Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Davidson 
Davie 
Duplin 
Durham 
Edgecombe 
Forsyth 
Franklin 
Gaston 
Farms 
number 
1,062 
640 
940 
232 
272 
662 
542 
520 
Land in farms 
acres 
87,310 
59,618 
230,925 
20,854 
126,635 
40,467 
116,889 
41,923 
Average size of farm 
acres 
82 
93 
246 
90 
466 
61 
216 
81 
Median size of farm 
acres 
44 
43 
75 
38 
85 
34 
68 
40 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
504,619 
575,471 
1,001,313 
771,086 
1,226,102 
507,905 
921,012 
488,747 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,138 
6,178 
4,076 
8,578 
2,634 
8,309 
4,271 
6,062 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
60,081 
32,290 
149,976 
11,683 
72,418 
30,803 
59,067 
21,414 
Average per farm 
dollars 
56,573 
50,453 
159,549 
50,358 
266,244 
46,530 
108,979 
41,181 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
70 
41 
57 
18 
19 
78 
32 
78 
1 0 to 49 acres 
511 
301 
295 
127 
76 
357 
189 
207 
50 to 1 79 acres 
369 
236 
331 
67 
86 
198 
191 
173 
1 80 to 499 acres 
95 
50 
151 
14 
38 
21 
81 
57 
500 to 999 acres 
13 
7 
52 
2 
21 
7 
27 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4 
5 
54 
4 
32 
1 
22 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
878 
509 
728 
173 
196 
509 
370 
369 
acres 
40,826 
29,967 
155,023 
6,504 
90,377 
19,695 
59,501 
15,142 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
816 
477 
657 
149 
146 
468 
292 
325 
acres 
36,640 
27,615 
147,210 
4,976 
87,060 
17,219 
50,291 
12,302 
Irrigated land 
farms 
53 
38 
184 
38 
24 
74 
59 
39 
acres 
766 
109 
11,721 
382 
5,870 
181 
3,756 
141 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
54,600 
25,360 
1,276,421 
9,400 
156,024 
16,094 
81,467 
17,052 
Average per farm 
dollars 
51,413 
39,624 
1,357,895 
40,519 
573,619 
24,311 
150,309 
32,793 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
21,746 
12,612 
133,773 
7,812 
98,214 
14,368 
56,411 
5,120 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
32,854 
12,748 
1,142,648 
1,589 
57,811 
1,726 
25,056 
1 1 ,932 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
474 
256 
155 
118 
118 
328 
239 
231 
$2,500 to $4,999 
172 
105 
59 
30 
3 
92 
80 
84 
$5,000 to $9,999 
149 
100 
71 
22 
23 
107 
50 
84 
$10,000 to $24,999 
105 
82 
62 
30 
14 
73 
40 
71 
$25,000 to $49,999 
54 
45 
43 
10 
13 
34 
41 
16 
$50,000 to $99,999 
33 
12 
52 
11 
15 
8 
23 
8 
$100,000 or more 
75 
40 
498 
11 
86 
20 
69 
26 
Government payments 
farms 
166 
72 
385 
55 
194 
102 
198 
74 
$1,000 
616 
227 
3,324 
237 
2,479 
254 
1,070 
186 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
307 
186 
392 
68 
116 
201 
180 
150 
$1,000 
2,663 
1,059 
4,822 
1,470 
2,008 
4,297 
3,720 
650 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
46,610 
25,349 
967,242 
11,277 
126,400 
21,344 
69,739 
17,462 
Average per farm 
dollars 
43,889 
39,608 
1,028,981 
48,607 
464,706 
32,242 
128,671 
33,581 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
1,062 
640 
940 
232 
272 
662 
542 
520 
$1,000 
11,269 
1,296 
317,325 
-170 
34,111 
-700 
16,518 
426 
Average per farm 
dollars 
10,612 
2,026 
337,580 
-732 
125,409 
-1,057 
30,476 
819 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
481 
302 
589 
104 
142 
335 
215 
207 
Other 
number 
581 
338 
351 
128 
130 
327 
327 
313 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
713 
337 
505 
133 
102 
409 
346 
352 
200 days or more 
number 
442 
237 
350 
88 
75 
254 
260 
199 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
431 
316 
283 
53 
43 
195 
176 
218 
number 
12,408 
10,086 
22,066 
2,206 
2,095 
3,843 
16,492 
7,612 
Beef cows 
farms 
383 
281 
257 
46 
32 
167 
131 
189 
number 
5,151 
4,990 
12,816 
966 
1,355 
2,200 
5,706 
2,974 
Milk cows 
farms 
23 
9 
10 
6 
- 
3 
7 
7 
number 
1,469 
523 
104 
127 
- 
8 
26 
667 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
313 
254 
231 
44 
34 
134 
133 
178 
number 
4,114 
3,865 
9,181 
952 
1,142 
1,379 
7,010 
2,318 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
18 
8 
280 
5 
13 
10 
31 
31 
number 
214 
47 
1,733,026 
32 
97,946 
46 
20,237 
318 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
7 
7 
286 
4 
10 
10 
23 
23 
number 
166 
36 
6,691,317 
14 
518,792 
108 
(D) 
283 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
13 
8 
10 
15 
5 
18 
26 
14 
number 
206 
410 
164 
196 
82 
348 
556 
481 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
97 
69 
32 
38 
21 
98 
84 
73 
number 
95,769 
93,218 
397,595 
2,155 
(D) 
2,418 
(D) 
16,836 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
17 
- 
86 
1 
18 
2 
14 
18 
number 
5,992,454 
- 
67,334,247 
(D) 
6,715,400 
(D) 
1,703,012 
2,181,177 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
160 
42 
272 
6 
46 
31 
30 
14 
acres 
5,879 
6,439 
36,724 
924 
9,868 
1,107 
1,337 
227 
bushels 
505,673 
571,969 
4,449,307 
119,348 
1,300,455 
83,760 
88,919 
17,915 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
17 
8 
7 
2 
- 
6 
3 
4 
acres 
1,014 
449 
140 
(D) 
- 
49 
500 
531 
tons 
14,901 
5,291 
2,310 
(D) 
- 
425 
7,600 
2,944 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
55 
27 
181 
9 
48 
33 
60 
15 
acres 
3,538 
4,989 
32,611 
689 
9,935 
1,659 
9,815 
1,594 
bushels 
208,712 
238,217 
1,625,090 
32,607 
565,646 
65,040 
537,140 
81,325 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
55 
27 
181 
9 
48 
33 
60 
15 
acres 
3,538 
4,989 
32,611 
689 
9,935 
1,659 
9,815 
1,594 
bushels 
208,712 
238,217 
1,625,090 
32,607 
565,646 
65,040 
537,140 
81,325 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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