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232 North Carolina 2017 Census of Agriculture - County Data USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] Item North Carolina Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms $1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms $1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms number Beef cows ......................................................................farms number Milk cows .......................................................................farms number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms acres bushels Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms acres bushels Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms acres bushels Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms acres bushels 46,418 8,430,522 182 52 843,154 4,642 5,220,962 112,477 5,112 17,132 15,321 5,341 1,762 1,750 34,563 5,000,685 30,404 4,407,160 3,708 143,444 12,900,674 277,924 3,734,980 9,165,694 18,113 5,053 5,658 5,645 2,514 1,716 7,719 10,010 107,565 16,118 295,024 9,281,373 199,952 46,418 4,021,890 86,645 18,413 776,271 16,407 369,922 546 45,422 14,143 377,397 2,426 8,899,459 2,145 35,800,173 1,679 32,729 5,520 14,160,452 1,958 832,869,502 4,784 843,969 116,637,072 483 45,670 786,430 2,229 413,534 23,223,968 3 68 1,354 2,226 413,466 23,222,614 234 9,375 630,755 167 11,903 728,549 220 16,606 977,972 720 80,042 111 53 667,068 6,000 46,590 64,708 81 249 279 85 21 5 528 33,802 462 25,343 75 710 41,749 57,985 14,739 27,011 312 79 95 93 34 21 86 62 147 255 1,577 35,436 49,217 720 8,036 11,162 351 15,347 303 6,771 20 1,462 287 7,763 22 166 17 272 40 976 95 370,579 6 1,229,500 38 3,203 372,538 12 1,077 13,705 27 1,060 56,433 - - - 27 1,060 56,433 1 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) 4 165 9,850 544 54,146 100 50 560,533 5,632 55,187 101,446 45 227 203 52 12 5 386 22,740 366 18,618 22 334 176,342 324,157 8,475 167,867 157 42 66 72 34 10 163 30 170 221 2,592 107,589 197,774 544 71,515 131,461 332 18,727 302 7,858 9 1,107 265 11,916 8 91 2 (D) 11 96 85 756,772 58 25,068,105 16 958 133,133 13 1,355 24,464 17 1,428 85,367 - - - 17 1,428 85,367 - - - 2 (D) (D) 6 180 8,514 448 70,593 158 70 777,876 4,937 39,350 87,835 44 123 188 61 18 14 373 26,232 361 22,100 2 (D) 31,401 70,091 18,168 13,233 147 19 80 80 45 24 53 25 32 160 1,925 24,519 54,730 448 8,839 19,730 228 18,381 179 5,782 14 1,014 214 11,189 16 159 7 7 16 181 45 800 7 3,005 7 468 67,806 21 1,641 26,679 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 412 85,330 207 90 846,181 4,086 47,953 116,392 13 122 167 66 26 18 245 33,625 199 29,190 8 276 303,746 737,248 13,135 290,611 160 31 36 39 8 16 122 112 817 193 1,656 174,120 422,621 412 132,099 320,627 159 9,317 139 (D) 7 (D) 120 6,028 31 56,359 22 187,390 14 82 15 305,080 65 49,637,971 35 7,351 884,585 1 (D) (D) 26 6,993 405,328 - - - 26 6,993 405,328 4 579 43,733 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) --continued

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232 North Carolina 2017 Census of Agriculture - County Data USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item North Carolina Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

46,418 8,430,522

182 52

843,154 4,642

5,220,962 112,477

5,112 17,132 15,321

5,341 1,762 1,750

34,563

5,000,685 30,404

4,407,160

3,708 143,444

12,900,674

277,924

3,734,980 9,165,694

18,113 5,053 5,658 5,645 2,514 1,716 7,719

10,010

107,565 16,118

295,024

9,281,373 199,952

46,418

4,021,890 86,645

18,413 776,271 16,407

369,922 546

45,422 14,143

377,397 2,426

8,899,459 2,145

35,800,173 1,679

32,729 5,520

14,160,452 1,958

832,869,502

4,784 843,969

116,637,072 483

45,670 786,430

2,229 413,534

23,223,968 3

68 1,354 2,226

413,466 23,222,614

234

9,375 630,755

167 11,903

728,549 220

16,606 977,972

720 80,042

111 53

667,068 6,000

46,590 64,708

81 249 279

85 21 5

528

33,802 462

25,343

75 710

41,749 57,985

14,739 27,011

312 79 95 93 34 21 86

62

147 255

1,577

35,436 49,217

720

8,036 11,162

351 15,347

303 6,771

20 1,462

287 7,763

22 166

17 272

40 976

95 370,579

6 1,229,500

38 3,203

372,538 12

1,077 13,705

27 1,060

56,433 - - -

27 1,060

56,433

1 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

4 165

9,850

544 54,146

100 50

560,533 5,632

55,187 101,446

45 227 203

52 12 5

386

22,740 366

18,618

22 334

176,342 324,157

8,475

167,867

157 42 66 72 34 10

163

30 170 221

2,592

107,589 197,774

544

71,515 131,461

332 18,727

302 7,858

9 1,107

265 11,916

8 91 2

(D) 11 96 85

756,772 58

25,068,105

16 958

133,133 13

1,355 24,464

17 1,428

85,367 - - -

17 1,428

85,367

- - - 2

(D) (D)

6 180

8,514

448 70,593

158 70

777,876 4,937

39,350 87,835

44 123 188

61 18 14

373

26,232 361

22,100

2 (D)

31,401 70,091

18,168 13,233

147 19 80 80 45 24 53

25 32

160 1,925

24,519 54,730

448

8,839 19,730

228 18,381

179 5,782

14 1,014

214 11,189

16 159

7 7

16 181

45 800

7 3,005

7 468

67,806 21

1,641 26,679

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

412 85,330

207 90

846,181 4,086

47,953 116,392

13 122 167

66 26 18

245

33,625 199

29,190

8 276

303,746 737,248

13,135

290,611

160 31 36 39 8

16 122

112 817 193

1,656

174,120 422,621

412

132,099 320,627

159 9,317

139 (D)

7 (D)

120 6,028

31 56,359

22 187,390

14 82 15

305,080 65

49,637,971

35 7,351

884,585 1

(D) (D) 26

6,993 405,328

- - -

26 6,993

405,328

4 579

43,733 1

(D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

864 109,790

127 62

668,101 5,258

62,153 71,937

62 301 344 116

25 16

722

36,360 676

27,996

54 84

57,141 66,136

43,957 13,184

316 79

135 144

48 48 94

16 76

255 2,771

51,620 59,746

864

8,367 9,684

380 17,354

313 7,442

11 87

309 14,298

3 (D)

8 53 38

1,089 62

1,333 1

(D)

9 119

15,430 4

47 940

2 (D) (D)

- - - 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

351 28,679

82 48

530,636 6,494

22,190 63,220

63 114 139

25 4 6

318

11,946 299

8,416

25 35

20,085 57,222

19,306

779

103 45 48 56 27 20 52

11 37 86

1,023

20,295 57,822

351 849

2,420

73 1,662

61 955

5 9

59 786

3 10 4

46 1

(D) 19

666 - -

12 60

6,945 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

310 139,475

450 81

1,538,781 3,420

82,414 265,851

22 98 77 39 26 48

238

118,626 185

114,813

21 2,045

112,038 361,413

73,263 38,775

112 16 19 30 18 20 95

181

4,556 141

2,942

78,579 253,481

310

40,958 132,121

33 347

33 263

- -

17 166

11 35,910

5 353,064

17 66 36

665 1

(D)

101 39,819

6,350,896 - - -

35 11,911

831,254 - - -

35 11,911

831,254

7 1,162

80,614 1

(D) (D)

3 (D)

8,140

323 148,113

459 111

1,390,119 3,032

77,012 238,427

28 59

100 58 43 35

244

112,281 200

100,830

15 3,178

260,470 806,410

80,485

179,986

74 17 15 33 22 12

150

204 4,249

159 3,271

171,015 529,458

323

96,975 300,233

23 725

17 344

- -

13 287

22 (D) 16

(D) - -

10 (D) 77

38,149,383

79 12,593

1,758,842 - - -

64 9,942

613,405 - - -

64 9,942

613,405

- - - - - - 2

(D) (D)

512 180,340

352 80

1,174,444 3,334

115,250 225,098

51 133 178

86 26 38

386

76,833 320

61,700

74 5,972

446,399 871,873

70,578

375,821

200 25 30 42 26 40

149

179 3,178

253 8,738

282,968 552,672

512

175,347 342,474

113 4,034

109 (D)

1 (D) 84

1,785 69

713,011 65

2,933,267 4

63 50

(D) 23

21,605,819

116 20,725

2,749,756 - - -

18 2,753

164,551 - - -

18 2,753

164,551

3 54

2,158 - - - 5

226 18,662

231 44,693

193 56

758,353 3,920

26,428 114,405

39 58 95 21 6

12

182 22,774

141 20,933

17

472

46,069 199,435

15,776 30,294

105 18 20 29 22 3

34

35 338

80 1,833

44,176

191,238

231 4,065

17,596

71 1,370

67 (D)

1 (D) 38

535 23

76,368 19

201,637 1

(D) 40

1,758 - -

56 8,505

1,123,982 - - -

10 190

6,380 - - -

10 190

6,380

2 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

1,073 72,284

67 28

670,235 9,949

59,733 55,669

250 472 280

53 13 5

800

17,847 724

14,350

143 844

48,013 44,747

37,180 10,834

476 167 150 144

63 34 39

132 357 278

4,535

45,394 42,306

1,073 7,512 7,001

485 13,764

427 7,473

20 880 410

6,291 18

743 22

697 79

1,550 213

15,863 12

4,666

27 429

66,846 22

887 22,963

- - - - - - - - -

- - - 3

51 3,471

- - -

508 38,641

76 40

433,663 5,701

38,907 76,589

75 210 182

33 5 3

391

17,468 338

15,401

42 1,793

81,466

160,366

19,801 61,665

263 35 55 55 14 21 65

26

167 147

1,559

53,719 105,746

508

29,472 58,017

188 4,828

170 2,788

5 62

125 1,771

16 235

18 281

37 343 100

58,161 38

9,822,200

47 1,750

199,897 2

(D) (D)

9 314

13,583 - - - 9

314 13,583

- - - - - - - - -

629 63,667

101 39

881,469 8,709

52,447 83,381

93 263 196

58 9

10

466 32,796

431 28,292

32

(D)

57,847 91,967

17,735 40,112

281 99 90 76 21 10 52

68

304 192

3,972

46,071 73,245

629

16,052 25,520

313 13,299

298 6,747

8 647 276

6,357 26

(D) 21

(D) 29

383 84

(D) 16

3,238,325

27 4,486

594,786 7

517 8,083

17 4,256

249,722 - - -

17 4,256

249,722

8 347

24,088 8

683 27,286

2 (D) (D)

411 37,991

92 35

419,469 4,538

24,539 59,705

48 187 111

58 5 2

304

14,400 290

11,984

20 647

48,055

116,923

11,005 37,050

182 60 53 37 16 7

56

23 152 106 718

28,858 70,215

411

20,066 48,823

206 6,205

188 3,473

3 5

134 2,076

7 (D)

8 (D) 16 91 59

1,134 21

7,118,099

26 1,004

129,419 1

(D) (D)

8 793

42,433 - - - 8

793 42,433

- - - - - - - - -

81 59,239

731 59

2,327,456 3,182

34,126 421,303

15 24 16 5 1

20

51 53,847

43 53,445

2

(D)

39,932 492,982

39,253

679

35 6 3 8 4 1

24

37 1,262

36 855

33,750

416,663

81 8,299

102,452

11 299

11 203

- -

10 175

6 6 - - 4

174 20

848 - -

21 17,123

2,942,603 - - -

11 5,017

336,474 - - -

11 5,017

336,474

1 (D) (D)

- - - 1

(D) (D)

158 62,764

397 15

1,801,801 4,536

14,958 94,673

46 78 19 10 1 4

83

44,670 55

43,277

9 142

23,780

150,508

23,283 497

82 18 28 11 4 2

13

16 137

44 597

19,223

121,666

158 5,291

33,485

19 351

13 248

- -

13 82 8

88 2

(D) 7

31 11

1,079 6

714

8 (D) (D)

- - - 3

345 20,630

- - - 3

345 20,630

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

493 104,882

213 110

689,530 3,241

32,415 65,751

27 114 200

94 41 17

386

32,343 311

19,052

29 1,381

37,926 76,928

21,113 16,813

210 65 63 59 28 23 45

95

164 196

1,767

30,137 61,130

493

9,720 19,716

180 9,064

155 3,975

6 810 143

3,897 19

184 22

148 14

1,096 53

245,815 2

(D)

48 1,533

205,780 5

798 12,100

41 1,820

76,860 - - -

41 1,820

76,860

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

- - -

638 63,530

100 45

651,547 6,543

55,866 87,564

87 256 219

59 10 7

465

34,226 428

31,460

45 742

77,281

121,130

21,796 55,485

228 95 96 91 42 23 63

54

620 156

1,466

53,600 84,012

638

25,767 40,388

366 14,170

335 7,400

10 660 286

7,419 16

301 12

241 19

484 94

69,831 35

9,766,530

46 4,638

735,884 4

580 12,820

27 3,700

206,963 - - -

27 3,700

206,963

5 229

16,888 7

268 17,346

- - -

1,116 105,995

95 50

522,890 5,505

74,400 66,667

97 446 425 124

20 4

705

30,864 637

27,195

88 295

171,150 153,360

11,205

159,945

399 137 166 179

71 39

125

97 103 306

3,293

135,429 121,352

1,116

39,117 35,051

622 32,403

563 16,068

16 722 527

14,121 19

(D) 16

(D) 50

1,065 137

252,773 77

18,531,654

18 1,523

198,000 6

735 11,183

13 1,290

65,444 - - -

13 1,290

65,444

4 212

13,269 8

340 19,648

3 297

22,127

277 26,236

95 39

464,663 4,906

21,921 79,138

28 131

84 27 5 2

180

7,591 157

5,678

15 76

20,608 74,397

(D) (D)

102 39 37 46 25 4

24

50 303

82 871

14,336 51,753

277

7,446 26,880

137 9,581

122 (D) 10

(D) 128

7,493 11

142 5

100 12

324 48

(D) 1

(D)

17 308

50,750 7

445 6,082

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

97 53,528

552 108

1,928,100 3,494

38,485 396,748

4 30 16 14 10 23

80

43,852 74

41,625

25 4,220

46,585

480,256

38,531 8,054

15 6 3

17 3

10 43

64

2,814 44

1,170

36,240 373,611

97

14,329 147,722

18 847

10 242

- -

14 260

4 (D)

5 (D)

3 180

2 (D)

3 1,260,000

25 4,790

684,456 - - -

22 3,719

220,606 - - -

22 3,719

220,606

- - - - - - 5

391 33,130

164 12,525

76 44

479,404 6,277

6,894 42,034

13 80 55 15

- 1

130

4,746 116

4,021

15 192

2,929

17,857

2,045 884

65 33 19 30 10 3 4

23

129 37

199

3,202 19,523

164

55 334

86 2,330

78 1,229

- -

63 1,045

4 12 4

23 14

408 10

246 - -

6 731

106,659 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

1,005 113,341

113 60

526,049 4,664

67,104 66,770

76 356 400 147

17 9

713

45,554 631

40,938

37 446

133,799 133,133

15,926

117,873

441 112 129 126

57 41 99

294

1,076 318

1,923

84,119 83,701

1,005

52,679 52,417

507 21,267

449 10,824

17 715 402

9,888 22

144 20

194 28

532 99

92,972 53

20,671,816

32 4,092

559,934 10

875 10,235

50 7,812

414,698 - - -

50 7,812

414,698

5 280

18,740 5

134 11,920

2 (D) (D)

514 141,080

274 80

895,784 3,264

80,222 156,073

37 137 188

71 38 43

444

113,028 374

101,461

38 2,121

162,008 315,190

58,462

103,546

149 44 47 86 44 18

126

233 2,708

222 4,727

115,783 225,258

514

53,660 104,398

116 5,369

108 3,056

- -

89 2,582

46 230,315

40 904,428

5 100

49 1,606

6 2,760,115

187 33,984

4,307,551 - - -

30 6,702

337,911 - - -

30 6,702

337,911

8 207

19,929 - - - 3

68 2,602

245 81,360

332 63

1,307,554 3,937

43,002 175,519

29 60 75 28 32 21

183

61,929 140

58,565

26 903

71,606

292,271

36,777 34,830

89 21 16 24 11 11 73

117

1,461 106

3,547

54,434 222,182

245

22,180 90,529

29 1,227

27 (D)

2 (D) 24

395 17

65,030 16

329,700 - -

28 887

- -

71 21,397

3,118,123 - - -

15 2,008

110,018 - - -

15 2,008

110,018

- - - - - - 2

(D) (D)

336 65,995

196 53

1,014,731 5,166

41,348 123,059

57 106 110

23 25 15

233

35,504 185

31,082

25 1,186

95,799

285,116

25,424 70,375

132 31 35 46 16 19 57

86

355 120

3,708

73,225 217,932

336

26,637 79,276

92 3,004

87 (D)

2 (D) 56

1,974 42

103,041 39

751,001 15

485 68

1,703 11

2,020,170

42 6,721

931,309 - - -

20 3,552

200,364 - - -

20 3,552

200,364

3 112

7,900 - - - - - -

89 44,834

504 50

2,471,600 4,906

17,808 200,095

13 30 13 12 11 10

60

36,395 52

34,672

11 96

18,220

204,721

18,157 64

39 10

- 8 2 6

24

38 1,247

43 446

16,928

190,203

89 2,985

33,543

15 213

13 (D)

2 (D) 11

108 1

(D) 4

58 - -

11 307

1 (D)

27 11,780

1,916,062 - - - 9

5,100 325,986

- - - 9

5,100 325,986

- - - - - - 2

(D) (D)

32 5,342

167 10

702,379 4,207

2,659 83,082

15 6 8 - - 3

27

4,702 22

2,363

11 60

1,567

48,969

1,013 554

13 2 4 5 - - 8

3

225 9

87

1,426 44,562

32

(D) (D)

5 (D)

3 (D)

- - 5

23 - - - - 4

24 - - - -

1 (D) (D)

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

1,003 92,359

92 40

533,839 5,797

62,735 62,547

130 444 322

72 26 9

813

45,492 760

37,894

61 402

47,070 46,929

16,223 30,847

424 161 163 122

52 31 50

93

523 280

1,997

36,777 36,667

1,003

12,812 12,774

406 12,094

365 5,814

16 1,293

285 4,002

36 239

26 517

33 268 128

118,545 13

4,155,014

133 4,612

522,879 8

1,211 18,317

49 1,191

63,063 - - -

49 1,191

63,063

19 1,250

68,247 12

574 24,410

5 240

18,373

591 76,933

130 54

662,441 5,089

41,963 71,003

47 230 239

51 11 13

461

37,541 431

33,749

15 259

26,931 45,568

12,380 14,551

266 67 84 72 28 30 44

58

279 154

1,656

24,068 40,725

591

4,797 8,117

318 10,664

299 5,882

5 304 230

4,025 7

58 3

15 18

220 60

138,563 - -

36 7,085

941,595 9

710 13,893

16 3,089

163,740 - - -

16 3,089

163,740

- - - 4

279 13,249

- - -

820 243,098

296 85

1,422,426 4,798

180,987 220,716

57 231 287 143

48 54

638

165,054 554

142,837

87 8,047

1,261,691 1,538,647

97,791

1,163,900

173 24 64 59 61 27

412

249 3,021

379 10,134

848,876

1,035,215

820 425,969 519,475

277 20,160

249 11,847

7 16

218 9,871

268 1,957,364

273 6,479,453

7 192

29 424,677

90 78,902,390

227 38,905

5,165,997 8

341 2,994

86 12,234

635,557 - - -

86 12,234

635,557

4 272

18,498 - - -

11 822

54,878

241 18,603

77 27

822,548 10,656

13,892 57,642

58 106

59 14 2 2

151

6,755 117

4,429

29 59

10,103 41,921

9,007 1,096

123 35 20 27 19 11 6

22 27 64

1,839

13,019 54,021

241

-1,050 -4,358

47 1,750

43 (D)

1 (D) 38

701 8

193 9

47 24

512 64

3,661 6

192

7 243

29,345 1

(D) (D)

3 (D) (D)

- - - 3

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

249 148,917

598 125

1,823,586 3,049

69,188 277,862

22 51 72 36 28 40

192

106,769 139

98,642

19 2,502

176,195 707,611

92,511 83,685

84 20 14 18 14 8

91

153 3,812

136 6,845

130,475 523,996

249

56,377 226,415

43 1,860

38 1,135

- -

27 1,014

17 99,598

11 577,985

19 187

23 97,221

19 11,225,000

63 14,622

1,868,618 - - -

21 9,145

510,804 - - -

21 9,145

510,804

1 (D) (D)

- - - 4

166 9,622

557 34,801

62 32

581,509 9,307

26,107 46,871

78 304 144

25 4 2

453

15,669 422

12,364

63 115

10,903 19,574

9,275 1,628

289 73 69 74 25 13 14

32 70

159 1,333

12,793 22,968

557

-487 -874

166 3,664

155 2,468

4 10

118 1,246

20 151

14 36 17

267 87

1,998 2

(D)

25 887

98,529 1

(D) (D)

5 442 (D)

- - - 5

442 (D)

1

(D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

5 35

1,190

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

538 107,967

201 65

713,579 3,556

54,342 101,007

53 183 170

82 26 24

358

42,824 292

37,105

35 1,785

58,464

108,669

34,706 23,758

254 58 70 41 37 26 52

145 575 208

3,877

53,463 99,374

538

9,453 17,570

184 13,522

148 5,878

11 30

140 5,745

32 25,486

18 96,717

29 1,043

81 139,540

7 848,188

25 1,034

102,906 3

220 2,827

28 5,806

250,011 - - -

28 5,806

250,011

7 193

12,816 - - - - - -

522 37,695

72 37

443,484 6,141

26,188 50,169

96 210 169

39 6 2

384

15,354 342

13,301

30 157

23,164 44,376

5,660

17,504

259 61 61 82 15 16 28

77

271 129

1,488

19,455 37,271

522

5,467 10,474

248 6,611

220 (D)

5 (D)

159 2,336

10 154

7 232

12 531

71 1,809

22 3,140,910

10 310

37,728 2

(D) (D) 10

1,194 66,340

- - -

10 1,194

66,340

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

141 57,985

411 66

1,490,928 3,625

32,707 231,965

13 44 50 12 6

16

86 45,502

58 43,874

10

3,637

72,883 516,898

23,813 49,070

68 - 5

13 5 8

42

87 1,997

71 1,518

50,365

357,198

141 26,033

184,629

15 407

15 (D)

2 (D)

9 330

14 24,195

8 158,331

2 (D) 15

(D) 16

8,717,800

18 4,337

584,118 - - -

18 5,135

334,495 - - -

18 5,135

334,495

1 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

123 10,998

89 32

428,116 4,788

9,714 78,974

19 62 28 8 6 -

96 2,992

88 2,579

4 4

1,363

11,083

389 975

63 13 19 11 6

10 1

14 66 28

142

1,542 12,535

123

30 241

61 1,500

60 (D)

1 (D) 44

576 5

36 5

33 5

85 22

482 - -

3 8

720 1

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

557 124,813

224 92

780,700 3,484

42,488 76,280

34 147 210 109

38 19

420

42,681 318

27,303

61 1,750

27,442 49,268

(D) (D)

299 58 47 69 19 15 50

160 274 224

6,076

28,761 51,635

557

5,032 9,033

208 7,637

189 (D)

2 (D)

144 3,250

12 981

10 (D) 38

767 95

3,031 4

570

20 2,644

286,555 2

(D) (D) 30

3,432 150,959

- - -

30 3,432

150,959

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

207 83,322

403 85

1,588,126 3,945

48,672 235,131

15 57 70 24 15 26

159

69,373 144

66,612

27 1,636

242,483

1,171,416

70,014 172,469

54 3 9

18 17 5

101

131 1,055

98 3,441

186,476 900,852

207

60,503 292,286

43 1,571

43 899

- -

28 575

50 329,337

54 1,074,937

4 (D)

4 166

7 3,202,000

71 10,098

1,305,662 - - -

27 6,264

338,358 - - -

27 6,264

338,358

3 140

10,733 1

(D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

854 76,352

89 39

731,162 8,178

59,693 69,898

102 393 256

82 16 5

670

40,864 600

33,102

102 1,280

52,186 61,108

32,829 19,357

375 88

153 101

48 25 64

94

331 279

3,131

47,509 55,631

854

8,140 9,531

332 10,535

289 4,674

13 1,197

262 4,268

10 4,198

9 17,013

32 536

74 304,100

12 (D)

67 2,485

299,685 7

1,321 22,891

44 4,544

217,378 - - -

44 4,544

217,378

4 31

1,978 8

345 29,027

4 276

15,172

336 209,073

622 166

1,596,584 2,566

82,454 245,400

27 52 94 51 50 62

259

138,125 183

123,274

18 2,535

133,194 396,412

83,069 50,125

161 14 23 13 14 6

105

216 5,417

192 8,721

114,708 341,393

336

32,624 97,096

53 5,270

52 (D)

1 (D) 43

2,827 11

49,445 5

238,982 5

140 21

89,256 1

(D)

50 9,833

999,164 2

(D) (D) 30

5,690 315,848

- - -

30 5,690

315,848

2 (D) (D)

- - - 6

824 49,231

643 106,262

165 44

921,279 5,575

82,811 128,788

63 290 178

56 32 24

437

69,700 357

59,854

45 2,769

204,564 318,139

71,668

132,895

282 70 94 42 32 6

117

165 536 247

5,740

138,613 215,573

643

72,226 112,327

239 6,497

212 (D)

2 (D)

163 2,439

56 82,592

45 556,072

13 141

93 2,468

48 20,795,370

30 3,578

428,931 - - -

31 5,262

270,496 - - -

31 5,262

270,496

5 129

6,981 1

(D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

541 52,244

97 35

623,971 6,461

33,239 61,440

111 215 143

52 13 7

369

11,049 350

9,254

53 307

18,160 33,568

7,831

10,329

245 61 78 64 47 12 34

120 525 128 862

15,901 29,392

541

3,646 6,739

310 11,100

258 4,791

27 1,287

255 5,048

4 504

9 815

61 1,177

70 1,835

3 170

22 163

22,880 56

1,918 42,929

2 (D) (D)

- - - 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

455 41,099

90 26

700,622 7,756

43,760 96,176

124 195

80 33 18 5

347

25,029 285

18,597

58 2,525

67,241

147,782

64,633 2,607

204 38 44 49 28 21 71

54

385 136

6,090

58,286 128,102

455

15,429 33,911

111 3,198

106 (D)

4 (D) 82

1,192 11 73 8

139 36

554 97

3,256 5

(D)

14 4,114

710,015 6

202 3,670

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

126 80,902

642 94

2,053,706 3,199

34,654 275,035

14 34 23 22 8

25

90 60,041

64 53,364

13

2,058

139,316 1,105,683

45,804 93,512

36 3 6 8

10 1

62

79 1,790

68 1,529

106,632 846,285

126

36,003 285,739

7 261

7 151

- - 7

123 10

(D) 9

(D) - - - -

25 10,579,596

36 9,063

1,260,455 - - -

15 3,644

226,471 - - -

15 3,644

226,471

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

189 53,647

284 62

1,249,580 4,402

24,897 131,728

10 75 61 21 8

14

116 32,881

89 27,545

16

2,246

76,796 406,329

12,697 64,099

95 10 6

13 18 3

44

60 339

77 1,860

53,857

284,959

189 25,138

133,007

37 1,257

37 759

- -

21 449

30 83,331

30 465,628

2 (D) 30

(D) 12

3,726,280

27 7,385

894,834 - - -

14 2,379

108,647 - - -

14 2,379

108,647

2 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

138 124,874

905 232

2,690,902 2,974

45,055 326,488

4 32 25 29 11 37

122

93,145 96

84,879

3 (D)

117,383 850,605

(D) (D)

54 4 2

10 12 4

52

98 2,515

71 1,658

94,315

683,440

138 27,242

197,406

5 192

5 146

- - 5

94 - - - - - - 1

(D) - -

59 31,495

5,407,525 2

(D) (D) 15

8,085 537,155

- - -

15 8,085

537,155

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

1,055 133,346

126 51

687,281 5,438

84,790 80,370

101 398 373 142

23 18

804

68,766 751

61,586

44 287

112,871 106,987

18,884 93,988

402 139 127 180

58 30

119

75 1,627

360 4,048

89,449 84,786

1,055

29,097 27,580

624 44,341

542 13,076

30 10,769

460 17,915

14 97 17

285 30

511 107

526,910 5

1,579,100

63 9,368

1,160,393 26

7,661 123,147

24 5,127

271,165 - - -

24 5,127

271,165

6 136

7,540 6

565 32,497

3 27

1,248

215 15,729

73 41

599,496 8,195

13,332 62,010

30 92 79 12 1 1

160

5,250 144

4,058

17 97

11,637 54,126

11,197

440

94 40 30 21 10 4

16

34 86 51

669

10,777 50,126

215

1,615 7,513

89 1,627

77 882

3 9

61 528

1 (D)

1 (D) 11 67 39

495 2

(D)

4 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - - 1

(D) (D)

1

(D) (D)

- - - - - -

1,063 183,281

172 47

817,375 4,741

125,394 117,962

126 419 324 108

47 39

795

129,847 671

118,446

106 2,093

267,757 251,888

147,195 120,562

438 96 89

132 63 42

203

300 1,938

412 5,452

211,098 198,587

1,063

64,049 60,253

400 13,381

340 (D)

1 (D)

280 5,915

85 194,782

75 968,647

43 430 131 (D) 37

5,804,570

122 8,796

1,081,762 3

105 3,150

65 7,787

449,128 - - -

65 7,787

449,128

20 370

22,598 7

628 27,817

14 1,136

32,035

177 65,649

371 73

1,503,580 4,054

40,410 228,303

24 46 49 32 9

17

125 49,174

115 45,858

11

471

213,623 1,206,907

29,564

184,059

52 8

15 12 5 8

77

81 1,039

80 1,171

153,755 868,674

177

62,077 350,719

39 830

37 526

- -

27 345

36 306,594

34 1,858,990

7 60 25

587 16

11,128,204

43 14,015

2,131,956 3

14 121

21 4,035

208,484 - - -

21 4,035

208,484

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Lee Lenoir Lincoln McDowell Macon Madison

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

250 35,170

141 50

810,854 5,764

27,122 108,487

42 82 84 31 3 8

178

19,534 150

16,005

23 1,368

54,392

217,567

18,769 35,623

106 27 55 24 7 2

29

32 124

72 2,060

41,101

164,406

250 15,474 61,898

114 3,244

100 1,981

- -

89 1,183

8 (D) 16

(D) 12

170 31

(D) 14

7,298,028

14 1,106

156,814 - - - 5

817 52,927

- - - 5

817 52,927

2

(D) (D)

- - - - - -

386 113,708

295 80

1,172,512 3,980

98,833 256,044

28 118 121

56 31 32

282

85,158 255

82,568

45 2,718

311,373 806,666

73,236

238,137

119 24 19 23 29 14

158

194 1,589

185 4,022

229,522 594,615

386

87,462 226,586

84 3,696

68 (D)

2 (D) 55

1,625 63

286,573 65

1,457,671 - -

24 120,701

15 7,997,686

113 23,360

3,140,434 - - -

45 7,607

364,262 - - -

45 7,607

364,262

1 (D) (D)

- - - 5

348 14,893

614 54,080

88 37

504,795 5,731

37,167 60,532

77 283 178

64 7 5

465

30,095 400

25,985

44 232

53,773 87,577

8,418

45,354

268 78 74 89 37 20 48

103 518 135

1,210

41,116 66,964

614

14,385 23,428

267 15,935

215 4,811

9 3,259

210 7,613

46 815

25 435

27 651 142

3,578 32

6,191,466

33 1,494

183,145 7

2,658 49,833

15 2,206

121,139 - - -

15 2,206

121,139

7 40

3,390 3

33 1,800

4 8

272

333 22,997

69 35

363,086 5,258

21,266 63,862

53 157 100

16 7 -

243 6,216

216 4,945

34

266

24,602 73,879

13,929 10,673

148 66 44 43 7 3

22

49 73 88

765

17,711 53,187

333

7,728 23,208

130 3,040

119 1,356

5 337

81 878

20 121

5 79 11

175 59

15,904 6

1,611,600

15 253

28,668 1

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

1 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

340 19,775

58 26

463,306 7,966

14,446 42,489

34 203

76 26 1 -

238 5,202

217 3,708

13 22

7,842

23,064

1,675 6,167

167 45 56 51 7 8 6

68

132 57

482

6,417 18,874

340

2,038 5,995

170 3,123

146 2,023

5 9

117 1,397

15 123

12 54 27

801 55

1,771 12

1,500

4 26

3,740 1

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

639 56,761

89 49

440,456 4,959

22,310 34,914

58 262 255

50 6 8

491

11,073 428

7,310

44 72

4,975 7,786

(D) (D)

295 135

86 80 32 7 4

110 194 151 921

9,217

14,424

639 -3,127 -4,893

326 6,082

279 3,674

22 75

222 2,048

19 215

16 275

43 819 114

2,886 22

3,888

32 (D)

34,400 13

132 2,305

2 (D) (D)

- - - 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Martin Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

332 140,980

425 157

1,137,286 2,678

68,630 206,716

14 77 81 71 34 55

275

105,406 239

97,775

3 (D)

92,707

279,237

78,373 14,334

89 15 18 30 30 15

135

282 5,810

169 2,091

76,186

229,476

332 24,422 73,559

43 1,494

43 (D)

1 (D) 35

584 2

(D) 2

(D) 1

(D) 3

114 6

1,783,191

85 6,755

823,721 - - -

32 5,024

316,104 - - -

32 5,024

316,104

3 390

42,900 - - - 8

208 6,648

216 11,674

54 20

1,853,146 34,288

39,530 183,007

77 84 35 18 2 -

155 5,602

150 5,421

31

494

(D) (D)

(D)

1,856

71 31 54 34 8 4

14

14 (D) 52

1,667

(D) (D)

216 (D) (D)

82 1,854

74 (D)

2 (D) 62

801 1

(D) 1

(D) 14

122 46

1,130 6

30

10 872

112,660 4 4

80 8

1,215 81,105

- - - 8

1,215 81,105

1

(D) (D)

- - - - - -

250 14,802

59 34

344,314 5,815

12,511 50,043

41 118

76 14 1 -

191 4,204

169 2,360

8

20

2,351 9,402

1,759

591

119 32 46 35 6 9 3

10 38 40

294

3,648 14,591

250

-966 -3,862

107 1,615

92 998

12 18 81

823 17 77 7

164 6

31 22

442 - -

8 29

2,425 6

110 980

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

240 33,521

140 75

662,440 4,743

26,419 110,080

18 79 76 55 11 1

134

9,381 120

8,367

22 1,516

143,304 597,099

8,205

135,099

87 26 25 18 10 4

70

20 86 95

901

93,968 391,532

240

50,323 209,681

121 6,540

108 3,308

- -

97 3,080

9 (D)

5 (D)

7 50 33

104,949 54

23,889,450

14 735

77,701 2

(D) (D)

5 148

6,401 - - - 5

148 6,401

2

(D) (D)

- - - - - -

733 89,375

122 47

621,977 5,101

60,168 82,084

70 309 258

64 13 19

408

29,025 334

17,909

80 2,542

150,349 205,115

18,290

132,059

320 78 99 95 25 21 95

69

685 250

4,369

103,035 140,566

733

52,369 71,444

301 10,902

285 (D)

1 (D)

241 4,211

18 (D) 10

(D) 27

578 90

33,235 65

26,859,040

45 1,803

174,576 - - -

11 1,047

35,884 - - -

11 1,047

35,884

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

425 129,478

305 63

1,409,586 4,627

105,305 247,776

42 151 107

68 24 33

308

96,823 255

85,870

38 2,236

191,672 450,993

126,084 65,588

151 24 43 40 17 21

129

148 1,092

178 3,745

151,988 357,619

425

44,520 104,754

128 6,199

109 2,965

4 5

94 3,774

14 54,804

14 311,882

6 46 43

283,502 18

6,234,162

48 2,614

261,672 1

(D) (D) 29

3,198 172,539

- - -

29 3,198

172,539

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

9 797

34,167

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

59 879

15 5

507,127 34,039

6,278 106,406

36 19 4 - - -

33 231

33 183

20

137

(D) (D)

(D)

810

15 11 9 6 1

10 7

2

(D) 7

48

7,722 130,886

59

1,929 32,693

1 (D)

1 (D)

- - 1

(D) - - - - 3

81 18

234 - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

272 170,170

626 205

1,749,629 2,797

63,960 235,146

12 47 63 60 36 54

222

110,589 193

101,343

16 2,854

114,432 420,707

58,870 55,562

69 16 14 18 33 17

105

216 4,683

151 5,503

86,856

319,322

272 37,763

138,833

51 1,558

51 889

- -

43 655

7 108,889

7 274,170

- - 3

(D) 18

7,513,402

82 9,409

1,140,251 - - -

43 8,420

598,494 - - -

43 8,420

598,494

1 (D) (D)

- - -

10 1,006

72,494

340 52,473

154 49

969,753 6,284

31,951 93,973

51 120 114

35 8

12

232 35,571

178 29,784

19

350

171,574 504,629

23,464

148,110

127 35 19 48 19 11 81

87

862 123

3,929

108,065 317,837

340

68,300 200,881

95 2,063

88 1,423

3 3

64 839

71 187,912

70 644,157

9 76 63

3,194 10

2,660,150

79 8,099

1,079,661 - - -

15 1,775

93,269 - - -

15 1,775

93,269

- - - - - - 4

272 13,916

686 69,908

102 47

681,306 6,686

46,984 68,490

64 291 229

79 19 4

564

32,094 518

25,012

139 892

37,713 54,975

25,363 12,349

275 83 94 79 37 51 67

128 428 229

3,860

34,384 50,122

686

7,617 11,104

225 10,530

212 5,108

14 550 188

4,282 35

(D) 33

(D) 32

557 117

160,739 7

4,209

36 3,854

562,249 4

450 7,740

23 2,198

96,954 - - -

23 2,198

96,954

- - - 2

(D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

100 43,262

433 58

1,579,956 3,652

26,679 266,792

16 28 23 14 7

12

76 37,403

63 36,022

10

3,437

23,373 233,734

22,973

400

32 16 9

10 3 3

27

64 1,079

38 588

19,107

191,069

100 5,933

59,329

12 137

12 (D)

1 (D) 10 78 1

(D) - - - -

10 360

- -

30 15,434

2,521,234 - - - 5

2,527 136,870

- - - 5

2,527 136,870

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

126 72,174

573 145

2,282,057 3,984

43,662 346,522

8 32 29 15 10 32

99

68,849 90

68,559

9 343

48,819

387,451

48,375 444

27 4

12 18 6 4

55

75 2,408

65 1,004

41,278

327,601

126 10,953 86,925

26 337

26 209

- -

11 88 12

810 13

2,004 5

47 9

252 - -

53 16,141

2,708,606 6

252 1,356

25 4,520

298,115 - - -

25 4,520

298,115

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

336 64,484

192 43

1,026,573 5,349

33,239 98,925

56 119

80 50 18 13

204

41,162 162

31,410

44 1,775

200,303 596,139

38,367

161,936

144 21 20 25 13 24 89

68

583 116

2,341

132,810 395,269

336

70,416 209,570

75 2,866

69 1,577

6 11 57

1,196 52

269,727 43

1,370,419 30

289 53

(D) 16

7,843,633

53 11,638

1,559,297 1

(D) (D) 14

2,673 148,730

- - -

14 2,673

148,730

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

149 80,322

539 260

1,919,310 3,560

44,748 300,322

20 30 22 18 29 30

111

74,508 104

73,020

2 (D)

70,577

473,672

40,889 29,688

30 6 3 8

11 7

84

104 2,646

96 1,342

52,287

350,921

149 22,277

149,512

26 660

25 419

- -

21 283

1 (D)

1 (D) 12

187 8

113 16

6,663,200

59 14,056

2,050,743 6

174 756

48 12,826

924,942 - - -

48 12,826

924,942

4 78

4,700 - - - 5

443 32,020

393 82,194

209 65

790,145 3,778

42,060 107,022

22 142 131

53 26 19

308

45,610 262

36,385

54 1,604

39,301

100,002

34,417 4,883

153 43 72 36 14 18 57

88

345 141

2,875

34,362 87,435

393

8,158 20,759

141 7,005

133 (D)

7 (D)

101 3,577

13 3,260

12 7,285

7 127

45 1,149

- -

13 2,245

235,280 1

(D) (D) 44

8,222 305,007

- - -

44 8,222

305,007

2 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

478 186,412

390 103

1,499,480 3,845

87,525 183,107

47 124 105

98 44 60

336

149,811 289

135,203

46 2,753

242,458 507,234

100,859 141,599

157 25 18 53 32 12

181

218 3,291

237 6,518

187,989 393,282

478

64,278 134,472

97 2,505

84 (D)

1 (D) 55

1,043 52

242,212 42

941,503 18

173 56

1,015 19

15,382,272

120 26,956

3,386,314 - - -

31 4,550

266,791 - - -

31 4,550

266,791

2 (D) (D)

- - - 6

1,014 62,989

281 29,102

104 40

667,163 6,442

14,179 50,460

24 138

82 31 5 1

206

7,857 184

5,487

17 112

6,601

23,491

4,935 1,666

132 50 35 28 11 12 13

39

104 93

2,107

10,638 37,856

281

-1,826 -6,499

114 3,099

107 1,771

8 132

75 1,106

13 154

4 54 10

243 42

1,585 9

470

3 18

2,400 - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

1,368 147,781

108 55

545,745 5,052

105,354 77,013

124 498 536 157

44 9

943

61,710 879

54,527

55 1,166

281,856 206,035

27,943

253,913

493 177 185 185

82 37

209

127 360 374

6,488

189,128 138,251

1,368

99,575 72,789

803 41,671

721 16,415

24 7,774

633 19,243

22 20,303

16 44,645

42 906 151

623,000 118

35,079,278

113 6,778

765,444 13

6,422 120,655

51 3,492

183,342 2

(D) (D) 49

(D) (D)

11

403 30,809

13 581

18,243 4

250 21,700

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

237 59,173

250 100

1,089,872 4,365

27,248 114,969

8 57

109 39 17 7

170

18,908 129

15,232

17 489

189,170 798,187

7,129

182,041

62 25 27 27 12 13 71

56

473 95

2,616

118,028 498,009

237

74,231 313,212

66 2,736

65 1,535

3 3

46 1,196

17 61,471

15 321,748

1 (D) 16

(D) 63

31,860,170

12 2,200

253,272 - - - 5

387 14,583

- - - 5

387 14,583

- - - - - - 2

(D) (D)

722 263,740

365 67

1,211,105 3,315

131,881 182,661

91 222 198

85 43 83

579

212,804 468

192,147

56 11,546

385,759 534,293

104,041 281,719

231 73 82 67 45 30

194

313 3,535

327 5,826

267,607 370,646

722

127,513 176,611

193 5,406

164 3,554

4 4

116 2,463

32 330,146

35 1,119,700

14 180

56 1,847

57 38,041,660

211 62,492

8,138,146 9

433 5,836

83 24,200

1,203,725 1

(D) (D) 82

(D) (D)

13

338 20,338

- - - 5

1,147 77,445

844 124,613

148 66

571,868 3,873

58,896 69,782

49 266 370 108

30 21

707

51,251 631

32,925

113 2,965

39,072 46,294

29,340

9,732

329 124 147 115

29 22 78

131 580 309

7,006

36,160 42,844

844

10,497 12,438

358 12,428

314 5,642

10 382 275

6,047 18

(D) 13

(D) 15

194 97

(D) 5

161

45 984

123,126 17

710 9,804

52 4,164

183,725 - - -

52 4,164

183,725

- - - 2

(D) (D)

- - -

925 118,914

129 47

752,022 5,850

96,084 103,875

85 388 290 113

34 15

699

67,910 661

60,433

49 811

81,781 88,412

48,073 33,708

356 116 136 134

60 52 71

132

1,162 289

6,364

69,875 75,540

925

19,433 21,008

484 20,704

428 8,704

12 1,411

388 9,184

23 (D) 17

(D) 26

1,581 99

57,503 14

3,280,260

102 12,614

1,869,022 18

1,394 23,016

61 7,519

448,126 - - -

61 7,519

448,126

8 162

8,053 36

2,558 184,807

5 375

21,745

620 59,921

97 51

462,120 4,782

29,448 47,498

33 256 245

78 6 2

448

18,563 385

13,115

38 76

45,440 73,290

3,857

41,582

239 100 119

65 26 25 46

99

392 142

2,238

32,303 52,102

620

15,766 25,429

250 7,814

226 4,589

6 18

200 3,478

37 361

27 1,114

22 560 102

61,072 35

8,246,740

18 390

48,465 2

(D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

- - - 2

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

960 301,248

314 92

1,534,742 4,891

258,705 269,485

69 250 331 163

79 68

759

209,571 657

177,866

137 17,886

1,249,140 1,301,187

203,510

1,045,630

190 37 81 94 37 43

478

312 2,424

504 10,192

901,673 939,242

960

360,084 375,087

290 21,430

282 (D)

7 (D)

235 11,654

266 1,884,585

266 6,976,232

13 216

37 313,787

49 34,654,039

209 36,268

4,631,875 10

511 5,865

105 14,056

784,446 - - -

105 14,056

784,446

8 323

24,238 1

(D) (D)

9 405

25,320

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

108 54,853

508 85

1,828,369 3,600

21,201 196,309

8 21 45 16 6

12

83 28,620

68 27,421

5

(D)

112,158 1,038,497

11,551

100,607

38 8 8

10 2 4

38

36 500

44 2,459

74,818

692,762

108 40,299

373,136

25 891

25 532

- -

15 463

2 (D)

2 (D)

- - 6

56 23

18,794,828

21 5,765

733,449 - - - 6

1,934 94,195

- - - 6

1,934 94,195

2

(D) (D)

- - - - - -

672 95,867

143 44

656,070 4,599

61,414 91,390

71 292 220

54 16 19

508

54,226 468

49,883

22 131

90,311

134,391

22,512 67,799

283 100

92 80 42 14 61

140 909 217

3,088

64,149 95,460

672

30,158 44,878

335 14,688

309 8,226

7 371 263

7,746 12

(D) 14

(D) 12

401 65

(D) 20

7,337,760

65 10,615

1,405,786 2

(D) (D) 44

8,184 467,088

- - -

44 8,184

467,088

4 175

15,485 4

197 15,340

2 (D) (D)

856 92,904

109 62

443,265 4,084

51,975 60,719

40 299 415

75 19 8

724

34,430 613

23,730

55 415

42,422 49,559

12,420 30,002

423 88

138 114

33 21 39

103 148 289

3,855

36,559 42,709

856

9,866 11,526

357 11,727

315 (D)

3 (D)

247 10,563

9 (D)

8 (D) 28

412 94

112,398 7

3,600,016

45 1,364

173,199 4

(D) (D) 13

371 13,015

- - -

13 371

13,015

4 13

283 - - - - - -

1,064 152,452

143 56

640,586 4,471

102,649 96,475

67 378 434 141

27 17

812

72,974 755

57,966

62 590

230,105 216,264

49,393

180,712

364 106 143 206

50 60

135

188 483 368

4,128

159,296 149,714

1,064

75,420 70,883

564 25,751

492 11,834

10 146 478

13,055 31

(D) 23

(D) 36

1,077 90

611,337 56

30,006,482

83 13,069

1,778,785 6

558 13,710

26 2,675

130,855 - - -

26 2,675

130,855

1 (D) (D)

4 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

99 10,131

102 22

374,350 3,658

4,337 43,804

31 40 23 4 - 1

62

1,100 55

859

13 157

2,150

21,715

1,261 889

57 13 19 4 1 - 5

12 42 15

307

2,036 20,565

99

462 4,670

43 534

37 348

3 3

30 192

5 28 5

(D) 1

(D) 22

278 1

(D)

4 31

3,530 1

(D) (D)

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

215 14,684

68 25

528,315 7,735

12,594 58,576

43 107

50 11 2 2

155

4,509 140

3,858

24 561

9,775

45,465

6,722 3,052

102 25 33 22 14 6

13

22 74 52

238

(D) (D)

215

1,783 8,294

71 1,629

64 1,024

5 5

59 675

7 45 9

31 17

248 46

1,103 7

1,465

11 292 (D)

6 39

750 - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ...................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ........................................................ dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ......................................................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ................................................................................ 10 to 49 acres ............................................................................ 50 to 179 acres .......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ........................................................................ 500 to 999 acres ........................................................................ 1,000 acres or more ................................................................... Total cropland ....................................................................... farms

acres Harvested cropland ........................................................... farms

acres Irrigated land ......................................................................... farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ........... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops ............. $1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ............................. $1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ........................................................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ........................................................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 .................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 .................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) .......................................... farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ............................... farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ......................................... $1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ............................... farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ............................................... farms

number Beef cows ..................................................................... farms

number Milk cows ...................................................................... farms

number Cattle and calves sold ....................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ................................................... farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ........................................................... farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory .............................................. farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ............................................... farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ...................... farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop ............................................ farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................ farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ......................... farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ................................................... farms acres

bushels Oats for grain .................................................................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ................................................................. farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain ............................................................. farms

acres bushels

68 52,946

779 100

3,229,747 4,148

29,696 436,706

4 13 26 8 2

15

59 51,033

49 50,232

2

(D)

43,561 640,602

(D) (D)

20 1

12 6 4 4

21

51 1,312

47 2,322

26,132

384,297

68 21,063

309,752

9 407

9 327

- - 3

(D) 1

(D) 7

(D) - - - - - -

27 19,063

3,127,494 - - -

18 9,916

622,247 - - -

18 9,916

622,247

- - - - - - 1

(D) (D)

957 186,626

195 38

1,040,504 5,336

125,351 130,984

92 453 270

81 22 39

589

142,276 516

135,514

36 204

481,981 503,637

86,482

395,499

339 119 110 101

38 42

208

121 2,529

319 4,837

312,631 326,678

957

176,715 184,656

468 19,487

442 11,053

6 103 405

10,791 15

(D) 7

(D) 49

747 107 (D) 98

45,485,421

95 35,399

4,601,518 2

(D) (D) 86

51,669 3,026,875

- - -

86 51,669

3,026,875

1 (D) (D)

- - - 6

901 37,765

238 66,157

278 86

827,874 2,978

27,154 114,092

29 44 96 31 22 16

174

20,638 147

14,498

29 1,232

17,211 72,314

16,797

414

128 18 22 26 11 5

28

82 164

73 1,949

16,544 69,511

238

2,780 11,681

67 2,771

64 1,432

- -

42 650

5 13 1

(D) 8

148 30

1,196 - -

11 226

20,420 - - -

17 2,387

115,957 - - -

17 2,387

115,957

1 (D) (D)

- - - 3

(D) (D)

691 77,008

111 30

1,299,196 11,658

57,245 82,844

134 312 171

46 15 13

480

46,261 424

36,851

90 1,226

63,656 92,122

56,546

7,110

264 113

97 81 42 29 65

93

557 282

12,933

57,500 83,213

691

19,647 28,432

157 4,246

140 2,041

6 452 133

1,738 27

695 25

2,168 54

1,168 121

8,648 25

20,183

26 1,067

90,598 - - -

29 2,678

111,485 - - -

29 2,678

111,485

6 286

12,828 1

(D) (D)

4 295

17,761

267 60,778

228 63

662,147 2,909

21,008 78,681

14 98 82 39 24 10

193

29,208 165

20,314

37 1,152

40,097

150,178

12,323 27,774

113 29 23 33 16 10 43

88

428 92

2,350

37,242 139,482

267

5,633 21,098

96 6,592

94 3,944

- -

67 2,645

21 36,217

15 220,670

2 (D) 23

11,369 2

(D)

11 899

82,054 - - -

11 1,677

100,990 - - -

11 1,677

100,990

6 333

24,869 3

80 4,600

1 (D) (D)

141 79,680

565 132

2,072,945 3,668

50,516 358,266

11 24 43 30 6

27

113 71,291

74 67,996

12

1,892

49,046 347,845

43,388

5,658

65 4 5 5 5

11 46

97

3,085 55

1,472

42,813 303,637

141

10,791 76,529

22 734

10 150

- -

15 179

2 (D)

2 (D)

4 130

21 300

- -

56 21,094

3,601,451 - - -

18 5,478

314,319 - - -

18 5,478

314,319

- - - - - - 2

(D) (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey

Farms ................................................................................ number Land in farms ........................................................................ acres Average size of farm ..................................................... acres Median size of farm ....................................................... acres Estimated market value of land and buildings: Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Average per acre ......................................................... dollars Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment .........................................................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ............................................................................... 10 to 49 acres ........................................................................... 50 to 179 acres ......................................................................... 180 to 499 acres ....................................................................... 500 to 999 acres ....................................................................... 1,000 acres or more .................................................................. Total cropland .......................................................................farms

acres Harvested cropland ...........................................................farms

acres Irrigated land .........................................................................farms

acres Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) ...........$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops .............$1,000 Livestock, poultry, and their products ..............................$1,000 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ....................................................................... $2,500 to $4,999 ....................................................................... $5,000 to $9,999 ....................................................................... $10,000 to $24,999 ................................................................... $25,000 to $49,999 ................................................................... $50,000 to $99,999 ................................................................... $100,000 or more ...................................................................... Government payments (see text) ..........................................farms

$1,000 Total income from farm-related sources ................................farms

$1,000 Total farm production expenses ..........................................$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Net cash farm income of the operations ................................farms

$1,000 Average per farm ........................................................ dollars Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory ...............................................farms

number Beef cows ......................................................................farms

number Milk cows .......................................................................farms

number Cattle and calves sold .......................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs inventory ....................................................farms

number Hogs and pigs sold ............................................................farms

number Sheep and lambs inventory ...............................................farms

number Layers inventory (see text) ................................................farms

number Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold .......................farms

number Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .............................................farms acres tons

Wheat for grain, all ............................................................farms acres

bushels Other spring wheat for grain (see text) ..........................farms

acres bushels

Winter wheat for grain ...................................................farms acres

bushels Oats for grain ....................................................................farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ..................................................................farms acres

bushels Sorghum for grain .............................................................farms

acres bushels

520 49,614

95 37

614,311 6,439

30,273 58,217

62 240 153

47 13 5

428

14,352 404

11,971

33 44

16,724 32,162

8,932 7,792

193 69 73 86 46 14 39

69

351 148

1,389

14,745 28,355

520

3,720 7,153

261 12,863

232 (D)

2 (D)

219 8,842

14 66 6

54 18

221 79

2,617 - -

2 (D) (D)

7 22

420 - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

551 165,345

300 88

1,497,288 4,990

122,433 222,201

71 148 181

65 39 47

421

130,530 387

123,617

61 4,817

592,071

1,074,539

106,981 485,090

141 27 31 75 37 27

213

254 3,611

255 3,595

393,077 713,388

551

206,201 374,231

147 8,440

111 (D)

1 (D)

102 4,080

82 548,561

83 2,041,069

6 270

31 (D) 29

9,874,135

142 24,767

3,285,078 3

292 5,302

86 17,628

925,295 - - -

86 17,628

925,295

4 131

6,968 - - - 6

92 3,858

932 106,710

114 56

586,674 5,124

99,358 106,608

71 348 363 119

22 9

694

41,397 649

34,798

32 61

335,124 359,576

14,838

320,286

322 122 135 122

43 38

150

39 81

260 3,636

216,422 232,213

932

122,418 131,350

578 30,335

505 13,795

13 1,432

458 15,221

13 55 7

68 26

358 77

421,297 100

58,113,138

54 6,557

837,181 53

3,573 64,057

11 1,824

65,880 - - -

11 1,824

65,880

1 (D) (D)

4 196

13,900 1

(D) (D)

276 122,946

445 69

1,685,619 3,784

84,013 304,394

32 89 70 37 14 34

196

100,339 167

95,746

19 1,145

210,697 763,396

162,671 48,027

97 24 10 37 6

28 74

137

1,129 135

4,995

176,935 641,070

276

39,885 144,511

47 1,794

46 935

- -

32 1,106

6 (D)

5 (D) 20

182 14

285 4

(D)

61 14,237

1,893,080 - - -

49 5,707

285,179 - - -

49 5,707

285,179

1 (D) (D)

- - - 6

417 29,938

818 87,522

107 39

585,403 5,471

61,299 74,938

85 368 265

70 15 15

672

48,318 626

44,370

43 886

139,652 170,724

27,245

112,406

315 106 122

95 53 24

103

112 489 266

2,550

96,142 117,534

818

46,548 56,905

372 16,813

335 (D) 10

(D) 304

7,683 24

(D) 28

(D) 15

322 104

1,694,328 18

6,941,400

71 7,907

945,308 6

489 6,331

27 2,974

162,982 - - -

27 2,974

162,982

4 85

3,400 9

998 56,594

3 318

22,910

369 30,824

84 48

454,909 5,446

15,030 40,731

62 128 134

43 1 1

308

10,204 291

5,354

54 101

6,822

18,489

5,667 1,156

167 43 54 47 27 12 19

100 157 117 508

5,993

16,241

369 1,494 4,049

194 4,386

165 2,636

7 47

140 1,628

9 277

7 103

17 181

36 671

10 2,388

20 194

25,544 10

166 3,022

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item North Carolina Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

49 3,435

43,892 6,515

1,740,536 66,505,052

5 7

370

901 368,821 727,812

901 368,821 727,812

1,294

167,781 363,675,774

18,911

672,976 1,495,368

23 239

264,200

614 119,419

477,867,597 3,456

155,407 882

13,867 838

92,495

1,789 12,104

7 200

2,250 37

3,527 120,373

- - -

- - - - - -

20 1,525

3,217,563

337 14,594 32,501

- - -

- - -

55 178

4 3

11 15

42 60

- - -

33 2,746

90,543

- - -

- - - - - -

5 615

997,786

321 11,523 22,499

- - -

- - -

17 161

7 1 - -

11 186

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

10 216

399,600

270 10,469 20,495

- - -

- - -

26 891

7 4 - -

8 5

- - -

51 13,242

374,803

- - -

3 892

1,588 3

892 1,588

- - -

134 5,951

13,172 - - -

- - - 5

(D) - - 1

(D)

5 (D)

Item Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

3 14

25,846

428 12,124 28,081

- - -

- - -

58 400

19 11 2

(D)

30 37

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

1 (D) (D)

75

2,017 4,489

- - -

- - -

28 70 20 24

- -

14 69

- - -

135 59,268

2,704,881

- - -

19 9,236

20,494 19

9,236 20,494

17

1,546 3,118,892

15

234 735

- - -

4 380

1,448,000 20

377 10 12 8

(D)

12 91

- - -

168 34,957

1,502,440

- - -

47 21,298 42,236

47 21,298 42,236

18

3,945 7,843,676

17

1,448 2,861

1 (D) (D)

54

9,084 39,591,195

10 1,517

3 (D)

5 (D)

3

(D)

- - -

96 18,396

633,694

- - -

7 900

1,468 7

900 1,468

2

(D) (D)

100

4,130 12,073

2 (D) (D)

42

4,634 19,299,588

41 704

11 12 9

266

36 474

- - -

52 9,225

306,152

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

2

(D) (D)

55

1,701 3,134

- - -

- - -

16 401

3 1 2

(D)

13 65

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - - - - -

3 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

5 5

9,692

513 11,497 22,626

- - -

- - -

137 846

54 28 21 8

46

105

- - -

33 2,116

75,533

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

253 7,335

14,445 6 6

600

- - -

25 55 3

(D) 5 7

24

105

- - -

29 7,126

286,857

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

366 13,201 27,001

1 (D) (D)

- - -

27 330

10 107

3 4

23 47

- - -

12 1,231

50,004

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

229 7,502

13,426 - - -

- - -

19 263

1 (D)

6 4

17 87

- - -

35 30,620

1,328,842

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

9 134 283

- - -

- - - 4

(D) 2

(D) - -

- -

- - -

20 (D) (D)

- - -

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

- - -

5 119 372

- - -

- - -

18 650

4 (D)

5 11

10 27

Item Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - -

60 4,116

150,607

- - -

- - - - - -

39 2,303

4,729,892

234 8,160

15,100 - - -

- - -

21 110

14 4 3 8

16 28

3 (D) (D) 86

12,004 424,535

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

339 11,786 23,417

- - -

- - -

43 817

10 3 9

22

7 6

1 (D) (D) 16

3,208 108,112

- - -

- - - - - -

5 690

1,705,212

500 19,035 37,228

2 (D) (D)

- - -

59 118

17 10 11 27

54 58

- - - 3

63 3,561

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

106 4,482

13,068 - - -

- - -

31 304

7 2 4

(Z)

26 43

- - -

56 16,069

687,595

- - -

35 9,461

20,050 35

9,461 20,050

1

(D) (D)

3

(D) (D)

- - -

38 5,564

25,592,258 17

1,820 5

(D) 4

(D)

3 (D)

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

95 2,660 5,795

- - -

- - - 9

183 5

16 3 3

7

17

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - -

93 16,418

630,227

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

2

(D) (D)

526

18,301 34,597

- - -

- - -

37 113

4 (D)

5 4

20

144

- - -

219 49,224

1,514,772

- - -

8 1,638 2,093

8 1,638 2,093

30

2,034 4,185,576

103

3,032 6,992

2 (D) (D)

26

6,574 25,585,209

49 2,688

9 (D) 25

2,381

25 112

- - -

70 26,333

993,018

- - -

8 2,861 5,199

8 2,861 5,199

12

2,440 3,202,910

33

1,556 3,303

- - -

6 2,008

8,486,900 15

239 - - 2

(D)

6 11

1 (D) (D) 55

13,438 467,387

- - -

8 3,314 5,380

8 3,314 5,380

11

2,123 4,612,159

77

3,622 11,737

- - -

- - -

27 813

3 (D)

2 (D)

26 82

- - -

35 20,702

832,212

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

8 275 776

- - -

1 (D) (D) 11

132 5 3 - -

4 7

- - - 3

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

8 174 266

- - -

- - - 6

14 3 3 - -

2 (D)

Item Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

1 (D) (D)

120 12,841

440,102

- - -

- - - - - -

9 278

493,125

579 16,534 33,747

- - -

- - -

99 472

23 9

21 11

23

145

- - -

49 11,435

464,635

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

378 13,347 22,011

- - -

- - -

15 43 5 1 1

(D)

30 119

1 (D) (D)

315 60,042

2,238,360

- - -

13 5,683

11,614 13

5,683 11,614

22

2,562 4,266,337

248

17,307 50,169

- - -

10 5,992

19,343,815 37

5,987 2

(D) 14

3,549

27 219

- - - 4

209 3,224

- - -

- - - - - -

4 241

536,490

69 3,200 5,985

- - -

- - -

33 61 7 1 3

10

15 31

- - -

89 41,888

1,542,547

- - -

35 14,236 28,603

35 14,236 28,603

34

5,168 12,224,191

22

2,489 4,271

- - -

28 7,094

26,706,861 27

6,033 1

(D) 22

4,234

4 102

- - -

31 3,617

113,232

- - -

- - - - - -

7 500

915,585

294 6,146 9,696

- - -

- - -

66 541

15 4

17 301

35 53

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - -

67 16,145

461,131

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

26

3,391 8,596,173

182

10,570 18,963

- - -

- - -

43 603

11 10 8 7

23 68

- - -

20 3,419

130,758

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

284 8,421

16,714 2

(D) (D)

- - -

19 66 5 2 5 2

13 27

- - -

49 24,164

1,020,399

- - -

21 10,226 17,394

21 10,226 17,394

- - -

4 118 314

- - -

15 3,610

16,367,688 4

10 - - 3

(D)

2 (D)

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

65 2,476 4,950

- - -

- - - 6

(D) 4

(D) - -

5 6

1 (D) (D) 47

6,623 168,085

- - -

- - - - - -

40 3,468

6,792,059

239 10,830 17,666

- - -

- - -

39 407

11 5 5

67

9 31

1 (D) (D) 94

27,660 1,082,065

- - -

16 5,706

10,692 16

5,706 10,692

31

5,197 11,324,938

41

1,722 5,578

- - -

10 4,115

16,715,620 24

8,387 2

(D) 13

7,551

1 (D)

Item Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

2 (D) (D) 71

9,806 344,398

- - -

- - - - - -

41 2,367

4,687,162

434 12,740 24,489

- - -

- - -

70 287

21 9

11 61

39 90

1 (D) (D) 95

42,769 1,585,475

- - -

72 48,492 93,652

72 48,492 93,652

20

3,435 8,186,406

50

4,307 8,538

- - -

44 9,002

37,224,200 14

1,876 - - 5

1,303

8 10

1 (D) (D)

141 28,475

815,910

- - -

25 6,602

10,946 25

6,602 10,946

51

8,821 19,892,158

177

4,620 12,164

1 (D) (D)

2

(D) (D) 48

3,540 5 3

20 3,106

31 77

3 15

300 5

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

8 51

107,600

257 6,175

15,065 - - -

- - -

48 452

18 13 4 1

17

102

- - - 9

1,677 70,875

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

131 4,470

10,367 - - -

- - -

59 1,782

9 9 7 5

91

4,439

- - -

39 17,292

663,661

- - -

20 13,768 29,496

20 13,768 29,496

11

2,965 6,520,206

6

548 1,050

- - -

22 5,506

24,989,667 12

1,010 - - 1

(D)

1 (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - -

31 10,249

360,961

- - -

11 5,667 9,759

11 5,667 9,759

- - -

40 1,569 4,067

- - -

1 (D) (D)

4 17

- - - -

7 16

- - -

73 40,622

1,958,703

- - -

15 8,094

19,002 15

8,094 19,002

- - -

11 454 769

- - -

- - -

15 4,998

2 (D)

1 (D)

- -

3 178

1,000 73

13,504 474,631

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

638 28,138 63,736

- - -

- - -

36 101

4 1 6 3

22 40

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

83 1,662 2,651

- - -

1 (D) (D) 18

119 4 2 - -

1 (D)

- - -

281 59,855

1,942,126

- - -

13 4,547 9,169

13 4,547 9,169

74

12,053 25,887,619

308

8,405 24,019

- - -

5 1,925

6,662,000 140

16,218 21

280 82

14,867

24 196

- - -

56 15,289

663,663

- - -

29 13,079 25,083

29 13,079 25,083

7

1,016 1,601,237

38

982 3,113

- - -

5 496

1,846,200 23

165 4 1 3

(D)

11 28

Item Lee Lenoir Lincoln McDowell Macon Madison

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

2 (D) (D) 21

7,125 173,671

- - -

- - - - - -

17 3,007

6,197,436

97 2,862 4,132

1 (D) (D)

- - -

24 290

6 2

11 243

11 27

- - -

162 36,513

1,391,175

- - -

19 7,697

13,691 19

7,697 13,691

48

6,397 12,858,842

80

2,067 6,815

- - -

7 1,727

7,805,694 25

2,172 - -

14 1,566

12

163

1 (D) (D) 50

8,906 333,184

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

316 11,248 24,864

- - -

- - -

44 146

5 5 7

14

19 60

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

140 3,466 7,866

- - -

- - -

40 83 18 8 4 1

8

11

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

154 3,322 7,465

- - -

- - -

27 34 15 11

- -

22 43

- - - 4

60 2,400

- - -

- - - - - -

3 21

50,226

299 6,309

14,021 - - -

- - -

70 264

20 7 1

(D)

36 31

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Martin Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - -

168 32,911

1,317,758

- - -

120 32,351 69,106

120 32,351 69,106

32

4,401 10,565,381

15

612 1,053

- - -

120 9,770

39,814,689 6

767 - - 6

(D)

7 6

- - -

10 1,302

55,806

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

100 2,543 3,924

- - -

- - -

39 77 6 3 - -

17 9

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

100 1,688 3,116

- - -

- - -

25 32 18 14

- -

12 70

- - -

10 579

16,902

- - -

3 262 474

3 262 474

2

(D) (D)

87

4,974 13,260

- - -

- - -

15 115

3 (D)

3 8

21

179

- - -

30 4,917

101,841

- - -

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

21

2,036 4,394,591

230

6,706 18,643

- - -

- - -

35 490

2 (D)

8 167

27

225

- - -

108 34,328

1,267,516

- - -

25 6,816

14,828 25

6,816 14,828

47

9,493 21,732,452

89

6,128 12,270

- - -

6 3,816

17,433,070 68

18,543 8 7

40 15,504

20 61

Item New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

15 16 1

(D) 1

(D)

2 (D)

- - -

154 38,580

1,576,506

- - -

102 43,390 88,990

102 43,390 88,990

2

(D) (D)

15

522 955

- - -

30 5,424

24,751,320 6

100 - - 4

(D)

7 14

- - -

62 12,528

403,384

- - -

10 2,900 4,879

10 2,900 4,879

5

1,012 1,638,508

62

1,987 4,958

- - -

5 (D) (D) 16

123 5 4 3

(D)

14 99

5 470

5,880 36

4,844 173,409

- - -

- - - - - -

24 1,101

2,082,649

337 12,097 28,550

- - -

- - -

111 302

40 11 36 42

53 81

- - -

27 18,107

721,635

- - -

- - - - - -

2 (D) (D)

13

310 493

- - -

- - -

11 (D)

4 (D)

2 (D)

8

18

- - -

81 45,967

2,285,690

- - -

3 (D)

2,789 3

(D) 2,789

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

16 3,730

9 2,813

2 (D)

1

(D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - -

49 13,520

480,583

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

2

(D) (D)

40

3,209 6,326

- - -

- - -

26 71 4 4 - -

16 79

- - -

92 45,320

2,029,903

- - -

17 5,937

11,945 17

5,937 11,945

- - -

19 3,290 9,455

- - -

10 720

3,528,042 5

708 2

(D) - -

- -

- - -

66 14,971

393,174

- - -

- - - - - -

46 5,092

12,310,497

166 7,831

13,997 - - -

- - -

43 349

13 4 8

(D)

23 109

- - -

195 69,913

2,462,255

- - -

35 13,527 25,711

35 13,527 25,711

38

7,741 16,785,200

57

2,867 5,618

- - -

60 8,590

33,564,719 30

1,148 1

(D) 5

1,089

11 117

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

140 5,013 8,935

- - -

- - -

17 29 6 5 - -

28 348

1 (D) (D)

127 14,242

484,716

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

6

745 1,693,060

715

22,682 50,319

- - -

- - -

60 317

22 11 12 3

31

183 Item Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - -

26 5,948

151,592

- - -

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

4

188 371,640

84

3,930 9,375

- - -

- - -

13 278

1 (D)

1 (D)

6

34

- - -

269 90,026

3,324,474

- - -

19 10,803 20,943

19 10,803 20,943

17

2,501 5,815,249

147

7,287 21,241

- - -

16 4,801

17,741,409 57

2,170 16 7

17 1,258

21

129

- - -

68 6,903

233,562

- - -

- - - - - -

72 5,241

11,195,717

492 15,548 26,345

- - -

- - -

62 139

20 4

20 7

36

145

- - -

133 22,591

952,164

- - -

9 612

1,207 9

612 1,207

- - -

524 18,481 46,421

2 (D) (D)

- - -

56 879

11 7

12 15

24 50

- - -

15 1,808

67,851

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

293 10,520 20,964

- - -

- - -

56 165

11 2

20 20

23 68

3 300 (D)

318 67,379

2,666,699

- - -

36 11,161 19,365

36 11,161 19,365

63

10,445 21,098,407

311

18,410 50,955

- - -

12 5,255

15,751,161 125

22,453 11

564 58

13,713

18 204

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - -

21 13,851

391,941

- - -

7 3,761 6,650

7 3,761 6,650

- - -

34 1,998 4,325

- - -

3 1,626

6,233,450 6

13 - - - -

2 (D)

2 (D) (D) 72

14,774 518,640

- - -

22 10,675 20,598

22 10,675 20,598

- - -

374 12,422 27,084

2 (D) (D)

1

(D) (D) 14 25 7 4 3 1

27 85

- - -

33 4,180

136,984

2 (D) (D)

- - - - - -

36 1,580

2,946,144

504 15,708 34,712

- - -

- - -

65 132

24 12 15 29

52

109

- - -

98 11,933

451,452

- - -

- - - - - -

35 3,102

6,916,230

611 20,942 49,172

- - -

- - -

35 886

15 14 6 6

44

311

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

27 630

1,078 - - -

- - -

20 163

9 (D)

- -

- -

- - - 1

(D) (D)

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

79 2,051 4,476

- - -

- - -

16 301

8 4 3 1

4 6

Item Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ......................................farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans ..........................................................farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) .........................................................farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ..........................................................................farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ...........................farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ............................................................farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ...........................farms acres

Potatoes ........................................................................farms acres

Sweet potatoes .............................................................farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ...............................................farms

acres

- - -

41 26,383

1,139,124

- - -

1 (D) (D)

1 (D) (D)

- - -

2 (D) (D)

- - -

- - -

13 (D) 12

(D) 3 4

- -

1 (D) (D)

136 70,770

2,941,596

- - -

4 2,692 4,396

4 2,692 4,396

- - -

367 13,515 34,594

- - -

1 (D) (D) 25

(D) 4 6 1

(D)

13 39

- - -

34 5,821

150,248

- - -

- - - - - -

26 2,446

6,092,436

82 4,140

10,122 - - -

- - -

17 51 5 2 2

(D)

17 22

2 (D) (D) 96

14,964 396,585

- - -

3 (D) (D)

3 (D) (D)

26

4,958 10,959,562

192

6,455 13,164

1 (D) (D)

4

1,525 5,044,371

90 3,751

16 11 26

2,780

38 49

- - -

43 9,268

301,595

- - -

2 (D) (D)

2 (D) (D)

17

1,400 3,414,282

102

5,985 12,372

- - -

- - -

27 115

4 3 - -

4 (D)

1 (D) (D) 60

31,907 1,429,921

- - -

12 7,788

15,523 12

7,788 15,523

4

306 559,300

10

810 2,139

- - -

6 1,370

5,380,308 10

1,612 4

(D) 1

(D)

1 (D)

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey

Selected crops harvested: - Con. Sorghum for silage or greenchop ...................................... farms

acres tons

Soybeans for beans .......................................................... farms acres

bushels Dry edible beans, excluding chickpeas and limas (see text) ........................................................ farms

acres cwt

Cotton, all ......................................................................... farms

acres bales

Upland cotton ................................................................ farms acres bales

Tobacco ............................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (see text) ........................... farms

acres tons, dry equivalent

Sunflower seed, all ........................................................... farms acres

pounds Peanuts for nuts ................................................................ farms

acres pounds

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .......................... farms acres

Potatoes ....................................................................... farms acres

Sweet potatoes ............................................................. farms acres

Land in orchards (see text) ............................................... farms

acres

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - -

253 8,358

20,626 - - -

- - -

37 35 17 3 3

(Z)

29 85

- - -

207 61,263

2,313,058

- - -

15 4,434 7,854

15 4,434 7,854

50

8,938 18,037,738

154

8,234 29,650

- - -

7 3,589

11,474,834 60

5,027 14 47 27

3,797

12 50

5 500

9,000 12

1,602 69,350

- - -

- - - - - -

4 (D) (D)

551

20,831 50,270

- - -

- - -

25 100

7 5 5

(D)

27 481

- - -

113 40,976

1,782,614

- - -

17 8,525

17,992 17

8,525 17,992

51

11,792 28,370,157

39

1,514 3,690

- - -

12 2,954

11,297,660 45

12,562 6

(D) 34

11,222

4 5

- - -

106 16,343

615,871

- - -

- - - - - -

16 2,999

7,381,436

494 14,861 34,946

- - -

- - -

24 41 5 1 5 1

31

239

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

10 35

75,599

177 4,274 9,967

- - -

- - -

54 134

33 34 11 2

21 35