Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
South Carolina 
Abbeville 
Aiken 
Allendale 
Anderson 
Bamberg 
Barnwell 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
13,135 
290 
547 
46 
767 
174 
209 
acres 
1,634,706 
13,621 
31,608 
33,781 
37,156 
28,344 
27,830 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,777 
14 
78 
12 
68 
59 
38 
acres 
154,682 
(D) 
942 
(D) 
481 
7,121 
4,300 
Barley for grain 
farms 
15 
2 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
acres 
729 
(D) 
- 
- 
90 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
40,643 
(D) 
- 
- 
5,275 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,449 
6 
72 
15 
19 
63 
57 
acres 
309,810 
124 
2,611 
8,133 
805 
4,095 
3,409 
bushels 
35,597,075 
4,500 
271,248 
952,001 
86,375 
494,462 
300,507 
Irrigated 
farms 
315 
- 
5 
4 
1 
21 
12 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
50,613 
" 
37 
1,778 
(D) 
1,854 
545 
1 to 24 acres 
1,108 
4 
42 
1 
12 
26 
35 
25 to 99 acres 
653 
2 
24 
4 
5 
23 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
360 
- 
4 
3 
2 
8 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
171 
- 
2 
2 
- 
6 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
100 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
57 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
112 
- 
2 
- 
2 
14 
2 
acres 
11,051 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,038 
(D) 
tons 
173,255 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
20,430 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
28 
- 
1 
- 
14 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,497 
(D) 
" 
805 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
36 
- 
1 
- 
1 
9 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
19 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
783 
1 
20 
12 
4 
39 
41 
acres 
300,036 
(D) 
4,727 
5,455 
251 
9,773 
10,934 
bales 
587,589 
(D) 
10,351 
10,133 
532 
16,731 
22,316 
Irrigated 
farms 
127 
1 
4 
- 
10 
10 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
24,845 
“ 
(D) 
922 
“ 
930 
1,289 
1 to 24 acres 
57 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
141 
- 
8 
- 
2 
12 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
201 
1 
5 
5 
1 
14 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
174 
- 
3 
5 
- 
6 
15 
500 to 999 acres 
129 
- 
4 
1 
- 
2 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
81 
1 
3 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
7,929 
242 
356 
13 
631 
65 
94 
acres 
335,811 
11,692 
15,493 
2,082 
28,075 
3,700 
3,001 
tons, dry equivalent 
722,352 
24,768 
45,611 
8,370 
61,176 
12,788 
6,644 
Irrigated 
farms 
204 
1 
10 
2 
7 
15 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5,520 
(D) 
257 
(D) 
197 
860 
481 
1 to 24 acres 
4,217 
119 
160 
3 
311 
19 
60 
25 to 99 acres 
2,894 
94 
160 
5 
250 
34 
27 
1 00 to 249 acres 
673 
26 
29 
2 
58 
11 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
117 
2 
6 
2 
10 
1 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
23 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
5 
1 
" 
" 
Oats for grain 
farms 
328 
4 
12 
5 
18 
8 
2 
acres 
15,464 
85 
330 
519 
894 
324 
(D) 
bushels 
770,398 
3,500 
13,123 
29,072 
38,067 
25,100 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
308 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
180 
3 
8 
1 
6 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
107 
1 
4 
- 
9 
7 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
30 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
493 
_ 
5 
14 
1 
28 
25 
acres 
106,746 
- 
545 
3,046 
(D) 
4,486 
4,844 
pounds 
413,287,984 
- 
1,844,307 
12,251,770 
(D) 
17,177,647 
19,213,670 
Irrigated 
farms 
95 
- 
1 
5 
9 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
13,242 
" 
(D) 
622 
“ 
343 
352 
1 to 24 acres 
43 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
127 
- 
3 
7 
- 
16 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
156 
- 
1 
3 
- 
7 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
- 
1 
2 
- 
3 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
38 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Rice 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
" 
" 
" 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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