Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
32,802 
470 
374 
455 
220 
887 
428 
acres 
4,378,097 
26,843 
19,005 
30,201 
24,035 
27,700 
9,935 
Irrigated 
farms 
4,520 
71 
31 
4 
24 
76 
24 
acres 
164,414 
878 
592 
(D) 
(D) 
146 
354 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
9 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
16,695 
491 
355 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
985,012 
45,400 
24,400 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111 
" 
(D) 
~ 
" 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
8 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
40 
20 
6 
37 
14 
13 
acres 
803,020 
2,792 
1,446 
(D) 
5,529 
52 
60 
bushels 
93,402,417 
178,908 
100,025 
(D) 
483,511 
6,276 
5,363 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,656 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
17 
7 
5 
11 
13 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
11 
8 
- 
12 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
12 
5 
- 
6 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
284 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
133 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
12 
13 
39 
6 
17 
- 
acres 
46,650 
951 
1,200 
3,025 
360 
322 
- 
tons 
732,594 
12,500 
19,410 
60,723 
6,300 
5,477 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
903 
“ 
173 
(D) 
“ 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
- 
7 
15 
- 
13 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
10 
2 
17 
6 
4 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
2 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
- 
1 
1 
10 
- 
- 
acres 
580,801 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,538 
- 
- 
bales 
1,134,034 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,564 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,104 
" 
“ 
" 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
331 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
309 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
133 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
95 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
cwt 
1,707 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
“ 
" 
" 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
19,562 
376 
320 
317 
146 
505 
65 
acres 
643,186 
14,751 
10,358 
12,173 
6,938 
11,810 
1,277 
tons, dry equivalent 
1,509,153 
28,502 
33,954 
27,775 
18,883 
27,117 
2,070 
Irrigated 
farms 
701 
6 
6 
1 
8 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
25,326 
8 
76 
(□) 
908 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
12,125 
194 
193 
186 
61 
351 
55 
25 to 99 acres 
6,182 
143 
102 
96 
71 
136 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,062 
32 
24 
29 
7 
16 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
140 
7 
1 
6 
7 
2 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
13 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
acres 
13,390 
195 
(D) 
- 
200 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,043,595 
11,222 
(D) 
- 
17,878 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
105,739 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
415,209,198 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5,105 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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