Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
POULTRY - Con. 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
1,969 
108 
669 
217 
164 
202 
Farms with- 
number 
801,883,037 
21,879,844 
213,071,450 
80,534,685 
61,535,325 
92,263,184 
1 to 1,999 
271 
35 
144 
28 
25 
14 
2,000 to 59,999 
53 
10 
21 
2 
1 
2 
60,000 to 99,999 
37 
3 
17 
4 
4 
1 
100,000 or more 
1,608 
60 
487 
183 
134 
185 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
829 
111 
346 
56 
36 
61 
number 
17,191,277 
824,053 
4,077,935 
856,240 
952,869 
1,516,377 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
590 
53 
180 
37 
32 
43 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
54,109,724 
2,665,861 
14,181,640 
3,554,321 
2,277,341 
4,682,747 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
- 
16 
9 
6 
21 
acres 
16,695 
- 
115 
69 
34 
193 
bushels 
985,012 
- 
8,439 
3,499 
1,990 
6,185 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
- 
16 
9 
6 
20 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
69 
727 
333 
470 
436 
acres 
803,020 
248 
6,803 
4,925 
8,358 
11,127 
bushels 
93,402,417 
15,808 
532,045 
436,967 
713,226 
998,949 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
10 
32 
18 
28 
25 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,656 
49 
192 
204 
274 
345 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
69 
688 
263 
337 
259 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
- 
39 
70 
133 
168 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
417 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
8 
69 
34 
36 
43 
acres 
46,650 
34 
410 
297 
532 
956 
tons 
732,594 
399 
5,510 
3,610 
8,773 
12,827 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
903 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
8 
67 
33 
30 
33 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
- 
2 
1 
6 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
16 
" 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
5 
51 
35 
55 
46 
acres 
580,801 
19 
823 
1,106 
2,197 
2,483 
bales 
1,134,034 
46 
1,738 
1,918 
4,212 
4,668 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,104 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
5 
42 
14 
14 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
- 
9 
21 
41 
39 
100 to 249 acres 
331 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
442 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
- 
3 
4 
2 
1 
acres 
95 
- 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
1,707 
- 
33 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
3 
4 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
2 
68 
21 
44 
30 
acres 
13,390 
(D) 
492 
(D) 
367 
242 
bushels 
1,043,595 
(D) 
16,599 
(D) 
17,780 
11,545 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
_ 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
2 
68 
19 
42 
28 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
100 to 249 acres 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
8 
22 
33 
12 
18 
acres 
105,739 
27 
231 
776 
230 
295 
pounds 
415,209,198 
119,522 
1,062,727 
2,778,683 
991,602 
1,061,854 
Irrigated 
farms 
57 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5,105 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
105 
8 
20 
22 
11 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
190 
- 
2 
11 
1 
2 
100 to 249 acres 
213 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
91 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
76 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
