Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Lenoir 
Lincoln 
McDowell 
Macon 
Madison 
Martin 
Mecklenburg 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
122 
258 
419 
186 
215 
464 
253 
169 
acres 
13,450 
90,783 
23,149 
4,828 
4,501 
6,591 
86,458 
5,332 
Irrigated 
farms 
34 
52 
43 
26 
27 
84 
12 
41 
acres 
1,255 
3,331 
(D) 
213 
149 
159 
767 
452 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
623 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
43,860 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
20 
109 
29 
19 
20 
32 
45 
5 
acres 
1,044 
20,093 
1,310 
431 
459 
110 
3,027 
682 
bushels 
94,850 
2,006,365 
142,084 
44,580 
52,939 
6,220 
258,413 
81,460 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
583 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
21 
19 
15 
18 
31 
13 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
24 
4 
2 
1 
1 
24 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
41 
6 
2 
- 
- 
5 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
2 
4 
2 
3 
16 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,997 
(D) 
(D) 
85 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
29,600 
(D) 
605 
1,009 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
16 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
4 
52 
2 
- 
2 
- 
162 
- 
acres 
1,240 
18,878 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
46,306 
- 
bales 
1,897 
32,930 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
92,683 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
(D) 
" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
398 
_ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
11 
- 
- 
2 
- 
35 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
39 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
39 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
30 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
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 
64 
62 
325 
119 
135 
303 
19 
113 
acres 
2,317 
1,748 
10,577 
2,687 
3,474 
5,417 
913 
2,993 
tons, dry equivalent 
5,951 
5,067 
25,630 
4,940 
6,363 
1 1 ,238 
2,609 
5,046 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
22 
2 
3 
4 
5 
- 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
633 
(D) 
21 
38 
19 
“ 
40 
1 to 24 acres 
36 
35 
201 
86 
87 
243 
9 
61 
25 to 99 acres 
22 
24 
107 
31 
42 
56 
6 
50 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
3 
14 
2 
6 
3 
3 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
7 
1 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
252 
(D) 
95 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
5,690 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
1 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
130 
- 
acres 
- 
489 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9,706 
- 
pounds 
- 
1,852,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
37,616,726 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
480 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
