Agricultural Statistics - 2008 Annual Statistics Book

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• NC Highlights Brochure
• Statistics Program and Reports Information (pg. 4)
• North Carolina’s Rank in U.S. Agriculture (pg. 8)
• Farm Real Estate Values, Number of Farms & Land in Farms (pg. 9)

ECONOMIC STATISTICS

• Farm Income and Cash Receipts (pg. 16-35)
  • Definitions & Methodology (pg. 16)
  • Source of Farm Cash Receipts (pg. 17)
  • Map of County Cash Receipts (pg. 17)
  • Cash Receipts by Commodity (pg. 18) 
  • U.S. Cash Receipts Ranking By State (pg. 19)
  • Cash Receipts 1928 to present (pg. 20)
  • Top 10 Counties by Receipt  (pg. 20)
  • Top 10 Counties by Commodity (pg. 21)
  • Cash Receipts and Government payments by County (pg. 22-33)
  • Receipts for Forest Products, Fish & Seafood  (pg. 34)
  • Value added to the North Carolina Economy by the Agricultural Sector (pg. 35)
  • Value of Agricultural Export Shares (pg. 35)

• Prices Received and Paid (pg. 36-38)
  • Monthly Prices Received: Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Hogs, Eggs (pg. 36-37)
  • Marketing Year Average Prices Received: Specified Crops & Livestock  (pg. 37)
  • Prices Paid: Feed, Fules, Fertilizer (pg. 38)

ANNUAL WEATHER STATISTICS

• Weather Statistics (pg. 10)
  • Climatological Data
  • Annual Weather and Climate Summary
  • Annual Topsoil Moisture

CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZER STATISTICS

• Fertilizer & Chemical Applications (pg. 11-13)
  • Fertilizer Tonnage Shipped (pg. 11)
    
  • Primary Nutrient Applications: Cotton & Apples (pg. 11)
  • Agricultural Chemical Applications: Cotton & Apples (pg. 12-13)

LIVESTOCK, DAIRY & POULTRY STATISTICS

• General Livestock Statistics  (pg. 40-44)
  • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Record Highs and Lows   (pg. 40)
  • Number of Operations With Livestock, by Species  (pg. 40)
  • Livestock and Poultry Inventory  (pg. 41)
  • Livestock and Poultry Inventory Values  (pg. 41)
  • Meat Animals: Numbers, Production, Disposition, Price and Income  (pg. 42)
  • Livestock Slaughter by Species  (pg. 43)
  • Commercial Broilers: Production and Value  (pg. 44)
  • Turkeys: Production and Value, North Carolina  (pg. 44)
  • Eggs: Production and Value of Sales  (pg. 44)
  • Chickens: Lost, Sold and Value of Sales  (pg. 44)
  • Honey: Production, Stocks and Value  (pg. 44)

• Catfish & Trout: Sales and Operations (pg. 45-46)
• Hogs & Pigs: Number on Farms by Class and Weight, Leading States Inventory (pg. 47)


• Hogs & Pigs County Estimates (pg. 48-49)
• All Cattle County Estimates (pg. 50-51)
• Beef Cows and Heifers that have Calved County Estimates (pg. 52-53)
• Milk Cows and Heifers that have Calved County Estimates (pg. 54)
• Turkeys Raised County Estimates (pg. 55)
• Broilers County Estimates (pg. 56-57)
• All Chickens (Excluding Commercial Broilers) County Estimates) (pg. 58)

CROP STATISTICS

• General Crop Statistics (pg. 61-67)
• Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates (pg. 61)
• Crops: Record Highs and Lows (pg. 62-63)
• Annual Crop Summmary (pg. 64-65)
• Grain Stocks (pg. 66)
• Hay Stocks (pg. 66)
• Grain Storage Capacity (pg. 66)
• Upland Cotton Biotechnology (pg. 66)
• Floriculture (pg. 67)
• Top Counties Selected Fruit & Vegetables (pg. 94-96)


• Barley County Estimates (pg. 68-69)
• Corn for Grain County Estimates (pg. 70-71)
• Corn for Silage County Estimates (pg. 72-73)
• Cotton County Estimates (pg. 74-75)
• Hay County Estimates (pg. 76-78)
• Irish Potatoes County Estimates (pg. 79)
• Oats County Estimates (pg. 80-81)
• Peanuts/Sorghum County Estimates (pg. 82-83)
• Soybeans County Estimates (pg. 84-85)
• Sweet Potatoes County Estimates (pg. 86-87)
• Burley Tobacco County Estimates (pg. 88-89)
• Flue-Cured Tobacco County Estimates (pg. 90-91)
• Wheat for Grain County Estimates (pg. 92-93)

COUNTY SUMMARY

• Alamance / Alexander (pg. 98)
• Allegheny / Anson (pg. 99)
• Ashe / Avery (pg. 100)
• Beaufort / Bertie (pg. 101)
• Bladen / Brunswick (pg. 102)
• Buncombe / Burke (pg. 103)
• Cabarrus / Caldwell (pg. 104)
• Camden / Carteret (pg. 105)
• Caswell / Catawba (pg. 106)
• Chatham / Cherokee (pg. 107)
• Chowan / Clay (pg. 108)
• Cleveland / Columbus (pg. 109)
• Craven / Cumberland (pg. 110)
• Currituck / Dare (pg. 111)
• Davidson / Davie (pg. 112)
• Duplin / Durham (pg. 113)
• Edgecombe / Forsyth (pg. 114)
• Franklin / Gaston (pg. 115)
• Gates / Graham (pg. 116)
• Granville / Greene (pg. 117)
• Guilford / Hallifax (pg. 118)
• Harnet / Haywood (pg. 119)
• Henderson / Hertford (pg. 120)
• Hoke / Hyde (pg. 121)
• Iredell / Jackson (pg. 122)
• Johnston / Jones (pg. 123)
• Lee / Lenoir (pg. 124)
• Lincoln / McDowell (pg. 125)
• Macon / Madison (pg. 126)
• Martin / Mecklenburg (pg. 127)
• Mitchell / Montgomery (pg. 128)
• Moore / Nash (pg. 129)
• New Hanover / Northampton (pg. 130)
• Onslow / Orange (pg. 131)
• Pamlico / Pasquotank (pg. 132)
• Pender / Perquimans (pg. 133)
• Person / Pitt (pg. 134)
• Polk / Randolph (pg. 135)
• Richmond / Robeson (pg. 136)
• Rockingham / Rowan (pg. 137)
• Rutherford / Sampson (pg. 138)
• Scotland / Stanly (pg. 139)
• Stokes / Surry (pg. 140)
• Swain / Transylvania (pg. 141)
• Tyrrell / Union (pg. 142)
• Vance / Wake (pg. 143)
• Warren / Washington (pg. 144)
• Watauga / Wayne (pg. 145)
• Wilkes / Wilson (pg. 146)
• Yadkin / Yancy (pg. 147)

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Last update June 3, 2009