Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Warren 
Washington 
Watauga 
Wayne 
Wilkes 
Wilson 
Yadkin 
Yancey 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
79 
90 
324 
318 
344 
174 
496 
200 
2007 
134 
104 
346 
462 
374 
188 
593 
254 
acres treated, 2012 
10,538 
60,225 
8,052 
113,727 
22,663 
71,392 
40,679 
4,201 
2007 
17,583 
72,647 
9,030 
113,844 
20,218 
76,529 
46,244 
4,845 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
56 
81 
248 
287 
201 
145 
332 
158 
2007 
93 
92 
257 
389 
185 
164 
355 
189 
acres treated, 2012 
8,256 
59,595 
3,780 
112,137 
16,123 
70,768 
30,390 
2,112 
2007 
12,863 
72,239 
4,800 
110,697 
10,390 
76,024 
32,739 
2,356 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
32 
15 
144 
75 
204 
40 
311 
78 
2007 
68 
20 
152 
116 
254 
36 
387 
103 
acres treated, 2012 
2,282 
630 
4,272 
1,590 
6,540 
624 
10,289 
2,089 
2007 
4,720 
408 
4,230 
3,147 
9,828 
505 
13,505 
2,489 
Manure farms, 2012 
14 
8 
99 
121 
273 
12 
179 
73 
2007 
31 
15 
84 
171 
288 
18 
172 
35 
acres treated, 2012 
846 
967 
1,637 
15,269 
25,710 
683 
10,682 
519 
2007 
1,925 
961 
1,061 
11,326 
18,850 
1,087 
12,330 
305 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
42 
56 
144 
253 
77 
117 
115 
76 
2007 
45 
69 
104 
269 
74 
128 
128 
74 
acres, 2012 
6,323 
39,188 
2,225 
92,411 
9,152 
59,231 
17,249 
556 
2007 
3,513 
52,132 
1,447 
71,691 
6,408 
58,138 
8,197 
452 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
63 
91 
202 
338 
336 
174 
352 
130 
2007 
82 
81 
195 
376 
288 
158 
314 
123 
acres, 2012 
17,537 
70,750 
3,756 
129,733 
28,327 
78,208 
36,192 
1,601 
2007 
11,505 
58,203 
3,262 
93,975 
11,949 
67,017 
26,379 
1,643 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
13 
19 
14 
79 
14 
60 
28 
15 
2007 
18 
10 
6 
86 
6 
54 
23 
7 
acres, 2012 
1,606 
9,812 
328 
24,639 
67 
24,883 
1,269 
114 
2007 
992 
(D) 
52 
15,374 
376 
27,404 
1,397 
29 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
8 
24 
52 
87 
35 
56 
47 
35 
2007 
14 
17 
38 
40 
20 
30 
34 
22 
acres, 2012 
43 
10,374 
261 
21,866 
351 
18,273 
6,719 
226 
2007 
319 
18,545 
474 
5,237 
293 
19,232 
780 
122 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
10 
20 
8 
65 
22 
56 
25 
7 
2007 
12 
14 
11 
59 
12 
44 
25 
4 
acres on which used, 2012 
2,545 
10,901 
47 
28,208 
433 
19,324 
1,711 
59 
2007 
767 
8,333 
41 
13,501 
204 
16,606 
1,119 
24 
632 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
