Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Caldwell 
Camden 
Carteret 
Caswell 
Catawba 
Chatham 
Cherokee 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
280 
43 
66 
333 
449 
597 
149 
acres 
10,367 
46,537 
44,851 
15,152 
26,641 
21,708 
6,913 
Irrigated 
farms 
29 
- 
15 
86 
42 
100 
14 
acres 
418 
- 
241 
(D) 
644 
1,199 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
3 
4 
5 
- 
acres 
123 
- 
- 
184 
38 
159 
- 
bushels 
7,600 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,305 
10,000 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
“ 
" 
(□) 
“ 
" 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
39 
26 
16 
46 
49 
29 
7 
acres 
1,253 
15,077 
(D) 
815 
3,496 
1,667 
541 
bushels 
143,985 
2,651,672 
(D) 
40,561 
438,630 
149,761 
100,389 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
7 
2 
6 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
22 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
28 
4 
6 
40 
28 
16 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
- 
4 
5 
13 
7 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
1 
2 
1 
5 
4 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
11 
2 
- 
1 
2 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
5 
1 
- 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
8 
2 
11 
1 
acres 
166 
- 
- 
650 
(D) 
851 
(D) 
tons 
2,503 
- 
- 
5,142 
(D) 
10,686 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
- 
4 
- 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
660 
6,720 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
1,554 
7,423 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
198 
6 
19 
207 
358 
452 
106 
acres 
6,107 
83 
242 
8,126 
11,266 
15,332 
4,295 
tons, dry equivalent 
12,694 
152 
333 
13,228 
22,993 
36,742 
8,803 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
11 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
36 
5 
908 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
120 
4 
17 
104 
205 
239 
66 
25 to 99 acres 
65 
2 
2 
90 
134 
183 
30 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12 
- 
- 
11 
18 
30 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
5 
5 
7 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
105 
22 
150 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
5,730 
1,025 
10,600 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
6 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 475 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
