
735,200,000
'2002 Preliminary. 2 Production year December 1 through November 30. * Counties with less than 500,000 broilers or where individual data
would be disclosed are not published.
BROILERS
BROILERS: Number Produced, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Wilkes
87,000
000
Union
80,900
000
Randolph
54,300
000
Chatham
40,200
000
Moore
37,500
000
Duplin
36,100
000
Richmond
29,000
000
Anson
26,500
000
Surry
26,300
000
Montgomery
24,000
000
I I Under 3,000,000
^■H 6,000,000-14,999,999
J 3,000,000-5,999,999
115,000,000 and up
34
COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES
Broiler Eggs Set and Chicks Placed, by Week, North Carolina, 2001-2002
COMMERCIAL BROILERS
MONTH
WEEK
ENDING
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
MARKETABLE BROILERS
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
Thousands
January
06-Jan-01
05-Jan-02
18,520
18,896
14,636
14,673
12,970
13,108
13-Jan-01
12-Jan-02
18,793
18,007
14,887
15,213
13,181
13,335
20-Jan-01
19-Jan-02
18,440
18,437
14,719
15,016
13,771
13,866
27-Jan-01
26-Jan-02
17,676
18,520
13,979
14,381
13,951
14,169
February
03-Feb-01
02-Feb-02
18,268
19,512
14,91 1
13,810
14,016
14,407
10-Feb-01
09-Feb-02
19,063
19,271
14,021
14,293
13,934
14,495
17-Feb-01
16-Feb-02
18,793
19,463
13,837
14,270
13,758
14,381
24-Feb-01
23-Feb-02
18,883
19,526
14,252
15,387
13,833
14,239
March
03-Mar-01
02-Mar-02
19,176
19,743
14,537
15,150
13,916
14,268
10-Mar-01
09-Mar-02
18,753
19,048
14,968
15,495
14,303
14,517
17-Mar-01
16-Mar-02
19,110
19,428
15,125
15,377
14,091
14,422
24-Mar-01
23-Mar-02
18,918
19,154
1 4,748
15,744
14,099
13,969
31-Mar-01
30-Mar-02
18,697
19,347
1 4,938
15,492
13,873
13,735
April
07-Apr-01
06-Apr-02
18,854
19,685
14,698
14,771
13,827
13,699
14-Apr-01
13-Apr-02
18,576
19,325
14,657
15,429
13,614
14,209
21-Apr-01
20-Apr-02
18,610
20,170
14,690
15,195
13,781
14,486
28-Apr-01
27-Apr-02
18,849
19,594
14,942
15,260
14,147
14,881
May
05-May-01
04-May-02
18,637
19,61 1
14,047
15,213
14,429
14,878
12-May-01
11-May-02
18,940
19,238
14,875
15,708
14,497
15,071
19-May-01
18-May-02
18,820
19,799
15,145
15,565
14,487
15,070
26-May-01
25-May-02
18,797
19,224
14,888
15,370
14,349
14,874
June
02-Jun-01
01-Jun-02
18,858
19,313
1 5,376
15,453
14,320
14,772
09-Jun-01
08-Jun-02
18,759
19,921
14,479
15,912
14,240
14,676
16-Jun-01
15-Jun-02
18,016
18,234
14,495
15,243
14,319
14,834
23-Jun-01
22-Jun-02
18,571
18,542
14,848
15,558
14,121
14,764
30-Jun-01
29-Jun-02
17,547
17,754
1 5,069
15,558
14,181
14,930
July
07-Jul-01
06-Jul-02
17,968
18,848
13,787
14,672
14,247
15,029
14-Jul-01
13-Jul-02
17,828
18,537
1 4,203
15,138
14,519
15,080
21 -Jul-01
20-Jul-02
18,765
19,034
1 4,090
14,188
14,681
14,997
28-Jul-01
27-Jul-02
18,288
18,460
1 4,1 52
15,056
14,465
15,109
August
04-Aug-01
03-Aug-02
18,938
18,686
1 4,233
14,934
14,339
15,068
11-Aug-01
10-Aug-02
17,664
18,224
14,410
14,366
14,168
15,102
18-Aug-01
17-Aug-02
18,531
18,373
14,178
14,629
14,358
14,988
25-Aug-01
24-Aug-02
18,329
18,188
14,723
15,099
14,130
14,803
01-Sep-01
31-Aug-02
17,385
17,939
1 4,020
14,679
13,921
14,667
September
08-Sep-01
07-Sep-02
16,724
17,526
14,236
14,700
13,604
14,225
15-Sep-01
14-Sep-02
16,433
16,240
1 4,392
14,308
13,722
14,349
22-Sep-01
21-Sep-02
18,491
1 6,025
1 3,617
14,240
13,732
14,283
29-Sep-01
28-Sep-02
18,451
17 460
1 3,391
14,070
13,836
14,340
October
06-Oct-01
05-Oct-02
17,657
17,501
13,179
13,357
13,844
14,202
13-Oct-01
12-Oct-02
17,242
16,651
15,208
12,503
14,002
14,256
20-Oct-01
19-Oct-02
16,838
16,295
14,720
13,753
13,876
14,357
27-Oct-01
26-Oct-02
18,221
17,120
13,791
14,065
13,895
14,380
November
03-Nov-01
02-Nov-02
18,209
18,187
13,673
13,424
13,788
14,124
10-Nov-01
09-NOV-02
19,026
17,721
13,210
12,777
13,658
13,982
17-Nov-01
16-Nov-02
18,538
17,379
13,661
13,951
13,385
13,778
24-Nov-01
23-Nov-02
18,785
18,455
14,375
14,230
12,992
13,471
01-Dec-01
30-Nov-02
19,231
18,279
14,853
14,122
13,507
12,909
December
08-Dec-01
07-Dec-02
18,194
17,594
14,597
13,614
13,936
12,807
15-Dec-01
14-Dec-02
18,628
18,488
15,113
14,344
14,134
13,036
22-Dec-01
21-Dec-02
19,270
18,219
15,124
14,273
13,638
13,334
29-Dec-01
28-Dec-02
19,322
18,122
14,245
13,978
13,150
13,018
' Marketable broilers computed on basis of three percent mortality and placements 7-9 weeks earlier.
35
ALL CHICKENS
Number on Farms, by County, North Carolina, December 1, 2001-2002 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Caldwell ..
Surry
Watauga .
Wilkes
Yadkin
.005
.009
.011
.027
.171
.189
.193
.197
N. Mountain 10
Buncombe ....
Burke
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson ....
Jackson
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford ....
Swain
Transylvania
Yancey
.021
.023
.039
.043
.075
.087
.089
.099
.111
.113
.115
.121
.149
.161
.173
.175
.199
W. Mountain 20
Alamance
Caswell
Durham
Forsyth
Franklin
Granville
Guilford
Orange
Person
Rockingham
Stokes
Vance
Warren
.001
.033
.063
.067
.069
.077
.081
.135
.145
.157
.169
.181
.185
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander
Catawba ..
Chatham ..
Davidson .
Davie
Iredell
Lee
Randolph .
Rowan
Wake
.003
.035
.037
.057
.059
.097
.105
.151
.159
.183
C. Piedmont 50
450,000
1,200,000
1,008,000
2,700,000
90,000
90,000
800,000
430,000
*
464,000
130,000
146,000
1,600,000
1,800,000
700,000
*
240,000
1,800,000
1,300,000
6,000,000
400,000
1,100,000
1,073,000
2,600,000
80,000
66,200
800,000
450,000
330,000
100,000
155,000
1,500,000
1,900,000
550,000
230,000
1,650,000
1,200,000
5,700,000
Anson
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Gaston
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Montgomery .
Moore
Richmond
Stanly
Union
S. Piedmont
.007
.025
.045
.071
.109
.119
.123
.125
.153
.167
.179
...60
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Edgecombe ..
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Martin
Nash
Northampton
Pasquotank ..
Perquimans ..
Tyrrell
Washington ...
N. Coastal....
.015
.029
.041
.053
.055
.065
.073
.083
.091
.117
.127
.131
.139
.143
.177
.187
...70
Beaufort
Carteret
Craven
Greene
Hyde
Johnston ....
Jones
Lenoir
Pamlico
Pitt
Wayne
Wilson
C. Coastal.
.013
.031
.049
.079
.095
.101
.103
.107
.137
.147
.191
.195
...80
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland ...
Duplin
Harnett
Hoke
New Hanover
Onslow
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
S. Coastal
.017
.019
.047
.051
.061
.085
.093
.129
.133
.141
.155
.163
.165
...90
240,000
120,000
150,000
234,000
500,000
1,400,000
2,700,000
112,500
2,160,000
2,400,000
155,000
400,000
721,000
485,000
520,000
1,200,000
State Total.
18,121,000
240,000
95,000
90,000
100,000
420,000
1,500,000
2,500,000
115,000
2,260,000
2,500,000
94,000
205,000
442,000
340,000
520,000
1,000,000
17,042,000
Excludes commercial broilers. * Counties with less than 50,000 chickens or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
ALL CHICKENS
ALL CHICKENS: Number on Farms, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Nash
2,260,000
Alexander
1,900,000
Iredell
1,650,000
Union
1,500,000
Randolph
1,200,000
Wilkes
1,100,000
Yadkin
1 ,073,000
Chatham
550,000
Sampson
520,000
Alamance
450,000
I Under 150,000/Undisclosed
1150,000-999,999
1 1,000,000 and up
36
TURKEYS
Number Produced, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001 2002
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001 2002
Alleghany 005
Ashe 009
Caldwell 027
Qi i rrw 171
Watauga 189
Wilkes 193
Yadkin 197
N. Mountain 10
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 109
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 1 23
Moore 1 25
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 167
Union 179
850,000 1,000,000
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
+ *
* *
* *
1,200,000 1,050,000
2,350,000 2,350,000
5,500,000 5,500,000
Buncombe 021
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
S. Piedmont 60
Burke 023
Cherokee 039
Clay 043
Graham 075
Haywood 087
Henderson 089
Jackson 099
McDowell 1 1 1
Macon 1 1 3
Madison 1 1 5
Mitchell 121
Polk 149
Rutherford 161
Swain 1 73
Transylvania 1 75
Yancey 199
W. Mountain 20
Bertie 015
Camden 029
Chowan 041
Currituck 053
Dare 055
Edgecombe 065
Gates 073
Halifax 083
Hertford 091
Martin 117
Nash 1 27
Northampton 131
Pasquotank 1 39
Perquimans 143
Tyrrell 177
Washington 187
N. Coastal 70
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Alamance 001
Caswell 033
Durham 063
Forsyth 067
Franklin 069
Granville 077
Guilford 081
urange l oo
Person 1 45
Rockingham 157
Stokes 169
Vance 181
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Beaufort 013
Carteret 031
Craven 049
Greene 079
Hyde 095
Johnston 1 01
Jones 1 03
Lenoir 1 07
Pamlico 137
Pitt 1 47
Wayne 191
Wilson 195
C. Coastal 80
* *
* *
* *
1,350,000 1,350,000
1,100,000 1,100,000
* *
2,050,000 2,300,000
* *
4,700,000 5,550,000
* *
9,500,000 10,700,000
Warren 185
N. Piedmont 40
Bladen 017
Brunswick 019
Columbus 047
1,250,000 1,750,000
* *
* *
10,450,000 10,450,000
* *
* *
* *
2,400,000 2,250,000
1,150,000 1,450,000
800,000 950,000
10,000,000 10,200,000
27,000,000 28,200,000
Alexander 003
Catawba 035
Chatham 037
Davidson 057
Davie 059
Iredell 097
Lee 105
Randolph 151
Rowan 1 59
Wake 183
C. Piedmont 50
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Cumberland 051
Duplin 061
Harnett 085
Hoke 093
New Hanover 1 29
Onslow 133
Pender 141
Robeson 1 55
Sampson 163
Scotland 165
S. Coastal 90
State Total
43,000,000 45,500,000
' 2002 Preliminary. ' Counties with less than 500,000 turkeys or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
TURKEYS
TURKEYS: Number Produced, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
NUMBER
Duplin
10,450,000
Sampson
10,200,000
Wayne
5,550,000
Union
2,350,000
Lenoir
2,300,000
Onslow
2,250,000
Bladen
1,750,000
Pender
1,450,000
Greene
1,350,000
Johnston
1,100,000
I Under 900,000
I 900,000-1,999,999
I 2,000,000 and up
37
HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
Average Number on Farms, by Month, North Carolina, 1999-2002
D YEAR
Dec. 1
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Average '■
m 1999
ffl 2000
| i 2001
H 2002
1 1 US 2002
Thousands
11,552 11,471 11,440 11,633 11,504 11,258 11,259 11,236 11,058 10,929 11,114 11,338 11,316
11,479 11,556 11,587 11,402 11,142 11,241 11,251 11,080 10,972 10,977 11,084 11,158 11,243
11,143 11,275 11,271 11,213 11,333 11,162 10,846 10,930 11,065 11,090 11,170 11,174 11,139
11,160 11,078 11,146 11,330 11,320 11,225 11,062 11,029 11,001 10,692 10,725 10,768 11,045
339,105 338,966 337,991 337,447 336,776 335,865 335,412 335,498 336,159 337,264 338,159 335,012 337,202
1 December preceding year. 2 Monthly totals may not average due to rounding.
RATE OF LAY
Eggs Produced per Hundred Layers, by Month, North Carolina, 1999-2002
YEAR
Dec. 1
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Yearly
Total
Average
1999
2000
2001
2002
US 2002
Number
1,974 1,944 1,766 1,951 1,878 1,936 1,865 1,913 1,926 1,894 1,943 1,870 22,860 1,905
1.934 1,912 1,717 1,894 1,831 1,886 1,804 1,859 1,859 1,786 1,877 1,882 22,241 1,853
1,974 1,951 1,739 1,908 1,844 1,917 1,862 1,903 1,934 1,903 1,952 1,870 22,757 1,896
1.935 1,932 1,723 1,906 1,855 1,933 1,871 1,922 1,927 1,899 1,977 1,922 22,802 1,900
2,188 2,143 1,947 2,198 2,110 2,173 2,125 2,190 2,188 2,119 2,192 2,139 25,712 2,143
December preceding year.
EGG PRODUCTION
Number of Eggs Produced on Farms, by Month, North Carolina, 1999-2002
YEAR
Dec. 1
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Yearly
Total
Eggs
per
Layer 2
Millions
1999
228
223
202
227
216
218
210
215
213
207
216
212
2,587
229
2000
222
221
199
216
204
212
203
206
204
196
208
210
2,501
222
2001
220
220
196
214
209
214
202
208
214
211
218
209
2,535
228
2002
216
214
192
216
210
217
207
212
212
203
212
207
2,518
228
US 2002
7,420
7,264
6,581
7,417
7,105
7,297
7,126
7,347
7,356
7,147
7,412
7,226
86,698
257
' December preceding year. 2 Yearly total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand.
COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES
Broiler Type Chicks Hatched and Turkey Poults Placed, by Month, 2001-2002
MONTH
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED 1
TURKEY POULTS PLACED
North Carolina
United States
North and South Atlantic 2
United States
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
January
67,999
68,237
745,939
776,961
8,281
8,753
25,612
25,880
February
59,960
61,281
683,255
703,323
7,156
7,247
23,775
24,266
March
68,948
70,696
778,760
791,093
8,195
8,143
26,148
25,746
April
66,411
68,429
755,455
765,415
8,041
7,833
25,858
26,184
May
68,448
71,984
785,704
799,262
8,552
6,978
26,682
25,551
June
66,109
69,044
766,534
776,332
8,309
6,362
26,121
24,409
July
64,974
67,027
769,448
781,707
8,743
7,744
27,064
25,646
August
66,404
67,441
771,550
780,020
8,370
7,374
25,032
24,924
September
61,872
63,156
738,379
740,396
7,508
6,581
22,414
22,670
October
64,358
61,273
748,274
720,564
8,168
7,536
24,128
23,811
November
62,592
60,877
703,365
690,052
7,732
7,470
24,226
23,987
December
67,404
64,968
774,453
753,875
7,649
7,907
24,499
23,977
Yearly Total
785,479
794,413
9,021,116
9,079,000
96,704
89,928
301,559
297,051
Egg-type chicks hatched not available. 2 CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, Rl, SC, VA, VT, WV.
COMMERCIAL BROILERS TURKEYS
3roduction and Value, North Carolina, 1999-2002 1 Production and Value, North Carolina, 1999-2002
YEAR
Number
Produced
Pounds
Produced
Price per
Pound 2
Value of
PrnHi irtion
YEAR
Number
Raised 1
Pounds
Produced
Price per
ruui iu
Value of
PrnHi ir*tion
r 1 UUUIjUUI 1
Thousands
Cents
Thousand
Dollars
Thousands
Cents
Thousand
Dollars
1999
2000
2001
674,600
698,400
712,300
3,865,500
4,050,700
4,202,600
37.0
35.0
40.0
1,430,235
1,417,745
1,681,040
1999
2000
2001
44,000
41,000
43,000
1,069,200
1,033,200
1,130,900
42.0
42.0
40.0
449,064
433,944
452,360
2002
735,200
4,411,200
31.0
1,367,472
2002
45,500
1,160,250
37.0
429,293
JS 20023
8,590,180
44,050,400
30.5
13,434,771
US 2002
272,429
7,406,050
36.5
2,700,333
Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec. 1, previous year 1 Based on turkeys hatched September 1 - August 31.
through Nov. 30. 2 Live weight equivalent price. 3 Excludes
states producing less than 500,000 broilers.
EGGS
Production and Value of Sales, North Carolina, 1999-2002 1
YEAR
Average
Number
Layers
During
Year
Average Eggs
Laid Annually
per Layer
on Farm
Eggs
Produced
Average
Price per
Dozen 2
Value of
Production
Thousands
Number
Million
Cents
Thousand
Dollars
1999
11,316
229
2,587
107.0
230,674
2000
11,243
222
2,501
107.0
223,006
2001
11,139
228
2,535
110.0
232,375
2002
11,045
228
2,518
109.0
228,718
US 2002
337,202
257
86,698
59.0
4,262,662
' Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec. 1, previous year through Nov. 30.
2 Average of all eggs sold by producers, including hatching eggs.
CHICKENS
Lost, Sold and Value of Sales, North Carolina, 1999-2002 1
YEAR
Number
Lost
Number
Sold
Pounds
Sold
Price per
Pound
Value of
Sales
Thousands
Cents
Thousand
Dollars
1999
1,871
9,956
71,683
8.0
5,735
2000
1,324
12,750
95,625
6.3
6,024
2001
1,326
11,212
86,332
8.0
6,907
2002
1,321
13,264
102,133
7.0
7,149
US 2002
55,167
198,035
1,032,685
4.7
49,023
'Excludes commercial broilers. Data are on a December 1 - November 30 produc-
tion year basis.
HONEY
Production, Stocks and Value, North Carolina, 1999-2002 1
YEAR
Honey
Producing
Colonies
Yield
per
Colony
Production
Stocks 2
Average
Price
Value
of
Production
Thousands
Pounds
Thousand Pounds
Cents
Thousand
Dollars
1999
9
46
414
104
1.62
671
2000
11
49
539
243
1.43
771
2001
13
44
572
172
1.48
847
2002
14
51
714
86
1.36
971
US 2002
2,524
68
171,140
39,047
1.29
221,638
' For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2 Stocks held by producers. Does not include stocks
under loan.
39
TROUT: Number of Operations and Total Sales, 2001-2003
STATE
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
VALUE OF FISH SOLD
VALUE OF DISTRIBUTED FISH
Jan. 1, 2002
Jan. 1, 2003
2001
2002
2001
2002
Number
Thousand Dollars
North Carolina
54
54
6,475
6,829
623
883
Arkansas
5
5
-
■
*
California
30
27
6,020
5,091
7,347
8,405
Colorado
34
34
2,794
2,503
7,643
5,477
Connecticut
6
6
222
275
Georgia
9
9
535
579
Idaho
53
52
34,823
30,456
2,794
3,949
Maine
14
14
182
130
*
Massachusetts
14
1 1
375
369
Michigan
33
22
823
663
Missouri
I U
1,893
\ ,ODO
1,837
New York
38
39
707
567
Oregon
48
51
2,205
801
6,480
4,861
Pennsylvania
60
61
4,894
4,562
10,763
5,881
Tennessee
16
15
362
400
Utah
26
23
1,324
1,081
Virginia
27
22
1,318
1,259
1,462
1,513
Washington
59
59
3,516
5,385
5,277
5,081
West Virginia
29
25
827
583
1,407
1,256
Wisconsin
72
65
1,833
1,760
1,827
2,011
Other States
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
17,432
17,402
United States 1
637
606
76,241
69,597
66,634
60,332
' Includes value of eggs. * Included in "other states" to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
TROUT
Sales of Foodsize Fish or Larger, North Carolina, 1998-2002 1
YEAR
Number
Sold 1
Pounds
Sold
Price
per Pound
Value
of Sales
Thousands
Dollars
Thousand Dollars
1998
3,660
4,160
1.32
5,491
1999
4,640
4,510
1.27
5,728
2000
4,200
3,640
1.29
4,696
2001
4,550
4,550
1.30
5,915
2002
4,830
4,600
1.38
6,348
US 2002
50,231
54,451
1.07
58,334
' Twelve inches or longer.
CATFISH: Number of Operations, Water Surface and Total Sales, 2001-2003
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
WATER SURFACE ACRES 1
TOTAL SALES ALL SIZE
STATE
Jan. 1, 2002
Jan. 1, 2003
Jan. 1 , 2002
Jan, 1, 2003
During 2001
During 2002
Number
Number
Thousand Dollars
North Carolina
45
46
1,400
1,700
3,151
3,143
Alabama
240
231
25,900
25,500
69,965
76,045
Arkansas
195
155
38,000
34,000
65,306
56,380
California
42
38
2,200
2,400
8,365
7,875
Florida
45
34
880
660
1,327
756
Georgia
50
43
1,220
960
2,577
1,411
Illinois
15
12
260
130
309
226
Kentucky
50
60
400
570
1,097
1,180
Louisiana
70
57
12,100
9,900
26,207
15,812
Mississippi
395
405
111,500
109,000
260,852
243,226
Missouri
40
31
1,800
1,400
2,840
1,070
South Carolina
15
13
520
130
923
617
Texas
34
30
580
395
762
2,087
United States
1,236
1,155
196,760
186,745
443,681
409,828
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CATFISH
Number, Weight, and Value of Sales of Foodsize, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
Number
Pounds
Price
Value
Sold
Sold
per Pound
of Sales
Thousands
Cenfs
Thousand Dollars
1998
1,490
2,430
.76
1,847
1999
1,570
2,700
.74
1,998
2000
2,390
3,340
.74
2,472
2001
2,540
4,430
.67
2,968
2002
2,900
4,900
.59
2,891
US 2002
378,461
673,743
.56
378,461
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2002 North Carolina Crop Summary
Tobacco Yields and Production Lower
North Carolina flue-cured tobacco production for 2002 was
down sharply from the previous year primarily due to the effects of
the extended drought. The crop was also negatively impacted by
higher than normal levels of disease, and late season rains caused
some areas to have a late maturing crop. Production decreased 10%
from the previous year and the average yield of 2,089 for 2002 was
338 pounds less than the yield for 2001. Harvested area, at 162,000
acres, was 7,000 acres more than 2001. The value of the flue-cured
crop totaled $615 million, down 12% from 2001.
North Carolina burley tobacco production, also impacted by the
drought and disease in 2002, decreased 1 2% from 200 1 , totaling 9.5
million pounds. Yield, at 1,500 pounds per acre, was 100 pounds
below a year ago. Harvested area was estimated at 6,300 acres, 6%
below last year. The value of the burley crop, at $18 million, was
12% below 2001.
Cotton Crop Down Dramatically
Cotton production for the State was down sharply in 2002 due to
drought early in the growing season and heavy rains late in the year.
The 2002 cotton crop totaled 806,000 bales, down 52% from the
200 1 record crop of 1 ,673,000 bales. Yield per acre, at 42 1 pounds,
was the lowest since 1983 and down significantly from the 2001
record yield of 832 pounds. Harvested acres decreased from 965,000
in 2001 to 920,000 in 2002. Despite an increase in the average price
per pound from 31 .7 cents per pound in 2001 to 42.0 cents in 2002,
North Carolina's 2002 cotton crop was valued at $1 62 million, down
36% from the 2001 crop.
Corn Production Curtailed
North Carolina's 2002 corn for grain production totaled 58.1
million bushels, 26% less than the 200 1 crop of 78. 1 million bushels.
Acres harvested increased 75,000 from 2001 to 700,000 acres.
However, yield, at 83 bushels per acre, was down significantly from
the 2001 record yield of 125 bushels. Due to the decline in
production, the total value of corn for grain decreased 9% from 2001
to $168 million. Area harvested for silage was down 2,000 acres
from 2001 totaling 70,000 acres. Silage yield, at 13 tons per acre,
was down from the 2001 record yield of 19 tons per acre.
Soybean Acres And Yield Down
The State's 2002 soybean production, at 30.1 million bushels,
was down 30% from 2001. Acres harvested were down 70,000 to
1.28 million. Average yield declined from 32 bushels per acre in
2001 to 23.5 in 2002. There were 1.36 million acres of soybeans
planted in the State in 2002, compared to 1.38 million last year. The
value of the 2002 soybean crop was $165 million, down 1 1% from
2001.
Peanut Production Reduced
North Carolina peanut growers experienced extremely dry
weather during the growing season when it is typically wet and then
received an abundance of rainfall during the harvest season when it
is typically dry. Both weather conditions, along with a substantial
reduction in acres, severely reduced the production for 2002.
Production was forecast at 210 million pounds, 41% below 2001.
The average yield for 2002, at 2,100 pounds, was 810 pounds less
than last year. Harvested acres, at 100,000, was 22,500 less than
2001.
Wheat Production Up
North Carolina's 2002 harvested wheat acreage increased 2°
from last year to 480,000. Yield increased to 42 bushels per acre fror
39 bushels in 2001. Production, at 20.2 million bushels, was 10°
above last year. Total value of the wheat crop was $60.5 million.
Sweetpotato Production Falls
North Carolina sweetpotato production in 2002 totaled 48
million pounds, down 14% from 2001. Harvested area, at 37,00
acres, was up 1 ,000 acres from a year earlier. Average yield per acr
was estimated at 1 3,000 pounds, down 2,500 pounds from a year age
The sweetpotato crop was valued at $67.3 million, down less than 1°.
from 2001.
Irish Potato Production Higher
The production of Irish potatoes in North Carolina increased 2°
in 2002 to 357 million pounds. The average yield of 17,000 pound
per acre decreased 2,000 pounds from a year ago. Harvested acres, i
21,000, were up 14% from 2001. Value of production, at $29.
million, increased 41% from last year.
Fruit Values Increase
Commercial 2002 total apple production in the Tar Heel State, £
160 million pounds, increased 43% from the previous year's 11
million pounds. Utilized production was 155 million pounds, up 45°
from last year. Price averaged 14.3 cents per pound, which translate
to a total value of $22.2 million.
North Carolina blueberry growers rebounded nicely from las
year's freeze-reduced crop to achieve a total production of 1 7 millio
pounds, a 23% increase from 2001 . Area harvested in 2002, at 3,70
acres, was up 1 ,000 acres from a year earlier. Yield per harvested acr
averaged 4,190 pounds compared to 5,000 pounds in 2001. Th
value of production for the 2002 crop totaled $22.5 million compare
to $ 1 8.9 million last year.
North Carolina peach production in 2002 totaled 10 millio
pounds compared to 3.5 million last year. Acres of bearing age tree;
at 1,200 in 2002, was unchanged from a year earlier. The crop wa
valued at $3.5 million, up 150% from the 2001 crop value of $1.
million.
Vegetable Values Up, Except Sweet Corn
The value of all vegetables rose to 320 nillion in 2002, 6% abov
200 1 . The value of fresh market vegetables was estimated at $ 1 3
million in 2002, up 10% from 2001. Fresh market cucumbe
production totaled 80.5 million pounds, down 3% from last yeai
with a value of production of $12.1 million. North Carolin
production of processed cucumbers totaled 81,000 tons, 6% les
than the 2001 production. The value of the crop, placed at $23.
million, was 3% less than a year earlier. Tomato growers produce
89.1 million pounds of tomatoes, 7% more than 2001 and valued <
$24. 1 million. Bell pepper production was estimated at 9 1 .0 millio
pounds, 15% above 2001 and worth $20.0 million. Strawberr
farmers produced 22.5 million pounds of strawberries in 2002, u
1 5% from the previous year. The value of the crop was estimated £
$19.1 million. All cabbage production totaled 198 million pound;
4% more than 2001 with a value of $17.8 million. Sweet cor
production, at 72.9 million pounds, was valued at $11.3 millio
compared to $12.7 million in 2001. Snap bean production wa
estimated at 36.5 million pounds, up 7% from last year with a valu
of $11.0 million. Producers harvested 163 million pounds c
watermelons valued at $10.6 million. Squash production totale*
38.0 million pounds, down 3% from the previous year and valued i
$10.3 million.
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USUAL PLANTING AND HARVESTING DATES
Field Crops and Vegetables, North Carolina
2002
USUAL PLANTING DATES
USUAL HARVESTING DATES
HARVESTED
ACRES
BEGIN
MOST ACTIVE
END
BEGIN
MOST ACTIVE
END
(000)
FIELD CROPS:
Barley: Grain
20
Sept. 25
Oct. 15 - Nov. 10
Dec. 1
May 25
Jun. 9 - Jun. 30
Jul. 25
Oats: Grain
35
Sept. 15
Oct. 15 - Nov. 24
Dec. 10
May 28
Jun. 9 - Jul. 3
Jul. 20
Wheat: Grain
480
Sept. 20
Oct. 15 - Nov. 20
Dec. 20
May 29
Jun. 9 - Jun. 30
Jul. 25
Corn: Grain
700
Apr. 1
Apr. 10 - Apr. 25
May 20
Aug. 20
Sept. 10 - Oct. 7
Nov. 7
Silage
70
Apr. 1
Apr. 10 - Apr. 25
May 20
Aug. 1
Aug. 18 - Sept. 20
Oct. 20
P.nttnn
920
Apr. 21
May 1 - May 20
Jun. 8
Sept. 27
Oct. 7 - Nov. 1 5
Dec. 15
Peanuts
100
Apr. 28
May 8 - May 28
Jun. 2
Sept. 24
Oct. 8 - Oct. 29
Nov. 14
Sorghum: Grain
12
May 5
May 25 - Jun. 16
Jul. 14
Aug. 14
Oct. 1 - Oct. 22
Nov. 26
Silage
3
May 1
May 10 - Jun. 10
Jul. 5
Jul. 25
Aug. 10 - Sept. 15
Oct. 1
Soybeans
1,280
May 1
May 20 - Jun. 30
Jul. 18
Oct. 10
Nov. 12 - Dec. 3
Dec. 20
Tobacco:
Type 11
43
Apr. 30
May 7 - May 25
Jun. 5
Jul. 15
Aug. 1 - Sept. 5
Oct. 10
Type 12
98
Apr. 18
Apr. 30 - May 12
Jun. 2
Jul. 5
Jul. 30 - Aug. 30
Sept. 25
Type 13
21
Apr. 15
Apr. 20 - May 10
May 31
Jul. 1
Jul. 21 - Aug. 21
Sept. 15
Type 31
6.3
May 13
May 20 - Jun. 7
Jun. 30
Aug. 18
Sept. 1 - Sept 22
Oct. 1 3
Hay: Alfalfa
20
Apr. 30
Nov. 17
Other
730
Apr. 30
Nov. 17
PntatnPQ- All
21
Mar. 4
Mar. 1 0 - Apr. 7
Apr. 28
Jun. 9
Jun. 23 - Jul. 14
Aua 7
Sweetpotatoes
37
May 5
May 19 - Jun. 16
Jul. 14
Sept. 1
Sept. 24 - Nov. 4
Nov. 20
(ACTUAL ACRES)
VEGETABLES:
Cabbage, All:
9,000
Spring
Jan. 20
Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
Mar. 19
Apr. 20
May 10 - Jun. 15
Jun. 30
Mar. 20
Mar. 25 - Apr. 5
Apr. 15
Jun. 10
July 15 - Oct. 15
Oct. 31
Fall
Jul. 15
Jul. 20 - Aug. 5
Aug. 10
Oct. 15
Nov. 10 - Dec. 31
Jan. 31
Cucumbers, Fresh Market:
7,000
Spring
Mar. 25
Apr. 1 - May 1
May 5
Jun. 1
Jun. 1 - Jun. 30
Jun. 30
Summer
Apr. 25
May 1 - May 15
May 20
Jul. 1
Jul. 1 - Jul. 31
Oct. 20
For Processing:
18,000
Spring
Mar 9R
Anr 1 - Ma\/ 1 R
aa(J I . I ivi ay I J
Maw 90
Inn 1
UUI 1. 1
Inn 1D - Inl 1 R
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Summer
Jul. 10
Jul. 15 - Sept. 1
Sept. 5
Sept. 1
Oct. 1 - Oct. 15
Oct. 30
Peppers: Bell
7,000
Apr. 1
Apr. 10 - May 1
May 15
Jun. 10
Jul. 1 - Jul. 31
Sept. 1
Snap Beans, Fresh Market:
7,300
Spring
Mar. 10
Mar. 16 - Apr. 6
Apr. 15
May 15
Jun. 1 - Jun. 30
Jul. 20
Summer
Apr. 15
Apr. 20 - May 15
May 20
Jul. 1
Jul. 15 - Sept. 15
Oct. 1
Fall
Aug. 5
Aug. 10 - Aug. 20
Aug. 25
Sept. 25
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
Nov. 10
Squash
3,800
Apr. 1
Apr. 15 - May 5
May 30
Jun. 1
Jun. 15 - Jul. 31
Sept. 1
Strawberries
1,800
Sept. 25
Oct. 1 - Mar. 31
Apr. 5
Apr. 10
Apr. 20 - May 20
Jun. 10
Sweet Corn
8,100
Mar. 5
Mar. 10 - Jun. 1
Jun. 5
Jun. 1
Jun. 15 - Jul. 31
Sept. 10
Tomatoes
2,700
Apr. 15
Apr. 20 - Jun. 1
Jun. 5
Jun. 15
Jul. 15 - Sept. 15
Oct. 15
Watermelons
9,600
Mar. 25
Mar. 28 - May 6
May 10
Jul. 1
Jul. 15 - Aug. 20
Sept. 10
44
HARVESTED CROPLAND
Acres, by County, North Carolina 2001-2002
COUNTIES AND
2001
2002
DISTRICTS
Alleghany
005
18,000
18,500
Ashe
009
12,600
13,000
Avery
011
2,100
2,000
OqIHxa/oII
097
. KJtL 1
8,700
9,300
171
i / i
40,000
41,500
1RQ
7,600
8,200
Wilkps
193
35,500
38,000
Yadkin
197
46,500
49,500
N Mountain
10
171,000
180,000
Buncombe
021
17,500
18,000
Burks
023
1 1 ,000
1 1 ,900
Cherokee
039
5,000
5,300
Clay
043
4,400
4,600
Graham
075
1 ,200
1,300
Haywood
087
1 1 ,500
1 1 ,800
Henderson
089
24,000
24,500
Jackson
099
1,800
1,900
McDowell
111
4,800
5,200
Macon
113
6,000
6,300
Madison
115
9,000
9,300
Mitchell
121
3,800
3,900
Polk
149
5,800
5,800
Ruthprford
161
21,000
22,000
Swain
173
1,000
1,000
Transylvania
175
4,300
4,400
Yancpv
199
4,900
4,800
W Mountain
20
137,000
142,000
Alamance
001
28,000
29,000
Caswell
033
21 ,000
20,500
Durham
063
5,700
5,400
Forsyth
067
15,000
16,000
Franklin
069
35,500
30,500
Granville
077
28,500
26,000
Guilford
081
40,000
40,000
Orange
135
22,500
23,000
Ppr^on
145
26,000
24,000
Rnrkinnham
1^7
25,500
26,500
Stokp<?
1RQ
18,000
18,000
Vsnce
1R1
13,800
11,400
Wfl rrpn
1R^
19,500
15,700
N PipHmnnt
40
299,000
286,000
AlpyanHpr
dm
18,500
20,000
Catawba
035
26,500
24,000
Chatham
037
21,200
23,000
Davidson
057
33,500
34,000
Davie
059
24,000
25,500
Iredell
097
63,000
64 000
Lee
105
1 1 ,800
12,500
Randolph
151
39,500
41,000
Rowan
159
48,000
50,000
Wake
183
30,000
24,500
C. Piedmont
... 50
316,000
318,500
COUNTIES AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 109
Mecklenburg 119
Montgomery 123
Moore 125
Richmond 153
Stanly 167
Union 179
S. Piedmont 60
Bertie 015
Camden 029
Chowan 041
Currituck 053
Dare 055
Edgecombe 065
Gates 073
Halifax 083
Hertford 091
Martin 117
Nash 127
Northampton 131
Pasquotank 139
Perquimans 143
Tyrrell 177
Washington 187
N. Coastal 70
Beaufort 013
Carteret 031
Craven 049
Greene 079
Hyde 095
Johnston 101
Jones 103
Lenoir 107
Pamlico 137
Pitt 147
Wayne 191
Wilson 195
C. Coastal 80
Bladen 017
Brunswick 019
Columbus 047
Cumberland 051
Duplin 061
Harnett 085
Hoke 093
New Hanover 129
Onslow 133
Pender 141
Robeson 155
Sampson 163
Scotland 165
S. Coastal 90
State Total
25,500
24,500
31,500
8,800
21,500
10,500
8,200
14,500
12,000
51,000
118,000
326,000
89,000
53,000
40,000
33,500
2,500
110,000
44,000
106,000
48,000
77,000
81,000
90,000
88,000
71,000
72,000
85,000
1 ,090,000
144,000
49,500
57,000
68,000
75,000
112,000
49,500
95,000
39,000
126,000
133,000
85,000
1 ,033,000
71,000
19,400
108,000
53,000
150,000
62,000
36,500
1,600
38,000
38,000
201,000
183,000
29,500
991 ,000
27,000
24,500
30,500
9,800
24,000
9,400
8,100
15,800
11,900
52,500
109,000
322,500
90,000
55,000
41,500
32,500
2,500
111,000
43,000
106,000
47,500
72,000
80,000
90,000
91,000
74,000
73,000
85,000
1,094,000
145,000
51,000
58,000
68,000
74,000
115,000
51,000
91,000
40,000
125,000
133,000
84,000
1,035,000
75,000
19,000
115,000
54,000
149,000
57,000
36,000
1,500
36,000
39,000
197,000
185,000
27,500
991,000
4,363,000
4,369,000
45
CROPS: Acres, Yield, Production and Value, 2001-2002, North Carolina
CROPS
2001 1
2002
2
UNIT
Acres
Planted
Acres
Harvested
Yield
per
Acre
Production
Value
Acres
Planted
Acres
Harvested
Yield
per
Acre
Production
|
Value
Thousands
Units
Thousands
Thousand
Dollars
Thousands
Units
Thousands
/ housand
Drills rc
DU.
28
1 8
67
1 ,206
1 ,809
31
20
69
1,380
2,415
Bu.
700
625
1 25
78,125
1 84,375
790
700
83
58,100
168,490
Ton
-
72
1 9
1 ,368
-
70
13
910
-
Lb.
970
965
832
1 ,673
254,564
940
920
421
806
162,490
Ton
-
-
559
44,441
-
-
■
272
25,568
Ton
-
20
3.00
60
7,200
-
20
1 .80
36
4,500
Ton
-
690
2.20
1,518
1 06,260
-
730
1 .50
1,095
87,600
Ton
710
2.22
1 ,578
1 13,460
750
1 .51
1,131
92,100
Cwt.
19.5
18.5
190
3,515
21,090
21 .5
21.0
170
3,570
29,810
Bu.
60
30
56
1 ,680
2,772
75
35
57
1,995
3,791
Lb.
123.0
122.5
2,910
356,475
88,406
101.0
100.0
2,100
210,000
45,990
Bu .
15
1 1
70
770
1 ,617
17
12
45
540
1,270
Ton
3
1 0
30
3
5
15
1
Bu .
1 ,380
1,350
32.0
43,200
1 85,328
1,360
1,280
23.5
30,080
165,440
Cwt.
37.0
36.0
1 55
5,580
66,960
40.0
37.0
130
4,810
67,340
Lb.
155.0
2,427
376,200
698,1 14
162.0
2,089
338,470
615,125
Lb.
42.0
2,500
105,000
194,880
43.0
2,225
95,675
174,990
Lb.
93.0
2,400
223,200
414,482
98.0
2,020
197,960
359,297
Lb.
20.0
2,400
48,000
88,752
21.0
2,135
44,835
80,838
Lb.
6.7
1 ,600
1 0,720
20,904
6.3
1,500
9,450
18,409
Lb .
161 .7
2,393
386,920
719,018
168.3
2,067
347,920
633,534
Bu .
680
470
39
1 8,330
43,992
650
480
42
20,160
55,440
Actual Acres
Actual Acres
Lb.
8,000
14,000
107,000
15,931
7,000 22,900
155,000
22,205
Lb.
2,700
5,000
13,500
18,900
3,700
4,190
15,500
22,534
Ton
700
2.86
2.0
2,532
850
2.71
2.3
2,934
Lb.
1,200
2,920
3,500
1,400
1,200
8,330
10,000
3,500
Lb.
2,700
1 ,755
1 ,500
1 ,425
Lb.
500
225
400
240
Lb.
3,200
1 ,980
1 ,900
1 ,665
Actual Acres
Actual Acres
Cwt.
7,000
6,300
1 25
788
1 6,1 54
7,400
7,000
130
910
20,020
Cwt.
9,400
9,100
21 0
1 ,91 1
1 6,817
9,500
9,000
220
1 ,980
17,820
Cwt.
650
650
1 1 0
72
1 ,800
■
■
Cwt.
2,800
2,700
90
243
6,318
■
Cwt.
7,300
6,900
1 20
828
1 0,764
7,500
7,000
115
805
12,075
Cwt.
310
310
1 20
37
777
■
-
Cwt.
1 ,200
1 ,100
30
33
1 ,485
-
Cwt.
1 ,400
1 ,300
70
91
2,457
■
Cwt.
8,100
7,600
45
342
8,892
8,200
7,300
50
365
10,950
Cwt.
4,300
4,100
95
390
9,750
4,200
3,800
100
380
10,260
Cwt.
1,800
1 ,700
1 1 5
1 96
16,660
1,900
1,800
125
225
19,125
Cwt.
8,700
8,200
105
861
12,743
8,700
8,100
90
729
11,300
Cwt.
2,700
2,600
320
832
23,296
3,000
2,700
330
Cwt.
2,200
2,100
70
1 47
3,822
Cwt.
10,600
9,500
155
1 ,473
8,396
10,100
9,600
170
1,632
10,608
Ton
18,200
17,600
4.90
86
24,147
18,500
18,000
4.50
81
23,490!
FIELD CROPS
Barley
Corn for Grain 3
Corn for Silage 4
Cotton, Upland 5
Cottonseed
Hay: Alfalfa
Other
All
Irish Potatoes
Oats
Peanuts
Sorghum for Grain 3 .
Sorghum for Silage 4
Soybeans for Beans
Sweetpotatoes
Tobacco:
Flue-cured
Type 11
Type 12
Type 13
Burley
All
Wheat
FRUITS AND NUTS
Apples, Commercial 6
Blueberries 6
Grapes 6
Peaches 6
Pecans, Improved ....
Seedlings ...
All
VEGETABLES
FRESH MARKET
Bell Peppers
Cabbage, All
Chile Peppers 7 ...
Collard Greens 7 ..
Cucumbers
Eggplants 7
Lima Beans 7
Mustard Greens 7
Snap Beans, All ..
Squash
Strawberries, All ..
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
Turnip Greens 7 ...
Watermelons
PROCESSING
Cucumbers
Revised. 2 Preliminary. 3 Planted for all purposes. 4 Green-weight. 5 Production in 480-lb. net weight bales. 6 Utilized production.
Discontinued in 2002.
46
CROPS: Acres, Yield, Production and Value, 2001-2002, United States
CROPS
UNIT
2001
Acres
Planted
Acres
Harvested
Yield
Per
Acre
Production
Value
2002
Acres
Planted
Acres
Harvested
Yield
Per
Acre
Production
Value
FIELD CROPS
3ariey
3orn for Grain 3
3orn for Silage
otton, All 5.
ottonseed .
Hay: Alfalfa
Other.
All
rish Potatoes .
ats
Peanuts
orghum for Grain
Sorghum for Silage
M Soybeans for Beans
Sweetpotatoes
Tobacco:
Flue-cured
Burley
Type 32
All
OS Wheat, All
FRUITS AND NUTS
Apples, Commercial 6
Blueberries 6
Grapes 6
Peaches 6
Pecans, Improved
Seedlings ....
All
VEGETABLES
FRESH MARKET
Bell Peppers
Cabbage
Chile Peppers
Collard Greens 7 ..
Cucumbers
Eggplants 7
■Lima Beans 7
Mustard Greens 7
Snap Beans
Squash
Strawberries
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
I Turnip Greens 7 ...
I Watermelons
If): PROCESSING
Cucumbers
Thousands
Units
Thousands
Thousand
Dollars
Thousands
Units
Thousands
Thousand
Dollars
Bu.
4,967
4,289
58.2
249,420
536,582
5,073
4,135
54.9
226,873
596,759
Bu.
75,752
68,808
138.2
9,506,840
18,888,389
79,054
69,313
130.0
9,007,659
21,213,159
Ton
-
6,148
16.6
102,077
-
-
7,490
14.0
104,979
-
Lb.
15,768.5
13,827.7
705
20,302.8
3,121,848
13,957.9
12,426.6
665
17,208.6
3,593,816
Ton
-
7,452.2
667,348
-
6,183.9
638,115
Ton
oq poo
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7 1 79 1 R9
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39,699
1 .93
76,437
5,077,665
41,362
1.86
77,138
5,260,547
Ton
63,521
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1 9 d19 79Q
Cwt.
1 ,247.7
1,222.2
358
437,888
3,057,573
1,310.0
1,275.7
363
462,713
3,151,178
Bu.
4,403
1 ,905
61 .4
1 17,024
195,71 1
5,005
2,098
56.8
119,132
211,849
Lb.
1 ,541 .2
1 ,41 1 .9
3,029
4,276,704
1,000,512
1,358.0
1,296.7
2,561
3,320,490
594,426
Bu.
10,252
8,584
59.9
514,524
979,794
9,580
7,299
50.7
369,758
883,690
Ton
336
11.1
3,728
-
352
9.5
3,360
-
Bu.
74,075
72,975
39.6
2,890,682
12,605,717
73,758
72,160
37.8
2,729,709
14,755,470
Cwt.
99.1
94.4
1 55
14,637
224,795
97.2
83.5
154
12,865
209,694
Lb.
238.1
2,432
579,091
1,075,510
245.6
2,105
517,035
941,225
Lb.
164.3
2,033
334,066
659,122
158.6
1,892
300,051
592,322
Lb.
3.3
1,620
5,346
8,306
3.0
1,595
4,785
6,528
Lb.
432.3
2,293
991 ,223
1,939,755
428.7
2,055
880,734
1,706,165
Bu.
59,597
48,633
40.2
1,957,043
5,440,217
60,358
45,817
35.3
1,616,441
5,863,378
Actual Acres
Actual Acres
Lb.
416,550
22,600
9,214,400
1 ,453,073
400,950
21,300
8,405,000
1,571,189
Lb.
39,880
4,740
188,840
163,763
40,980
4,600
188,530
193,787
Ton
930,370
7.06
6,568
2,934,405
948,650
7.76
7,362
2,853,303
Lb.
151,650
16,000
2,334,900
493,298
152,420
16,900
2,472,500
504,167
Lb.
-
246,550
163,204
-
130,720
139,597
Lb.
-
91,950
37,897
-
42,180
25,436
Lb.
-
338,500
201 ,101
-
172,900
165,033
Actual Acres
Actual Acres
Cwt.
58,200
56,020
287
16,062
458,750
57,100
55,800
290
16,168
498,650
Cwt.
82,390
79,240
329
26,069
340,241
81,030
77,080
317
24,415
301,482
Cwt.
32,650
30,550
93
2,839
89,384
30,000
28,300
103
2,909
84,153
Cwt.
15,200
14,100
1 19
1,683
36,392
Cwt.
58,200
54,400
198
10,756
210,609
59,700
55,500
205
11,379
214,318
Cwt.
5,430
5,300
255
1,354
36,599
Cwt.
7,700
7,090
28
202
5,861
Cwt.
9,860
9,360
1 28
1 ,196
35,190
Cwt.
99,800
95,900
64
6,155
277,61 1
105,700
100,000
60
5,958
282,163
Cwt.
55,000
52,200
1 50
7,805
173,753
55,400
53,100
163
8,631
204,288
Cwt.
47,400
46,000
359
16,523
1 ,070,052
48,900
47,600
414
19,702
1,220,504
Cwt.
271 ,800
251,600
109
27,383
534,586
270,400
248,800
106
26,430
531,159
Cwt.
126,850
124,250
286
35,527
1,080,166
127,700
124,900
299
37,302
1,170,922
Cwt.
11,500
10,500
107
1,124
19,758
Cwt.
177,520
160,820
253
40,648
275,035
164,400
149,900
262
39,204
328,550
Ton
112,110
108,260
5.37
581 ,540
168,958
121,800
118,900
5.19
617,300
171,016
Discontinued in 2002.
47
CORN FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AND
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Harvested
Yield per
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Yield per
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for
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1 o.^uu
9 /I A A
1 91
I £0
OQA AAA
£La*\ , UUU
1 r dnn
*i inn
0 , 0 uu
An
ou
1 qr nnn
1 so , uuu
Lee
. 1 UO
A AA
/I A A
1 9A
I C.\J
AA AAA
HO , UUU
O DU
7^n
d1
f I
11 nnn
0 1 , uuu
Randolph
.101
7,100
3,500
123
430,000
7,900
4,000
42
168,000
Rowan
. ioy
7,300
4,100
135
553,000
7,700
5,800
56
324,000
Wake
183
*
*
C Pi6dmont
50
48,500
20,000
119
2,380,000
54,000
24,000
51
1,220,000
Anson
007
5,800
5,600
101
568,000
6,700
6,500
45
290,000
Cabarrus
025
3,600
2,600
120
312,000
3,900
3,200
51
163,000
Cleveland
045
2,700
750
101
76,000
2,600
800
58
46,000
Gaston
071
*
*
*
Lincoln
109
2,350
250
68
17,000
2,900
850
54
46,000
Mecklenburg
119
*
Montgomery
123
500
500
114
57,000
1,100
1,000
44
44,000
Moore
125
875
875
99
87,000
900
850
41
35,000
Richmond
153
675
675
81
55,000
1,100
800
45
36,000
Stanly
167
9,350
8,200
125
1,025,000
11,500
10,200
46
470,000
Union
179
28,600
28,000
130
3,640,000
28,800
25,300
45
1,143,000
S. Piedmont....
... 60
57,100
48,000
123
5,880,000
62,000
50,000
46
2,300,000
48
CORN FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
2001
2002
COUNTIES
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
AND
All
for
Harvested
Production
All
for
Harvested
Production
DISTRICTS
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Bertie
015
16,800
16,800
126
2,1 15,000
17,800
17,700
63
1,110,000
noQ
. u^iy
17,100
17,100
134
2,290,000
16,600
16,600
123
2,036,000
Chowan
041
3,700
3,700
158
584,000
3,500
3,400
111
376,000
Currituck
053
9,900
9,900
146
1,445,000
11,600
11,500
120
1,385,000
Dare
055
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Edgecombe
065
8,000
8,000
109
875,000
11,400
11,100
53
590,000
Gates
073
6,600
6,600
113
745,000
6,200
6,200
60
372,000
Halifax
083
3,450
3,100
103
320,000
4,700
4,400
36
158,000
Hertford
091
8,600
8,600
111
955,000
10,500
10,400
61
630,000
Martin
117
3,500
3,200
107
342,000
4,300
3,400
63
214,000
Nash
127
1,500
1 ,500
90
135,000
2,800
2,750
34
94,000
Northampton ...
131
2,050
2,000
100
199,000
2,300
2,300
48
110,000
Pasquotank
139
20,800
20,800
144
2,985,000
22,200
22,200
121
2,690,000
Perquimans
143
14,000
14,000
143
1,995,000
14,300
14,100
112
1,575,000
Tyrrell
177
pc rod
161
4 pan nnn
25 800
25 600
113
Washington
187
24,100
24,100
125
3,015,000
25^800
25^200
112
2,830,000
N. Coastal
... 70
166,700
166,000
134
22,290,000
180,000
177,000
97
17,085,000
Beaufort
013
45,900
44,600
131
5,850,000
44,100
42,600
111
4,740,000
Carteret
031
20,100
20,100
140
2,805,000
20,500
20,200
143
2,883,000
Craven
049
11,400
1 1 ,400
122
1,388,000
12,000
11,600
83
960,000
Greene
079
9,500
9,500
105
998,000
11,200
11,000
74
815,000
Hyde
095
26,900
26,900
142
3,813,000
27,200
26,200
126
3,300,000
Johnston
101
6,350
6,300
118
742,000
9,500
9,300
52
480,000
Jones
103
6,200
6,200
140
866,000
6,700
6,400
116
740,000
Lenoir
107
16,300
16,300
123
2,006,000
17,000
16,500
107
1,770,000
Pamlico
137
8,800
8,800
138
1,215,000
9,900
9,900
124
1,230,000
Pitt
147
12,150
12,100
112
1,356,000
15,500
15,100
65
982,000
Wayne
191
20,500
20,500
122
2,509,000
25,700
25,600
67
1,720,000
Wilson
195
R TOO
s tod
1 27
R7P nnn
<; 7nn
<i finn
o o
iftn nnn
Pnactal
an
189,400
188,000
129
24,220,000
205,000
200,000
100
20,000,000
Bladen
017
19,100
19,000
104
1 ,975,000
24,300
24,100
77
1,865,000
Brunswick
019
4,000
4,000
127
506,000
5,100
5,000
85
425,000
Columbus
047
25,200
25,100
120
3,024,000
32,000
31,900
64
2,040,000
Cumberland
051
6,200
6,100
130
792,000
9,300
9,200
44
404,000
Duplin
061
31,900
31,800
116
3,696,000
37,800
37,300
107
3,975,000
Harnett
085
3,900
3,300
117
387,000
4,900
4,600
46
210,000
Hoke
093
1,000
1 ,000
109
109,000
2,200
2,150
40
87,000
New Hanover ,
129
800
800
116
93,000
500
450
80
36,000
Onslow
133
9,700
9,600
124
1,194,000
10,800
10,400
117
1,215,000
Pender
141
9,900
9,900
110
1,093,000
11,200
11,000
85
935,000
Robeson
155
34,300
34,300
119
4,085,000
43,000
42,900
45
1,940,000
Sampson
163
21,900
21,300
130
2,775,000
27,700
26,900
61
1,635,000
Scotland
165
800
800
76
61,000
1,200
1,100
44
48,000
S. Coastal
... 90
168,700
167,000
119
19,790,000
210,000
207,000
72
14,815,000
State Total
700,000
625,000
125
78,125,000
790,000
700,000
83
58,100,000
' 2002 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
CORN PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Beaufort
4,740,000
Duplin
3,975,000
Hyde
3,300,000
Tyrrell
2,900,000
Carteret
2,883,000
Washington
2,830,000
Pasquotank
2,690,000
Columbus
2,040,000
Camden
2,036,000
Robeson
1,940,000
CORN PRODUCTION, 2002
J Under 50,000/Undisclosed
] 50,000-199,999
1600,000-1,499,999
J 200,000-599,999
11,500,000 and up
49
CORN FOR SILAGE
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
COUNTIES
2001
2002
AND
Acres
Yield
Production
Acres
Yield
Production
DISTRICTS
Harvested
Per Acre
Harvested
Per Acre
Acres
Tons
Acres
Tons
Alleghany
005
3,000
19
57,000
2,900
22
64,000
Ashe
009
*
*
*
*
Avery
011
*
*
*
*
*
*
Pa IH\a/oII
\JC. 1
200
22
4,300
350
20
7,000
1 7 1
I / I
1,600
24
38,000
1,600
15
24,000
Watauga
i oy
*
*
*
*
*
*
Wilkpc;
1 OQ
6,200
21
129,000
6,900
10
68,000
I duKin
1 Q7
i y /
3,600
17
62,400
4,000
22
88,000
M M ai mt^in
1 n
15,000
20
301,000
16,000
16
256,000
R i mrn m K o
no 1
U^ I
1,600
o n
£ u
o^,UUU
1,800
9/1
A o Ann
hot
*
*
*
orieruKtJe
n ^ q
uoy
*
*
*
*
Plow
oiay
*
*
*
drdridiii
U / 0
*
*
*
*
*
*
ndyWOUU
UO /
2,300
26
60,500
1,900
21
40,000
1— 1 onHofCAn
uoy
3,000
18
52,500
2,700
26
70,000
*
*
*
*
McDowell
1 1 1
500
25
12,300
550
20
11,000
Macon
113
300
20
6,000
200
15
3,000
Madison
1 1 5
250
23
5,700
200
20
4,000
Mitchell
121
*
*
*
*
*
*■ • M
Polk
1 AO,
*
*
*
*
*
*
Di ilhorf acH
I O I
200
15
3,000
200
20
4,000
1 / o
*
*
*
*
*
*
Tranc\/l\/ania
1 7R
I / o
*
*
*
*
*
*
V O A AA\/
i diiotry
1 QQ
i yy
*
*
*
\h! rt 1 1 nt a i in
90
9,500
21
201,000
8,500
23
193,000
A 1 a m anrc
nn 1
1,800
16
29,000
1,800
8
14,000
P a cii/o 1 1
400
19
7,600
400
7
2,800
r\ i i r ^ m
L/urrtdrn
UDO
*
*
*
*
*
ruibyin
UO /
*
*
*
*
Franklin
069
*
*
*
*
*
*
Granville
077
800
15
12,000
850
8
6,800
Guilford
081
1,400
17
24,300
1,700
6
11,000
Orange
135
1,900
18
35,000
2,100
7
14,000
P d rc f~i n
I ^to
300
22
6,600
200
10
2,000
1 c.7
I O /
900
1 Ci
1 7,500
1,000
1 3
1 3,000
Ctnl/oc
i oy
*
*
*
\/ a n /-» a
1 ft 1
I O I
*
*
*
\A/ o r ro n
1 ft r
I oo
600
18
10,900
500
8
4,000
An
8,500
18
150,000
9,200
8
74,000
A 1 cs v q n H cs r
UUj
3,000
22
66,500
3,1 00
11
33,000
Catawba
035
600
26
15,600
1,000
7
7,000
Chatham
037
1,400
16
23,000
1,300
8
10,000
Davidson
057
2,400
13
31,500
2,400
15
35,000
Davie
059
1,200
13
16,000
1,400
15
21,000
1 roHnll
1 IcUcll
HQ7
uy /
13,000
20
258,000
12,200
12
151,000
1 n^
*
*
*
Ra nrinlnh
I O I
3,600
1 Q
1 O
Pi a Ann
3,500
ft
y
o n n nn
Jl ,UUU
i oy
3,200
20
63,500
1,900
11
20,000
\A/al<p
1 ft ^
I oo
*
*
*
A P i o H m nnt
50
28,500
19
540,000
26,800
11
308,000
MllbOil
HH7
UU /
*
*
*
*
OaUdirUb
AOC
\Jc.O
1 ,000
12
12,400
650
8
5,000
Cleveland
045
1,900
19
36,800
1,700
6
11,000
Gaston
071
1 ,500
17
26,000
1,500
7
11,000
Lincoln
1 09
2,100
17
36,500
2,000
8
16,000
Mecklenburg
119
600
18
11,000
350
11
4,000
Montgomery
123
*
*
*
Moore
125
*
*
*
Richmond
153
*
*
*
Stanly
167
700
15
10,700
1,100
10
11,000
Union
179
600
16
9,800
450
9
4,000
S. Piedmont
60
8,600
17
147,000
7,900
8
63,000
50
CORN FOR SILAGE
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
Acres
Harvested
Yield
Per Acre
Production
2002
Acres
Harvested
Yield
Per Acre
Production
Bertie 015
Camden 029
Chowan 041
Currituck 053
Dare 055
Edgecombe 065
Gates 073
Halifax 083
Hertford 091
Martin 117
Nash 127
Northampton 131
Pasquotank 1 39
Perquimans 143
Tyrrell 1 77
Washington 187
N. Coastal 70
Acres
Tons
Acres
Tons
350
2,000
300
13
4,000
400
3,000
300
13
4,000
Beaufort 013
Carteret 031
Craven 049
Greene 079
Hyde 095
Johnston 101
Jones 1 03
Lenoir 107
Pamlico 137
Pitt 147
Wayne 191
Wilson 195
C. Coastal 80
100
20
2,000
300
13
4,000
Bladen 017
Brunswick 019
Columbus 047
Cumberland 051
Duplin 061
Harnett 085
Hoke 093
New Hanover 1 29
Onslow 133
Pender 141
Robeson 1 55
Sampson 1 63
Scotland 165
S. Coastal
90
1 ,400
1 7
24,000
1,000
8,000
State Total
72,000
19
1,368,000
70,000
13
910,000
' 2002 Preliminary. " Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
CORN FOR SILAGE PRODUCTION
LEADING
TONS
COUNTIES
Iredell
151 ,000
Yadkin
88,000
Henderson
70,000
Wilkes
68,000
Alleghany
64,000
Buncombe
43,000
Haywood
40,000
Davidson
35,000
Alexander
33,000
Randolph
31,000
CORN FOR SILAGE PRODUCTION, 2002
51
COTTON
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 2 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Acres
Harvested
i ieiu per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Planted
All
Purposes
Acres
Harvested
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Pounds
of Lint
480-Pound
Bales
Acres
Pounds
of Lint
480-Pound
Bales
Rutherford
161
500
450
501
470
300
300
224
140
W. Mountain...
?n
OUU
^fOU
501
470
mn
OUU
inn
OUU
224
140
Franklin
069
450
450
800
750
400
300
240
150
Warren
185
450
450
832
780
600
400
300
250
Kl DioHmnnt
900
900
816
1,530
1,000
700
274
400
Davidson
057
650
650
997
1,350
600
500
307
320
Iredell
097
1 ,050
1 ,050
1,006
2,200
1,100
1,000
672
1,400
Lee
105
4,400
4,400
905
8,300
2,700
2,400
360
1,800
Rowan
159
1,100
1,050
983
2,150
700
650
399
540
Wake
183
300
300
800
500
300
250
288
150
C. Piedmont ...
..50
8,100
8,050
i o,oUU
5,700
5,000
4i y
4,obU
Anson
007
3,850
3,800
909
7,200
3,900
3,900
369
3,000
Cabarrus
025
500
500
960
1,000
250
250
384
200
Cleveland
045
2,650
2,600
738
4,000
2,900
2,900
232
1,400
Montgomery ....
123
850
850
847
1,500
1,200
1,200
440
1,100
Moore
125
600
600
640
800
250
250
384
200
Richmond
153
2,650
2,600
665
3,600
3,100
3,100
434
2,800
Stanly
167
1 1 ,300
1 1 ,300
1,002
23,600
9,400
9,200
407
7,800
Union
179
7,050
7,000
905
13,200
7,000
7,000
357
5,200
S. Piedmont ...
fiO
29,500
29,300
yi_n
OO, (JUL)
28,000
27,800
of O
Z\ , / UL)
Bertie
Ul O
37,100
37,000
845
65,100
39 000
38 600
417
33,500
Camden
850
850
960
1,700
1,000
950
657
1,300
Chowan
Ail H
04 1
21,100
21,100
940
41,300
22,700
22,600
499
23,500
Edgecombe
065
58,000
56,700
732
86,500
55,000
54,700
281
32,000
Gates
073
17,600
17,600
900
33,000
19,000
17,000
424
15,000
Halifax
083
63,000
62,800
740
96,800
64,000
63,500
302
40,000
Hertford
091
18,100
18,100
904
34,100
18,700
18,000
331
12,400
Martin
117
49,300
49,000
830
84,700
49,500
43,000
357
32,000
Nash
127
24,700
24,700
785
40,400
22,500
22,300
248
1 1 ,500
Northampton ...
131
59,100
59,000
875
107,500
63,000
62,700
375
49,000
Pasquotank
139
3,850
3,850
972
7,800
3,900
3,800
682
5,400
Perquimans
143
21,400
21,400
931
41,500
22,400
22,200
649
30,000
Tyrrell
177
4,100
4,100
1,007
8,600
4,000
3,900
800
6,500
Washington
187
14,300
14,300
879
26,200
17,100
16,800
691
24,200
N. Coastal
70
393,000
391,000
830
676,000
402,000
390,200
389
316,500
52
COTTON
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Acres
Harvested
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Planted
All
Purposes
Acres
Harvested
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Pounds
480-Pound
Acres
Pounds
480-Pound
of Lint
Bales
of Lint
Bales
Beaufort
013
29,900
29,800
1,028
63,800
31,200
31,000
692
44,700
Carteret
031
5,700
5,700
1,128
13,400
500
500
576
600
Craven
049
24,700
24,600
940
48,200
24,800
24,700
505
26,000
Greene
079
21,800
21,700
863
39,000
22,600
22,500
405
19,000
Hyde
095
14,900
14,900
999
31,000
17,000
16,900
815
28,700
Johnston
101
18,400
18,000
869
0£,b(JU
17,900
17,500
1 1 , 1 UU
Jones
103
31,000
30,900
830
53,400
29,000
28,900
523
31,500
Lenoir
107
43,600
43,500
800
72,500
39,400
39,000
529
43,000
Pamlico
137
4,800
4,800
1,050
10,500
4,600
4,600
605
5,800
Pitt
147
45,800
45,700
846
80,500
44,300
44,000
371
34,000
Wayne
191
32,300
32,100
875
58,500
32,200
32,000
465
31,000
Wilson
195
30,600
30,500
891
56,600
31,500
31,400
367
24,000
C. Coastal ....
80
303,500
302,200
889
560,000
295,000
293,000
491
300,000
Bladen
017
13,100
12,800
675
18,000
10,400
10,300
489
10,500
Columbus
047
5,800
5,800
728
8,800
7,200
6,800
593
8,400
Cumberland ...
... 051
14,400
14,300
765
22,800
11,400
1 1 ,300
340
8,000
Duplin
061
28,500
28,400
811
48,000
24,000
23,800
545
27,000
Harnett
085
18,600
18,500
bob
17,100
16,100
1 1 , ( UU
Hoke
093
21,900
21,800
630
28,600
19,300
18,900
292
11,500
Onslow
133
9,500
9,500
879
17,400
10,000
9,900
558
11,500
Pender
141
7,100
7,000
802
1 1 ,700
7,700
7,600
480
7,600
Robeson
155
38,100
38,000
752
59,500
33,700
33,000
291
20,000
Sampson
163
59,400
59,000
840
103,200
50,700
50,500
356
37,500
Scotland
165
18,100
18,000
587
22,000
16,400
14,700
297
9,100
S. Coastal
90
234,500
233,100
751
364,500
208,000
203,000
385
162,900
Other Counties
1,150
1,150
793
1,800
600
450
480
450
State Total
970,000
965,000
832
1,673,000
940,000
920,000
421
806,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in Other Counties.
Counties may not add to District total because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
53
ALL HAY
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AND
Acres
Yield Per
Production
Acres
Yield Per
Production
DISTRICTS
Harvested
Acre
Harvested
Acre
Acres
Tons
Acres
Tons
Alleghany
005
14,200
2.23
31 ,600
15,000
1
17
17,500
Ashe
009
11,300
2
22
25,100
12,000
1
51
18,100
Avery
01 1
1,500
1
93
2,900
1,500
1
33
2,000
Caldwell
027
6,000
2
52
15,100
6,400
1
34
8,600
Surry
171
19,700
2.83
55,700
21,000
1
33
28,000
Watauga
189
6,800
2.43
16,500
7,400
1
66
12,300
Wilkes
1 93
25,500
2
02
51 ,500
27,200
1
67
45,300
Yadkin
1 97
17,000
1
92
32,600
18,500
1
42
26,200
N Mountain...
... 10
1 no nnn
2.26
231 ,000
1 no nnn
i uy,uuu
1
45
1 58,000
Buncombe
021
13,500
o
1 Q
f O
36,800
14,000
1
69
23,600
Burke
023
8,500
I
OC.
1 5,500
9,200
1
42
1 3,1 00
Cherokee
3,400
n
d.
U 6
6,900
3,600
A
1
94
7,000
Clay
043
3,500
o
8,500
3,700
1
95
7,200
Graham
075
800
2
00
1 ,600
900
1
89
1,700
Haywood
087
7,500
2
12
15,900
7,900
1
86
14,700
Henderson
089
6,700
1
I
QO
12,200
7,100
1
.97
14,000
Jackson
099
1 ,400
1
71
2,400
1 ,500
1
80
2,700
McDowell
1 1 1
3,200
2
13
6,800
3,400
1
41
4,800
Macon
1 1 3
5^000
2
12
10,600
5^300
1
.87
9,900
Madison
1 1 5
6,200
2
82
17,500
6,500
1
60
10,400
Mitchell
121
3,100
2
84
8,800
3,300
1
.15
3,800
Polk
149
4,100
2
02
8,300
4,300
1
.77
7,600
Rutherford
161
18,000
1
72
30,900
19,000
1
.24
23,600
Swain
1 73
700
2
57
1 ,800
700
1
.86
1,300
Transylvania
175
3,100
2
32
7,200
3,200
1
.94
6,200
Yancey
1 99
3,300
2
21
7,300
3,400
1
.59
5,400
W. Mountain
... 20
qo nnn
2
16
199,000
Q7 nnn
1
.62
157,000
Alamance
001
15,900
2
32
36,900
17,000
1
.00
17,000
Caswell
033
12,900
2
02
26,000
13,500
1
.25
16,900
Durham
063
3,100
1
52
4,700
3,300
1
.33
4,400
Forsyth
067
7 700
1
51
1 1 ,600
8 000
1
.16
9,300
Franklin
069
8^000
1
91
1 5,300
M00
1
.35
1 1 ,300
Granville
077
13,000
1
92
24,900
13,500
1
.17
15,800
Guilford
081
I o, / uu
2
02
33,700
1 7 <?nn
1
.09
1 9,000
Orange
1 35
1 a nnn
2
52
35,300
1 5 000
1
.08
16,200
Person
145
q nnn
2
02
1 8 200
9 500
1
.41
1 3 400
Rockingham
1 57
1 1 qnn
2
22
26^400
1 2 500
1
!l6
14^500
Stokes
169
1 1 pnn
2
02
22,600
1 o nnn
1
.42
17,000
Vance
181
? 7nn
1
93
5,200
o onn
C , O U \J
1
.39
3,900
Warren
1 85
k Qnn
91
1 3,200
7 nnn
1
.33
9,300
N Piedmont
40
1 nnn
2
06
274,000
1 an nnn
1
.20
168,000
Alexander
003
1 2,700
2
82
35,800
13,700
1
.36
18,600
Catawba
035
1 2,800
1
82
23,300
1 3 400
1
.30
17,400
Chatham
037
16J00
1
92
30,900
17^100
1
.40
23,900
Davidson
057
17,000
1
72
29,200
18,000
1
.44
25,900
Davie
059
12,500
1
92
24,000
13,200
1
.36
17,900
Iredell
097
31 ,800
2
22
70,600
33,700
1
.47
49,600
Lee
105
2,200
2
55
5,600
2,400
1
.42
3,400
Randolph
151
21,100
2
52
co onn
22,300
1
.OO
in inn
Rowan
1 59
20,800
1
91
39,800
22,000
A
1
.04
22,900
Wake
1 83
5,000
1
92
9,600
5,200
1
.37
7,100
C. Piedmont
... 50
1 ro nnn
I D£- , uuu
2
12
322,000
1K1 nnn
1
.35
217,000
Anson
007
4,700
2
00
9,400
5,000
1
.72
8,600
Cabarrus
025
10,500
1
81
19,000
1 1 ,200
1
.12
12,500
Cleveland
045
1 4,000
1
41
19,800
14,900
1
.00
14,900
Gaston
071
6,100
1
31
8,000
6,500
1
.03
6,700
Lincoln
109
12,100
1
50
18,200
12,500
1
.36
17,000
Mecklenburg
1 1 9
6,100
2
41
14,700
6,500
1
.71
11,100
Montgomery
123
3,800
1
89
7,200
4,000
1
.65
6,600
Moore
125
6,900
2
20
15,200
7,300
1
.79
13,100
Richmond
153
3,400
2
50
8.500
3,600
1
.67
6,000
Stanly
167
1 1 ,700
1
80
21,100
13,000
1
.38
17,900
Union
179
16,700
1
91
31,900
17,500
1
.63
28,600
S. Piedmont
.... 60
96,000
1
80
173,000
102,000
1
.40
143,000
54
ALL HAY
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AND
Arroc
Htlco
Yield Per
Production
Yield Per
Production
DISTRICTS
nar vesica
Acre
narvesiea
Acre
Acres
Tons
A cro s
Tons
Bertie
015
200
1 .50
300
200
2.50
C A A
500
Camden
029
+
*
*
*
Chowan
041
200
1.50
300
200
1.00
200
Currituck
053
200
2.00
400
200
1.00
200
Dare
055
*
*
*
Edgecombe
065
2,300
1 .35
3,100
2,400
1.29
3,100
Gates
073
800
1 .38
1 ,100
800
2.00
1,600
Halifax
083
4,300
1 .23
5,300
4,600
2.26
10,400
Herttord
091
600
1.17
700
600
2.33
1,400
Martin
1 1 7
1 ,200
1 .33
1,600
1 ,400
1.50
2,100
Nash
127
6,700
2.04
13,700
7,1 00
2.00
14,200
Northampton
131
1 ,400
1.57
2,200
1 ,300
2.08
2,700
Pasquotank
139
*
*
*
*
*
Perquimans
143
400
1 .50
600
400
2.00
800
Tyrrell
1 77
200
1 .50
300
200
2.00
400
Washington
187
1 ,300
1 .62
2,1 00
1 ,400
2.14
3,000
N Coastal
70
20,000
1 .60
32 000
21,000
1 Q<>
1 >33
41 000
Beaufort
013
500
2.60
1,300
500
2.20
1,100
Carteret
031
200
2.50
500
200
2.50
500
Craven
049
1,200
2.58
3,100
1,300
2.31
3,000
Greene
079
2,500
2.64
6,600
2,700
2.41
6,500
Hyde
095
300
2.33
700
300
3.00
900
Johnston
101
9,700
3.03
29,400
10,500
2.00
21,000
Jones
103
1 ,400
3.21
4,500
1,500
2.00
3,000
Lenoir
107
2,600
3.04
7,900
2,800
2.39
6,700
Pamlico
137
300
2.33
700
300
2.33
700
Pitt
147
3,500
3.03
10,600
3,500
2.17
7,600
Wayne
191
7,1 00
3.44
24,400
7,600
2.39
18,200
Wilson
195
1 ,700
2.53
4,300
1 ,800
2.1 1
3,800
C Coastal
80
31,000
3.03
94,000
33,000
2.21
73,000
Bladen
017
7,000
2.41
16,900
7,300
1.86
13,600
Brunswick
019
2,000
2.60
5,200
2,000
1.65
3,300
Columbus
047
5,400
3.02
16,300
5,600
2.00
11,200
Cumberland
051
5,600
2.63
14,700
5,700
2.00
11,400
Duplin
061
22,700
3.43
77,900
23,500
2.31
54,200
narnett
085
4,200
3.02
12,700
4,400
1.95
8,600
Hoke
093
2,300
3.04
7,000
2,300
1.65
3,800
New Hanover
129
*
Onslow
133
2,500
3.04
7,600
2,600
1.92
5,000
Pender
141
1,900
2.63
5,000
2,000
1.80
3,600
Robeson
155
6,800
2.53
17,200
7,000
1.10
7,700
Sampson
163
21,500
3.13
67,200
22,500
2.19
49,300
Scotland
165
2,100
2.52
5,300
2,100
1.10
2,300
S. Coastal
90
84,000
3.01
253,000
87,000
2.00
174,000
State Total
710,000
2.22
1,578,000
750,000
1.51
1,131,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 'Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
HAY PRODUCTION
HAY PRODUCTION, 2002
LEADING
TONS
COUNTIES
Duplin
54,200
Iredell
49,600
Sampson
49,300
Wilkes
45,300
Randolph
30,300
Union
28,600
Surry
28,000
Yadkin
26,200
Davidson
25,900
Chatham
23,900
Tons
J Under 1,000/Undisclosed
1 1,000-4,999 I
110,000-17,999 H
J 5,000-9,999
118,000 and up
55
PEANUTS
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
Acres
Harvested
Yield
Per Acre
Production
Acres
Harvested
2002
Yield
Per Acre
Production
Bertie 015
Chowan 041
Currituck 053
Edgecombe 065
Gates 073
Halifax 083
Hertford 091
Martin 1 1 7
Nash 127
Northampton 1 31
Pasquotank 1 39
Perquimans 1 43
Washington 1 87
N. Coastal 70
Acres
17,150
5,495
90
12,625
6,425
19,100
10,430
13,305
3,105
19,750
90
2,845
2,495
1 13,030
Pounds
2,680
3,935
1 ,935
2,580
3,565
2,650
2,880
2,965
2,985
2,890
2,700
3,460
2,975
2,895
45,949,000
21,613,000
174,000
32,565,000
22,921 ,000
50,570,000
30,031 ,000
39,441 ,000
9,264,000
57,030,000
243,000
9,837,000
7,419,000
327,382,000
Acres
13,810
5,110
85
11,425
5,665
14,810
8,525
10,665
2,685
13,230
220
2,755
2,175
91,200
Pounds
2,220
3,100
2,070
1,875
2,760
1,705
2,040
2,220
1,995
1,480
2,190
2,640
2,800
2,070
30,669,000
15,841,000
176,000
21,422,000
15,635,000
25,259,000
17,400,000
23,651,000
5,352,000
19,590,000
482,000
7,277,000
6,090,000
188,928,000
Beaufort 01 3
Pitt 1 47
C. Coastal
80
370
4,425
5,050
2,590
2,655
2,645
959,000
1 1 ,756,000
13,358,000
210
4,090
4,385
2,000
1,640
1,655
420,000
6,703,000
7,268,000
Bladen 01 7
Columbus 047
Cumberland 051
Robeson 1 55
Sampson 1 63
S. Coastal
90
3,130
750
105
95
275
4,420
3,390
4,965
2,345
3,210
2,635
3,560
10,615,000
3,723,000
246,000
305,000
725,000
15,735,000
3,120
800
130
100
265
4,415
3,215
3,800
1,800
2,000
1,130
3,125
10,033,000
3,038,000
234,000
200,000
299,000
13,804,000
Other Counties.
445
2,445
1,089,000
125
1,830
229,000
State Total
122,500
2,910
356,475,000
100,000
2,100
210,000,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties with less than 50 acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in Other Counties. Counties may not
add to District totals because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
PEANUT PRODUCTION
PEANUT PRODUCTION, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
POUNDS
Bertie
30,669,000
Halifax
25,259,000
Martin
23,651,000
Edgecombe
21,422,000
Northampton
19,590,000
Hertford
17,400,000
Chowan
15,841,000
Gates
15,635,000
Bladen
10,033,000
Perquimans
7,277,000
I Under 100,000
I 500,000-9,999,999
] 100,000-499,000
110,000,000 and up
56
IRISH POTATOES
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AND
Acres
Yield
Production
Acres
Yield
Production
DISTRICTS
Harvested
Per Acre
Harvested
Per Acre
Acres
Hundredweight
Acres
Hundredweight
N. Mountain
...10
*
*
*
W. Mountain
...20
*
*
N. Piedmont
...40
*
*
*
C. Piedmont
...50
S. Piedmont
...60
*
Camden
029
3,300
205
669,000
4,100
170
699,700
Currituck
053
1,000
200
202,000
900
o 1 n
c. I U
log Ten
Pasquotank
139
5,000
195
963,000
5,050
175
887,200
Tyrrell
1 77
2,100
205
426,000
2,900
165
480,400
Washington
187
2,400
150
365,000
2,350
135
318,500
N. Coastal
...70
14,000
190
2,663,000
1 ,550
170
2,611,700
Beaufort
013
200
170
34,000
1 ,200
175
210,900
Carteret
031
400
205
82,000
1,100
165
182,200
Pamlico
137
2,700
205
547,000
2,500
185
464,300
C. Coastal
...80
3,600
200
717,000
5,000
180
890,900
S. Coastal
...90
500
1 70
84,000
350
150
53,100
Other Counties
900
159
143,000
520
157
81,450
State Total
18,500
190
3,515,000
21,000
170
3,570,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties and Districts with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in Other
Counties. Counties and Districts may not add to totals because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
IRISH POTATO PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
HUNDREDWEIGHT
Pasquotank
887,200
Camden
699,700
Tyrrell
480,400
Pamlico
464,300
Washington
318,500
Beaufort
210,900
Currituck
189,750
Carteret
182,200
IRISH POTATO PRODUCTION, 2002
J Under 50,000
350,000-399,999
1400,000 and up
57
SOYBEANS FOR BEANS
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Beans
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Beans
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Alleghany 005
Ashe 009
Avery 011
Caldwell 027
Surry 171
Watauga 189
Wilkes 193
Yadkin 197
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe 021
Burke 023
Cherokee 039
Clay 043
Graham 075
Haywood 087
Henderson 089
Jackson 099
McDowell 1 1 1
Macon 1 1 3
Madison 1 1 5
Mitchell 121
Polk 149
Rutherford 161
Swain 173
Transylvania 1 75
Yancey 1 99
W. Mountain 20
Alamance 001
Caswell 033
Durham 063
Forsyth 067
Franklin 069
Granville 077
Guilford 081
Orange 1 35
Person 145
Rockingham 1 57
Stokes 169
Vance 181
Warren 185
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander 003
Catawba 035
Chatham 037
Davidson 057
Davie 059
Iredell 097
Lee 105
Randolph 151
Rowan 159
Wake 183
C. Piedmont 50
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 109
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 123
Moore 1 25
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 167
Union 179
S. Piedmont 60
500
9,300
500
14,200
24,500
450
7,600
250
12,700
21,000
34
33
31
34
34
15,300
252,000
7,700
429,000
704,000
650
9,000
350
13,500
23,500
450
7,000
250
12,300
20,000
Bushels
20
27
28
30
29
9,000
190,000
7,000
370,000
576,000
550
450
500
400
35
30
17,500
12,000
750
350
600
350
700
2,500
600
2,000
30
33
18,000
66,000
850
2,500
550
2,000
30
40
22
32
18,000
14,000
12,000
64,000
2,900
1 ,800
700
3,800
17,500
6,900
8,000
3,300
8,700
3,600
1 ,800
6,800
7,200
73,000
2,400
1 ,700
700
3,000
17,400
5,000
7,800
3,200
8,500
3,200
1,600
6,600
6,900
68,000
31
27
38
31
31
27
35
37
26
29
30
27
34
31
75,000
46,500
26,500
91,500
547.000
135,000
270,000
1 17,000
221,000
92,000
48,500
179,000
236,000
2,085,000
2,900
1,700
700
3,500
17,000
5,800
7,000
3,300
9,000
3,400
2,000
5,800
6,900
69,000
2,500
900
300
3,000
13,300
2,600
6,200
2,000
5,900
2,400
900
4,500
3,500
48,000
24
13
17
30
14
20
24
30
16
26
24
16
20
20
61,000
12,000
5,000
90,000
188,000
53,000
148,000
60,000
95,000
63,000
22,000
74,000
69,000
940,000
900
9,600
1,700
6,000
5,600
9,800
3,100
8,300
14,400
15,600
75,000
900
8,500
1,400
5,900
5,300
9,300
2,500
8,000
13,800
15,400
71,000
40
30
29
35
29
35
26
36
34
25
31
36,000
258,000
41,000
208,000
153,000
325,000
65,000
284,000
468,000
392,000
2,230,000
1,100
6,300
1,700
6,500
6,200
9,500
4,800
9,400
14,900
13,600
74,000
1,000
5,700
1,300
5,400
5,400
8,200
4,300
8,000
13,800
8,900
62,000
23
26
20
26
26
28
21
25
23
17
24
23,000
147,000
26,000
138,000
142,000
226,000
90,000
200,000
317,000
151,000
1,460,000
10,100
7,000
7,600
200
4,800
1,800
1 ,500
4,100
2,600
15,800
53,500
109,000
9,500
6,300
7,300
200
4,500
1 ,800
1 ,500
3,700
2,500
15,700
52,000
105,000
25
33
29
28
25
36
31
33
35
33
28
29
235,000
205,000
215,000
5,500
1 12,000
65,000
46,500
123,000
87,000
511,000
1,430,000
3,035,000
9,100
7,000
8,000
600
4,900
1,600
800
4,900
1,600
16,500
49,000
104,000
8,800
5,400
6,700
350
4,800
1,200
750
4,700
800
15,000
48,500
97,000
23
18
19
17
18
23
20
19
19
20
21
21
205,000
95,000
124,000
6,000
88,000
27,000
15,000
90,000
15,000
300,000
1,030,000
1,995,000
58
SOYBEANS FOR BEANS
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AKin
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
DISTRICTS
All
for
Harvested
Production
All
for
Harvested
Production
Purposes
Beans
Acre
Purposes
Beans
Acre
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Bertie
015
13,400
13,200
33
433,000
14,200
14,100
25
350,000
Camden
029
27,700
27,700
38
1 ,062,000
28,800
28,800
31
900,000
Chowan
041
5,700
5,700
40
227,000
5,800
5,600
29
160,000
Currituck
053
18,500
18,000
35
638,000
17,000
16,500
33
550,000
Dare
055
1 ,500
1 ,500
33
50,000
1,500
1,500
1 1
17,000
Edgecombe
065
21 ,500
21 ,000
32
666,000
20,000
19,700
23
460,000
Gates
073
10,400
10,200
36
364,000
10,400
10,100
30
305,000
Halifax
083
12,500
12,100
31
375,000
14,200
12,700
24
310,000
Hertford
091
8,300
8,100
31
253,000
7,500
7,500
20
150,000
Martin
117
6,700
6,600
33
218,000
8,400
8,300
24
200,000
Nash
127
25,700
25,500
29
740,000
25,600
24,000
14
340,000
Northampton
131
6,000
6,000
34
204,000
7,800
7,500
19
143,000
Pasquotank
139
46,500
46,200
40
1 ,838,000
45,600
45,500
31
1,400,000
Perquimans
143
28,600
28,400
39
1 ,104,000
28,500
28,500
32
910,000
Tyrrell
177
32,900
32,800
40
1 ,299,000
34,700
34,700
34
1,170,000
Washington
187
33,100
33,000
35
1,149,000
30,000
30,000
32
950,000
N. Coastal
70
299,000
296,000
36
10,620,000
300,000
295,000
28
8,315,000
Beaufort
013
57,500
57,400
34
1 ,953,000
57,100
57,100
31
1,748,000
Carteret
031
20,700
20,600
37
764,000
26,100
26,100
34
876,000
Craven
049
15,600
15,600
35
553,000
15,900
15,800
26
408,000
Greene
079
27,000
27,000
30
81 1 ,000
23,200
22,900
20
458,000
Hyde
095
29,100
29,000
38
1 ,090,000
26,400
26,100
32
835,000
Johnston
101
56,800
56,500
31
1 ,735,000
57,800
55,500
17
933,000
Jones
103
8,000
7,700
34
259,000
9,900
9,900
26
255,000
Lenoir
107
24,000
24,000
31
748,000
24,500
22,600
20
450,000
Pamlico
137
1 9,200
1 9,200
38
731 ,000
20,000
19,400
29
570,000
Pitt
147
46,500
46,500
32
1 ,468,000
43,600
43,500
21
910,000
Wayne
191
58,000
58,000
35
2,009,000
55,000
53,000
23
1,200,000
Wilson
195
33,600
33,500
33
1 ,089,000
33,500
32,100
20
642,000
C. Coastal
80
396,000
395,000
33
1 3,21 0,000
393,000
384,000
24
9,285,000
Bladen
017
26, 1 00
24
o4y ,UUU
23,500
1 O AAA
21
*7C AAA
475,000
Brunswick
019
11,000
11,000
20
220,000
9,900
9,800
25
245,000
Columbus
047
59,900
58,000
29
1,653,000
55,800
53,600
19
996,000
Cumberland
051
20,300
19,600
28
540,000
20,600
20,300
17
355,000
Duplin
061
51,800
51,500
30
1,570,000
51,400
47,500
22
1,050,000
narnett
085
24,800
24,800
30
743,000
26,300
22,400
18
395,000
Hoke
093
9,200
9,200
25
231,000
10,400
9,900
17
173,000
New Hanover
129
600
600
23
14,000
700
600
23
14,000
Onslow
133
13,000
13,000
32
422,000
11,000
9,000
29
261,000
Pender
141
16,100
16,100
32
516,000
15,700
15,200
24
372,000
Robeson
155
107,000
104,000
28
2,919,000
102,000
95,500
19
1,822,000
Sampson
163
54,000
54,000
32
1,705,000
58,500
57,000
20
1,130,000
Scotland
165
7,200
7,200
23
168,000
8,200
8,200
19
157,000
S. Coastal
90
401,000
392,000
29
1 1,250,000
394,000
372,000
20
7,445,000
State Total
1,380,000
1,350,000
32
43,200,000
1,360,000
1,280,000
23.5
30,080,000
' 2002 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 200 han/ested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Robeson
1,822,000
Beaufort
1,748,000
Pasquotank
1,400,000
Wayne
1,200,000
Tyrrell
1,170,000
Sampson
1,130,000
Duplin
1,050,000
Union
1,030,000
Columbus
996,000
Washington
950,000
J Under 20,000
120,000-99,999
1300,000-799,999
J 100,000-299,999
1800,000 and up
59
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Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, by Type, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
BELTS AND COUNTIES
2001
2002
Acres
1 101 VColCU
Yield Per
Acre
Production
Actgs
1 IGI VColCU
Yield Per
Acre
Production
Acres
Pounds
Acres
Pounds
OLD BELT-TYPE 11
i— La t f—* 1— L_ 1 III L_ 1 I
Alamanr.p
001
1,465
O A OCT
2,42b
3,553,000
1,485
2,345
i Aon nnn
3,480,000
Alpvandpr
003
405
o con
2,byu
-\ f\AQ nnn
1 ,U4o,UUU
370
2,240
ono nnn
828,000
Caldwell
027
130
o nnn
o,UUU
nnn nnn
120
2,250
n^n nnn
270,000
Caswell
033
2,740
^,2/U
c oho nnn
b,2 1 o,UUU
3,050
o nnn
2,UUU
c nn^ nnn
0,097,000
Chatham
037
645
O QQC
2,000
i coo nnn
1 , boa, (JUL)
595
1,913
1 ,loo,000
Davidson
057
945
o con
o ooo nnn
2, ooo, (JUL)
940
2,180
r\ nAO nnn
2,048,000
Davis
059
325
QC7 nnn
ob/,UUU
285
i ocn
2,o5U
f\nn
670,000
Durham
063
845
O 07C
h ooo nnn
1 ,y22,U(JU
850
1,975
^ e^*r nnn
1 ,677,000
Fnr^vth
067
1,185
£,bl O
q noc nnn
o,uyb,uuu
1,335
2,365
o 4 cn nnn
3,159,000
Franklin
069
3,530
O QOC
h n nn~7 nnn
1 U.UUY ,UU(J
3,490
o h on
2,120
7,405,000
Granvillp
077
4,545
o ocn
t* n ooq nnn
1 U,22o,UUU
4,595
1 ,ob5
0 c oh nnn
8,581,000
Guilford
081
2,465
2,700
6,650,000
2,490
2,825
7,036,000
Iredell
097
365
2,280
833,000
300
1,825
547,000
Orange
135
1,025
? ^1 n
L,J 1 U
1,035
9 1 R7 nnn
£, IQi ,UUU
Person
145
3,060
2,430
7,434,000
3,260
2,355
7,673,000
Randolph
151
750
O 77C
o nQQ nnn
2,Uoo,UUU
805
2,415
4 n>io nnn
1 ,94o,000
Rockingham
157
3,725
o ccc
2,bbb
o coc nnn
y,b2b,UUU
3,925
z,bl(J
n qjie nnn
9,o45,000
Stokes
169
3,435
2,OOb
q i oo nnn
o,l22,UUU
3,545
fl IOC
2,1 ob
7 ceo nnn
/,5OO,000
Surry
171
3,555
2,oob
o /iqq nnn
o,4oo,UUU
3,820
o ocn
q coc nnn
0,025,000
Vance
181
2,455
o c/i c
2,b4b
nnn
b,24/ ,UU(J
2,485
o nnn
c -i no nnn
5,1 9o, 000
Warren
185
1,645
2,bbb
/i Q~7n nnn
4,0/ U,UUU
1,510
o nvc
2,0/5
0 ioi nnn
0,1 ol ,000
Wilkes
193
415
o nnn
2,UUU
qoo nnn
o2y,UUU
325
o one
2,oU5
7 ao nnn
/ 4y,U00 [
Yadkin
197
2,340
o qoo
c cn/i nnn
2,380
c noc nnn
0,ooo,UUU
Other Counties 2
5
1 ,4UU
7 nnn
/ ,UUU
5
1 onn
1 ,UU0
0 nnn
9,000 1
TOTAL TYPE 11
42,000
£l,OUU
1 nc nnn nnn
1 Ub,UUU,UUU
43,000
o ooc
2,225
oc c*7c nnn
95,5/5,000
EASTERN BELT-TYPE
^— %J 1 L_ 1 111 1— ' L_ L_ 1 III L_
12
Rpai lfnrt
013
2,840
2,1 b(J
c i o/i nnn
b,1 o4,UUU
3,095
i ccn
1 ,550
>i 700 nnn
4,/ 90,000
Bertie
015
1,905
1 ,oo(J
o /iQ/i nnn
o,4o4,(JUU
2,105
i Qi n
1 ,910
^ noo nnn
4,02o,000
Carteret
031
420
2, / ob
h h a o nnn
1 ,1 4o,UUU
415
1 QOC
1 ,os5
7QC nnn
/oo,000
Chowan
041
180
2,oib
a-\~? nnn
41 /,(JU(J
185
i oon
1 ,990
ocq nnn
000,000
Craven
049
2,895
t,o I b
c fiOQ nnn
b,byo,uuu
3,030
1 con
ci 0 nnn
4,01 2,UUU
Duplin
061
5,300
2,o(JU
i o i 77 nnn
12,1 / / ,UUU
5,600
O i CC
2, 1 bo
10 1 00 nnn
12,100,000
Erinenombe
065
3,995
O Onn
n -i on nnn
y, loU.UUU
4,440
o ^ cc
2,1 o5
0 ci 0 nnn
9, Ol 2,000
Greene
079
4,300
o oon
2,22U
q cci nnn
y,bb i ,uuu
4,760
1 ,oou
n qc7 nnn
0,33/ ,UUU
Halifax
083
2,010
on/in
2,U4U
/i no7 nnn
4,uy / ,(JUU
2,115
■i ccc
1 ,005
0 Co/1 nnn
0,524,000
Harnett
085
4,915
2,bl b
■i o q /i c nnn
12,o4b,UUU
5,010
o -i on
2,1 oO
i n o-i n nnn
1 0,9l 0,000
Hertford
091
1,075
1 ,oaU
o no/i nnn
2,(Jo4,UUU
1,220
1 oon
i ,oyu
0 ono nnn
2,oUo,UUU
Johnston
101
8,005
o C7n
2,b/U
o-i ono nnn
21 ,oy2,UUU
7,950
o non
2,uyu
•i c en7 nnn
l b,bO/,UUO
Jones
103
1,915
O OCT C
2,2bb
/i ooo nnn
4,o22,UUU
1,975
-1 QQC
l,oo5
0 70c nnn
0,/ 2b, 000
L.G6
105
1,325
2,42b
O nnn nnn
o,21 U,UUU
1,390
o ooc
0 o>ic nnn
O,240,UUU
LGnoir
107
5,355
o yi nn
-i o qcq nnn
i 2,oby,UUU
5,585
1 ,B4b
1 n oo/i nnn
1 U,Z94,UUU
Martin
1 17
2,790
o h on
2,1 30
cr d ac nnn
b,y4b,U(JU
3,315
o ncc
2,055
coin nnn
b,ol 0,000
Mnntnomprv
123
200
o enn
2,byu
coo nnn
boo, (JUL)
255
O i QC
2,1 ob
cc7 nnn
55/ ,000
Moore
125
1,445
o c /i c
2,b4b
o C7C nnn
o,b/b,UUU
1,465
O H i n
2,1 10
0 noo nnn
0,092,000
Nash
127
6,290
2,615
16,452,000
6,310
2,260
14,266,000
Northampton
131
145
2,090
303,000
160
1,315
210,000
Onslow
133
1,945
2,240
4,358,000
2,105
1,910
4,017,000
Pamlico
137
310
2,555
792,000
325
2,180
708,000
Pender
141
1 ,095
2,415
2,646,000
1,140
2,280
2,601,000
Pitt
147
9^050
2,130
19,279,000
10,085
1,755
17,691,000
Richmond
153
DUD
2,655
1 ,340,000
2,250
990,000
Sampson
163
5,370
2,530
13,589,000
5,450
2,235
12,180,000
Washington
187
265
2,360
626,000
290
1,390
403,000
Wake
183
5,690
2,585
14,703,000
5,910
2,125
12,547,000
Wayne
191
5,390
2,520
13,586,000
5,535
2,125
11,760,000
Wilson
195
5,855
2,595
15,186,000
6,145
2,265
13,913,000
Other Counties 2
220
2,870
631,000
195
1,595
311,000
TOTAL TYPE 12
93,000
2,400
223,200,000
98,000
2,020
197,960,000
60
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Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, by Type, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
BELTS AND COUNTIES
2001
2002
Acres
Harvested
Yield Per
Acre
Production
Acres
Harvested
Yield Per
Acre
Production
Acres
Pounds
Acres
Pounds
BORDER BELT-TYPE 13
Bladen
017
2,330
2,400
5 588 000
2,455
2,175
5,340,000
Brunswick
019
1,080
2,370
2,562,000
1,130
2,340
2,644,000
Columbus
047
6,400
2,415
15,441 ,000
6,790
2,065
14,028,000
Cumberland
051
1,615
2,550
4,1 19,000
1,620
2,230
3,609,000
Hoke
093
770
2,300
1,771,000
840
1,885
1 ,582,000
Robeson
155
7,510
2,385
1 7 900 000
7,810
2,165
16 917 000
Scotland
165
295
2,100
619,000
355
2,015
715,000
TOTAL TYPE 13
20,000
2,400
48 000 000
21,000
2,135
44,835,000
TOTAL ALL FLUE-CURED ...
155,000
O A 07
Q7c onn nnn
162,000
ooo A~7f\ f\f\f\
000,'w u,uuu
BURLEY BELT-TYPE 31
Alleghany
005
ooc\
tLtLK)
2,000
440,000
1,470
346,000
Ashe
009
/ uu
1,665
1,165,000
DUD
1,795
1,085,000
Avery
011
2,370
199,000
oo
2,045
176,000
Buncombe
021
1,675
1 ,700,000
1,400
1 ,288,000
Cherokee
039
/u
1,330
93,000
OO
1,160
73,000
Clay
043
/ o
1,615
118,000
CO
DO
1,125
71,000
Graham
075
/ Q
/ o
1 SflS
1 ,JOJ
1 1 q nnn
Haywood
087
71^
1,795
1,321,000
fi1 5.
D 1 O
1,700
1,045,000
Jackson
099
20
900
18,000
24
1,290
31,000
Macon
113
44
2,320
102,000
45
1,800
81,000
Madison
115
1,819
1,395
2,536,000
1,813
1,390
2,520,000
Mitchell
121
395
1,390
550,000
370
1,255
464,000
Swain
173
20
2,350
47,000
20
1,750
35,000
Transylvania
175
20
2,050
41,000
20
1,350
27,000
Watauga
189
480
1,885
904,000
440
2,045
900,000
Yancey
199
910
1,405
1,278,000
880
1,335
1,175,000
Other Counties 2
20
2,550
51,000
26
540
14,000
TOTAL TYPE 31
6,700
1,600
10,720,000
6,300
1,500
9,450,000
STATE TOTAL-ALL TYPE ....
161,700
2,393
386,920,000
168,300
2,067
347,920,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties with less than 5 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in other counties.
ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
POUNDS
Pitt
17,691,000
Robeson
16,917,000
Johnston
16,607,000
Nash
14,266,000
Columbus
14,028,000
Wilson
13,913,000
Wake
12,547,000
Sampson
12,180,000
Duplin
12,133,000
Wayne
11,760,000
ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTION, 2002
l Under 15,000/Undisclosed
1 15,000-999,999
I 4,000,000-9,999,999
1 1,000,000-3,999,999
1 10,000,000 and up
61
05
09
1 1
27
71
89
93
97
10
21
23
39
43
75
87
89
99
1 1
1 3
1 5
21
49
61
73
75
99
20
01
33
63
67
69
77
81
35
45
57
69
81
85
j40
03
35
37
57
59
97
05
51
59
83
50
07
25
45
71
09
1 9
23
25
53
67
79
60
WHEAT FOR GRAIN
eld, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
2001
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Bushels
Acres
1,900
6,000
10,000
1 ,200
*
5,100
7,000
31
*
*
36
35
37,400
183,000
247,000
2,000
*
5,400
10,000
1,700
4,300
6,500
Bushels
41
*
38
39
70,000
*
*
164,000
255,000
800
2,000
500
1 ,000
41
33
20,700
33,000
1,200
3,000
500
1,000
46
45
23,000
45,000
,100
,100
,900
,500
,700
,000
7,800
3,200
7,000
6,200
1,500
4,500
3,500
59,000
3,200
2,000
800
1 ,000
6,500
4,800
7,200
1 ,600
6,000
4,700
1 ,000
3,500
2,700
45,000
47
36
45
37
38
36
42
38
44
37
37
38
43
40
151 ,000
71,000
36,000
37,000
244,000
172,000
305,000
61,000
263,000
173,000
37,000
133,000
1 17,000
1,800,000
3,900
4,100
1,600
1,500
5,800
8,500
8,100
3,900
6,600
7,000
1,500
4,000
3,500
60,000
2,900
1,400
600
1,300
4,600
4,200
7,400
1,700
5,300
5,000
200
2,700
2,700
40,000
45
37
33
48
39
38
48
38
40
35
40
39
45
41
130,000
52,000
20,000
63,000
179,000
158,000
358,000
64,000
212,000
175,000
8,000
104,000
122,000
1,645,000
900
4,300
1,500
2,000
2,800
9,000
5,500
6,200
8,000
4,800
45,000
400
3,200
800
1 ,500
2,000
5,200
600
4,000
6,800
3,500
28,000
35
43
30
36
49
50
32
43
49
40
45
14,000
137,000
24,000
54,000
98,000
262,000
19,000
173,000
335,000
139,000
1,255,000
1,300
4,300
1,500
2,400
3,400
10,200
4,000
6,500
9,600
4,800
48,000
500
3,400
1,100
1,800
2,500
5,000
1,000
3,600
6,700
3,400
29,000
36
50
31
45
38
48
30
47
52
34
45
18,000
170,000
34,000
81,000
95,000
240,000
30,000
169,000
351,000
117,000
1,305,000
4,000
3,600
7,600
1,600
3,200
3,000
900
1,100
400
9,000
37,600
72,000
3,000
2,600
6,300
400
1 ,800
2,000
900
700
200
5,900
36,200
60,000
38
48
40
48
38
50
32
34
40
46
50
47
1 14,000
125,000
254,000
19,000
69,000
100,000
29,000
24,000
8,000
269,000
1,794,000
2,805,000
4,200
3,600
6,500
1,600
3,700
3,000
700
1,300
1,000
10,000
37,400
73,000
3,800
2,600
3,800
300
3,100
1,400
500
700
900
7,400
33,000
57,500
41
41
51
50
48
49
42
34
40
50
48
48
156,000
109,000
194,000
15,000
149,000
68,000
21,000
24,000
36,000
370,000
1,593,000
2,735,000
62
WHEAT FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
2001
2002
POI IMTIFQ
L-UUli 1 ICO
AND
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
DISTRICTS
All
for
Harvested
Production
All
for
Harvested
Production
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Rortip
015
3,000
1,500
47
70,000
2,800
1,800
42
75,000
PamHon
029
1 3,000
1 1 ,700
46
C A A AAA
540,000
1 1 ,500
1 1 ,1 00
52
IZ ~7 A AAA
574, UUU
041
3,400
2,000
48
95,000
2,800
1,500
44
66,000
P.iirritiirk
053
1 4,600
1 4,400
43
61 9,000
10,600
8,100
49
399,000
055
1 00
1 00
40
4,000
500
400
50
20,000
FHnarninhp
065
6,000
5,000
43
21 4,000
6,500
3,500
33
1 17,000
Gates
073
1 ,500
1 ,1 00
45
50,000
3,400
3,300
50
1 65,000
Halifax
083
32,000
3,000
35
1 06,000
24,400
4,900
37
1 82,000
Hertford
091
8,400
400
40
1 6,000
7,900
600
42
25,000
Martin
1 1 7
2,000
2,000
40
80,000
2,800
1 ,900
44
83,000
Nash
127
24,000
4,800
32
1 52,000
22,700
6,900
35
243,000
Nnrthamntnn
1 31
7,000
1 ,000
49
49,000
5,800
1 ,500
42
63,000
Pacni i nt a n k
1 39
22,000
1 9,000
40
760,000
19,600
19,200
45
864,000
Pp rn i iim3n^
143
1 1 ,000
1 0,000
51
508,000
13,100
1 1 ,600
51
587,000
Tyrrell
1 77
20,000
20,000
43
854,000
20,000
16,000
51
822,000
Wi/aoh i nntnn
1 87
20,000
16,000
34
538,000
16,600
14,200
52
735,000
N nna^tfll
70
188,000
1 12,000
42
4,655,000
171,000
106,500
47
5,020,000
Rpai if n rt
013
33,000
28,500
47
1 ,340,000
31,000
30,700
41
1 ,263,000
rtprpt
031
6,500
2,300
27
62,000
6,500
5,600
47
263,000
049
3,000
2,000
40
79,000
5,000
4,600
51
235,000
Greene
079
7,000
6,500
37
239,000
5,400
4,000
35
1 38,000
Hyde
095
9,700
8,1 00
50
405,000
10,500
9,500
51
480,000
Johnston
101
9,800
6,500
42
276,000
9,400
8,900
45
401 ,000
Jones
103
4,400
2.500
40
99,000
6,200
5,600
52
290,000
1 07
14,000
8,000
28
224,000
13,000
10,700
35
371 ,000
Pa m 1 \rn
1 37
8,600
5,800
42
244,000
8,700
8,400
46
390,000
Pitt
1 47
1 5,000
1 2,300
39
482,000
12,900
9,800
39
382,000
Wawnp
1 9 1
31 ,000
24,000
29
684,000
28,400
22,600
37
841 ,000
Wilson
1 95
11,000
7,500
37
281 ,000
11,000
6,100
32
198,000
80
^ c o a a a
AAA AAA
\ 1 4, (JUL)
39
A A H d AAA
4,41 o,UL)0
A A O AAA
1 48,000
1 26,500
42
C OCA AAA
5,250,000
Bladen
017
D , OUU
4,UUU
HOC AAA
1 OD , UUU
3, UUU
a cnn
4,3UU
O A
i AO AAA
1 Uo,UUU
Rn incwi/irk
019
*
Columbus
047
16,400
8,000
34
274,000
12,800
8,900
22
196,000
dim hprla nd
051
5,700
5,200
25
130,000
5,700
4,900
36
177,000
Duplin
061
29,000
17,000
26
437,000
29,000
20,000
40
790,000
Harnett
085
6,000
5,500
40
221 ,000
4,900
3,300
40
132,000
Hoke
093
3,000
2,800
40
113,000
3,800
3,700
40
149,000
New Hanover
129
*
*
Onslow
133
4,000
1 ,700
20
34,000
4,000
3,400
41
138,000
Pender
141
4,800
2,000
28
55,000
4,300
3,900
40
156,000
Robeson
155
44,000
35,000
32
1 ,122,000
39,700
35,600
35
1,229,000
Sampson
163
26,000
17,300
26
442,000
23,400
22,500
33
745,000
Scotland
165
3,500
3,000
40
120,000
3,500
1,800
38
69,000
S. Coastal
.. 90
151 ,000
103,000
30
3,120,000
137,000
113,000
35
3,905,000
State Total
680,000
470,000
39
18,330,000
650,000
480,000
42
20,160,000
' 2002 Preliminary. * Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
WHEAT PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Union
1,593,000
Beaufort
1,263,000
Robeson
1 ,229,000
Pasquotank
864,000
Wayne
841 ,000
Tyrrell
822,000
Duplin
790,000
Sampson
745,000
Washington
735,000
Perquimans
587,000
WHEAT PRODUCTION, 2002
63
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Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1 (Cont'd, on opposite page)
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Alleghany 005
Ashe 009
Avery 01 1
Caldwell 027
Surry 171
Watauga 1 89
Wilkes 193
Yadkin 197
N. Mountain 1 0
Buncombe 021
Burke 023
Cherokee 039
Clay 043
Graham 075
Haywood 087
Henderson 089
Jackson 099
McDowell 1 1 1
Macon 1 1 3
Madison 1 1 5
Mitchell 121
Polk 149
Rutherford 161
Swain 1 73
Transylvania 1 75
Yancey 199
W. Mountain 20
Alamance 001
Caswell 033
Durham 063
Forsyth 067
Franklin 069
Granville 077
Guilford 081
Orange 135
Person 145
Rockingham 157
Stokes 169
Vance 181
Warren 1 85
N. Piedmont 40
Alexander 003
Catawba 035
Chatham 037
Davidson 057
Davie 059
Iredell 097
Lee 105
Randolph 151
Rowan 1 59
Wake 183
C. Piedmont 50
Anson 007
Cabarrus 025
Cleveland 045
Gaston 071
Lincoln 109
Mecklenburg 1 1 9
Montgomery 123
Moore 125
Richmond 1 53
Stanly 167
Union 179
S. Piedmont 60
550
1 ,100
350
500
40
40
14,000
20,000
950
1,300
380
450
Bushels
68
64
25,850
29,000
800
400
40
16,000
950
350
43
15,000
900
1,200
600
2,500
1,500
1,800
900
700
1,300
1,500
13,500
350
280
200
1,000
1,050
550
270
300
350
900
5,400
43
43
40
64
46
40
41
47
51
56
50
15,000
12,000
8,000
64,000
48,000
22,000
11,000
14,000
18,000
50,000
270,000
580
440
580
2,530
1,420
870
750
940
1,410
1,680
12,200
350
200
*
220
1,275
300
585
225
200
485
700
4,750
60
61
*
36
60
55
32
58
53
63
60
55
21,000
12,200
8,000
76,000
16,500
18,600
13,000
10,500
30,500
42,100
260,000
1,000
600
1,500
800
1,100
2,800
9,700
250
270
850
260
600
1,250
4,000
52
56
48
58
67
54
55
13,000
15,000
41,000
15,000
40,000
68,000
220,000
1,020
920
2,120
660
1,130
3,060
11,950
380
300
575
300
690
*
1,410
4,550
52
51
48
65
66
*
42
54
19,700
15,400
27,600
19,400
45,400
59,500
245,000
1,100
2,300
2,200
1,100
2,300
3,000
14,000
410
800
550
600
850
1,350
5,200
61
73
65
60
78
77
70
25,000
58,000
36,000
36,000
66,000
104,000
362,000
1,530
2,850
2,690
1,070
2,970
3,560
17,950
415
1,200
1,080
*
300
1,000
1,405
6,200
57
50
45
*
47
67
68
55
23,500
59,600
48,500
14,000
67,000
96,000
340,000
64
OATS FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 1
COUNTIES
AND
DISTRICTS
2001
2002
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Planted
All
Purposes
Harvested
for
Grain
Yield per
Harvested
Acre
Production
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Bertie
015
Camden
029
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Chowan
U4 1
*
*
*
Currituck
053
*
*
*
*
*
*
Dare
055
600
600
70
42,000
600
525
75
39,300
Edgecombe
065
600
530
60
32,000
700
580
70
40,400
Gates
073
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Halifax
083
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Hertford
091
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Martin
117
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Nash
127
650
410
56
23,000
980
515
57
29,400
Northampton,
131
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Pasquotank
139
350
320
69
22,000
350
225
80
18,000
Perquimans
143
300
240
71
17,000
400
275
85
23,500
Tyrrell
177
600
500
70
35,000
650
500
65
32,500
Washington
187
*
*
"7 n
3,700
3,100
66
206,000
5,250
3,250
68
220,000
Beaufort
013
1,400
1 ,250
69
86,000
2,000
1,600
66
105,000
Carteret
031
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Craven
049
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Greene
079
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Hyde
095
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Johnston
101
2,500
1,400
60
84,000
2,900
2,500
58
143,900
Jones
103
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Lenoir
107
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Pamlico
137
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Pitt
147
900
850
62
53,000
1,580
840
61
51,200
Wayne
191
1,100
850
60
51 ,000
1,230
955
80
76,400
Wilson
195
300
300
57
17,000
950
400
62
24,800
C. Coastal
80
6,700
5,100
62
315,000
12,900
7,400
63
467,000
Bladen
017
500
340
44
1 5,000
780
500
54
27,000
Brunswick
019
*
Columbus
047
1,900
1,000
45
45,000
1,830
1,175
38
44,800
Cumberland
051
1,200
800
40
32,000
1,500
1,055
66
69,300
Duplin
061
1,600
850
44
37,000
1,390
850
54
45,900
Harnett
085
1,000
720
50
36,000
1,310
1,100
58
63,300
Hoke
093
300
250
44
11,000
470
300
35
10,500
New Hanover
129
*
Onslow
133
*
*
Pender
141
+
Robeson
155
2,300
1,250
39
49,000
2,440
1,300
60
77,500
Sampson
163
1,100
750
39
29,000
1,290
795
61
48,100
Scotland
165
*
*
S. Coastal
90
10,500
6,300
43
271,000
12,500
8,050
52
419,000
State Total
60,000
30,000
56
1,680,000
75,000
35,000
57
1,995,000
' 2002 Preliminary. ' Counties with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are not published.
OATS PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Johnston
143,900
Beaufort
105,000
Union
96,000
Robeson
77,500
Wayne
76,400
Franklin
76,000
Cumberland
69,300
Stanly
67,000
Harnett
63,300
Cabarrus
59,600
OATS PRODUCTION, 2002
3 Under 10,000/Undisclosed
□ 10,000-19,999 I I Pn.nnn-aq.qqq
3 40,000-59,999 HBH 60,000 and up
65
BARLEY FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
COUNTIES
2001
2002
Planted
Aiun
nliU
Harvested
Yield per
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
DISTRICTS
All
for
Harvested
Production
All
for
Harvested
Production
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Surry
171
2,200
1 ,900
55
1 04 700
2 000
1 700
79
1 ?■? nnn
Yadkin
197
1 ^500
1 ^300
73
94^900
1^600
1^200
67
80,000
N. Mountain
10
4,400
3,600
62
222.000
4,200
3,200
73
234,000
W. Mountain
. 20
1 ,000
300
57
17,000
1,100
500
62
31,000
Guilford
081
600
550
73
40 300
700
650
57
37 000
Rockingham
1 57
250
200
73
1 4,600
220
200
75
1 5 000
N. Piedmont
40
1 ,900
1,500
68
102,700
2,500
2,000
67
133,000
Alexander
UUo
1 ,000
400
70
27,900
1 ,700
600
67
40,000
Catawba
035
700
600
75
45^000
800
600
62
37,000
Davidson
057
2,300
1 ,300
50
65,000
2,700
1,500
71
107,000
Davie
059
900
300
50
14,900
600
300
57
17,000
Iredell
097
4,300
2,000
75
150,000
5,000
2,300
75
173,000
Randolph
151
1,000
300
72
21,600
900
300
60
18,000
Rowan
1 59
3,000
2,100
75
157,500
3,100
2,200
73
161,000
C. Piedmont
50
13,500
7,100
69
488,300
15,000
7,900
71
559,000
Cabarrus
025
600
560
81
45,100
600
580
74
43,000
Cleveland
045
700
650
75
48,800
850
770
73
56,000
Lincoln
109
800
680
70
47,600
1,000
680
62
42,000
Stanly
167
950
840
80
67,000
950
850
75
64,000
Union
179
600
520
83
43,300
650
550
67
37,000
S. Piedmont
60
4,300
3,600
76
275,200
5,100
4,200
70
296,000
N. Coastal
70
*
C. Coastal
80
*
Harnett
085
1,000
700
67
46,700
900
600
55
33,000
S. Coastal
90
1,700
1,200
63
75,400
1,600
1,100
61
67,000
Other Counties
4,600
2,800
55
154,140
5,630
3,920
65
254,000
State Total
28,000
18,000
67
1,206,000
31,000
20,000
69
1,380,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties and Districts with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in Othe
Counties. Counties and Districts may not add to totals because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
BARLEY PRODUCTION
BARLEY PRODUCTION, 2002
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Iredell
173,000
Rowan
161,000
Surry
135,000
Davidson
107,000
Yadkin
80,000
Stanly
64,000
Cleveland
56,000
Cabarrus
43,000
Lincoln
42,000
Alexander
40,000
66
SORGHUM FOR GRAIN
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
2001
2002
r*r\t ikixicc
OUUN 1 Itb
AND
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
Planted
Harvested
Yield per
niCTDIPTC
All
for
Harvested
Production
All
for
Harvested
Production
DISTRICTS
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Purposes
Grain
Acre
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
N. Mountain
10
*
*
*
*
W. Mountain
?n
N Piedmont
40
1,100
450
51
23,000
1,650
900
36
32,100
cn
1,000
350
61
21 ,500
650
200
35
7,000
S. Piedmont
. 60
1 ,600
600
71
42,500
1,300
450
36
16,100
Bertie
015
250
200
70
14,000
560
450
40
17,800
Chowan
041
900
850
76
65,000
1,150
900
56
50,000
Currituck
053
500
450
73
33,000
500
400
44
17,700
Gates
073
1,500
1 ,400
72
101,000
1,650
1,300
51
66,000
Pasquotank
139
3,300
3,050
71
217,000
4,500
3,600
50
180,000
Porm limanc
1
I *T O
900
800
76
61,000
1,000
800
48
38,600
Tyrrell
177
500
450
71
32,000
500
400
40
15,800
N. Coastal
70
8,800
7,850
72
569,000
10,500
8,300
48
402,000
Carteret
031
500
380
70
26,500
615
500
40
19,800
C. Coastal
80
1,200
800
70
56,000
1,600
1,300
40
52,400
S. Coastal
90
1,100
850
60
51,000
1,200
800
35
28,100
Other Counites
1,850
1 ,170
71
82,500
1,725
1,300
39
51,000
State Total
15,000
11,000
70
770,000
17,000
12,000
45
540,000
' 2001 Revised, 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties and Districts with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are
included in Other Counties. Counties and Districts may not add to totals because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
SORGHUM PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
BUSHELS
Pasquotank
180,000
Gates
66,000
Chowan
50,000
Perquimans
38,600
Carteret
19,800
Bertie
17,800
Currituck
17,700
Tyrrell
15,800
SORGHUM PRODUCTION, 2002
67
SWEETPOTATOES
Acres, Yield, and Production, by County, North Carolina, 2001-2002 12
2001
2002
COUNTIES
AND
Acres
Yield Per
Production
Acres
Yield Per
Production
DISTRICTS
Harvested
Acre
Harvested
Acre
Acres
Hundredweight
Acres
Hundredweight
N. Mountain
....10
*
*
*
W. Mountain
....20
*
*
*
N. Piedmont
....40
*
t
Wake
183
/inn
4UU
1 A K
I 4 0
oo,UUU
900
1 O ft
1 flK 7cn
1 US, / OU
jUU
1 / n
I 4 U
~7C\ nnn
/ U,UUU
950
115
110,000
S. Piedmont
....60
250
130
33,000
9>>n
120
30,000
Chowan
041
300
1 40
42,000
IOC
I JO
Edgecombe
065
2,800
1 50
416,000
i isn
1 O ft
A ft O 1 Oft
Halifax
083
I H- U
280
1 UO
<JQ Oftft
,zuu
Nash
1 27
6,400
1 60
1,025,000
6,150
130
802,300
N. Coastal
....70
10,000
1 55
1,553,000
10,150
1 25
Greene
079
800
170
136,000
1 , DOU
130
219,350
Johnston
101
7,100
1 50
1,060,000
U,U3U
1 £. \J
Lenoir
107
600
145
86,000
o o u
145
128,700
Wayne
191
1 ,500
170
255,000
880
125
110,300
Wilson
195
4,200
150
630,000
2,690
140
379,350
C. Coastal
....80
14,500
150
2,203,000
12,550
130
1,645,000
Columbus
047
1,500
140
210,000
4 430
125
554,800
Cumberland
051
1,400
165
231 ,000
1^750
115
200,900
Duplin
061
1,000
140
140,000
980
125
122,750
Harnett
085
1,600
150
240,000
880
130
114,800
Sampson
163
4,500
1 80
810,000
4,550
150
688,600
S. Coastal
....90
10,500
160
1,696,000
13,050
135
1,740,000
Other Counties
1,250
1 22
152,000
1,000
122
122,400
State Total
36,000
1 55
5,580,000
37,000
130
4,810,000
' 2002 Preliminary. 2 Counties and Districts with less than 200 harvested acres or where individual data would be disclosed are included in
Other Counties. Counties and Districts may not add to totals because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties.
SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION
LEADING
COUNTIES
HUNDREDWEIGHT
Nash
802,300
Johnston
763,400
Sampson
688,600
Columbus
554,800
Edgecombe
402,100
Wilson
379,350
Greene
219,350
Cumberland
200,900
Lenoir
128,700
Duplin
122,750
SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION, 2002
I I Under 25,000
I 1 25,000-199,999
■■H 200,000 and up
68
TOBACCO
Auction and Contract Sales, Average Prices, North Carolina, 2002 Season
GROSS SALES
PRODUCERS' SALES
(Including Re-Sales) 1
Total
Average Price
Total
Average Price
Per Cwt.
Per Cwt.
Pounds
Dollars
Pounds
Dollars
Morthprn Auction
niintnn
4,948,922
179.74
4,982,269
179.49
Pss rm\/i 1 1 p
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
/^rppn\/illp
2
2
2
2
Hpriripr^on
2
2
2
2
Kin<?tnn
6,904,466
181,84
7,162,574
181 .78
Mt Air\/
2
2
2
2
flvfo rH
3,177,600
173.50
3,237,784
172.93
RpiHcvr 1 1 p
2
2
2
2
Rnannko Riwpr
10,545,263
178.65
10,878,776
178.25
Rocky Mount
2
2
2
2
Roxboro
2
2
2
2
Smithfield
5,553,1 1 3
179.27
5,637,447
179.13
Stoneville-Madison
2,059,110
171.63
2,162,543
172.38
Wallace
2,890,171
173.95
2,996,273
174.06
Wilson
15,088,449
180.31
16,247,506
180.43
VU j n o t n n - 5^ a 1 p m
6,391 ,887
1 77.49
6,437,427
1 77.25
Total NC Northern Auction
57,558,981
178.72
59,742,599
178.63
Southern Auction
Clarkton-Chadbourn
3 508 076
1 78.97
3 928 606
1 80.07
Fairmont-Fair Bluff
8,581,008
170.23
8,876,874
170.29
Tabor City-Whiteville
7,377,799
173.39
8,036,626
173.06
Total M ftonthprn Auction
19,466,883
173.00
20,842,106
173.20
NC Flue-Cured Auction Total
77,025,864
177.27
80,584,705
177.23
Contract Sales
NC Northern Contract
245,206,953
184.04
245,206,953
184.04
NC Southern Contract
29,154,274
183.62
29,154,274
183.62
NC Flue-Cured Contract Total
274,361,227
184.00
274,361,227
184.00
Burley - Type 31 3
Asheville
5,002,243
192.58
5,013,289
192.59
5,002,243
192.58
5,013,289
192.59
State Total-All Types
356,389,334
182.67
359,959,221
182.60
' Auction sales only. 2 Did not operate during 2002 season. 3 Contract sales not represented.
69
GRAIN STOCKS
By Positions, Selected Dates, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
STOCKS ON-FARMS
STOCKS IN OFF-FARM POSITIONS 1
TOTAL STOCKS ALL POSITIONS
March 1
June 1
Sept. 1
Dec. 1
March 1
June 1
Sept. 1
Dec. 1
March 1
June 1
Sept. 1
Dec. 1
Thousand Bushels
CORN:
1998
13,000
9,500
4,000
16,000
15,810
8,271
6,871
19,213
28,810
1 7,771
10,871
35,213
1999
10,000
5,000
1 ,300
18,000
12,464
7,490
6,955
14,128
22,464
12,490
8,255
32,128
2000
10,000
3,800
1 ,400
26,000
12,663
7,399
6,355
22,934
22,663
1 1 ,199
7,755
48,934
2001
16,000
7,800
2,150
22,500
20,280
10,939
6,621
23,329
36,280
18,739
8,771
45,829
2002
14,000
7,100
2,600
18,000
20,095
10,716
5,101
19,415
34,095
17,816
7,701
37,415
SOYBEANS:
1998
9,267
4,981
2,049
15,800
1999
11,589
4,898
3,141
11,716
2000
11,494
6,670
15,821
2001
11,923
6,598
3,983
15,526
2002
9,701
5,135
6,272
WHEAT:
1998
1 ,000
220
3,800
1,600
6,354
2,397
6,282
4,930
7,354
2,617
10,082
6,530
1999
800
220
3,000
1,200
3,267
1,756
7,852
6,142
4,067
1 ,976
10,852
7,342
2000
700
245
3,000
1,300
3,409
3,764
10,993
8,403
4,109
4,009
13,993
9,703
2001
600
1 90
2,000
1,600
7,321
3,231
9,003
5,882
7,921
3,421
1 1,003
7,482
2002
200
70
1,900
1,100
4,722
1,439
9,085
7,589
4,922
1,509
10,985
8,689
' Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. * "On Farm" estimate not published at state level, "Off Farm
estimate not published to avoid disclosure of individual farms.
HAY STOCKS ON FARMS
North Carolina
May 1 and December 1, 1998-2002
GRAIN STORAGE CAPACITY
On-Farm and Off-Farm
Facilities, North Carolina
December 1, 1998-2002
YEAR
Hay Stocks On Farms
YEAR
Off-Farm
Facilities
Rated Off-Farm
Storage Capacity
Rated On-Farm
Storage Capacity
May 1
December 1
Thousand Tons
Number
Thousand Bushels
Million Bushels
1998
152
1,189
1998
212
69,180
90
1999
163
1,090
1999
203
68,440
90
2000
255
1,300
2000
203
65,920
90
2001
277
1,215
2001
204
66,000
80
2002
158
785
2002
200
69,500
80
UPLAND COTTON BIOTECHNOLOGY VARIETIES,
Percent Planted, North Carolina and United States, 2000-2003
NORTH CAROLINA
UNITED STATES
YEAR
Insect
Herbicide
Stacked
All Biotech
Insect
Herbicide
Stacked
All Biotech
Resistant (BT)
Resistant
Gene
Varieties
Resistant (BT)
Resistant
Gene
Varieties
2000
11
29
36
76
15
26
20
61
2001
9
37
38
84
13
32
24
69
2002
14
27
45
86
13
36
22
71
2003
16
29
48
93
14
32
27
73
70
FARM MARKETINGS OF SELECTED CROPS
Percent by Month, North Carolina, 1998-2002 Crop Years
Month 1
Corn For Grain 2
Soybeans 2
Peanuts 2
1 QQft
1 QQQ
I i7 C7 £7
pnnn
1 QQft
1999
2000
\j \j i
1 QQft
1 QQQ
1 <J C7
c u u u
2001
Percent
September
QO
Jo
do
JO
O 1
2
1
i
q
o
o
o
October
h h
I \
on
i y
Q
y
"7
1
5
8
I O
c;0
70
November
y
1 d.
-7
7
b
OA
35
34
o o
1 A
1 4
O Q
"7
1
1 c:
\ O
December
Q
O
c:
O
n
O
on
1 O
22
19
1 o
I d
c
O
D
Q
O
o
o
January
7
6
4
4
7
8
9
10
4
4
3
5
February
4
6
3
5
5
8
5
5
March
5
6
3
5
9
8
4
7
A nril
r\\J\ II
4
4
3
3
4
5
4
5
May
2
4
3
4
16
2
6
4
June
4
2
3
1
7
1
5
2
July
3
2
3
2
3
1
3
3
August
10
7
13
10
4
3
2
1
Month 3
Flue-Cured Tobacco
Burley Tobacco
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
Percent
4
20
10
29
31
34
34
30
44
28
46
35
35
22
21
17
10
23
1
20
3
1
2
26
10
41
36
45
50
58
26
44
42
24
32
31
19
13
2
1
' Marketing year includes months January - August of following year,
includes months January - May of following year.
2002 data not available at time of publication. 3 Marketing year
CORN AND SOYBEANS BIOTECHNOLOGY VARIETIES
Percent Planted, United States, 2000-2003
CORN
SOYBEANS
YEAR
Insect
Herbicide
Stacked
All Biotech
Insect
Herbicide Stacked
All Biotech
Resistant (BT)
Resistant
Gene
Varieties
Resistant (BT)
Resistant Gene
Varieties
2000
18
6
1
25
54
54
2001
18
7
1
26
68
68
2002
22
9
2
34
75
75
2003
25
11
4
40
81
81
71
I
Selected Floriculture Crops Value Up Slightly
Ti
he wholesale value of the selected floriculture crops from 134
operators with $100,000 or more sales totaled $153.4 million in 2002,
up 1% from 2001. The total 2002 wholesale value of all floriculture
crops for North Carolina producers with $10,000 or more in sales is
estimated at $160.8 million. North Carolina sales rank 8th in the nation
behind California, Florida, Michigan. Texas, Ohio, New York, and
Pennsylvania. A total of 308 growers reported 17.4 million square feet
of covered area and 405 acres of outdoor production. The table and
text that follows represents growers with $100,000 or more in sales.
BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS account for $73.8 million of the
overall sales compared with the 2001 value of $78.0 million. Flats of
bedding plants totaled $38.1 million, up 10% from 2001. Potted bed-
ding plant sales decreased 22% in 2002, totaling $20.6
million. Flowering hanging baskets sales were down 11%, at $15.0 mil-
lion.
POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS account for $43.7 million of the
total wholesale value, up 20% from the 2001 value. Poinsettias led this
category with $17.6 million generated from 6.0 million pots of all
sizes. Potted chrysanthemums were down 5% in 2002 with an equiva-
lent wholesale value of $4.1 million from 1.3 million pots. Potted
florist azaleas and Easter lilies generated $1.8 million in sales.
HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS account for $23.7 mil
lion of the total wholesale value, unchanged from 2001. Potted
hardy/garden chrysanthemums led this category with $13.1 millioi
generated from 8.6 million pots of all sizes. Other herbaceous plant!
sales were up 1%, at $10.6 million.
FOLIAGE HANGING BASKETS AND POTTED FOLIAGE hat
an equivalent wholesale value of $6.4 million in 2002. The value o
foliage hanging baskets decreased 36% to $4.2 million
The wholesale value of sales for potted foliage in 2002 was $2.;
million, compared to last year's $2.1 million.
CUT FLOWER sales, at $3.04 million, increased 2% from $2.9S
million in 2001.
The wholesale value of 2002 floriculture crops in the
United States was up 2% from the revised 2001 valuation. Th«
total value of all crops at wholesale for all growers with $10,000 oi
more in sales is estimated at $4.88 billion for 2002, compared wit!
$4.80 billion for 2001. Growers with sales exceeding $100,000, whic-l
comprised 45% of all growers, account for 95% of the total value
at $4.62 billion.
SELECTED FLORICULTURE CROPS: Quantity Sold, Wholesale Value,
North Carolina, 2001 and 2002
Total Quantity
Wholesale
Value 1
CROP
UNIT
Sold
Percent
2001
2002
Change
2001
2002
BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS
Thousand
+/-
Thousand Dollars
Impatiens
Flats
531
518
-2
3,935
3,999
Petunias
Flats
364
363
U
2,930
2,933
Vegetable Type Bedding Plants
Begonia 2
Flats
158
165
+4
1 ,193
1 ,416
Flats
430
523
+22
A 4ft7
4,4o /
Marigold 2
Flats
302
259
-14
2,334
1,922
Pansy/Viola 2
Flats
1,593
1,663
+4
12,409
13,703
Other Plants in flats 3
Flats
1,083
1,253
+16
8,289
9,669
Potted Geraniums (Cutting)
Pots
2,585
1,772
-31
5,496
4,439
Potted Geraniums (Seed)
Pots
1,715
470
-73
1,218
310
New Guinea Impatiens
Pots
926
1,214
+31
1,825
2,184
Other Potted Flowering Plants 4
Pots
12,741
11,516
-10
17,816
13,702
Hanging Baskets, Flowering 5
Baskets
3,705
3,489
-6
16,974
15,040
Total Bedding/Garden Plants
26,133
23,205
-11
78,044
73,804
POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE
Poinsettias
Pots
5,290
5,957
+13
16,247
17,553
Chrysanthemums (Florist)
Pots
1,336
1,344
+1
4,346
4,131
Lilies, Easter
Pots
247
239
-3
1,144
1,107
Finished Florist Azaleas
Pots
89
71
-20
869
677
Other Flowering Plants 6
Pots
5,943
7,773
+31
13,667
20,197
Total Potted Flowering Plants
12,905
15,384
+19
36,273
43,665
HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
Potted Hardy/Garden Chrysanthemums
Other Herbaceous Perennials 7
Pots
Pots
9,310
3,701
8,610
3,415
-8
-8
13,194
10,515
13,115
10,593
Total Potted Herbaceous Perennials
13,011
12,025
-8
23,709
23,708
FOLIAGE FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE
Potted Foliage
Baskets
2,147
2,165
Foliage Hanging Baskets
Sq. Ft.
1,321
831
-37
6,526
4,188
Total Foliage
8,673
6,353
CUT FLOWERS
Snapdragons 2
Other Cut Flowers 8
Spikes
Blooms
1,138
9
1,011
9
-11
9
519
2,475
515
2,527
Total Cut Flowers
9
9
9
2,994
3,042
Total Propagative Sales 2
2,821
2,802
TOTAL VALUE OF REPORTED CROPS
152,514
153,366
For operations with $100,000+ sales
TOTAL VALUE OF REPORTED CROPS
161,899
160,770
For operations with $10,000+ sales
' Equivalent wholesale value of all sales for operations with $100,000+ sales. 2 Series started in 2000. 3 Includes Geraniums, New Guinet
Impatients and Other Flowering or Foliar Type Bedding Plants. 4 Includes Impatiens, Petunias, Pansy/Viola, Begonia, Marigold, Vegetable am
other potted plants. 5 Includes Geraniums, Impatiens, New Guinea Impatiens, Petunias, Begonia, Marigold Pansy/Viola and other flowering hanging
baskets. 6 Includes African Violets, Florist Roses, Orchids, spring flowering bulbs and other flowering potted plants. 7 Includes Ferns (hardy
garden), Hosta, Iris, Peony, and other Herbaceous Perennials. 8 Includes Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Orchids, Roses and other cut flowers. 9 No
published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
PRICES
Index of Prices Received, North Carolina and United States,
Index of Prices Paid by United States Farmers and Price Ratio, 1998-2002, (1967=100)
NORTH CAROLINA INDEX OF PRICES RECEIVED
UNITED STATES INDEX
CROPS
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY & POULTRY
Received
for all
Farm
Products
Prices Paid
for all
Commodities
Bought
Including
Interest,
Taxes and
Wage Rates
Ratio of
Prices
Received
to
Prices
Paid
YEAR
All
Farm
Pro-
ducts
All
Crops
Tobacco
Oil
Bearing
Crops
Grains
Com'l
Vege-
tables
Fruits
All
Pro-
ducts
Meat
Animals
Poultry
Dairy
1998
247
257
275
232
191
199
296
229
203
229
266
258
452
57
1999
240
252
279
181
175
191
324
218
206
208
269
242
450
54
2000
250
261
287
205
165
207
305
232
272
212
233
245
467
52
2001
252
258
286
195
167
197
318
243
273
219
268
259
484
53
2002
January
247
257
293
156
167
196
318
229
244
219
239
242
479
51
February
239
252
283
158
177
196
318
218
250
197
229
251
March
243
252
283
163
175
196
318
226
241
219
223
268
April
234
252
283
164
172
196
318
202
223
186
215
241
483
50
May
236
253
283
168
177
196
318
206
226
195
208
248
1
June
242
255
283
176
175
209
318
219
231
217
209
249
1
July
246
263
289
190
194
206
318
217
240
207
209
254
Ago
4oo
CO
02
August
237
253
273
190
205
206
318
210
209
209
212
255
1
September 236
255
277
187
204
206
318
203
198
203
212
252
1
October
238
260
281
194
211
206
318
200
214
189
211
244
491
50
November 241
257
278
195
204
206
318
212
204
217
211
248
1
December
248
269
294
193
216
206
318
211
200
218
209
249
1
Yearly
Average
241
256
283
178
190
202
318
213
223
206
216
250
484
51
Published quarterly.
ALL HOGS AND BEEF CATTLE
ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE, NORTH CAROLINA,
1993-2002
DOLLARSPER CWT.
70
60
50
40
30
20
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02
ALL HOGS BEEF CATTLE
BROILERS, MARKET EGGS & TURKEYS
ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE, NORTH CAROLINA,
1993-2002
CENTS
70
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02
BROILERS (CENTS/POUND) TURKEYS (CENTS/POUND) MARKET EGGS (CENTS/DOZEN)
74
PRICES RECEIVED
Averages Received for Specified Crops, by Month, North Carolina
YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cents Per Pound
TOBACCO TYPE 11 1
1999 - .... . . 169.0 170.0 184.5 183.5
2000 - - - - - 181.5 181.0 184.0 179.0
Cents Per Pound
TOBACCO TYPE 12 1
1999 I .... . . 163.5 178.0 184.0 179.0
2000 | - - - - - 167.5 185.5 186.0 181.0
Cents Per Pound
TOBACCO TYPE 13 2
1999 - .... . . 158.5 178.0 180.0 175.0
2000 | - - - - : 162.5 185.5 185.5 179.5
Cents Per Pound
TOBACCO TYPE 31
1999
186.0
191.0
191.5
2000
189.5
198.5
197.0
2001
194.5
184.5 ...
196.0
194.5
2002
194.5
188.5 ...
195.0
195.0
2003
193.0
Cents Per Pound
FLUE-CURED AREAS: 2001-2002
2001
N. Auction 3
191.0
177.0
189.0
192.0
186.5
N. Contract 3
188.0
181.5
188.0
189.5
S. Auction 4
184.5
180.0
188.0
188.0
S. Contract 4
173.0
186.0
190.5
191.5
2002
N. Auction 3
192.0
182.5
180.5
187.5
181.0
N. Contract 3
187.0
178.0
180.5
185.0
183.5
S. Auction 4
186.5
174.5
179.0
178.0
S. Contract 4
178.0
185.5
189.0
188.5
Dollars Per Bushel
CORN
1999
2.57
2.53
2.49
2.54
2.57
2.51
2.49
2.33
2.20
2.17
2.18
2.19
2000
2.41
2.48
2.53
2.60
2.62
2.38
2.33
2.07
1.79
1.95
2.02
2.09
2001
2.38
2.36
2.46
2.32
2.28
2.14
2.30
2.14
2.16
2.18
2.29
2.45
2002
2.29
2.44
2.41
2.37
2.43
2.40
2.68
2.84
2.82
2.92
2.82
2.99
Dollars Per Bushel
SOYBEANS
1999
5.34
4.92
4.93
4.75
4.66
4.47
4.36
4.53
4.54
4.72
4.41
4.42
2000
4.56
4.93
5.10
5.25
5.29
4.89
4.64
4.72
4.77
4.44
4.43
4.55
2001
4.57
4.48
4.44
4.34
4.47
4.58
5.02
5.04
4.62
4.03
4.10
4.12
2002
4.25
4.32
4.56
4.62
4.78
5.16
5.79
5.72
5.68
5.41
5.44
5.42
Cents Per Pound
PEANUTS
1999
28.1
26.9
26.5
2000
29.5
28.5
27.8
23.1
22.1
2001
29.1
28.2
26.3
20.5
18.1
2002
17.6
5
21.1
21.1
5
2003
25.2
26.6
5
5
5
Dollars Per Cwt.
IRISH POTATOES
1999
6.15
6.15
8.00 ....
2000
6.40
6.55
2001
6.05
5.95
2002
8.40
8.20
Cents Per Pound
COTTON
1999
63.8
56.2
53.3
54.6
56.5
5
5
5
s
48.6
48.0
44.6
2000
47.8
51.8
50.8
5
5
52.6
54.4
5
5
61.1
61.4
59.4
2001
55.4
50.2
46.7
42.0
37.5
37.0
5
5
33.6
27.9
30.5
31.3
2002
33.8
5
5
32.2
31.5
33.3
43.9
5
5
38.7
41.4
43.4
2003
44.6
43.9
43.6
5
5
5
' Beginning in 2001 included in Northern Auction and Contract Monthly Prices. 2 Beginning in 2001 included in Southern Auction and Contract Monthly Prices.
3 Consists of Eastern N.C. Belt, Old and Middle Belts in N.C. and Va. 4 Consists of Ga.-FI. Belt, S.C Belt and N.C. Border Belt. 5 Price not published
to avoid discosure of individural firms.
75
PRICES RECEIVED
Averages Received for Specified Commodities, by Month, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
Dec. 1
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Marketing
Yr. Avg.
ALL HOGS
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Dollars Per 100 Pounds
41.50 36.30 35.00 33.50 35.30 42.20 42.00 36.50 35.10 29.40 26.50 18.20 34.00
14.60 26.60 27.10 29.30 31.40 35.30 33.40 30.60 36.30 33.30 33.70 34.00 30.30
35.90 37.10 39.80 42.10 47.90 48.60 49.40 48.80 43.50 42.00 41.20 36.20 42.40
40.20 37.20 39.70 46.80 48.20 51.00 53.40 52.00 50.80 45.30 39.90 34.20 44.70
33.70 39.00 39.30 36.10 31.40 34.20 37.20 40.10 31.80 27.10 30.80 28.60 34.00
EGGS 2
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Cents Per Dozen
66.4 56.1 42.7 57.2 39.7 31.0 41.6 38.7 43.1 42.4 46.4 51.8 46.7
53.6 51.4 40.9 42.9 32.4 28.5 28.8 40.2 38.0 31.4 26.0 40.2 38.1
38.2 35.3 49.7 29.3 44.4 24.2 40.1 33.0 47.7 36.0 45.0 54.0 39.8
68.0 42.9 43.8 50.4 48.2 34.0 34.0 34.0 34.0 32.0 38.5 40.0 42.1
34.0 46.0 34.0 55.0 26.0 25.0 40.5 34.0 40.0 36.0 31.0 55.0 38.2
Previous Year. 2 Market Egg Price.
Marketing
Yr. Avg.
YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cents Per Pound
TURKEYS
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
34.0
31.0
32.0
34.0
34.0
35.0
37.0
40.0
41.0
46.0
47.0
42.0
37.0
33.0
34.0
37.0
39.0
40.0
42.0
44.0
46.0
48.0
49.0
49.0
43.0
42.0
36.0
35.0
38.0
40.0
41.0
42.0
43.0
45.0
47.0
49.0
50.0
40.0
42.0
36.0
36.0
37.0
38.0
38.0
38.0
39.0
39.0
41.0
46.0
46.0
38.0
40.0
Monthly Prices discontinued in 2002.
Marketing Year Average Prices Received for Specified Commodities, North Carolina, 1998-2002
YEAR
Beef Cattle
Per Cwt.
Calves
Per Cwt.
Cows '
Per Cwt.
Steers and Heifers
Per Cwt.
Milk Cow Replacements
Per Head
Commercial Broilers
Per Lb.
Turkeys
Per Lb.
Dollars
Cents
1998
50.10
72.40
34.00
68.20
1,140.00
39.5
37.0
1999
57.70
78.50
35.00
71.20
1 ,250.00
37.0
42.0
2000
68.00
96.20
39.00
84.50
1,370.00
35.0
42.0
2001
66.90
91.30
42.60
81.00
1,550.00
40.0
40.0
2002
59.40
82.10
36.50
73.40
1,690.00
31.0
37.0
' Includes all dairy cows sold for slaughter but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
76
PRICES RECEIVED
Marketing Year Average Prices for Specified Crops, North Carolina 1998-2002
YEAR
Fli ip-Oi irpd
Tobacco
Per Lb.
Rurlpv
Tobacco
Per Lb.
Cotton
Per Lb.
Soybeans
Per Bu.
Corn
Per Bu.
Peanuts
Per Lb.
Wheat
Per Bu.
All
Hay
Per Ton
Sweet
Potatoes
Per Cwt.
I rish
Potatoes
Per Cwt.
Apples 1
Per Lb.
Dollars
1998
1.768
1.899
.649
5.03
2.33
.269
2.55
80.00
11.00
6.15
.111
1999
1.749
1.909
.475
4.61
2.27
.276
2.33
77.00
12.00
6.20
.151
2000
1.798
1.968
.530
4.51
2.01
.273
2.35
71.00
12.30
6.50
.126
2001
1.856
1.950
.317
4.29
2.36
.248
2.40
72.00
12.00
6.00
.149
2002
1.817
1.948
.420
5.50
2.90
.219
2.75
81.50
14.00
8.35
.143
' Includes Processing.
CORN, SOYBEANS, AND WHEAT MARKETING YEAR AVERAGE PRICE,
NORTH CAROLINA, 1993-2002
DOLLARS PERBU.
CORN-
SOYBEANS WHEAT
TOBACCO, COTTON, AND PEANUTS MARKETING YEAR AVERAGE PRICE,
NORTH CAROLINA, 1993-2002
DOLLARS PER LB.
2.10 I 1
0.10 1
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02
-*- F C TOBACCO -t- BURLEYTOB — COTTON ~~ PEANUTS
77
PRICES PAID DAIRY FEED, APPALACHIAN REGION 1
Average Prices Paid, April, 1999-2003
DOLLARS PER TON
320
300
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
— *— 16% Protein — 18% Protein « ■ 20% Protein — *— 32% Protein
' Appalachian Region: KY. NC. TN. VA. WV.
PRICES PAID HOG FEED,
APPALACHIAN REGION 1
Average Prices Paid, April, 1999-2003
DOLLARS PER TON
380
360
340 »
320 ♦•
300 v .• •
280
260
240 k - » K »...•'• ■
220
200 U 1 1 1
1999 2000 2001 2002 2C
- i- 14-18%Protein -•- 38-42% Protein
' Appalachian Region: KY. NC. TN. VA, WV.
PRICES PAID
Average Prices Paid for Feed, Appalachian Region \ April, 1999-2003
TYPE OF FEED
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Dollars Per Ton
HOG FEEDS
14-18% Protein
238.00
236.00
237.00
244.00
266.00
38-42% Protein
294.00
304.00
324.00
336.00
350.00
DAIRY FEEDS
16% Protein
172.00
174.00
176.00
178.00
185.00
18% Protein
169.00
169.00
177.00
188.00
190.00
20% Protein
172.00
168.00
174.00
183.00
188.00
32% Protein
265.00
280.00
286.00
297.00
289.00
BEEF CATTLE FEED
32-36% Protein
280.00
287.00
300.00
301.00
320.00
POULTRY FEEDS
Broiler Grower
284.00
269.00
254.00
300.00
348.00
Chick Starter
250.00
252.00
238.00
342.00
357.00
Laying Feed
210.00
204.00
200.00
252.00
225.00
Turkey Grower
228.00
226.00
225.00
328.00
367.00
Dollars Per Cwt.
GRAIN BY PRODUCTS
Alfalfa Meal
16.50
14.60
14.80
17.10
16.70
Alfalfa Pellets
16.00
15.30
15.60
16.90
17.80
Bran
13.50
13.20
13.30
15.00
15.10
Corn Meal
8.70
7.70
7.29
8.90
9.50
HIGH PROTEIN FEEDS
Cottonseed Meal 41%
14.50
15.30
14.20
15.00
15.80
Soybean Meal 44%
12.30
13.00
13.70
15.70
17.10
Molasses Liquid
13.50
13.30
13.10
14.00
13.90
Dollars Per 50 Lb.
Stock Salt
4.90
4.80
4.80
5.04
5.00
Trace Mineral Blocks
5.20
5.30
5.41
5.59
5.60
' Appalachian Region includes Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
PRICES PAID POULTRY FEED
APPALACHIAN REGION 1
Average Prices Paid, April, 1999-2003
DOLLARS PER TON
380 | — ,
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Broiler Grower -4- Chick Starter Laying Feed Turkey Grower
' Appalachian Region: KY, NC. TN. VA. WV.
78
ALAMANCE COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,485
2,345
3,480,000
34
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
:
Soybeans, Bu.
2,500
24
61,000
64
Corn, Bu.
3,000
34
102,000
52
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,800
8
14,000
15
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
:
Small Grains:
I
:
Wheat, Bu.
2,900
45
130,000
46
1
Barley, Bu.
*
:
Oats, Bu.
350
60
21,000
31
1
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
17,000
1.00
17,000
23
Total Area in County, Acres 275,642
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 731
Total Land in Farms, Acres 107,801
Average Farm Size, Acres 147
Harvested Cropland, Acres 28,091
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $339,851
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $30,394,000
Total Farm Production Expense $23,534,000
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number Rani
1,200
19,200
7,900
1,700
3,300,000
450,000
Dollars
$24,777,000
$11,718,000
$36,495,000
65
14
18
14
40
*
11
Rani
36
74
58
ALEXANDER COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
8
Tobacco, Lbs.
370
2,240
828,000
55
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
Soybeans, Bu.
1,000
23
23,000
69
Corn, Bu.
*
*
Corn for Silage, Tons
3,100
11
33,000
9
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
Total Area in County, Acres 166,611
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 565
Total Land in Farms, Acres 59,826
Average Farm Size, Acres 106
Harvested Cropland, Acres 17,413
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $218,443
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,636,000
Total Farm Production Expense $34,225,000
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
500
600
13,700
36
67
1.36
*
18,000
40,000
18,600
20,200
8,200
2,600
15,100,000
*
1,900,000
Dollars
$68,088,000
$6,608,000
$74,696,000
Number Rani
Rani
19
89
34
80
ui:rops - 2002
Acres Harv.
235
?obacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
]orn, Bu. *
]orn for Silage, Tons 2,900
^eanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. *
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons 15,000
Sorghum, Bu. *
.IVESTOCK
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Seef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
dilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3roilers Produced (2002)
Purkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
11 HASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Yield Production Rank
1,470 346,000 66
ALLEGHANY COUNTY
22
64,000
livestock
rops
total
*
*
*
*
*
*
.17
17,500
21
*
*
Number
Rank
*
22,000
10
8,800
12
3,800
3
*
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$17,614,000
48
$23,330,000
45
$40,944,000
52
Total Area in County, Acres 150,195
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 545
Total Land in Farms, Acres 85,964
Average Farm Size, Acres 158
Harvested Cropland, Acres 18,422
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $356,936
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $18,587,000
Total Farm Production Expense $16,077,000
'» CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
ANSON COUNTY
1 Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
lorn for Silage, Tons
3eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
^LIVESTOCK
*
3,900
369
3,000
38
8,800
23
205,000
39
6,500
45
290,000
38
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
3,800
41
156,000
39
*
#
*
*
415
57
23,500
29
*
*
*
*
*
5,000
1.72
8,600
49
3ogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
3attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
\11 Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
2 ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
jivestock
rops
Total
Number
Rank
66,500
23
9,200
38
4,900
31
26,500,000
8
1,000,000
12
240,000
16
Dollars
Rank
$129,961,000
9
$8,462,000
83
$138,423,000
14
Total Area in County, Acres 340,230
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 442
Total Land in Farms, Acres 81,984
Average Farm Size, Acres 185
Harvested Cropland, Acres 19,809
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $340,812
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $18,004,000
Total Farm Production Expense $75,734,000
81
ASHE COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes,
Irish Potatoes,
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
605
Yield Production Rani
1,795 1,085,000 51
Cwt.
Cwt.
12,000
1.51
Total Area in County, Acres 272,742
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,043
Total Land in Farms, Acres 104,922
Average Farm Size, Acres 101
Harvested Cropland, Acres 17,036
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $238,020
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $28,683,000
Total Farm Production Expense $13,651,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
18,100
Number
*
18,700
7,700
Dollars
$6,353,000
$38,647,000
$45,000,000
*
*
*
18
*
Rani
*
17
21
*
*
74
26
48
AVERY COUNTY
CROPS - 2002
Acres Harv.
86
Total Area in County, Acres 158,093
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 429
Total Land in Farms, Acres 27,037
Average Farm Size, Acres 63
Harvested Cropland, Acres 9,328
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $201,317
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $12,640,000
Total Farm Production Expense $8,051,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu. *
Corn, Bu. *
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. *
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 1,500
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Yield
2,045
Production
176,000
Rani
70
1.33
2,000
*
Number
*
1,200
600
*
*
9
83
Dollars
$363,000
$37,651,000
$38,014,000
Rani
98
29:
57
82
DROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
tobacco, Lbs.
3,095
1,550
4,798,000
27
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
31,000
692
44,700
2
Soybeans, Bu.
57,100
31
1,748,000
2
Horn, Bu.
42,600
111
4,740,000
1
Horn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
■^eanuts, Lbs.
2,000
420,000
16
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
30,700
41
1,263,000
2
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
1,600
66
105,000
2
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
1,200
175
210,900
6
Ul Hay, Tons
500
2.20
1,100
88
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
-logs and Pigs (Dec. 1,
2002)
72,000
21
Hattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,700
81
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
800
80
BEAUFORT COUNTY
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
[Broilers Produced (2002)
Srurkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
[CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
livestock
props
total
$20,392,000
$52,762,000
$73,154,000
Dollars Rank
41
18
37
Total Area in County, Acres 529,670
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 385
Total Land in Farms, Acres 155,460
Average Farm Size, Acres 404
Harvested Cropland, Acres 130,083
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $577,181
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $39,752,000
Total Farm Production Expense $57,172,000
HROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
ibbacco, Lbs.
2,105
1,910
4,023,000
29
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
38,600
417
33,500
7
ijoybeans, Bu.
14,100
25
350,000
29
:Horn, Bu.
17,700
63
1,110,000
20
Horn for Silage, Tons
*
-"eanuts, Lbs.
13,810
2,220
30,669,000
1
Small Grains:
f Wheat, Bu.
1,800
42
75,000
56
Barley, Bu.
*
! Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
pweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
•rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Ul Hay, Tons
200
2.50
500
92
Sorghum, Bu.
450
40
17,800
6
Livestock
Number
Rank
iogs and Pigs (Dec. 1,
2002)
54,000
28
Hattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,700
81
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
600
84
Hilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
18,000,000
14
furkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
'Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
DASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Mvestock
$42,593,000
30
Crops
$40,684,000
24
Ifotal
$83,277,000
29
BERTIE COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 447,514
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 371
Total Land in Farms, Acres 154,338
Average Farm Size, Acres 416
Harvested Cropland, Acres 89,437
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $468,132
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $37,184,000
Total Farm Production Expense $72,137,000
83
BLADEN COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 560,013
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 553
Total Land in Farms, Acres 128,231
Average Farm Size, Acres 232
Harvested Cropland, Acres 61,810
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $345,618
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $31,096,000
Total Farm Production Expense $185,545,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
25
28
20
11
51
*
26
34
3
57
56
*
34
7
*
7
25
9
Tobacco, Lbs.
2,455
2,175
5,340,000
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
10,300
489
10 500
Soybeans, Bu.
23,000
21
475 000
Corn, Bu.
24,100
77
1,865,000
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
3,120
3,215
10,033,000
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
4,500
24
108,000
Barley, Bu.
*
*
Oats, Bu.
500
54
27,000
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
7,300
1.86
13,600
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Number
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
807,000
4,500
2,600
4,400,000
1,750,000
Dollars
$143,742,000
$39,299,000
$183,041,000
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 547,136
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 213
Total Land in Farms, Acres 36,770
Average Farm Size, Acres 173
Harvested Cropland, Acres 19,012
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $453,751
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $7,493,000
Total Farm Production Expense $22,532,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,130
2,340
2,644,000
39
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
9,800
25
245,000
37
Corn, Bu.
5,000
85
425,000
31
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Small Grains:
\ Wheat, Bu.
*
*
*
*
] Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
i Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
2,000
1.65
3,300
74
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
74,300
20
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
2,600
68
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,300
68
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
*
*
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Livestock
$10,200,000
63
Crops
$12,491,000
72
Total
$22,691,000
73
84
1,800
:ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
bbacco, Lbs. 920
;otton, 480 lb. bales *
Soybeans, Bu.
3orn, Bu.
"orn for Silage, Tons
'eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
ish Potatoes, Cwt.
tfl Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
.IVESTOCK
Yield Production Rank
1,400 1,288,000 48
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
*
*
24
14,000
*
1.69
*
43,000
*
*
*
23,600
11
Number Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Jattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
illk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
roilers Produced (2002)
rkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ash receipts - 2001
19,200
7,800
2,000
14
19
7
Dollars Rank
livestock
>ops
fetal
$12,288,000
$96,376,000
$108,664,000
58
6
23
Total Area in County, Acres 420,019
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,009
Total Land in Farms, Acres 87,382
Average Farm Size, Acres 87
Harvested Cropland, Acres 14,883
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $322,623
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $23,527,000
Total Farm Production Expense $30,898,000
DROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
Dotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
orn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
BURKE COUNTY
600
800
30
64
18,000
51,000
71
62
Wheat, Bu. *
*
*
Barley, Bu. *
*
*
*
Oats, Bu. *
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
*
*
*
'rish Potatoes, Cwt. *
*
*
*
\11 Hay, Tons 9,200
1.42
13,100
36
Sorghum, Bu. *
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
6,200
50
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3,300
48
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
5,200,000
27
Iurkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
\11 Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
80,000
33
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
'.livestock
$17,256,000
50
Drops
$32,086,000
32
Ibtal
$49,342,000
46
Total Area in County, Acres 324,320
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 354
Total Land in Farms, Acres 29,373
Average Farm Size, Acres 83
Harvested Cropland, Acres 8,148
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $254,996
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $12,680,000
Total Farm Production Expense $18,678,000
85
CABARRUS COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 233,235
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 481
Total Land in Farms, Acres 63,102
Average Farm Size, Acres 131
Harvested Cropland, Acres 23,206
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $464,123
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $10,407,000
Total Farm Production Expense $17,011,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Ranli
Tobacco, Lbs. *
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 250
384
200
49
soybeans, ou. 5,400
18
95,000
55
Corn, riu. o,zUU
51
1 C O C\C\C\
163,000
47
Corn tor bilage, Ions 650
8
5,000
27
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, hlu. z,oOO
41
i t\f\ f\r\r\
109,000
50
Barley, Bu. 580
74
43,000
8
Oats, Bu. 1,200
50
59,600
10
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All TU ^ . , FIT-, „ „ 11 OAA
All Hay, Ions 11,200
1.12
12,500
38
borghum, bu.
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
riogs and rigs (uec. 1, zuuz)
D,oU0
49
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
15,200
23
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
7,100
23
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
600
26
.Broilers rroduced (zOOz)
O AAA AAA
3,900,000
38
lurKeys rtaisea izuuzj
*
All Cbickpns (Dec 1 2002)
95 000
28
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$16,647,000
52
Crops
$5,886,000
90
Total
$22,533,000
74
CALDWELL COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 301,875
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 331
Total Land in Farms, Acres 37,050
Average Farm Size, Acres 112
Harvested Cropland, Acres 10,537
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $236,122
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $10,102,000
Total Farm Production Expense $12,639,000
86
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
120
2,250
270,000
67
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
450
20
9,000
80
Corn, Bu.
1,100
77
85,000
58
Corn for Silage, Tons
350
20
7,000
24
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
* 1
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
6,400
1.34
8,600
49
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
#'
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
2,400
56
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
6,200
50
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3,000
50
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
* i
Broilers Produced (2002)
3,000.000
43
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
* !
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
* 1
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$12,887,000
55
Crops
$40,762,000
23
Total
$53,649,000
41
CROPS 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
otton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
[rish Potatoes, Cwt.
fk Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
CAMDEN COUNTY
28
16
950
800
,600
11,100
4,100
657
31
123
52
170
1,300
900,000
2,036,000
574,000
699,700
43
14
9
11
flogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ml Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Number Rank
3,600 51
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Ibtal
$915,000
$16,783,000
$17,698,000
91
61
81
Total Area in County, Acres 154,048
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE ■ 1997
Number of Farms 76
Total Land in Farms, Acres 51,685
Average Farm Size, Acres 680
Harvested Cropland, Acres 46,865
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $1,053,186
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $13,149,000
Total Farm Production Expense $14,455,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs. 415
1,895
786,000
56
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 500
576
600
45
Soybeans, Bu. 26,100
34
876,000
15
Corn, Bu. 20,200
143
2,883,000
5
Corn for Silage, Tons *
*
Peanuts, Lbs. *
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 5,600
47
263,000
22
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. *
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. 1,100
165
182,200
8
All Hay, Tons 200
2.50
500
92
Sorghum, Bu. 500
40
19,800
5
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
*
*
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
CARTERET COUNTY
Livestock
Crops
Total
$628,000
$16,979,000
$17,607,000
96
60
82
Total Area in County, Acres 340,077
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 101
Total Land in Farms, Acres 59,869
Average Farm Size, Acres 593
Harvested Cropland, Acres 44,643
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $980,308
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $6,281,000
Total Farm Production Expense $15,219,000
87
CASWELL COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,050
2,000
6,097,000
23
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
900
13
12,000
77
Corn, Bu.
850
34
29,000
76
Corn for Silage, Tons
400
7
2,800
41
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
4
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
1,400
37
52,000
64
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
200
61
12,200
41
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
13,500
1.25
16,900
26
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
Total Area in County, Acres 272,467
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 564
Total Land in Farms, Acres 137,873
Average Farm Size, Acres 244
Harvested Cropland, Acres 22,350
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $370,540
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $22,746,000
Total Farm Production Expense $19,544,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
1,300
11,100
4,600
Rant
64
29
34
Dollars
$8,695,000
$13,263,000
$21,958,000
66
71
76
CATAWBA COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rani
50
57
24
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
5,700
26
147,000
Corn, Bu.
1,600
54
86,000
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,000
7
7,000
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,400
50
170,000
Barley, Bu.
600
62
37,000
Oats, Bu.
380
52
19,700
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
13,400
1.30
17,400
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Total Area in County, Acres 255,987
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 596
Total Land in Farms, Acres 72,264
Average Farm Size, Acres 121
Harvested Cropland, Acres 25,836
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $335,757
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $18,851,000
Total Farm Production Expense $16,179,000
88
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
16,300
8,100
900
4,400.000
34
11
32
22
21
17
20
34
Dollars Rani
$20,244,000
$21,182,000
$41,426,000
42
50
50
•:ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
595
Tons
bbacco, Lbs.
lotton, 480 lb. bales
oybeans, Bu.
brn, Bu.
lorn for Silage
'eanuts, Lbs.
mall Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
weetpotatoes,
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Jl Hay, Tons
orghum, Bu.
JVESTOCK
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
leef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
lilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
(rollers Produced (2002)
brkeys Raised (2002)
dl Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Cwt.
1,300
1,200
1,300
1,100
300
17,100
1,915
20
40
8
31
51
1.40
iivestock
rops
btal
Production
Rank
1,138,000
50
26,000
68
48,000
63
10,000
23
34,000
66
15,400
37
*
*
23,900
10
Number
Rank
7,000
47
34,000
4
16,300
3
1,600
15
a f\ c\C\C\ C\C\f\
40,200,000
4
CCA f\ r\ f \
550,000
9
Dollars
Rank
$130,800,000
8
$7,449,000
87
$138,249,000
15
CHATHAM COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 437,171
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 956
Total Land in Farms, Acres 112,923
Average Farm Size, Acres 118
Harvested Cropland, Acres 21,713
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $293,475
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $28,937,000
Total Farm Production Expense $90,511,000
]ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
CHEROKEE COUNTY
bbacco, Lbs.
63
1,160
73,000
74
lotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
ioybeans, Bu.
350
40
14,000
75
"orn, Bu.
650
118
77,000
60
"orn for Silage, Tons
'eanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
dl Hay, Tons
3,600
1.94
7,000
57
iorghum, Bu.
*
JVESTOCK
Number Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
'attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
5eef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
/[ilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
toilers Produced (2002)
\irkeys Raised (2002)
dl Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
5,800
2,500
*
53
57
Dollars Rank
ivestock
rops
btal
$7,854,000
$2,337,000
$10,191,000
69
97
92
Total Area in County, Acres 291,328
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 243
Total Land in Farms, Acres 24,533
Average Farm Size, Acres 101
Harvested Cropland, Acres 4,137
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $241,072
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $6,538,000
Total Farm Production Expense $10,135,000
89
CHOWAN COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rani
Total Area in County, Acres 110,490
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 151
Total Land in Farms, Acres 51,341
Average Farm Size, Acres 340
Harvested Cropland, Acres 36,269
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $519,454
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $17,931,000
Total Farm Production Expense $23,034,000
Tobacco, Lbs. 185
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 22,600
Soybeans, Bu. 5,600
Corn, Bu. 3,400
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. 5,110
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 1,500
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. 260
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 200
Sorghum, Bu. 900
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
1,990
499
29
111
368,000
23,500
160,000
376,000
3,100 15,841,000
44
*
*
135
1.00
56
66,000
35,300
*
200
50,000
65
18
45
34
60
15
*
95
3
Number Rani
13,000
1,300
600
1,800,000
41
84
84
*
50
Dollars Rani
$7,352,000
$27,447,000
$34,799,000
CLAY COUNTY
CROPS - 2002
Acres Harv.
63
Total Area in County, Acres 137,414
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 166
Total Land in Farms, Acres 18,288
Average Farm Size, Acres 110
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,831
Average Age of Farmers 59
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $309,316
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $4,781,000
Total Farm Production Expense $4,174,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. *
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 3,700
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Yield
1,125
Production
71,000
Rani
75
1.95
*
7,200
*
*
*
55
Number Rani
4,300
2,200
59
58
Dollars Rani
$3,305,000
$807,000
$4,112,000
82
99
97
90
PROPS - 2002 Acres Harv
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 2,900
232
1,400
41
Soybeans, Bu. 6,700
19
124,000
54
Corn, Bu. 800
58
46,000
65
Corn for Silage, Tons 1,700
6
11,000
18
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 3,800
51
194,000
29
Rarlpu Rn 770
Dal ley, ou. 1 IU
/ o
^fi 000
tJD , \J\J \J
7
Oats, Bu. 1,080
45
48,500
13
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
♦
All Hay, Tons 14,900
1.00
14,900
29
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Nil] fYl Vl f»T*
1 ^ U111UC1
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,500
61
Zo,OUU
7
t
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
13,200
6
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
800
23
Broilers Produced (2002)
7,200,000
23
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
90,000
30
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Livestock
$23,553,000
37
Crops
$8,661,000
82
Total
$32,214,000
65
CLEVELAND COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 297,178
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 864
Total Land in Farms, Acres 104,029
Average Farm Size, Acres 120
Harvested Cropland, Acres 29,483
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $328,211
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $21,700,000
Total Farm Production Expense $28,054,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
COLUMBUS COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
6,790
2,065
14,028,000
5
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
6,800
593
8,400
30
Soybeans, Bu.
53,600
19
996,000
9
Corn, Bu.
31,900
64
2,040,000
8
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
800
3,800
3,038,000
14
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
8,900
22
196,000
27
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
1,175
38
44,800
17
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
4,430
125
554,800
4
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons
5,600
2.00
11,200
42
Sorghum, Bu.
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1,
2002)
256,500
10
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
8,800
42
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
4,500
36
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
3,800,000
39
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Ran
Livestock
$65,483,000
21
Crops
$62,146,000
12
Total
$127,629,000
19
Total Area in County, Acres 599,578
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 884
Total Land in Farms, Acres 169,945
Average Farm Size, Acres 192
Harvested Cropland, Acres 99,259
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $275,070
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $47,179,000
Total Farm Production Expense $95,693,000
91
CRAVEN COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,030
1,520
4,612,000
28
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
24,700
505
26,000
15
Soybeans, Bu.
15,800
26
408,000
24
Corn, Bu.
11,600
83
960,000
22
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
4,600
51
235,000
25
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons
1,300
2.31
3,000
76
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
Total Area in County, Acres 445,152
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 277
Total Land in Farms, Acres 83,850
Average Farm Size, Acres 303
Harvested Cropland, Acres 55,114
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $355,701
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $23,298,000
Total Farm Production Expense $50,748,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number Rank
87,000
2,600
1,000
18
68
76
Dollars Rank
$19,797,000
$32,595,000
$52,392,000
44
31
44
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,620
2,230
3,609,000
32 .
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
11,300
340
8,000
31
.:
Soybeans, Bu.
20,300
17
355,000
28 :
Corn, Bu.
9,200
44
404,000
32 i
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
::r
Peanuts, Lbs.
130
1,800
234,000
18
It
Small Grains:
■
Wheat, Bu.
4,900
36
177,000
32
!
Barley, Bu.
*
*
I
Oats, Bu.
1,055
66
69,300
7
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
1,750
115
200,900
8
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
:c
All Hay, Tons
5,700
2.00
11,400
40
1
Total Area in County, Acres 418,003
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 433
Total Land in Farms, Acres 103,182
Average Farm Size, Acres 238
Harvested Cropland, Acres 46,041
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $461,356
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $28,500,000
Total Farm Production Expense $52,016,000
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
124,000
5,200
2,700
*
2,100,000
Dollars
$33,692,000
$23,699,000
$57,391,000
92
}ROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
:otton, 480 lb. bales
*
Soybeans, Bu.
16,500
33
550,000
19
}orn, Bu.
11,500
120
1,385,000
16
]orn for Silage, Tons
'eanuts, Lbs.
85
2,070
176,000
20
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
8,100
49
399,000
14
jjdi i"_y, ou..
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
900
210
189,750
7
Ul Hay, Tons
200
1.00
200
95
Sorghum, Bu.
400
44
17,700
7
JTVESTOCK
Number
Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
]attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
CURRITUCK COUNTY
lieef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Ivlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
■Broilers Produced (2002)
(turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars Rank
jivestock
rops
total
$876,000
$13,399,000
$14,275,000
94
70
87
Total Area in County, Acres 167,494
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 86
Total Land in Farms, Acres 39,571
Average Farm Size, Acres 460
Harvested Cropland, Acres 32,714
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $835,550
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $8,885,000
Total Farm Production Expense $12,026,000
:ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
DARE COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
Hotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
Torn for Silage, Tons
3eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
1,500
400
*
525
11
*
*
50
*
75
17,000
*
20,000
*
39,300
*
*
*
72
72
*
20
Number Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Hattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3roilers Produced (2002)
rurkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars Rank
livestock
>ops
total
$40,000
$312,000
$352,000
100
100
100
Total Area in County, Acres 244,269
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 9
Total Land in Farms, Acres 4,961
Average Farm Size, Acres 551
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,769
Average Age of Farmers 46
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $555,033
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $683,000
Total Farm Production Expense $579,000
93
DAVIDSON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 353,427
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE • 1997
Number of Farms 929
Total Land in Farms, Acres 98,971
Average Farm Size, Acres 107
Harvested Cropland, Acres 33,253
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $391,877
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $28,303,000
Total Farm Production Expense $17,290,000
Tobacco, Lbs. 940
2,180
2,048,000
44
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 500
307
320
47,|
Soybeans, Bu. 5,400
26
138,000
53
Corn, Bu. 3,500
50
175,000
44
Corn for Silage, Tons 2,400
15
35,000
8
Peanuts, Lbs. *
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 1,800
45
81,000
55
Barley, Bu. 1,500
71
107,000
4
Oats, Bu. 575
48
27,600
25
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
* .
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons 18,000
1.44
25,900
9
Sorghum, Bu. *
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,200
65
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
17,300
19
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
7,800
19
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,800
13
Broilers Produced (2002)
4,600,000
31
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
* i
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rant
Livestock
$21,668,000
39;
Crops
$17,347,000
58
Total
$39,015,000
55
DAVIE COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
285
2,350
670,000
60
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
5,400
26
142,000
52
Corn, Bu.
3,300
50
165,000
46
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,400
15
21,000
12
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*>
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
2,500
38
95,000
53
Barley, Bu.
300
57
17,000
20
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
1
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*,
All Hay, Tons
13,200
1.36
17,900
19
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
1
Total Area in County, Acres 169,734
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 557
Total Land in Farms, Acres 70,579
Average Farm Size, Acres 127
Harvested Cropland, Acres 24,586
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $372,048
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $20,067,000
Total Farm Production Expense $12,365,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
2,100
17,200
8,600
1,100
*
230,000
Dollars
$11,524,000
$5,644,000
$17,168,000
Rani
57
20
13
18
17
Rani
60
92
83
94
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
5,600
2,165
12,133,000
9
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
23,800
545
27,000
14
Soybeans, Bu.
47,500
22
1,050,000
7
Corn, Bu.
37,300
107
3,975,000
2
Uorn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
^eanuts, Lbs.
*
#
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
20,000
40
790,000
7
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
850
54
45,900
15
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
980
125
122,750
10
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
#
kll Hay, Tons
23,500
2.31
54,200
1
iSorghum, Bu.
*
•livestock
Number
Rank
dogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
2,086,000
1
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
20,500
11
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
9,400
11
|Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
36,100,000
6
ifurkeys Raised (2002)
10,450,000
1
\11 Chickens (Dec. 1,
2002)
340,000
14
CASH RECEIPTS -
2001
Dollars
Rank
livestock
$518,921,000
2
3rops
$84,698,000
7
Total
$603,619,000
2
DUPLIN COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 523,411
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,224
Total Land in Farms, Acres 238,300
Average Farm Size, Acres 195
Harvested Cropland, Acres 135,469
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $457,117
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $83,518,000
Total Farm Production Expense $574,138,000
UROPS - 2002
Tobacco, Lbs.
lotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
lorn, Bu.
'orn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
[rish Potatoes, Cwt.
\11 Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Acres Harv.
850
Yield Production Rank
DURHAM COUNTY
300
600
3,300
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
iattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
rurkeys Raised (2002)
Ml Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
.livestock
Urops
Ibtal
,975
1,677,000
46
*
*
17
5,000
84
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
33
20,000
72
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.33
4,400
67
*
*
*
Number
Rank
*
2,300
75
1,300
68
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$1,791,000
86
$5,765,000
91
$7,556,000
96
Total Area in County, Acres 186,003
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE ■ 1997
Number of Farms 159
Total Land in Farms, Acres 22,238
Average Farm Size, Acres 140
Harvested Cropland, Acres 5,166
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $555,036
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $7,314,000
Total Farm Production Expense $4,203,000
95
EDGECOMBE COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 323,238
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 315
Total Land in Farms, Acres 171,589
Average Farm Size, Acres 545
Harvested Cropland, Acres 104,385
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $723,173
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $35,611,000
Total Farm Production Expense $95,549,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
4,440
z,lo5
A £■ 1 A AAA
y,biz,ooo
14
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
54,700
zol
OO AAA
oz,000
8
Soybeans, Bu.
19,700
AS
A O A AAA
4t>0,000
21
Corn, Bu.
11,100
Do
oyu,uuu
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
11,425
1 0*7 £
O 1 A OO C\C\C\
Zl,4zZ,UUU
A
4
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,500
I 1 H AAA
II /jUUU
48
Barley, Bu.
*
*
Oats, Bu.
580
70
40,400
19
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
3,350
120
402,100
5
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
2,400
1 oo
3,100
to
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1 A Q QflH
1 A
14
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
3,000
64
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,400
66
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
i nn nnn
0,1UU,UUU
on
oU
Turkeys Raised (2002
)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1,
2002)
115,000
23
CASH RECEIPTS -
2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$46,389,000
29
Crops
$60,642,000
14
Total
$107,031,000
24
FORSYTH COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 262,189
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 621
Total Land in Farms, Acres 51,091
Average Farm Size, Acres 82
Harvested Cropland, Acres 17,899
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $268,909
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $17,815,000
Total Farm Production Expense $9,930,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,335
2,365
3,159,000
36
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
3,000
30
90,000
57
Corn, Bu.
1,550
75
117,000
50
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
1,300
48
63,000
62
Barley, Bu.
*
* i
Oats, Bu.
220
36
8,000
55
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
* i
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
* !
All Hay, Tons
8,000
1.16
9,300
47
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
* i
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
* i
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
7,200
48
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3,800
42
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
*
* i
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*,
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
* i
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$4,943,000
79
Crops
$10,182,000
77 i
Total
$15,125,000
86
96
:ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Tobacco Lbs.
3,490
2,120
^nttnn 480 lh hales
300
240
•Jnvhpflns Ru
13,300
14
}orn, Bu.
1,050
35
lorn for Silage, Tons
*
*
^eanuts, Lbs.
*
small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
4,600
39
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
1,275
60
sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
8,400
1.35
sorghum, Bu.
*
*
IVESTOCK
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
3eef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
iroilers Produced (2002)
i\irkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
jivestock
rops
total
Production
Rank
7,405,000
20
150
52
188,000
43
37,000
69
*
*
*
*
179,000
31
*
76,000
6
11,300
41
*
*
Number
Rank
26,000
38
9,100
40
4,100
*
40
*
2,600,000
45
*
330,000
15
Dollars
Rank
$19,835,000
43
$32,606,000
30
$52,441,000
43
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 314,618
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 524
Total Land in Farms, Acres 136,941
Average Farm Size, Acres 261
Harvested Cropland, Acres 45,185
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $480,183
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $25,448,000
Total Farm Production Expense $42,265,000
3ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
GASTON COUNTY
bbacco, Lbs.
Dotton, 480 lb. bales
soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
]orn for Silage, Tons
3eanuts, Lbs.
small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
sorghum, Bu.
IVESTOCK
350
*
1,500
*
300
6,500
17
*
7
*
50
1.03
6,000
*
11,000
*
15,000
*
6,700
*
*
83
IS
*
77
*
*
58
Number Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
3eef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
toilers Produced (2002)
Purkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
3 ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
8,700
3,500
1,400
1,500,000
43
44
17
51
Dollars Rank
livestock
3rops
total
$11,371,000
$8,104,000
$19,475,000
61
86
79
Total Area in County, Acres 228,179
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 333
Total Land in Farms, Acres 34,860
Average Farm Size, Acres 105
Harvested Cropland, Acres 10,660
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $323,537
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $8,746,000
Total Farm Production Expense $6,759,000
97
GATES COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rani
Total Area in County, Acres 218,003
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 147
Total Land in Farms, Acres 62,004
Average Farm Size, Acres 422
Harvested Cropland, Acres 46,481
Average Age of Farmers 51
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $629,836
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $21,388,000
Total Farm Production Expense $32,639,000
Tobctcco Lbs.
*
17 000
424
i ^ nnn
91
til.
10 100
30
305 000
oo
Corn, Bu.
6,200
60
372,000
35
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
5,665
2,760
1 C f O C C\(\C\
15,635,000
8
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,300
50
i «5 000
36
Barley, Bu.
*
* i
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
* >
All Hay, Tons
800
2.00
1,600
85
Sorghum, Bu.
1,300
51
66,000
2
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
35,000
32 >
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,300
84
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
600
84
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
4,500,000
32 i
Turkeys Raised (2002
)
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1,
2002)
*
* 1
CASH RECEIPTS -
2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
Crops
Total
$12,732,000
$17,813,000
$30,545,000
56
56
67
GRAHAM COUNTY
CROPS - 2002
Acres Harv.
75
900
Total Area in County, Acres 186,931
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 110
Total Land in Farms, Acres 7,194
Average Farm Size, Acres 65
Harvested Cropland, Acres 706
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $119,170
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $1,988,000
Total Farm Production Expense $679,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Yield
1,585
Production
119,000
1.89
*
*
1,700
Number
1,300
600
84
84
Dollars
$897,000
$951,000
$1,848,000
98
"•ROPS - 2002 Arr*»s Harv
Yield
PvoH notion
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs. 4,595
1,865
8,581,000
17
Cotton, 480 lb. bales *
*
Soybeans, Bu. 2,600
20
53,000
66
:orn, Bu. 1,100
37
41,000
68
]orn for Silage, Tons 850
8
6,800
26
3eanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 4,200
38
158,000
38
jjaricy, jdu.
*
Oats, Bu. 300
55
16,500
36
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Ul Hay, Tons 13,500
1.17
15,800
28
Sorghum, Bu. *
*
*
*
JVESTOCK
m p» v
1^1 U.111U vl
Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,700
60
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
11,100
29
ieef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
5,700
28
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
800
22
Broilers Produced (2002)
*
*
turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
GRANVILLE COUNTY
:ash receipts - 2001
Dollars Rank
jivestock
rops
Total
$5,921,000
$21,402,000
$27,323,000
75
48
70
Total Area in County, Acres 339,949
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE ■ 1997
Number of Farms 637
Total Land in Farms, Acres 161,818
Average Farm Size, Acres 254
Harvested Cropland, Acres 29,218
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $385,341
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $25,745,000
Total Farm Production Expense $21,428,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
GREENE COUNTY
Tons
Tobacco, Lbs.
Totton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
Torn for Silage,
•'eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes,
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Cwt.
4,760
1,880
8,957,000
15
22,500
405
19,000
20
22,900
20
458,000
22
11,000
74
815,000
24
*
*
*
*
*
4,000
35
138,000
43
*
*
*
#
1,680
*
130
219,350
7
*
2,700
2.41
6,500
61
*
*
Number Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Jeef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
koilers Produced (2002)
"urkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
TASH RECEIPTS - 2001
410,000
2,400
1,200
4,500,000
1,350,000
5
74
72
32
9
Dollars Rank
.livestock
i'rops
Total
$122,396,000
$38,123,000
$160,519,000
10
28
10
Total Area in County, Acres 169,888
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 313
Total Land in Farms, Acres 103,201
Average Farm Size, Acres 330
Harvested Cropland, Acres 72,348
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $680,322
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $42,620,000
Total Farm Production Expense $142,370,000
99
GUILFORD COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Tobacco, Lbs.
2,490
2,825
7,036,000
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
Soybeans, Bu.
6,200
24
148,000
Corn, Bu.
5,400
41
223,000
Corn for Silage, Tons
i inn
D
11,UUU
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
#
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
7,400
48
358,000
Barley, Bu.
650
57
37,000
Oats, Bu.
585
32
18,600
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
17,500
1.09
19,000
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Yield Production Rank
21
49
40
18
19
11
34
*
Total Area in County, Acres 416,083
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 920
Total Land in Farms, Acres 111,882
Average Farm Size, Acres 122
Harvested Cropland, Acres 35,157
Average Age of Farmers 59
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $356,275
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $31,447,000
Total Farm Production Expense $29,988,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
8,600
16,000
7,000
2,000
500,000
100,000
Dollars
$17,391,000
$57,961,000
$75,352,000
15
44
22
24
7
56
*
25
49
15
33
HALIFAX COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
1
Tobacco, Lbs.
2,115
1,665
3,524,000
33
•
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
63,500
302
40,000
4 1
i
Soybeans, Bu.
12,700
24
310,000
32 i
«
Corn, Bu.
4,400
36
158,000
48
Corn for Silage, Tons
300
13
4,000
29
-
Peanuts, Lbs.
14,810
1,705
25,259,000
2
ii
Small Grains:
:
Wheat, Bu.
4,900
37
182,000
30
T
Total Area in County, Acres 464,282
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 339
Total Land in Farms, Acres 185,382
Average Farm Size, Acres 547
Harvested Cropland, Acres 104,435
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $679,344
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $37,442,000
Total Farm Production Expense $75,450,000
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. *•
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. 280
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 4,600
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
105
*
2.26
29,200
*
10,400
*
Number
65,000
8,900
3,400
*
6,000,000
*
*
Dollars
$32,049,000
$56,920,000
$88,969,000
17
44
100
DROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
5,010
2,180
10,910,000
ii
Dotton, 480 lb. bales 16,100
349
11,700
215
Soybeans, Bu. 22,400
18
395,000
25
Corn, Bu.
4,600
46
210,000
42
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
*
peanuts, Lbs.
*
iSmall Grains:
1 Wheat, Bu.
3,300
40
132,000
45
Barley, Bu.
600
oo, uuu
1 A
Oats, Bu.
1,100
58
63,300
9
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
880
130
114,800
11
'rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
IU1 Hay, Tons
4,400
1.95
8,600
49
(Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
1 'I U 111 UCI
Rank
flogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
70,700
22
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
y,ouu
o /
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
4,200
37
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
broilers Produced (2002)
23,200,000
11
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
kll Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Livestock
$80,629,000
15
Crops
$49,579,000
20
(fatal
$130,208,000
18
HARNETT COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 380,826
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 626
Total Land in Farms, Acres 116,004
Average Farm Size, Acres 185
Harvested Cropland, Acres 52,193
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $426,026
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $36,225,000
Total Farm Production Expense $67,436,000
DROPS - 2002
Tobacco, Lbs.
Dotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Dorn, Bu.
Dorn for Silage, Tons
•'eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Acres Harv.
615
Yield Production Rank
HAYWOOD COUNTY
1,900
*
7,900
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
\irkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
iJCASH RECEIPTS - 2001
avestock
"rops
fatal
,700
1,045,000
52
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
21
40,000
7
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.86
14,700
30
*
Number
Rank
20,300
*
12
8,300
14
2,000
7
*
*
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$12,199,000
59
$9,483,000
80
$21,682,000
77
Total Area in County, Acres 354,490
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 776
Total Land in Farms, Acres 65,212
Average Farm Size, Acres 84
Harvested Cropland, Acres 10,680
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $262,499
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $18,486,000
Total Farm Production Expense $10,579,000
101
HENDERSON COUNTY
39
3
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rani
Tobacco, Lbs. * * *
Cotton, 480 lb. bales * * *
Soybeans, Bu. * * *
Corn, Bu. 2,000 130 260,000
Corn for Silage, Tons 2,700 26 70,000
Peanuts, Lbs. * * *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. * * *
Barley, Bu. * * *
Oats, Bu. * * *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. * * *
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. * * *
All Hay, Tons 7,100 1.97 14,000
Sorghum, Bu.
*
33
Total Area in County, Acres 239,258
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 488
Total Land in Farms, Acres 44,511
Average Farm Size, Acres 91
Harvested Cropland, Acres 21,780
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $394,121
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $19,905,000
Total Farm Production Expense $32,976,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS ■ 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
*
7,700
2,700
2,500
Dollars
$9,826,000
$142,107,000
$151,933,000
47
54
5
*
*
64
2
11
HERTFORD COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,220
1,890
2,308,000
42
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
18,000
331
12,400
22
Soybeans, Bu.
7,500
20
150,000
48
Corn, Bu.
10,400
61
630,000
27
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
8,525
2,040
17,400,000
6
:
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
600
42
25,000
68
i
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
1
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons
600
2.33
1,400
86
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
Total Area in County, Acres 226,349
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 169
Total Land in Farms, Acres 76,439
Average Farm Size, Acres 452
Harvested Cropland, Acres 50,694
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $594,186
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $19,459,000
Total Farm Production Expense $49,244,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
54,000
11,600,000
Rani
28
*
*
18
Dollars Ran:
$26,901,000
$23,015,000
$49,916,000
102
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
Q A A
84U
1 Q Q C
1,880
i kqo aaa
l,t)8Z,UUU
1 n
4 /
Jotton, 480 lb. bales
18,900
292
11,500
25
Soybeans, Bu.
9,900
17
1 nn AAA
173,000
44
Corn, Bu.
2,150
40
87,000
56
Dorn for Silage, Tons
*
*
?eanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,700
40
149,000
41
' Barley, Bu.
*
Oats, Bu.
300
35
10,500
46
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
i rish Potatoes, Cwt.
Ul Hay, Tons
2,300
1.65
3,800
69
Sorghum, Bu.
*
LIVESTOCK
HOKE COUNTY
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Jattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Number Rank
83,500 19
jivestock
rops
Total
3,000,000
Dollars
$22,616,000
$15,503,000
$38,119,000
43
Rank
38
65
56
Total Area in County, Acres 250,400
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 162
Total Land in Farms, Acres 66,920
Average Farm Size, Acres 413
Harvested Cropland, Acres 35,936
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $593,849
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,974,000
Total Farm Production Expense $47,881,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
HYDE COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
3otton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
orn for Silage, Tons
3eanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
*
16,900
26,100
26,200
815
32
126
*
28,700
835,000
3,300,000
13
16
3
Wheat, Bu.
9,500
51
480,000
12
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
oweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Ul Hay, Tons
300
3.00
900
89
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars Rank
-ivestock
rops
(Total
$962,000
$30,557,000
$31,519,000
90
33
66
Total Area in County, Acres 392,211
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 100
Total Land in Farms, Acres 95,327
Average Farm Size, Acres 953
Harvested Cropland, Acres 76,045
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $1,149,503
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $15,350,000
Total Farm Production Expense $23,850,000
103
IREDELL COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Total Area in County, Acres 367,616
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,189
Total Land in Farms, Acres 156,748
Average Farm Size, Acres 132
Harvested Cropland, Acres 58,989
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $376,292
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $44,907,000
Total Farm Production Expense $69,091,000
Tnhfippn T ,hc
300
1 89^
fi9
l^ULLUIl, *±OVJ ID. Dales
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1 A C\f\
A 1
ou_y ucdiio, j_>u.
o,iUU
OR
99fi nnn
OQ
oo
Corn, Bu.
3,300
60
198,000
43
Corn for Silage, Tons
12,200
12
151,000
1
Peanuts, Lbs.
I
Kmsill (irninc
Ollldll VJIdllia.
vv Ilea L, Du.
^ nnn
4:0
94n nnn
A1VJ ,uuu
OA
Barley, Bu.
2,300
7^
/ u
i 7q nnn
i / o,uuu
1
1
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons
33,700
1.47
49,600
2
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1,
2002)
*
*
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
49,100
1
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
15,900
4
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
11,800
1
Broilers Produced (2002)
1,500,000
51
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,650,000
3
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$86,005,000
14
Crops
$17,810,000
57
Total
$103,815,000
25
JACKSON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002
Acres Harv.
24
Total Area in County, Acres 313,971
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 217
Total Land in Farms, Acres 18,882
Average Farm Size, Acres 87
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,735
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $295,540
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $5,724,000
Total Farm Production Expense $3,358,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu. *
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. *
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 1,500
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Yield
1,290
Production
31,000
Rant
78
1.80
2,700
79
Number Rani
1,800
1,100
80
74
Dollars Rani
$1,127,000
$9,876,000
$11,003,000
79
90
104
^ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
soybeans, Bu.
"'orn, Bu.
]orn for Silage, Tons
'eanuts, Lbs.
small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
m Hay, Tons
orghum, Bu.
JVESTOCK
JOHNSTON COUNTY
7,950
17,500
55,500
9,300
8,900
2,500
6,090
10,500
2,090
321
17
52
45
58
125
2.00
16,607,000
11,700
933,000
480,000
401,000
*
143,900
763,400
21,000
3
23
11
29
13
*
1
2
14
Number Rank
iogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
ieef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
iroilers Produced (2002)
turkeys Raised (2002)
ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
183,400
13,900
6,100
13,000,000
1,100,000
12
24
26
17
10
Dollars Rank
livestock
rops
Mai
$70,228,000
$158,958,000
$229,186,000
18
1
6
Total Area in County, Acres 506,867
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,216
Total Land in Farms, Acres 211,011
Average Farm Size, Acres 174
Harvested Cropland, Acres 110,980
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $418,861
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $63,605,000
Total Farm Production Expense $121,775,000
ROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
JONES COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,975
1,885
3,726,000
.31
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
28,900
523
31,500
10
soybeans, Bu.
9,900
26
255,000
36
]orn, Bu.
6,400
116
740,000
25
]orn for Silage, Tons
*
*
'eanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
5,600
52
290,000
21
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
rish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Ul Hay, Tons
1,500
2.00
3,000
76
sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Livestock
Number Rank
iogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
iattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
ieef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
.lilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
iroilers Produced (2002)
turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
:ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
livestock
rops
Total
270,000
2,700
700
*
1,300,000
*
Dollars
$53,628,000
$24,895,000
$78,523,000
67
81
*
53
Rank
26
41
31
Total Area in County, Acres 302,912
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 154
Total Land in Farms, Acres 71,769
Average Farm Size, Acres 466
Harvested Cropland, Acres 45,360
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $646,824
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,987,000
Total Farm Production Expense $73,863,000
105
LEE COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 164,659
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 311
Total Land in Farms, Acres 45,205
Average Farm Size, Acres 145
Harvested Cropland, Acres 12,880
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $370,180
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $11,196,000
Total Farm Production Expense $19,111,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Ran]
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,390
2,335
3,246,000
35
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
2,400
360
1,800
40
Soybeans, Bu.
4,300
21
90,000
57
Corn, Bu.
750
41
31,000
75
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
1,000
30
30,000
67
Barley, Bu.
*
Oats, Bu.
300
65
19,400
33
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
2,400
1.42
3,400
73
Sorghum, Bu.
*
#
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
4,300
50
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,600
61
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
7,200,000
23
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$19,508,000
45
Crops
$15,611,000
64
Total
$35,119,000
61
LENOIR COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 255,917
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 447
Total Land in Farms, Acres 149,650
Average Farm Size, Acres 335
Harvested Cropland, Acres 100,386
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $703,098
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $47,542,000
Total Farm Production Expense $146,423,000
Tobacco, Lbs. 5,585
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 39,000
Soybeans, Bu. 22,600
Corn, Bu. 16,500
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 10,700
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. 880
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
2,800
1,845
529
20
107
35
145
*
2.39
10,294,000
43,000
450,000
1,770,000
371,000
*
*
128,700
*
6,700
293,000
4,200
1,700
*
3,100,000
2,300,000
94,000
106
Livestock
Crops
Total
$77,037,000
$62,099,000
$139,136,000
Number Ran)
7
60
60
41
Dollars Rani
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
weetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
Livestock
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ml Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
ICASH RECEIPTS - 2001
LINCOLN COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
4,800
18
88,000
60
Corn, Bu.
850
54
46,000
65
Corn for Silage, Tons
2,000
8
16,000
14
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
3,100
680
300
12,500
*
48
62
47
1.36
149,000
42,000
14,000
17,000
41
9
38
23
Number Rank
2,000
13,100
5,900
1,900
2,600,000
58
26
27
9
45
Dollars Rank
Livestock
rops
Total
$16,465,000
$3,430,000
$19,895,000
53
95
78
Total Area in County, Acres 191,245
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 497
Total Land in Farms, Acres 63,177
Average Farm Size, Acres 127
Harvested Cropland, Acres 23,193
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $286,822
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $12,365,000
Total Farm Production Expense $13,329,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
otton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
orn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
\11 Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
ialLIVESTOCK
Mcdowell county
550
*
3,400
*
Togs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Dattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
3eef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Wilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3roilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
HASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
fcrops
I Total
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
20
11,000
18
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.41
4,800
66
*
Number
Rank
3,300
63
1,500
62
*
*
2,300,000
47
*
66,200
35
Dollars
Rank
$8,552,000
67
$27,918,000
36
$36,470,000
59
Total Area in County, Acres 282,688
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 223
Total Land in Farms, Acres 20,680
Average Farm Size, Acres 93
Harvested Cropland, Acres 5,402
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $207,511
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $5,018,000
Total Farm Production Expense $9,218,000
107
MACON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rant
Tobacco, Lbs.
45
1,800
81,000
73
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Silage, Tons
200
15
3,000
36
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Total Area in County, Acres 330,534
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 309
Total Land in Farms, Acres 22,784
Average Farm Size, Acres 74
Harvested Cropland, Acres 4,455
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $260,995
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $5,681,000
Total Farm Production Expense $2,183,000
Wheat, Bu. *
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 5,300
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
1.87
9,900
*
Number
5,400
2,900
*
*
46
*
54
52
*
Dollars
$4,533,000
$4,898,000
$9,431,000
80
93
94
MADISON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,813
1,390
2,520,000
41'
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Silage, Tons
200
20
4,000
29
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
6,500
*
Total Area in County, Acres 287,648
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 907
Total Land in Farms, Acres 80,041
Average Farm Size, Acres 88
Harvested Cropland, Acres 7,645
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $195,966
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,908,000
Total Farm Production Expense $6,638,000
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
1.60
10,400
*
Number
10,900
5,300
Dollars
$3,480,000
$10,541,000
$14,021,000
44
108
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
MARTIN COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,315
2,055
6,810,000
22
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
43,000
357
32,000
8
Soybeans, Bu.
8,300
24
200,000
40
Corn, Bu.
3,400
63
214,000
41
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
10,665
2,220
23,651,000
3
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
1,900
44
83,000
54
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
oweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
1,400
1.50
2,100
82
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
a» CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
20,400
2,500
1,300
4,200,000
39
70
68
*
36
Dollars Rank
Livestock
rops
Mai
$10,958,000
$45,416,000
$56,374,000
62
21
40
Total Area in County, Acres 296,058
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 389
Total Land in Farms, Acres 115,202
Average Farm Size, Acres 296
Harvested Cropland, Acres 74,588
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $355,861
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $30,236,000
Total Farm Production Expense $40,414,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield 'roduction Rank
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
otton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
orn, Bu.
orn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
[rish Potatoes, Cwt.
\11 Hay, Tons
sorghum, Bu.
afLIVESTOCK
1,200
350
1,400
*
6,500
23
11
49
1.71
27,000
*
4,000
*
68,000
*
*
*
*
11,100
67
29
59
43
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
battle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
turkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
4-ASH RECEIPTS - 2001
8,400
3,000
44
50
*
*
*
*
Dollars Rank
livestock
Crops
Dotal
$8,106,000
$128,891,000
$136,997,000
68
3
16
Total Area in County, Acres 337,549
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 295
Total Land in Farms, Acres 29,015
Average Farm Size, Acres 98
Harvested Cropland, Acres 9,053
Average Age of Farmers 58
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $603,586
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $19,667,000
Total Farm Production Expense $32,002,000
109
MITCHELL COUNTY
CROPS - 2002
Acres Harv.
370
3,300
*
Total Area in County, Acres 141,741
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 306
Total Land in Farms, Acres 25,170
Average Farm Size, Acres 82
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,768
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $147,392
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $7,972,000
Total Farm Production Expense $2,040,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Yield
1,255
Production
464,000
1.15
3,800
Number
2,500
1,300
69
70
68
Dollars
$799,000
$6,773,000
$7,572,000
95
88
95
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 314,278
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 256
Total Land in Farms, Acres 41,792
Average Farm Size, Acres 163
Harvested Cropland, Acres 6,317
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $304,634
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $8,555,000
Total Farm Production Expense $38,938,000
Tobacco, Lbs. 255
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 1,200
Soybeans, Bu. 750
Corn, Bu. 1,000
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 500
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. *
All Hay, Tons 4,000
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
2,185
440
20
44
42
1.65
557,000
1,100
15,000
44,000
21,000
6,600
Number
28,200
6,200
3,400
*
24,000,000
61
44
73
67
71
*
60
Ran*
36
50
46
* i
10
* i
Dollars Rani
$70,243,000
$11,589,000
$81,832,000
17
75
30
110
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield
Irish Potatoes,
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,465
2,110
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
250
384
Soybeans, Bu.
4,700
19
Corn, Bu.
850
41
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
700
34
Barley, Bu.
*
Oats, Bu.
*
#
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
Cwt.
7,300
1.79
Livestock
Crops
Total
Production
Rank
3,092,000
38
200
49
ZtVJ ,\J\J\J
^7
35,000
72
94 OOO
*
*
*
*
1 3 1 00
OD
*
*
Number
Rank
44,100
30
9,200
38
5,000
30
*37 ^OO OOO
tz
<>
*
1 00 000
±\J\J jXJVJXJ
25
Dollars
Rank
$113,165,000
12
$20,961,000
51
$134,126,000
17
MOORE COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 447,200
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 683
Total Land in Farms, Acres 100,668
Average Farm Size, Acres 147
Harvested Cropland, Acres 17,694
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $306,500
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $30,369,000
Total Farm Production Expense $77,508,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
NASH COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
orn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
\11 Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
6,310
22,300
24,000
2,750
2,260
248
14
34
2,685 1,995
6,900
515
6,150
*
7,100
35
*
57
130
*
2.00
logs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
lattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
3eef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
vlilk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
jjfurkeys Raised (2002)
Ul Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
(props
Ibtal
14,266,000
4
11,500
25
340,000
30
94,000
54
*
*
5,352,000
13
243,000
23
*
*
29,400
24
802,300
1
*
*
14,200
32
*
*
Number
Rank
63,500
25
10,000
35
4,200
37
*
8,500,000
21
*
*
2,260,000
1
Dollars
Rank
$50,002,000
27
$64,329,000
11
$114,331,000
21
Total Area in County, Acres 345,805
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 472
Total Land in Farms, Acres 175,278
Average Farm Size, Acres 371
Harvested Cropland, Acres 90,913
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $794,217
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $57,646,000
Total Farm Production Expense $116,881,000
111
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 127,322
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 62
Total Land in Farms, Acres 5,435
Average Farm Size, Acres 88
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,426
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $299,973
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $3,324,000
Total Farm Production Expense $3,182,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
600
450
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
23
80
14,000
36,000
Number
Dollars
$127,000
$9,901,000
$10,028,000
75
70
99
78
93
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 343,130
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 342
Total Land in Farms, Acres 160,464
Average Farm Size, Acres 469
Harvested Cropland, Acres 94,286
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $597,037
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $36,681,000
Total Farm Production Expense $75,255,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
160
1,315
210,000
68
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
62,700
375
49,000
1
Soybeans, Bu.
7,500
19
143,000
51
Corn, Bu.
2,300
48
110,000
51
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
13,230
1,480
19,590,000
5
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
1,500
42
63,000
62
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 1,300
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
2.08
2,700
79
Number
Rani
135,000
16
2,500
70
1,400
66
*
*
10,000,000
20!
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Ran
$48,537,000
28
$43,596,000
22
$92,133,000
26
112
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
LIVESTOCK
ONSLOW COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
2,105
1,910
4,017,000
30
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
9,900
558
11,500
25
Soybeans, Bu.
9,000
29
261,000
35
Corn, Bu.
10,400
117
1,215,000
18
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,400
41
138,000
43
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
2,600
1.92
5,000
65
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Number Rank
178,000 13
2,500 70
1,200 72
2,250,000
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Total
$53,780,000
$20,734,000
$74,514,000
25
53
35
Total Area in County, Acres 490,797
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 369
Total Land in Farms, Acres 63,419
Average Farm Size, Acres 172
Harvested Cropland, Acres 35,573
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $291,132
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $17,838,000
Total Farm Production Expense $75,716,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
ORANGE COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
1,035
2,095
2,167,000
43
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
2,000
30
60,000
65
Corn, Bu.
800
40
32,000
74
Corn for Silage, Tons
2,100
7
14,000
15
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
1,700
225
15,000
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
iBeef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
Ml Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
38
64,000
61
*
*
58
13,000
39
*
*
*
*
*
1.08
16,200
27
*
*
*
Number
Rank
3,500
52
13,700
25
6,400
25
2,000
7
*
*
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$15,906,000
54
$19,826,000
54
$35,732,000
60
Total Area in County, Acres 255,866
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 485
Total Land in Farms, Acres 72,515
Average Farm Size, Acres 150
Harvested Cropland, Acres 22,518
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $445,793
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $22,330,000
Total Farm Production Expense $17,937,000
113
PAMLICO COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
325
2,180
708,000
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
4,600
605
5,800
Soybeans, Bu.
19,400
29
570,000
Corn, Bu.
9,900
124
1,230,000
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains!
Wheat, Bu.
8,400
46
390,000
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
2,500
185
464,300
All Hay, Tons
300
2.33
700
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Total Area in County, Acres 215,648
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 67
Total Land in Farms, Acres 50,232
Average Farm Size, Acres 750
Harvested Cropland, Acres 42,754
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $979,556
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,570,000
Total Farm Production Expense $15,613,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
3,200
Dollars
$906,000
$14,586,000
$15,492,000
59
35
18
17
15
*
*
*
4
91
92
67
85
PASQUOTANK COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 145,210
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 174
Total Land in Farms, Acres 86,306
Average Farm Size, Acres 496
Harvested Cropland, Acres 77,125
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $730,602
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $19,746,000
Total Farm Production Expense $25,736,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
5,400
1,400,000
2,690,000
482,000
864,000
*
18,000
*
887,200
*
180,000
Number
1,400
700
400
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
3,800
682
Soybeans, Bu.
45,500
31
Corn, Bu.
22,200
121
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
220
2,190
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
19,200
45
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
225
80
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
5,050
175
All Hay, Tons
*
*
Sorghum, Bu.
3,600
50
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
$995,000
$38,272,000
$39,267,000
36
3
7
15
4
*
35
Dollars Rank
89
27
54
114
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
PENDER COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes,
Irish Potatoes,
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
! LIVESTOCK
bales
Tons
1,140
2,280
2,601,000
40
7,600
480
7,600
33
15,200
24
372,000
26
11,000
85
935,000
23
*
*
*
*
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Cwt.
Cwt.
3,900
2,000
Livestock
Crops
Total
40
156,000
39
#
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.80
3,600
72
*
*
Number
Rank
263,000
9
2,300
75
1,000
76
*
*
1,100,000
54
1,450,000
8
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$65,428,000
22
$26,036,000
40
$91,464,000
27
Total Area in County, Acres 557,261
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 283
Total Land in Farms, Acres 68,861
Average Farm Size, Acres 243
Harvested Cropland, Acres 34,195
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $434,172
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $15,646,000
Total Farm Production Expense $86,645,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
22,200
649
30,000
12
Soybeans, Bu.
28,500
32
910,000
12
Corn, Bu.
14,100
112
1,575,000
15
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
2,755
2,640
7,277,000
10
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
11,600
51
587,000
10
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
275
85
23,500
29
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons
400
2.00
800
90
Sorghum, Bu.
800
48
38,600
4
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
LIVESTOCK
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
|A11 Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
jiCASH RECEIPTS - 2001
[(Livestock
((Crops
[Total
10,100
1,300
600
*
5,800,000
42
84
84
26
Dollars Rank
$16,984,000
$23,884,000
$40,868,000
51
42
53
Total Area in County, Acres 158,202
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 202
Total Land in Farms, Acres 77,196
Average Farm Size, Acres 382
Harvested Cropland, Acres 67,857
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $602,653
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $21,261,000
Total Farm Production Expense $31,118,000
115
PERSON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
3,260
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
5,900
2,000
200
5,300
200
9,500
Yield
2,355
*
16
39
10
40
53
*
1.41
Production
7,673,000
95,000
55
'«'
78,000
59
ji
2,000
42
i)
*
*
t
212,000
26
*
*
B
10,500
46
0
13,400
Number
Total Area in County, Acres 251,098
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 401
Total Land in Farms, Acres 120,470
Average Farm Size, Acres 300
Harvested Cropland, Acres 31,498
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $504,166
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $20,060,000
Total Farm Production Expense $18,496,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
9,300
7,800
3,700
35
43
46
43
Dollars Rank
$5,278,000
$16,767,000
$22,045,000
78
62
75
PITT COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
10,085
1,755
17,691,000
1
ji:
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
44,000
371
34,000
6
Soybeans, Bu.
43,500
21
910,000
12
Corn, Bu.
15,100
65
982,000
21
'
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
* i
.0!
Peanuts, Lbs.
4,090
1,640
6,703,000
11
\
Small Grains:
t
Wheat, Bu.
9,800
39
382,000
16
w
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
* ;j
E
Oats, Bu.
840
61
51,200
12
0
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
* i
is
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
# i
lis
All Hay, Tons
3,500
2.17
7,600
53
1
Total Area in County, Acres 417,037
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 474
Total Land in Farms, Acres 193,377
Average Farm Size, Acres 408
Harvested Cropland, Acres 132,083
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $766,717
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $53,030,000
Total Farm Production Expense $143,677,000
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
230,000
4,400
2,200
*
4,100,000
*
11
58
58
*1
37
Dollars Rank
$64,665,000
$74,105,000
$138,770,000
23
9
13
116
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
POLK COUNTY
4,300
*
1.77
7,600
53
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
attle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Number Rank
3,600
1,500
61
62
Dollars Rank
Livestock
rops
Total
$2,122,000
$8,430,000
$10,552,000
84
84
91
Total Area in County, Acres 152,218
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 188
Total Land in Farms, Acres 30,701
Average Farm Size, Acres 163
Harvested Cropland, Acres 4,893
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $373,226
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $6,416,000
Total Farm Production Expense $2,928,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
805
2,415
1,943,000
45
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
8,000
25
200,000
40
Corn, Bu.
4,000
42
168,000
45
Corn for Silage, Tons
3,500
9
31,000
10
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,600
47
169,000
35
Barley, Bu.
300
60
18,000
18
Oats, Bu.
690
66
45,400
16
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
22,300
1.36
30,300
5
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
34,000
33
■Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
39,100
2
•Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
16,900
1
1 Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
4,400
2
■Broilers Produced (2002)
54,300,000
3
Irurkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
■All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,200,000
5
•CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
■livestock
$185,330,000
6
■Crops
$30,100,000
34
Ilbta!
$215,430,000
7
■ LULc
Total Area in County, Acres 503,981
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,366
Total Land in Farms, Acres 148,301
Average Farm Size, Acres 109
Harvested Cropland, Acres 39,580
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $281,968
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $51,695,000
Total Farm Production Expense $100,981,000
117
RICHMOND COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
H&rv.
Yield
X 1 V r U. \JL \. • V 1 \J 11
Rani
Tobacco, Lbs.
440
2,250
990,000
53
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
3,100
434
2,800
39
Soybeans, Bu.
800
19
15,000
73
Corn, Bu.
800
45
36,000
70
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
900
40
36,000
65
DCLL ic_y, uu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
#
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
3,600
1.67
6,000
63
Sorghum, Bu.
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rant
Total Area in County, Acres 303,386
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 251
Total Land in Farms, Acres 54,498
Average Farm Size, Acres 217
Harvested Cropland, Acres 17,896
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $335,591
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $9,295,000
Total Farm Production Expense $50,563,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
61,400
2,800
1,500
29,000,000
Dollars
$68,064,000
$8,173,000
$76,237,000
26
66
62
*
7
20
85
32
ROBESON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 607,296
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,004
Total Land in Farms, Acres 285,186
Average Farm Size, Acres 284
Harvested Cropland, Acres 198,738
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $377,101
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $60,275,000
Total Farm Production Expense $161,987,000
Tobacco, Lbs. 7,810
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 33,000
Soybeans, Bu. 95,500
Corn, Bu. 42,900
Corn for Silage, Tons *
Peanuts, Lbs. 100
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 35,600
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. 1,300
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 7,000
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
2,165
291
19
45
*
2,000
35
*
60
*
1.10
16,917,000
20,000
1,822,000
1,940,000
*
200,000
1,229,000
77,500
*
*
7,700
19,200,000
950,000
*
Dollars
$113,916,000
$77,357,000
$191,273,000
2
19
1
10
*
19
3
52
Number Rani
381,000
6,500
3,100
12
13
*
Rani
11
118
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,925
2,510
9,845,000
13
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
Soybeans, Bu.
2,400
26
63,000
63
Corn, Bu.
1,500
59
89,000
55
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,000
13
13,000
17
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
5,000
200
485
12,500
35
75
63
1.16
175,000
15,000
30,500
14,500
33
22
23
31
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
7,600
10,900
4,700
700
*
Dollars
$7,550,000
$27,212,000
$34,762,000
46
31
33
25
Rank
70
38
63
Total Area in County, Acres 362,541
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 780
Total Land in Farms, Acres 133,842
Average Farm Size, Acres 172
Harvested Cropland, Acres 28,353
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $260,114
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $26,368,000
Total Farm Production Expense $22,823,000
u CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
ROWAN COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
650
399
540
46
Soybeans, Bu.
13,800
23
317,000
31
Corn, Bu.
5,800
56
324,000
36
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,900
11
20,000
13
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
6,700
52
351,000
20
Barley, Bu.
2,200
73
161,000
2
Oats, Bu.
*
#
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
22,000
1.04
22,900
13
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
i (LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
Number
3,400
23,100
10,100
2,500
Dollars
$20,705,000
$21,670,000
$42,375,000
Rank
54
8
9
5
Rank
40
47
49
Total Area in County, Acres 327,296
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 779
Total Land in Farms, Acres 107,555
Average Farm Size, Acres 138
Harvested Cropland, Acres 42,276
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $321,963
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $32,513,000
Total Farm Production Expense $22,954,000
119
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Total Area in County, Acres 361,101
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 505
Total Land in Farms, Acres 61,147
Average Farm Size, Acres 121
Harvested Cropland, Acres 13,048
Average Age of Farmers 59
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $219,606
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $11,069,000
Total Farm Production Expense $5,165,000
Tobacco, Lbs. *
*
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 300
224
140
54
Soybeans, Bu. 550
22
12 000
77
Corn, Bu. 250
76
19,000
78
Corn for Silage, Tons 200
20
4,000
29
Peanuts, Lbs. *
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 500
46
23,000
70
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu. *
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons 19,000
1.24
23,600
11
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
12,700
27
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
7,300
22
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
#
Broilers Produced (2002)
2,000,000
49
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$9,531,000
65
Crops
$3,511,000
94
Total
$13,042,000
89
SAMPSON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 605,133
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,186
Total Land in Farms, Acres 270,840
Average Farm Size, Acres 228
Harvested Cropland, Acres 160,230
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $464,467
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $85,393,000
Total Farm Production Expense $577,584,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
5,450
2,235
12,180,000
8
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
50,500
356
37,500
5
Soybeans, Bu.
57,000
20
1,130,000
6
Corn, Bu.
26,900
61
1,635,000
14
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
265
1,130
299,000
17
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
22,500
33
745,000
8
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
795
61
48,100
14
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
4,550
150
688,600
3
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
22,500
2.19
49,300
3
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,953,000
2
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
18,800
16
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
8,200
15
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
14,300,000
16
Turkeys Raised (2002)
10,200,000
2
All Chickens (Dec. 1,
2002)
520,000
10
CASH RECEIPTS -
2001
Dollars
Ranli
Livestock
$542,732,000
1 |
Crops
$97,828,000
5 !
Total
$640,560,000
1
120
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield
355
14,700
8,200
1,100
1,800
2,100
*
2,015
297
19
44
38
1.10
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
rops
Total
Production
Rank
715,000
58
9,100
29
1P7 Ann
i p.
4 b
48,000
63
oy,uuu
08
*
*
*
*
*
Z,oUU
Q 1
*
*
Number
Rank
139,000
15
2,000
78
1,000
76
*
*
*
*
Dollars
Rank
$32,339,000
3.3
$8,942,000
81
$41,281,000
51
SCOTLAND COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 204,262
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 123
Total Land in Farms, Acres 53,501
Average Farm Size, Acres 435
Harvested Cropland, Acres 31,508
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $459,458
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $9,972,000
Total Farm Production Expense $44,136,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
9,200
407
7,800
32
Soybeans, Bu.
15,000
20
300,000
34
Corn, Bu.
10,200
46
470,000
30
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,100
10
11,000
18
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
7,400
50
370,000
18
Barley, Bu.
850
75
64,000
6
Oats, Bu.
1,000
67
67,000
8
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
13,000
1.38
17,900
19
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
STANLY COUNTY
LIVESTOCK
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
|Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
Hi CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
5,700
18,100
10,200
900
11,600,000
1,050,000
420,000
48
18
8
20
18
11
12
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Ibtal
$60,045,000
$14,347,000
$74,392,000
24
69
36
Total Area in County, Acres 252,864
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 558
Total Land in Farms, Acres 94,709
Average Farm Size, Acres 170
Harvested Cropland, Acres 50,303
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $289,043
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $25,476,000
Total Farm Production Expense $51,748,000
121
STOKES COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
a
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,545
2,135
7,563,000
19
5
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
Soybeans, Bu.
900
24
22,000
70
Si-
Corn, Bu.
950
58
55,000
61
ll
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
*
St
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
Small Grains:
12,000
*
Total Area in County, Acres 289,184
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 926
Total Land in Farms, Acres 110,003
Average Farm Size, Acres 119
Harvested Cropland, Acres 20,013
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $205,411
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $27,247,000
Total Farm Production Expense $20,122,000
Wheat, Bu. 200
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. *
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
40
1.42
8,000
17,000
Number
3,500
10,800
4,600
78
23
52
33
34
Dollars
$6,671,000
$17,006,000
$23,677,000
72
59
72
SURRY COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rant
0
Tobacco, Lbs.
3,820
2,260
8,625,000
16
i
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
*
*
*
ft
Soybeans, Bu.
7,000
27
190,000
42
Corn, Bu.
5,100
63
320,000
37
c.
Corn for Silage, Tons
1,600
15
24,000
11
ft
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Pe
Small Grains:
r.
1,700
1,700
21,000
Total Area in County, Acres 343,398
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,194
Total Land in Farms, Acres 129,840
Average Farm Size, Acres 109
Harvested Cropland, Acres 38,273
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $220,632
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $40,863,000
Total Farm Production Expense $60,369,000
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
41
79
1.33
70,000
135,000
28,000
57
3
Number Rani
19,000
24,400
10,800
1,000
26,300,000
*
400,000
Dollars
$88,098,000
$21,204,000
$109,302,000
40
6
7
19
9
*
13
22
122
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
"•CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
20
1,750
Production Rank
35,000 76
SWAIN COUNTY
700
*
1.86
1,300
Number
700
300
87
Rank
90
91
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Total
$431,000
$2,760,000
$3,191,000
97
96
98
Total Area in County, Acres 338,003
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 77
Total Land in Farms, Acres 6,624
Average Farm Size, Acres 86
Harvested Cropland, Acres 820
Average Age of Farmers 59
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $191,647
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $1,848,000
Total Farm Production Expense $1,556,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
20
750
Yield Production Rank
1,350 27,000 79
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
133
100,000 53
3,200
1.94
6,200
62
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
3,000
1,500
64
62
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Total
$2,328,000
$27,073,000
$29,401,000
83
39
68
Total Area in County, Acres 242,150
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 174
Total Land in Farms, Acres 12,675
Average Farm Size, Acres 73
Harvested Cropland, Acres 3,130
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $317,525
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $5,315,000
Total Farm Production Expense $6,346,000
123
TYRRELL COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
it
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
5
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
3,900
800
6,500
34
Go
Soybeans, Bu.
34,700
34
1,170,000
5
k
Corn, Bu.
25,600
113
2,900,000
4
>
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
* ii
Jt
Small Grains:
;:
Total Area in County, Acres 249,555
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 83
Total Land in Farms, Acres 54,838
Average Farm Size, Acres 661
Harvested Cropland, Acres 50,168
Average Age of Farmers 52
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $850,500
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $12,423,000
Total Farm Production Expense $25,227,000
Wheat, Bu. 16,000
Barley, Bu. *
Oats, Bu. 500
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. 2,900
All Hay, Tons 200
Sorghum, Bu. 400
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
51
65
165
2.00
40
822,000
*
32,500
480,400
400
15,800
Number
28,800
6
*
22
*
W
94
8
Rank
35
Dollars
$5,334,000
$23,852,000
$29,186,000
77
43
69
UNION COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
El
Tobacco, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
I
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
7,000
357
5,200
37
So
Soybeans, Bu.
48,500
21
1,030,000
8
Corn, Bu.
25,300
45
1,143,000
19
Co
Corn for Silage, Tons
450
9
4,000
29
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
Pe
Small Grains:
in
Total Area in County, Acres 407,949
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 1,142
Total Land in Farms, Acres 178,173
Average Farm Size, Acres 156
Harvested Cropland, Acres 102,320
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $427,785
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $51,654,000
Total Farm Production Expense $232,550,000
Wheat, Bu. 33,000
Barley, Bu. 550
Oats, Bu. 1,405
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. *
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons 17,500
Sorghum, Bu. *
LIVESTOCK
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
48
67
68
1.63
1,593,000
37,000
96,000
28,600
1
11
3
Number
Rank
27,100
37
lo
24,600
5 ;
a
13,300
5
Ik
*
*
1
80,900,000
2
ir
2,350,000
4
111
1,500,000
4
11
Dollars
Rank
tA
$250,014,000
3
j'
$52,014,000
19
■V
$302,028,000
3
it
124
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv.
2,485
Yield Production Rank
VANCE COUNTY
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
4,500
2,700
*
2,800
*
2,090
16
39
1.39
5,198,000
74,000
104,000
3,900
26
*
61
*
*
52
*
*
*
*
68
Number Rank
2,000
1,000
78
76
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Total
$1,711,000
$16,452,000
$18,163,000
87
63
80
Total Area in County, Acres 162,272
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 232
Total Land in Farms, Acres 66,584
Average Farm Size, Acres 287
Harvested Cropland, Acres 15,212
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $396,015
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $19,901,000
Total Farm Production Expense $10,918,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
5,910
2,125
12,547,000
7
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
250
288
150
52
Soybeans, Bu.
8,900
17
151,000
47
Corn, Bu.
*
*
*
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
3,400
34
117,000
48
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
1,410
42
59,500
11
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
900
120
105,750
13
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
All Hay, Tons
5,200
1.37
7,100
56
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,400
62
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
8,300
45
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
3,500
44
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
*
*
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$6,417,000
73
Crops
$53,274,000
17
Total
$59,691,000
38
WAKE COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 533,709
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 772
Total Land in Farms, Acres 133,201
Average Farm Size, Acres 147
Harvested Cropland, Acres 37,385
Average Age of Farmers 57
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $507,767
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $34,617,000
Total Farm Production Expense $46,836,000
125
WARREN COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
1,510
400
3,500
500
500
2,700
700
7,000
2,075
300
20
34
45
60
1.33
Total Area in County, Acres 274,400
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 282
Total Land in Farms, Acres 80,155
Average Farm Size, Acres 284
Harvested Cropland, Acres 19,033
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $309,225
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $14,219,000
Total Farm Production Expense $26,667,000
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
3,131,000
250
69,000
17,000
4,000
122,000
42,100
9,300
Number
43,000
9,800
4,200
800
3,100,000
155,000
Dollars
$18,329,000
$14,710,000
$33,039,000
37
48
62
79
29
47
18
47
31
36
37
22
41
*
19
47
66
64
WASHINGTON COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production
Total Area in County, Acres 222,618
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 203
Total Land in Farms, Acres 107,280
Average Farm Size, Acres 528
Harvested Cropland, Acres 88,259
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $657,527
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $26,605,000
Total Farm Production Expense $48,110,000
Tobacco, Lbs.
290
1,390
403,000
64
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
16,800
691
24,200
16
Soybeans, Bu.
30,000
32
950,000
10
Corn, Bu.
25,200
112
2,830,000
6
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
2,175
2,800
6,090,000
12
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
14,200
52
735,000
9
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
2,350
135
318,500
5
All Hay, Tons
1,400
2.14
3,000
76
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rani
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1,
2002)
57,000
27
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,300
84
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
700
81
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
5,200,000
27
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
1
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*i
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rani
Livestock
$19,371,000
46
Crops
$28,035,000
35
Total
$47,406,000
47
126
SI
CROPS - 2002
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Acres Harv.
440
Yield
2,045
Production
900,000
Rank
54
WATAUGA COUNTY
7,400
1.66
12,300 39
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
11,300
3,900
28
41
Dollars Rank
Livestock
Crops
Total
$5,468,000
$20,888,000
$26,356,000
76
52
71
Total Area in County, Acres 200,038
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 674
Total Land in Farms, Acres 56,508
Average Farm Size, Acres 84
Harvested Cropland, Acres 8,336
Average Age of Farmers 56
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $259,563
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $16,201,000
Total Farm Production Expense $6,140,000
Hi
CROPS - 2002 Acres Harv. Yield Production Rank
WAYNE COUNTY
Tons
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes
Irish Potatoes, Cwt
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Cwt.
5,535
32,000
53,000
25,600
22,600
955
7,600
2,125
465
23
67
37
*
80
125
2.39
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
11,760,000
10
31,000
11
1,200,000
4
1,720,000
13
*
*
841,000
*
5
76,400
5
110,300
12
*
18,200
17
*
Number
Rank
576,300
4
10,800
33
4,800
32
*
*
18,500,000
13
5,550,000
3
205,000
18
Dollars
Rank
$210,418,000
5
$69,689,000
10
$280,107,000
4
Total Area in County, Acres 353,664
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 827
Total Land in Farms, Acres 229,423
Average Farm Size, Acres 277
Harvested Cropland, Acres 133,956
Average Age of Farmers 54
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $542,144
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $68,836,000
Total Farm Production Expense $270,331,000
127
WILKES COUNTY
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Ran]
Tobacco, Lbs.
325
2,305
749,000
57
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
250
28
7,000
82
Corn, riu.
1,800
71
1 0 1 f\f\C\
127,000
49
Corn lor buage, Ions
6,900
10
68,000
4
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, rm.
Barley, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Oats, Bu.
*
*
*
*
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
*
*
*
All Hay, Tons
27,200
1.67
45,300
4
Sorghum, Bu.
*
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Total Area in County, Acres
484,621
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
34,400
3
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
16,600
1,600
2
15
Number of Farms
1,170
Broilers Produced (2002)
87,000,000
1
Total Land in Farms, Acres
127,428
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
Average Farm Size, Acres
109
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,100,000
6
Harvested Cropland, Acres
Average Age of Farmers
30,395
55
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Average Value of Farm & Buildings
$258,168
Livestock
$243,424,000
4
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment
$36,803,000
Crops
$12,248,000
73
Total Farm Production Expense
$171,196,000
Total
$255,672,000
5
WILSON COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 237,498
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 385
Total Land in Farms, Acres 128,108
Average Farm Size, Acres 333
Harvested Cropland, Acres 84,090
Average Age of Farmers 53
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $612,811
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $43,888,000
Total Farm Production Expense $87,044,000
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
6,145
2,265
13,913,000
6 !
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
31,400
367
24,000
17
Soybeans, Bu.
32,100
20
642,000
17
Corn, Bu.
5,600
68
380,000
33
Corn for Silage, Tons
*
*
*
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu. 6,100
32
196,000
27
Barley, Bu. *
*
*
* •
Oats, Bu. 400
62
24,800
28
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt. 2,690
140
379,350
6
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons 1,800
2.11
3,800
69
Sorghum, Bu. *
*
*
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rankl
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
33,100
34
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
2,200
77
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
1,100
74
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
*
*
Broilers Produced (2002)
700,000
55
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
*
*
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rankl
Livestock
$12,590,000
57
Crops
$112,985,000
4
Total
$125,575,000
20
128
CROPS - 2002 Acres
Harv.
Yield
Production
Rank
Tobacco, Lbs.
2,380
2,450
5,836,000
24
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu. 12,300
30
nic\ AAA
o /U,UUU
0*7
& 1
Corn, Bu.
8,900
77
681,000
26
Corn for Silage, Tons
4,000
22
88,000
2
Peanuts, Lbs.
*
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
4,300
38
164,000
37
Barley, Bu.
1,200
67
o r\ c\c\c\
80,000
5
Oats, Bu.
380
68
25,850
27
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
*
All Hay, Tons 18,500
1.42
26,200
8
Sorghum, Bu.
*
LIVESTOCK
Number
Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
8,200
45
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
22,800
9
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
9,600
10
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
i Qnn
1 1
Broilers Produced (2002)
5,200,000
27
Turkeys Raised (2002)
*
*
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
1,073,000
7
CASH RECEIPTS - 2001
Dollars
Rank
Livestock
$35,306,000
31
Crops
$18,287,000
55
Total
$53,593,000
42
YADKIN COUNTY
Total Area in County, Acres 214,790
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 884
Total Land in Farms, Acres 101,838
Average Farm Size, Acres 115
Harvested Cropland, Acres 43,075
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $269,462
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $34,841,000
Total Farm Production Expense $32,537,000
CROPS - 2002
Tobacco, Lbs.
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Soybeans, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
Corn for Silage, Tons
Peanuts, Lbs.
Small Grains:
Wheat, Bu.
Barley, Bu.
Oats, Bu.
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
All Hay, Tons
Sorghum, Bu.
LIVESTOCK
Acres Harv.
880
Yield
1,335
Production
1,175,000
Rank
49
YANCEY COUNTY
3,400
1.59
*
5,400
64
Number Rank
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Beef Cows (Jan, 1, 2003)
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Broilers Produced (2002)
Turkeys Raised (2002)
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
CASH RECEIPTS ■ 2001
Livestock
Crops
Total
5,300
2,900
*
55
52
Dollars Rank
$2,036,000
$14,582,000
$16,618,000
85
68
84
Total Area in County, Acres 199,968
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1997
Number of Farms 604
Total Land in Farms, Acres 40,057
Average Farm Size, Acres 66
Harvested Cropland, Acres 4,215
Average Age of Farmers 55
Average Value of Farm & Buildings $142,064
Market Value of All Machinery & Equipment $10,312,000
Total Farm Production Expense $3,144,000
129
LEADING COUNTIES
NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO NUMBER THREE
CROPS-2002
County
Production
County
Production
County
Production
Tobacco, Lbs.
Pitt
17,691,000
Robeson
16,917,000
Johnston
16,607,000
Corn, Bu.
Beaufort
4,740,000
Duplin
3,975,000
Hyde
3,300,000
Corn for Silage, Tons
Iredell
151,000
Yadkin
88,000
Henderson
70,000
Soybeans, Bu.
Robeson
1,822,000
Beaufort
1,748,000
Pasquotank
1,400,000
Wheat, Bu.
Union
1,593,000
Beaufort
1,263,000
Robeson
1,229,000
All Hay, Tons
Duplin
54,200
Iredell
49,600
Sampson
49,300
Sweetpotatoes, Cwt.
Nash
802,300
Johnston
763,400
Sampson
688,600
Irish Potatoes, Cwt.
Pasquotank
887,200
Camden
699,700
Tyrrell
480,400
Cotton, 480 lb. bales
Northampton
49,000
Beaufort
44,700
Lenior
43,000
Peanuts, Lbs.
Bertie
qn aca nnn
Halifax
ok 9^q nnn
iviarxm
Zo, DDI, uuu
Sorghum, Bu.
Pasquotank
180,000
Gates
66,000
Chowan
50,000
Oats, Bu.
Johnston
143,900
Beaufort
105,000
Union
96,000
Barley, Bu.
Iredell
173,000
Rowan
161,000
Surrv
135,000
LIVESTOCK
County
Number
County
Number
County
Number
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2002)
Duplin
2,086,000
Sampson
1,953,000
Bladen
807,000
Cattle (Jan. 1, 2003)
Iredell
49,100
Randolph
39,100
Wilkes
34,400
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Randolph
16,900
Wilkes
16,600
Chatham
16,300
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2003)
Iredell
11,800
Randolph
4,400
Alleghany
3,800
Broilers Produced (2002)
Wilkes
87,000,000
Union
80,900,000
Randolph
54,300,000
Turkevs Raised (2002)
Duplin
10,450,000
Sampson
10,200,000
Wayne
5,550,000
All Chickens (Dec. 1, 2002)
Nash
2,260,000
Alexander
1,900,000
Iredell
1,650,000
CASH RECEIPTS-2001
County
Dollars
County
Dollars
County
Dollars
Crops
Johnston
$158,958,000
Henderson
$142,107,000
Mecklenburg
$128,891,000
Livestock
Sampson
$542,732,000
Duplin
$518,921,000
Union
$250,014,000
Total 1
Sampson
$640,560,000
Duplin
$603,619,000
Union
$302,028,000
CENSUS OF
AGRICULTURE-1997
County
Number
County
Number
County
Number
Number of Farms
Randolph
1,366
Duplin
1,224
Johnston
1,216
Total Land
in Farms, Acres
Robeson
285,186
Sampson
270,840
Duplin
238,300
Average Farm Size, Acres
Hyde
953
Pamlico
750
Camden
680
Harvested Cropland, Acres
Robeson
198,738
Sampson
160,230
Duplin
135,469
Average Age of Farmers
Swain
59
Clay2
58.5
Guilford/Rutherford 2 58.5
Average Value of
Farm & Buildings
Hyde
$1,149,503
Camden
$1,053,186
Carteret
$980,308
Market Value of All
Machinery & Equipment
Sampson
$85,393,000
Duplin
$83,518,000
Wayne
$68,836,000
Total Farm
Production Expense
Sampson
$577,584,000
Duplin
$574,138,000
Wayne
$270,331,000
' Excludes Government Payments 2 Clay, Guilford, and Rutherford tied for 2nd place.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture,
publishes annual county statistics for selected crops, livestock, poultry, dairy, and cash receipts. Census of Agriculture statistics are
published every five years. Counties harvesting less than 5 acres of tobacco, 50 acres of peanuts and 200 acres of all other crops were not
published and are designated by an asterisk (*). Also not published were counties with fewer than 1 ,000 hogs, or 500 total cattle, 200 beef or
milk cows, 500,000 broilers or turkeys, or 50,000 other chickens.
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