2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

North Carolina

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/19/2024

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	181
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	46,400
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	8,400,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	370,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	45,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	800,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	47,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	7,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	27,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	9,000,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	830,800,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head	32,500,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	21,156
Milk - Production, Measured in $	178,976,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	952,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
TOBACCO
TOBACCO		163,900	2,197 LB / ACRE	360,040,000 LB	2 $ / LB	719,994,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	1,700,000	1,690,000	40 BU / ACRE	67,600,000 BU	9.5 $ / BU	642,200,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		840,000	142 BU / ACRE	119,280,000 BU	4.24 $ / BU	505,747,000
CORN	890,000
CORN, SILAGE		40,000	18 TONS / ACRE	720,000 TONS
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	90,000	89,500	220 CWT / ACRE	19,690,000 CWT	15.3 $ / CWT	301,257,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	375,000	367,000	969 LB / ACRE	741,000 480 LB BALES	0.709 $ / LB	252,177,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				217,000 TONS	118 $ / TON	25,606,000
COTTON	375,000	367,000	969 LB / ACRE	741,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA					(NA) $ / LB
HAY
HAY		657,000	2.3 TONS / ACRE	1,514,000 TONS	117 $ / TON	177,410,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		650,000	2.3 TONS / ACRE	1,495,000 TONS	116 $ / TON	173,420,000
HAY, ALFALFA		7,000	2.7 TONS / ACRE	19,000 TONS	210 $ / TON	3,990,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						177,410,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)						173,420,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	1,000					3,990,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	119,000	117,000	4,100 LB / ACRE	479,700,000 LB	0.237 $ / LB	113,689,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER	450,000	375,000	55 BU / ACRE	20,625,000 BU	4.7 $ / BU	96,938,000
WHEAT	450,000	375,000	55 BU / ACRE	20,625,000 BU	4.7 $ / BU	96,938,000
BLUEBERRIES
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, UTILIZED			4,020 LB / ACRE	25,330,000 LB		53,797,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, FRESH MARKET				21,400,000 LB	2.4 $ / LB	51,360,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, PROCESSING				3,930,000 LB	0.62 $ / LB	2,437,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME		6,300		25,700,000 LB	2.12 $ / LB
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	3,300	3,200	330 CWT / ACRE	1,056,000 CWT		46,116,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				999,000 CWT
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON
TOMATOES					46.2 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						(D)
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						(D)
POTATOES
POTATOES	16,000	15,100	230 CWT / ACRE	3,473,000 CWT	11.4 $ / CWT	39,592,000
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	10,500	10,500	160 CWT / ACRE	1,680,000 CWT	17.2 $ / CWT	28,699,000
CUCUMBERS, PROCESSING					310 $ / TON	18,905,000
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					22 $ / CWT	9,794,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				1,664,900 CWT
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL	2,200	2,100	270 CWT / ACRE	567,000 CWT	45 $ / CWT	25,487,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				567,000 CWT
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEPPERS, BELL, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED				102,000,000 LB		25,199,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET				52,000,000 LB	0.352 $ / LB	18,304,000
APPLES, PROCESSING				50,000,000 LB	276 $ / TON	6,895,000
APPLES		5,200	20,000 LB / ACRE	104,000,000 LB	0.247 $ / LB
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON	7,300	7,100	300 CWT / ACRE	2,130,000 CWT	10.8 $ / CWT	22,705,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					10.8 $ / CWT	22,705,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, FRESH MARKET					26 $ / CWT	6,396,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP	1,300	1,200	205 CWT / ACRE	246,000 CWT	26 $ / CWT	6,396,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				2,102,300 CWT
MELONS, CANTALOUP, UTILIZED				246,000 CWT
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	1,100	1,000	135 CWT / ACRE	135,000 CWT	166 $ / CWT	21,308,000
STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET					168 $ / CWT	21,168,000
STRAWBERRIES, PROCESSING					1,040 $ / TON	140,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				128,700 CWT
SQUASH
SQUASH	3,000	2,800	97 CWT / ACRE	271,600 CWT	45.4 $ / CWT	12,313,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED				271,100 CWT
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CABBAGE
CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET					15.1 $ / CWT	11,416,000
CABBAGE	2,800	2,700	280 CWT / ACRE	756,000 CWT	15.1 $ / CWT	11,416,000
CABBAGE, UTILIZED				756,000 CWT
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS	2,800	2,700	210 CWT / ACRE	567,000 CWT	18.6 $ / CWT	10,437,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				560,800 CWT
PUMPKINS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	5,100	5,000	37 CWT / ACRE	185,000 CWT	36.4 $ / CWT	6,704,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				184,300 CWT
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
GRAPES
GRAPES, UTILIZED				7,200 TONS		5,287,000
GRAPES, PROCESSING				6,700 TONS	660 $ / TON	4,422,000
GRAPES, FRESH MARKET				500 TONS	1,730 $ / TON	865,000
GRAPES		2,300	3.13 TONS / ACRE	7,210 TONS	734 $ / TON
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN		17,000	55 BU / ACRE	935,000 BU	6.5 $ / CWT	3,403,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE		4,000	10 TONS / ACRE	40,000 TONS
SORGHUM	22,000
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED				1,740 TONS		2,680,000
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				1,740 TONS	1,540 $ / TON	2,680,000
PEACHES, PROCESSING					(X) $ / TON
PEACHES		800	2.18 TONS / ACRE	1,740 TONS	1,540 $ / TON
OATS
OATS	35,000	10,000	66 BU / ACRE	660,000 BU	2.6 $ / BU	1,716,000

(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

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