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Agricultural Statistics - Catawba County
Total Acres in County: 255,987

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
715
Total Land in Farms, Acres
78,516
Average Farm Size, Acres
110
Harvested Cropland, Acres
26,949
Average Age of Farmers
58
Average Value of Farm & Building
$356,785
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$48,376
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$26,962

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
400
53
21,000
10
Corn for Grain: Bu.
1,600
59
94,000
60
Corn for Silage: Tons
*
*
*
*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
11,000
1.07
11,800
32
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
100
57
5,700
39
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
5,750
9
50,000
59
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Wheat: Bu.
3,000
38
114,000
48

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
4,700,000
33
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
13,000
22
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
6,600
19
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
*
*
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Turkeys Raised (2007)
*
*

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
22,395,000
45
Crops
17,331,000
55
Government Payments
347,000
84
Total
40,073,000
61


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, and planted 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 13, 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