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Agricultural Statistics - Alamance County
Total Acres in County: 275,642

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
831
Total Land in Farms, Acres
97,793
Average Farm Size, Acres
118
Harvested Cropland, Acres
23,423
Average Age of Farmers
56
Average Value of Farm & Building
$412,829
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$48,571
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$29,796

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Grain: Bu.
2,500
80
200,000
50
Corn for Silage: Tons
1,400
10
14,000
13
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
15,000
1.21
18,200
21
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
200
81
16,100
15
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
2,080
10
19,800
67
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
1,490
1,555
2,320,000
37
Wheat: Bu.
2,300
41
94,000
54

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
2,900,000
44
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
19,000
14
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
7,500
16
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
1,400
9
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
380,000
14
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
1,100
60
Turkeys Raised (2007)
*
*

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
26,525,000
40
Crops
9,517,000
71
Government Payments
3,497,000
46
Total
39,539,000
62


The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture publishes annual county statistics for selected crops, livestock, poultry, dairy, and cash receipts. Census of Agriculture statistics are published every five years. Counties that harvested less than 50 acres of tobacco,or planted 200 acres of peanuts, or 500 acres of all other crops were not published and are designated by an asterisk (*). Also not published were counties with fewer than 1,000 hogs or 500 total cattle, 500 beef or milk cows, 500,000 broilers or turkeys, or 100,000 other chickens.

 

 

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Last update October 14, 2008

 

 

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611
Physical Address: 2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh NC 27601
Phone: (919) 856-4394; FAX: (919) 856-4139
Email: NCagstat@ncmail.net