Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
571 
36 
13 
6 
3 
45 
4 
number 
45,960 
1,071 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
618 
12 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
20 
13 
5 
3 
40 
4 
1 0 to 49 
70 
6 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
50 to 99 
55 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
63 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,798 
856 
197 
67 
96 
1,389 
150 
number 
435,561 
38,759 
2,550 
(D) 
(D) 
28,422 
5,906 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
15,312 
817 
141 
48 
74 
1,131 
143 
number 
435,411 
24,964 
1,043 
537 
1,890 
24,748 
6,378 
$1,000 
332,733 
18,224 
674 
311 
1,262 
17,758 
4,584 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds ... 
farms 
8,542 
466 
79 
29 
32 
654 
99 
number 
108,585 
6,993 
490 
231 
440 
8,039 
1,893 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,974 
661 
100 
42 
72 
897 
111 
number 
326,826 
17,971 
553 
306 
1,450 
16,709 
4,485 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
15 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
number 
2,428 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,217 
128 
72 
13 
15 
135 
10 
number 
8,901,434 
23,152 
405 
(D) 
122 
82,253 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
987 
90 
72 
12 
14 
87 
4 
25 to 49 
78 
7 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
50 to 99 
60 
13 
- 
- 
1 
5 
1 
100 to 199 
25 
5 
- 
- 
- 
7 
3 
200 to 499 
25 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
1,042 
7 
1 
- 
27 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
838 
80 
21 
11 
5 
75 
9 
number 
896,231 
2,517 
83 
(D) 
35 
1,831 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,040 
108 
67 
7 
14 
122 
10 
number 
8,005,203 
20,635 
322 
(D) 
87 
80,422 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,833 
84 
44 
6 
9 
97 
9 
number 
34,456,613 
40,779 
362 
(D) 
86 
142,934 
(D) 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
7,051 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
24,604 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,311 
32 
28 
24 
45 
94 
3 
number 
29,224 
335 
421 
242 
479 
1,889 
(D) 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
923 
17 
19 
22 
29 
66 
3 
number 
15,633 
209 
160 
127 
193 
1,104 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
752 
9 
11 
7 
19 
50 
3 
number 
14,523 
91 
127 
32 
250 
633 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,261 
327 
213 
129 
117 
1,483 
52 
number 
66,870 
1,586 
759 
633 
363 
6,531 
306 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,785 
301 
189 
122 
103 
1,326 
46 
number 
55,143 
1,378 
617 
486 
309 
5,266 
269 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,955 
28 
13 
8 
6 
66 
7 
number 
7,037 
108 
19 
20 
9 
183 
31 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,387 
133 
167 
66 
70 
459 
11 
number 
66,367 
2,296 
1,730 
599 
794 
5,339 
(D) 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,346 
64 
83 
22 
28 
189 
6 
number 
30,589 
682 
588 
127 
308 
1,775 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
158 
396 
146 
143 
501 
17 
number 
13,091,384 
155,028 
14,037 
2,956 
(D) 
161,420 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,605 
156 
390 
146 
143 
496 
16 
400 to 3,199 
40 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
74 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
101 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
148 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
23 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
763 
15 
51 
23 
12 
46 
- 
number 
6,239,251 
(D) 
1,428 
300 
(D) 
214,493 
" 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,109 
31 
62 
21 
21 
65 
2 
number 
10,310,945 
130,061 
3,315 
923 
1,666 
140,104 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
268 
1 
4 
3 
- 
15 
- 
number 
11,734,548 
(D) 
68 
70 
- 
274,054 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
