Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,109 
783 
264 
62 
434 
675 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
10,310,945 
5,999,902 
3,726,768 
584,275 
5,031,685 
5,279,260 
sold 
farms 
268 
167 
85 
16 
135 
133 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
11,734,548 
7,262,456 
4,121,748 
350,344 
6,915,628 
4,818,920 
sold 
farms 
1,969 
1,231 
683 
55 
1,022 
947 
Farms with- 
number 
801,883,037 
457,919,196 
313,078,321 
30,885,520 
422,027,326 
379,855,711 
1 to 1,999 
271 
184 
68 
19 
90 
181 
2,000 to 59,999 
53 
33 
19 
1 
21 
32 
60,000 to 99,999 
37 
25 
9 
3 
25 
12 
100,000 or more 
1,608 
989 
587 
32 
886 
722 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
829 
555 
245 
29 
389 
440 
number 
17,191,277 
8,782,837 
8,071,228 
337,212 
9,676,478 
7,514,799 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
590 
329 
239 
22 
314 
276 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
54,109,724 
28,686,556 
24,312,119 
1,111,049 
30,765,377 
23,344,347 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
47 
200 
3 
125 
125 
acres 
16,695 
(D) 
13,673 
(D) 
5,865 
10,830 
bushels 
985,012 
159,738 
818,674 
6,600 
355,404 
629,608 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
5 
6 
- 
6 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111 
53 
58 
“ 
61 
50 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
29 
88 
1 
72 
46 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
10 
67 
2 
35 
44 
100 to 249 acres 
41 
4 
37 
- 
14 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
4 
6 
- 
4 
6 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
" 
2 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
1,410 
3,403 
553 
3,596 
1,770 
acres 
803,020 
108,853 
617,802 
76,365 
416,446 
386,574 
bushels 
93,402,417 
13,241,976 
71,188,574 
8,971,867 
46,596,306 
46,806,111 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
106 
258 
35 
218 
181 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,656 
3,662 
20,813 
2,181 
1 1 ,724 
14,932 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
944 
1,002 
183 
1,495 
634 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
313 
958 
181 
1,034 
418 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
79 
697 
106 
590 
292 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
37 
403 
46 
286 
200 
500 acres or more 
417 
37 
343 
37 
191 
226 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
165 
400 
37 
322 
280 
acres 
46,650 
4,172 
41,109 
1,369 
18,022 
28,628 
tons 
732,594 
59,048 
650,813 
22,733 
254,251 
478,343 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
4 
21 
1 
11 
15 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
903 
(D) 
826 
(D) 
111 
792 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
129 
164 
24 
206 
111 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
28 
111 
9 
57 
91 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
6 
87 
4 
47 
50 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
1 
23 
- 
7 
17 
500 acres or more 
16 
1 
15 
" 
5 
11 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
209 
979 
244 
890 
542 
acres 
580,801 
44,301 
438,571 
97,929 
302,446 
278,355 
bales 
1,134,034 
91,613 
858,405 
184,016 
582,436 
551,598 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
13 
73 
14 
48 
52 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,104 
1,050 
13,804 
1,250 
5,609 
10,495 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
60 
36 
4 
70 
30 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
70 
137 
67 
191 
83 
1 00 to 249 acres 
331 
26 
243 
62 
236 
95 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
25 
223 
37 
174 
111 
500 acres or more 
442 
28 
340 
74 
219 
223 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
5 
1 
4 
9 
1 
acres 
95 
(D) 
(D) 
88 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
1,707 
(D) 
(D) 
1,608 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
5 
1 
2 
7 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
120 
290 
33 
305 
138 
acres 
13,390 
4,342 
8,104 
944 
9,271 
4,119 
bushels 
1,043,595 
411,263 
577,245 
55,087 
762,271 
281,324 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
3 
13 
3 
15 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
24 
39 
24 
65 
22 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
98 
189 
25 
217 
95 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
19 
88 
4 
73 
38 
1 00 to 249 acres 
17 
1 
12 
4 
13 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
84 
456 
96 
399 
237 
acres 
105,739 
11,152 
82,916 
11,671 
54,849 
50,890 
pounds 
415,209,198 
42,260,653 
324,625,802 
48,322,743 
213,946,681 
201,262,517 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
226 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
