Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
9,063 
133 
55 
74 
76 
177 
86 
2007 
10,730 
191 
84 
72 
103 
203 
71 
acres, 2012 
271,314 
3,488 
1,181 
1,823 
3,641 
3,716 
1,476 
2007 
367,941 
5,019 
1,745 
2,053 
4,352 
5,203 
1,075 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
6,846 
107 
42 
60 
67 
134 
52 
2007 
7,230 
131 
60 
40 
81 
154 
53 
acres, 2012 
197,573 
2,723 
742 
1,478 
2,911 
2,953 
967 
2007 
225,038 
2,808 
906 
763 
3,528 
4,691 
935 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
1,670 
22 
3 
6 
6 
56 
29 
2007 
3,447 
67 
27 
31 
22 
48 
18 
acres, 2012 
31,568 
407 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
596 
198 
2007 
95,333 
1,669 
654 
1,171 
736 
357 
81 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
1,647 
19 
11 
13 
10 
25 
23 
2007 
1,788 
31 
11 
18 
6 
34 
4 
acres, 2012 
42,173 
358 
431 
(D) 
(D) 
167 
311 
2007 
47,570 
542 
185 
119 
88 
155 
59 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
31,295 
511 
341 
416 
289 
788 
270 
2007 
32,241 
502 
344 
354 
330 
705 
249 
acres, 2012 
2,145,710 
23,778 
10,892 
22,968 
36,334 
39,077 
9,532 
2007 
2,201,609 
25,365 
12,855 
19,632 
46,505 
33,355 
9,356 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
12,675 
254 
180 
172 
92 
391 
76 
2007 
13,214 
243 
181 
180 
105 
368 
80 
acres, 2012 
270,242 
4,510 
2,967 
5,855 
2,902 
13,733 
1,839 
2007 
287,543 
5,079 
2,832 
4,361 
3,253 
12,732 
1,392 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
24,918 
399 
235 
322 
238 
540 
218 
2007 
25,343 
373 
241 
260 
281 
475 
197 
acres, 2012 
1,875,468 
19,268 
7,925 
17,113 
33,432 
25,344 
7,693 
2007 
1,914,066 
20,286 
10,023 
15,271 
43,252 
20,623 
7,964 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
28,223 
526 
427 
374 
234 
686 
150 
2007 
26,671 
460 
416 
305 
226 
596 
130 
acres, 2012 
1,051,041 
22,350 
24,194 
31,041 
13,205 
33,977 
3,610 
2007 
941,609 
20,163 
17,540 
25,513 
12,344 
32,066 
3,385 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
33,122 
550 
400 
338 
269 
671 
291 
2007 
28,328 
470 
354 
247 
238 
481 
221 
acres, 2012 
472,991 
5,663 
2,640 
3,971 
5,739 
6,274 
3,474 
2007 
436,249 
6,425 
3,074 
2,333 
4,144 
4,992 
2,447 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
30,649 
563 
463 
391 
249 
727 
166 
2007 
33,785 
578 
489 
378 
275 
770 
184 
acres, 2012 
1,416,886 
28,289 
27,917 
37,818 
16,754 
49,428 
5,646 
2007 
1,567,757 
29,388 
23,673 
34,373 
18,957 
52,154 
5,935 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
3,240 
10 
6 
2 
82 
1 
- 
2007 
4,181 
16 
20 
4 
172 
2 
1 
acres, 2012 
105,906 
204 
160 
(D) 
6,262 
(D) 
- 
2007 
163,676 
441 
542 
301 
10,200 
(D) 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
5,615 
49 
17 
15 
28 
10 
6 
2007 
5,809 
58 
28 
23 
24 
9 
19 
acres, 2012 
2,819,750 
11,153 
5,832 
3,496 
11,023 
2,830 
189 
2007 
2,538,638 
7,569 
4,360 
1,790 
9,591 
102 
354 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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