Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,109 
145 
118 
117 
14 
18 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
10,310,945 
7,321,436 
1,946,068 
962,651 
39,511 
1 1 ,340 
sold 
farms 
268 
34 
49 
76 
27 
6 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
11,734,548 
4,507,093 
3,486,087 
3,080,638 
629,334 
23,100 
sold 
farms 
1,969 
1,229 
325 
92 
41 
26 
Farms with- 
number 
801,883,037 
724,892,688 
66,044,209 
9,384,838 
1,344,099 
160,700 
1 to 1,999 
271 
- 
- 
1 
9 
13 
2,000 to 59,999 
53 
- 
1 
3 
28 
13 
60,000 to 99,999 
37 
3 
- 
30 
4 
- 
100,000 or more 
1,608 
1,226 
324 
58 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
829 
351 
31 
11 
9 
7 
number 
17,191,277 
16,588,214 
399,509 
192,633 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
590 
386 
36 
17 
16 
12 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
54,109,724 
52,673,251 
1,043,737 
336,246 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
59 
50 
26 
29 
30 
acres 
16,695 
9,537 
3,212 
1,718 
861 
816 
bushels 
985,012 
522,545 
213,580 
114,141 
49,473 
56,195 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
2 
3 
1 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
8 
16 
3 
18 
19 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
21 
20 
17 
9 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
19 
13 
6 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
2 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
1,247 
536 
481 
552 
512 
acres 
803,020 
520,548 
119,233 
66,914 
45,599 
21,401 
bushels 
93,402,417 
64,684,815 
13,373,189 
6,961,179 
4,375,967 
1,881,973 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
167 
44 
26 
38 
31 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,656 
19,418 
3,296 
1,331 
1,306 
594 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
114 
46 
66 
83 
155 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
245 
123 
124 
273 
324 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
293 
148 
215 
184 
33 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
227 
175 
71 
12 
- 
500 acres or more 
417 
368 
44 
5 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
105 
73 
63 
76 
54 
acres 
46,650 
25,041 
9,549 
5,387 
2,836 
1,228 
tons 
732,594 
417,533 
138,523 
81,664 
42,383 
19,921 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
13 
3 
2 
4 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
903 
726 
62 
(D) 
77 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
21 
7 
9 
30 
41 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
20 
20 
35 
41 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
36 
36 
17 
5 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
13 
9 
2 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
16 
15 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
532 
235 
221 
209 
100 
acres 
580,801 
388,709 
94,818 
51,465 
34,574 
7,160 
bales 
1,134,034 
779,032 
181,569 
96,910 
57,068 
12,634 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
63 
11 
16 
3 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,104 
13,364 
1,672 
892 
52 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
10 
5 
3 
7 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
25 
20 
24 
71 
64 
100 to 249 acres 
331 
55 
54 
102 
94 
24 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
113 
75 
76 
21 
- 
500 acres or more 
442 
329 
81 
16 
16 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
95 
- 
- 
- 
- 
90 
cwt 
1,707 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,614 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
” 
" 
" 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
* 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
68 
45 
34 
40 
59 
acres 
13,390 
6,289 
1,828 
1,313 
964 
1,235 
bushels 
1,043,595 
567,713 
150,727 
94,495 
65,312 
77,354 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
3 
2 
- 
2 
10 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
49 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
22 
20 
12 
27 
46 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
36 
19 
20 
13 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
17 
7 
6 
2 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
251 
92 
113 
71 
54 
acres 
105,739 
75,225 
14,681 
10,098 
3,761 
1,441 
pounds 
415,209,198 
305,593,835 
51,009,863 
38,146,147 
13,546,463 
5,043,263 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
128 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
