Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Warren 
Washington 
Watauga 
Wayne 
Wilkes 
Wilson 
Yadkin 
Yancey 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
13 
1 
2 
10 
- 
acres 
80 
- 
- 
343 
(D) 
(D) 
131 
- 
bushels 
3,950 
- 
- 
19,645 
(D) 
(D) 
7,742 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
acres 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,624 
- 
bushels 
2,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
81,104 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
26 
2 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,243 
(D) 
248 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
151,480 
(D) 
17,543 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
156 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
2,200 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
35 
72 
- 
234 
16 
Ill 
138 
- 
acres 
7,720 
25,144 
- 
64,945 
1,507 
33,397 
17,223 
- 
bushels 
263,006 
1,111,448 
- 
2,476,656 
71,203 
1,323,724 
708,868 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
5 
23 
- 
41 
- 
35 
- 
acres 
1,635 
10,346 
- 
15,985 
- 
15,746 
- 
- 
bales 
3,066 
22,191 
- 
31,955 
- 
33,249 
- 
- 
Upland cotton 
farms 
5 
23 
- 
41 
- 
35 
- 
- 
acres 
1,635 
10,346 
- 
15,985 
- 
15,746 
- 
- 
bales 
3,066 
22,191 
- 
31,955 
- 
33,249 
- 
- 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
15 
7 
6 
77 
9 
52 
34 
5 
acres 
1,217 
605 
29 
12,049 
601 
9,953 
2,269 
26 
pounds 
3,118,939 
1,514,914 
69,764 
26,739,087 
1,545,189 
24,570,961 
5,167,252 
45,605 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
104 
8 
292 
141 
562 
26 
545 
199 
acres 
6,468 
330 
6,620 
6,155 
18,373 
951 
13,577 
3,707 
tons, dry 
13,299 
1,187 
1 1 ,477 
21,457 
51,198 
2,272 
35,196 
7,725 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
1 
11 
- 
15 
- 
10 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
1,644 
- 
4,995 
- 
2,476 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
6,329,716 
- 
18,887,005 
- 
9,323,487 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
10 
10 
57 
35 
29 
39 
27 
54 
acres 
97 
2,816 
133 
3,804 
62 
8,443 
43 
131 
Potatoes 
farms 
4 
6 
33 
4 
14 
9 
13 
41 
acres 
2 
2,023 
17 
38 
7 
(D) 
4 
23 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
17 
3 
19 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
2,727 
1 
6,851 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
2 
6 
28 
15 
36 
6 
41 
8 
acres 
(D) 
25 
65 
51 
338 
30 
239 
24 
254 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
