2012 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 1

Year

Number
of Farms

Land in
Farms

Average
Size

Thousands

Thousand
Acres

Acres

51.5
50.8
50.2
50.0
49.5

8,400
8,300
8,410
8,400
8,400

Sales Class Estimates

$1,000
$9,999

$10,000
$99,000

$100,000 +

$1,000
$9,999

$10,000
$99,000

Number

$100,000 +

Thousand Acres

NORTH CAROLINA
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

163
163
168
168
170

32,100
31,100
29,500
28,400
28,000

10,900
11,200
12,200
13,000
12,800

8,500
8,500
8,500
8,600
8,700

2,000
1,900
1,700
1,600
1,500

1,450
1,500
1,510
1,500
1,500

4,950
4,900
5,200
5,300
5,400

373,480
382,230
398,840
400,740
406,990

103,350
100,740
96,020
95,120
90,800

211,190
204,530
195,340
193,880
193,820

601,120
609,150
623,240
625,030
628,380

UNITED STATES
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

915,660
914,420
914,600
914,030
913,000

426
429
433
435
438

1,173,300
1,134,210
1,090,330
1,081,880
1,054,860

602,740
614,800
620,640
619,390
622,150

A farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year.

NORTH CAROLINA NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

OPERATIONS BY SIZE
Size of Operation
149 Acres
5099 Acres
100179 Acres
180499 Acres
500999 Acres
1,000+ Acres

Age of Operator

8.9

53.0

8.8

52.0

8.7

51.0

8.6

50.0

8.5

49.0

8.4

48.0

8.3

47.0

8.2

Dollars

46.0

8.1

Less than 5,000

5,00019,999
20,00049,999
50,00099,999
100,000249,999
250,000 or more

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of Farms

Farms Percent
of Total

Land in Farms
Percent of Total

48.1%
21.6%
12.7%
10.7%
3.4%
3.4%

6.5%
9.0%
9.9%
18.2%
13.9%
42.5%

PRINCIPAL OPERATORS
BY AGE GROUP

54.0

45.0

86.7%
6.2%
6.0%
1.0%

Percent of Operations

Under 25
2534
3544
4554
5564
6574
75 and Over
Average Age = 58.9

Million Acres

Thousand Farms

2,150
2,131
2,110
2,102
2,084

OPERATIONS BY TYPE
Family/Individual
Partnership
Incorporated
Other

0.4%
4.2%
9.8%
20.7%
30.1%
23.2%
11.6%

FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES

8.0

Land in Farms

Number
25,185
10,731
4,025
1,946
1,836
6,495

North Carolina Department

of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Agricultural Statistics Division
Steve Troxler, Commissioner
www.ncagr.gov/stats

in 2014,

N.C. Hog Inventory

ranked 2 n d
in the nation

N.C.
ranked
N o .1 i n
sweet
potato

production
in 2014

N.C. Ranked 2 n d
in the U.S. in
Poultry & Egg
Cash Receipts
in 2014

U.S. Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service
North Carolina Field Office
Dee Webb, State Statistician
www.nass.usda.gov
2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Tel: (919) 856-4394 or (800) 437-8451
Fax: (919) 856-4139 | Email: ncagstat@ncagr.gov

When yall want the best,

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FARM INCOME

Cash Receipts from Farming by Commodity

NC
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Commodities

Broilers 1
Hogs
Tobacco
Turkeys 1
Soybeans
Vegetables and Melons
Chicken Eggs 1
Corn
Miscellaneous Crops
Cattle and Calves
Cotton
Sweet Potatoes
Dairy Products, Milk
Wheat
Floriculture
Peanuts
Blueberries
Hay
Potatoes
Tomatoes

2014

2014 % of
Total Sales

Thousand Dollars

Percent

3,849,710
2,929,464
911,805
733,163
686,559
526,369
500,989
489,953
477,484
431,161
419,298
354,816
245,435
225,870
223,336
93,555
77,758
66,447
54,040
35,700

29.3%
22.3%
6.9%
5.6%
5.2%
4.0%
3.8%
3.7%
3.6%
3.3%
3.2%
2.7%
1.9%
1.7%
1.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%

NORTH CAROLINAS RANK IN U.S. AGRICULTURE, 2014

Rank
1

3
4

5
6

$13,123,200,000

All Other
Crops, 5.9% 1
Broilers, 29.3%

Vegetables,
Fruits, Nuts &
Berries, 5.1%

Livestock,
Dairy
& Poultry,
67.4%

454
451
15,840
5,096
9
16.4
4.1
28.5
154
995
795
4
441
3
552
400
850

(Mil Lbs)
(Mil Lbs)
(000 Cwt)
(Mil $)
(Mil Hd)
(Mil Hd)
(Mil Lbs)
(Mil Hd)
(000 Cwt)
(000 Bales)
(Mil Hd)
(Mil Lbs)
(000 Cwt)
(Mil Lbs)
(000 Cwt)
(Mil Lbs)
(000 Cwt)

51.8
78.8
53.5
10.6
13.0
14.4
6.7
12.0
0.5
6.3
9.3
2.6
2.9
1.2
8.0
7.7
3.1

2
NC
NC
NC
GA
IA
IA
ID
MN
CA
TX
GA
MS
CA
KY
FL
GA
CA

3
KY
VA
CA
NC
NC
NC
NC
AR
FL
GA
AL
AL
FL
TN
GA
FL
FL

County
Sampson
Duplin
Union
Wayne
Robeson

Thousand Dollars
1,302,349
1,218,850
537,368
495,524
483,564

County

Soybeans, 5.2%

Crops,
32.6%
Tobacco, 6.9%

Cattle & Calves, 3.3%

Hogs, 22.3%
Chicken Eggs, 3.8%

All Other Crops includes hay, greenhouse, floriculture, nursery, cut Christmas trees, mushrooms and other
miscellaneous crops.
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VA
GA
MS
AR
MN
MN
CA
NC
OR
MS
AR
AR
NJ
PA
CA
AL
TN

Thousand Dollars

Bladen
Wilkes
Johnston
Greene
Randolph

428,237
312,103
303,781
284,528
272,972

Includes government payments.

COUNTY CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS, 2014

Includes Crops, Livestock & Government Payments

Corn, 3.7%

Turkeys, 5.6%

All Other Livestock, 1.1%

All Other Poultry, 0.1%
Dairy Products, 1.9%

All Tobacco
Flue-cured Tobacco
Sweet Potatoes
All Poultry & Egg Cash Receipts
Hogs & Pigs (12-1-14)
Annual Pig Crop Dec 13 - Nov 14
Trout Sold (foodsize)
Turkeys
Strawberries: Fresh Market
Upland Cotton 1
Broilers
Catfish Sold (foodsize)
Bell Peppers
Burley Tobacco
Cucumbers: Fresh Market
Peanuts
Tomatoes: Fresh Market

Top 3 States

TOP TEN COUNTIES IN TOTAL FARM CASH RECEIPTS, 2014 1

Cotton, 3.2%
Peanuts, 0.7%
Wheat, 1.7%

NC %
of US

Production

480 Lb. bales.

SOURCE: Economic Research Service, USDA. 1 Value of production.

SOURCE OF FARM CASH RECEIPTS, 2014

Item

Million Dollars
Under 20.0
20.0 to 49.9
50.0 to 99.9
100.0 to 149.9
150.0 to 199.9
200.0 and up