2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
South Carolina
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 204 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 22,600 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 4,600,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 295,000 |
| Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 33,000 |
| Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 3,500 |
| Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head | 237,500,000 |
Milk Production
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 18,125 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in $ | 36,395,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 145,000,000 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| PEACHES |
| PEACHES, UTILIZED | | | | 84,630 TONS | | 174,470,000 |
| PEACHES | | 15,800 | 5.8 TONS / ACRE | 91,600 TONS | 2,060 $ / TON | |
| PEACHES, PROCESSING | | | | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) |
| PEACHES, FRESH MARKET | | | | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) |
| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 395,000 | 380,000 | 34 BU / ACRE | 12,920,000 BU | 10.8 $ / BU | 138,244,000 |
| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 305,000 | 101 BU / ACRE | 30,805,000 BU | 4.55 $ / BU | 135,567,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 7,000 | 18 TONS / ACRE | 126,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 340,000 | | | | | |
| COTTON |
| COTTON, UPLAND | 225,000 | 221,000 | 860 LB / ACRE | 396,000 480 LB BALES | 0.636 $ / LB | 120,960,000 |
| COTTON, COTTONSEED | | | | 109,000 TONS | 210 $ / TON | 23,504,000 |
| COTTON | 225,000 | 221,000 | 860 LB / ACRE | 396,000 480 LB BALES | | |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 87,360,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 87,360,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY | | 260,000 | 2.4 TONS / ACRE | 624,000 TONS | 125 $ / TON | 87,360,000 |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 260,000 | 2.4 TONS / ACRE | 624,000 TONS | 125 $ / TON | 87,360,000 |
| PEANUTS |
| PEANUTS | 82,000 | 79,000 | 3,800 LB / ACRE | 300,200,000 LB | 0.25 $ / LB | 75,650,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | 14.9 $ / CWT | 18,220,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | 3,800 | 3,600 | 340 CWT / ACRE | 1,224,000 CWT | 14.9 $ / CWT | 18,220,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED | | | | 1,222,800 CWT | | |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 80,000 | 65,000 | 54 BU / ACRE | 3,510,000 BU | 5.15 $ / BU | 18,077,000 |
| WHEAT | 80,000 | 65,000 | 54 BU / ACRE | 3,510,000 BU | 5.15 $ / BU | 18,077,000 |
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit