Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Richmond 
Robeson 
Rockingham 
Rowan 
Rutherford 
Sampson 
Scotland 
Stanly 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
163 
651 
649 
721 
379 
749 
87 
405 
acres 
15,843 
191,674 
28,293 
62,532 
12,043 
169,549 
31,034 
50,058 
Irrigated 
farms 
28 
56 
109 
61 
47 
166 
15 
43 
acres 
1,458 
6,540 
3,369 
(D) 
194 
13,534 
2,211 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
2 
5 
19 
- 
1 
1 
8 
acres 
- 
(D) 
140 
1,346 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
427 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
14,300 
87,200 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
24,311 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
(D) 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
2 
3 
12 
- 
- 
1 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
19 
270 
65 
89 
21 
238 
27 
58 
acres 
3,747 
58,363 
2,061 
12,503 
384 
28,925 
5,936 
13,077 
bushels 
433,620 
7,417,832 
132,899 
1,235,174 
30,126 
3,067,472 
568,882 
1,364,512 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
17 
5 
2 
1 
27 
5 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
3,255 
256 
(D) 
(D) 
869 
1,526 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
79 
48 
33 
16 
72 
6 
14 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
78 
8 
26 
5 
85 
4 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
40 
9 
17 
- 
42 
8 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
30 
- 
6 
- 
26 
6 
10 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
26 
- 
4 
- 
12 
2 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
17 
- 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
10 
11 
11 
4 
7 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
112 
840 
880 
26 
450 
- 
(D) 
tons 
(D) 
914 
10,982 
12,326 
306 
7,617 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
” 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
9 
3 
5 
4 
4 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
3 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
4 
35 
_ 
2 
3 
76 
18 
23 
acres 
3,202 
16,073 
- 
(D) 
420 
21,572 
6,741 
13,016 
bales 
6,528 
29,343 
- 
(D) 
834 
44,307 
15,125 
29,994 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
25 
1 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
10 
- 
- 
3 
25 
9 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
8 
3 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
5 
- 
1 
- 
9 
3 
9 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
3 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
(D) 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
112 
230 
454 
601 
300 
309 
35 
317 
acres 
2,630 
8,880 
14,070 
18,753 
9,606 
20,337 
1,798 
8,669 
tons, dry equivalent 
6,642 
26,768 
25,661 
38,708 
19,150 
65,200 
4,413 
18,025 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
18 
8 
3 
3 
78 
- 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
54 
1,030 
83 
40 
7 
3,387 
“ 
253 
1 to 24 acres 
78 
139 
268 
381 
191 
146 
16 
202 
25 to 99 acres 
32 
69 
162 
190 
89 
122 
14 
102 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
18 
21 
24 
17 
34 
3 
12 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
3 
2 
6 
2 
1 
2 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
17 
4 
13 
- 
11 
1 
10 
acres 
- 
601 
21 
97 
- 
3,054 
(D) 
251 
bushels 
- 
40,608 
753 
4,012 
- 
324,260 
(D) 
20,260 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
(D) 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
10 
4 
13 
- 
2 
1 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
2 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
22 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
5,517 
- 
- 
- 
3,252 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
- 
23,962,192 
- 
- 
- 
12,929,345 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 483 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
