2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
South Carolina
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 204 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 22,500 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 4,600,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 ) | 280,000 |
| Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 ) | 32,000 |
| Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 ) | 2,900 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 370,000 | 138 BU / ACRE | 51,060,000 BU | 4.7 $ / BU | 239,982,000 |
| CORN | 390,000 | | | | | |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 6,000 | 19 TONS / ACRE | 114,000 TONS | | |
| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 365,000 | 355,000 | 31 BU / ACRE | 11,005,000 BU | 10.7 $ / BU | 117,754,000 |
| COTTON |
| COTTON, UPLAND | 170,000 | 167,000 | 977 LB / ACRE | 340,000 480 LB BALES | 0.535 $ / LB | 87,312,000 |
| COTTON, COTTONSEED | | | | 96,000 TONS | 203 $ / TON | 19,488,000 |
| COTTON | 170,000 | 167,000 | 977 LB / ACRE | 340,000 480 LB BALES | | |
| PEANUTS |
| PEANUTS | 90,000 | 87,000 | 3,600 LB / ACRE | 313,200,000 LB | 0.246 $ / LB | 77,047,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 250,000 | 2.5 TONS / ACRE | 625,000 TONS | 115 $ / TON | 71,875,000 |
| HAY | | 250,000 | 2.5 TONS / ACRE | 625,000 TONS | 115 $ / TON | 71,875,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 71,875,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 71,875,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | 15.6 $ / CWT | 18,548,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | 3,600 | 3,500 | 380 CWT / ACRE | 1,330,000 CWT | 15.6 $ / CWT | 18,548,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED | | | | 1,189,000 CWT | | |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 80,000 | 60,000 | 60 BU / ACRE | 3,600,000 BU | 5 $ / BU | 18,000,000 |
| WHEAT | 80,000 | 60,000 | 60 BU / ACRE | 3,600,000 BU | 5 $ / BU | 18,000,000 |
| PEACHES |
| PEACHES | | | | 85,000 TONS | | |
(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
No census data available.