Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
• PH 
conditioners farms, 2012 
24,410 
376 
201 
139 
589 
282 
2007 
29,003 
449 
239 
136 
706 
353 
acres treated, 2012 
3,488,942 
26,077 
13,556 
• ■■awn yJM 
18,263 
21,760 
6,528 
2007 
3,897,736 
28,926 
14,372 
24,672 
19,481 
24,173 
7,657 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
17,813 
247 
94 
213 
84 
458 
258 
2007 
20,712 
284 
118 
256 
91 
513 
313 
acres treated, 2012 
3,145,099 
16,681 
8,382 
17,853 
14,010 
14,785 
5,724 
2007 
3,456,607 
18,121 
7,173 
14,901 
14,984 
15,202 
6,497 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
10,805 
217 
150 
142 
71 
227 
49 
2007 
13,421 
274 
167 
142 
68 
305 
60 
acres treated, 2012 
343,843 
9,396 
5,174 
6,068 
4,253 
6,975 
804 
2007 
441,129 
10,805 
7,199 
9,771 
4,497 
8,971 
1,160 
Manure farms, 2012 
7,427 
105 
178 
65 
89 
101 
20 
2007 
8,348 
118 
179 
58 
61 
115 
28 
acres treated, 2012 
449,093 
4,462 
12,944 
2,766 
9,049 
1,877 
156 
2007 
460,192 
5,250 
11,379 
2,910 
6,579 
1,637 
384 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
10,652 
86 
61 
109 
49 
315 
243 
2007 
10,172 
81 
56 
122 
36 
255 
257 
acres, 2012 
2,350,771 
3,362 
3,051 
13,517 
6,000 
12,143 
5,691 
2007 
2,096,612 
3,939 
1,851 
8,089 
4,853 
8,061 
6,108 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
19,535 
189 
213 
179 
113 
403 
266 
2007 
17,571 
194 
160 
197 
101 
402 
296 
acres, 2012 
3,776,603 
16,018 
12,810 
18,231 
20,281 
15,408 
6,365 
2007 
2,983,953 
13,690 
10,201 
10,017 
15,599 
11,349 
6,733 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
2,531 
19 
8 
12 
4 
22 
13 
2007 
2,167 
12 
4 
9 
1 
14 
18 
acres, 2012 
627,543 
928 
48 
(D) 
660 
142 
162 
2007 
407,161 
575 
(D) 
728 
(D) 
103 
551 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
3,582 
24 
23 
31 
14 
89 
64 
2007 
2,420 
15 
25 
20 
5 
65 
57 
acres, 2012 
670,001 
617 
486 
3,042 
3,793 
2,370 
733 
2007 
303,394 
244 
433 
590 
(D) 
686 
1,211 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
2,132 
11 
18 
8 
7 
12 
6 
2007 
1,973 
6 
12 
9 
7 
22 
3 
acres on which used, 2012 
620,800 
318 
1,198 
430 
1,458 
617 
88 
2007 
528,524 
89 
257 
321 
1,573 
377 
(D) 
Item 
Beaufort 
Bertie 
Bladen 
Brunswick 
Buncombe 
Burke 
Cabarrus 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
185 
195 
272 
128 
498 
266 
293 
2007 
212 
160 
280 
166 
560 
287 
327 
acres treated, 2012 
99,187 
81,176 
39,724 
21,664 
14,204 
8,262 
19,603 
2007 
116,526 
77,129 
52,681 
22,519 
15,286 
9,436 
29,789 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
179 
191 
224 
106 
337 
166 
187 
2007 
196 
156 
244 
129 
383 
172 
196 
acres treated, 2012 
99,054 
80,907 
37,967 
21,036 
7,430 
5,997 
13,233 
2007 
115,965 
76,640 
51,512 
21,273 
8,068 
6,713 
19,829 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
13 
7 
61 
32 
282 
135 
180 
2007 
24 
6 
61 
64 
328 
177 
211 
acres treated, 2012 
133 
269 
1,757 
628 
6,774 
2,265 
6,370 
2007 
561 
489 
1,169 
1,246 
7,218 
2,723 
9,960 
Manure farms, 2012 
13 
62 
46 
24 
149 
104 
78 
2007 
14 
58 
40 
20 
172 
108 
120 
acres treated, 2012 
3,059 
9,485 
2,178 
1,120 
2,721 
2,485 
5,023 
2007 
1,229 
8,707 
5,566 
1,030 
2,290 
2,272 
4,573 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
134 
142 
181 
83 
137 
114 
53 
2007 
115 
114 
154 
81 
98 
57 
35 
acres, 2012 
81,567 
62,385 
30,552 
21,302 
2,609 
4,767 
8,198 
2007 
81,906 
60,430 
39,236 
13,408 
1,455 
2,584 
4,061 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 201 2 
197 
215 
261 
117 
298 
204 
189 
2007 
149 
142 
214 
117 
275 
159 
184 
acres, 2012 
122,233 
88,657 
42,645 
23,121 
5,491 
7,375 
24,442 
2007 
88,878 
73,339 
46,004 
22,015 
4,376 
6,041 
21,219 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
42 
57 
42 
28 
29 
11 
4 
2007 
26 
35 
26 
22 
22 
3 
4 
acres, 2012 
13,318 
24,426 
9,617 
8,124 
567 
25 
253 
2007 
9,113 
11,308 
9,797 
3,170 
301 
5 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
36 
50 
64 
27 
75 
51 
15 
2007 
32 
25 
39 
23 
44 
31 
14 
acres, 2012 
23,207 
20,641 
10,336 
2,965 
776 
867 
1,305 
2007 
11,443 
4,762 
5,090 
1,497 
366 
1,564 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
34 
46 
28 
15 
17 
12 
4 
2007 
31 
58 
16 
5 
10 
- 
4 
acres on which used, 2012 
13,495 
24,103 
4,201 
2,230 
125 
33 
(D) 
2007 
18,245 
24,516 
3,894 
552 
153 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
626 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
