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, SILAGE | | 6,000 | 19 TONS / ACRE | 114,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 390,000 | | | | | |
| 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 & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 71,875,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 71,875,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY | | 250,000 | 2.5 TONS / ACRE | 625,000 TONS | 115 $ / TON | 71,875,000 |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 250,000 | 2.5 TONS / ACRE | 625,000 TONS | 115 $ / TON | 71,875,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | 3,600 | 3,500 | 380 CWT / ACRE | 1,330,000 CWT | 15.6 $ / CWT | 18,548,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | 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