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Agricultural Statistics - Forsyth County
Total Acres in County: 262,189

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
783
Total Land in Farms, Acres
51,598
Average Farm Size, Acres
66
Harvested Cropland, Acres
18,493
Average Age of Farmers
58
Average Value of Farm & Building
$301,414
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$40,808
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$28,700

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Grain: Bu.
3,400
59
199,000
51
Corn for Silage: Tons
140
16
2,200
44
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
8,000
1.45
11,600
34
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
2,130
15
33,000
63
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
770
2,015
1,550,000
40
Wheat: Bu.
900
30
27,000
71

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
*
*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
6,400
46
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
2,900
45
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
5,591,000
74
Crops
10,041,000
69
Government Payments
2,883,000
50
Total
18,515,000
81


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