Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,109 
968 
66 
42 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
10,310,945 
6,203,481 
(D) 
570,859 
sold 
farms 
268 
244 
4 
4 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
11,734,548 
8,742,301 
290,010 
290,010 
sold 
farms 
1,969 
1,596 
173 
131 
Farms with- 
number 
801,883,037 
594,314,201 
99,579,842 
85,842,859 
1 to 1,999 
271 
225 
20 
12 
2,000 to 59,999 
53 
38 
1 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
37 
34 
2 
1 
100,000 or more 
1,608 
1,299 
150 
117 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
829 
659 
66 
57 
number 
17,191,277 
11,336,894 
(D) 
2,238,244 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
590 
426 
70 
58 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
54,109,724 
35,589,978 
8,569,172 
8,344,554 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
172 
55 
41 
acres 
16,695 
(D) 
6,428 
5,266 
bushels 
985,012 
(D) 
371,457 
305,799 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
6 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111 
(D) 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
92 
19 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
51 
20 
20 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
26 
11 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
3 
3 
1 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
2 
2 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
4,218 
592 
422 
acres 
803,020 
423,083 
191,516 
159,394 
bushels 
93,402,417 
46,968,890 
22,991,120 
19,308,773 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
259 
58 
47 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,656 
11,475 
7,209 
6,384 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
1,930 
115 
65 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
1,192 
108 
68 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
609 
137 
104 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
296 
112 
80 
500 acres or more 
417 
191 
120 
105 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
436 
88 
65 
acres 
46,650 
24,120 
10,577 
7,329 
tons 
732,594 
386,400 
161,433 
108,044 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
10 
8 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
903 
176 
465 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
265 
29 
21 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
106 
30 
22 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
50 
17 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
9 
8 
6 
500 acres or more 
16 
6 
4 
2 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
940 
253 
189 
acres 
580,801 
281,747 
173,197 
142,595 
bales 
1,134,034 
541,106 
340,518 
284,945 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
48 
28 
25 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,104 
5,039 
5,945 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
94 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
227 
20 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
331 
252 
38 
25 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
169 
62 
44 
500 acres or more 
442 
198 
131 
107 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
9 
1 
- 
acres 
95 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
cwt 
1,707 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
_ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
7 
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 
355 
41 
32 
acres 
13,390 
6,861 
4,017 
3,741 
bushels 
1,043,595 
472,423 
402,199 
384,817 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
14 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
276 
18 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
68 
20 
16 
1 00 to 249 acres 
17 
11 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
" 
2 
2 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
405 
120 
90 
acres 
105,739 
(D) 
29,206 
24,239 
pounds 
415,209,198 
201,056,410 
108,791,272 
91,421,410 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
