Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Caldwell 
Camden 
Carteret 
Caswell 
Catawba 
Chatham 
Cherokee 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
5 
5 
7 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
105 
22 
150 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
5,730 
1,025 
10,600 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
5 
- 
3 
4 
5 
- 
acres 
123 
- 
- 
184 
38 
159 
- 
bushels 
7,600 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,305 
10,000 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
7 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
538 
- 
- 
645 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
25,735 
- 
- 
32,690 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
249 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,604 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
9 
36 
14 
33 
65 
21 
2 
acres 
802 
26,431 
18,086 
1,875 
9,627 
1,717 
(D) 
bushels 
35,740 
1,195,230 
(D) 
48,699 
349,829 
60,882 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
660 
6,720 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
1,554 
7,423 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton 
farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
660 
6,720 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
1,554 
7,423 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
50 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,818 
- 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,951,241 
- 
(D) 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
198 
6 
19 
207 
358 
452 
106 
acres 
6,107 
83 
242 
8,126 
11,266 
15,332 
4,295 
tons, dry 
12,694 
152 
333 
13,228 
22,993 
36,742 
8,803 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
18 
4 
23 
42 
19 
65 
15 
acres 
120 
(D) 
690 
143 
294 
131 
1,067 
Potatoes 
farms 
12 
4 
10 
14 
6 
27 
7 
acres 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
4 
9 
3 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
4 
5 
5 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
15 
4 
2 
2 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
15 
- 
8 
14 
14 
42 
14 
acres 
29 
- 
10 
42 
51 
61 
21 
-continued 
244 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
