Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moore 
Nash 
New Hanover 
Northampton 
Onslow 
Orange 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
204 
150 
374 
236 
35 
202 
195 
453 
acres 
3,227 
8,597 
15,161 
84,803 
(D) 
104,567 
36,671 
17,854 
Irrigated 
farms 
16 
22 
67 
66 
19 
21 
44 
126 
acres 
43 
(D) 
1,387 
5,866 
(D) 
(D) 
1,285 
714 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
240 
bushels 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
15,958 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
(D) 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12 
20 
40 
31 
4 
62 
76 
28 
acres 
49 
1,194 
1,176 
1,959 
342 
4,909 
6,918 
2,200 
bushels 
3,681 
112,597 
78,792 
166,274 
51,428 
516,967 
817,675 
166,797 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
4 
5 
5 
- 
9 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
14 
49 
209 
" 
620 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
13 
24 
8 
1 
11 
38 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
6 
13 
14 
- 
34 
16 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
3 
8 
3 
15 
15 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
5 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
49 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
489 
tons 
797 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,013 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
36 
- 
118 
16 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
13,640 
- 
46,724 
6,895 
- 
bales 
- 
(D) 
- 
27,357 
- 
94,386 
1 1 ,449 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
5 
- 
11 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
401 
“ 
1,146 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
11 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
29 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
25 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
22 
7 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
17 
2 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
1 
- 
14 
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 
83 
95 
285 
86 
- 
12 
71 
314 
acres 
1,773 
3,218 
7,379 
5,480 
- 
674 
2,213 
10,993 
tons, dry equivalent 
4,029 
7,264 
22,514 
15,331 
- 
1,843 
8,698 
25,354 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
5 
8 
- 
2 
28 
13 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
347 
430 
" 
(D) 
968 
267 
1 to 24 acres 
53 
51 
196 
43 
- 
9 
38 
170 
25 to 99 acres 
28 
39 
75 
28 
- 
2 
29 
122 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
5 
13 
9 
- 
- 
4 
17 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
7 
6 
2 
- 
2 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
71 
127 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
156 
bushels 
- 
3,005 
4,436 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
7 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
37 
6 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
2,814 
- 
6,561 
1,251 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
11,378,933 
- 
21,207,231 
4,812,044 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
122 
- 
197 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 481 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
