Agricultural Statistics - Jackson County
Total Acres in County: 313,971

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms	248
Total Land in Farms, Acres	16,399
Average Farm Size, Acres	66
Harvested Cropland, Acres	3,808
Average Age of Farmers	58
Average Value of Farm & Building	$644,489
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment	$41,441
Average Total Farm Production Expense	$32,813

Crops 2007	Harvest Acres	Yield	Production	State Rank
Barley: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Grain: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Silage: Tons	*	*	*	*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales	*	*	*	*
Hay, All: Tons	900	1.22	1,100	84
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.	*	*	*	*
Oats: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Peanuts: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Sorghum: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Soybeans: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.	*	*	*	*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Wheat: Bu.	*	*	*	*

Livestock	Number	State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)	*	*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)	1,400	77
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)	700	77
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	724,000	91
Crops	4,935,000	88
Government Payments	134,000	92
Total	5,793,000	94

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

Agricultural Statistics - Jackson County Total Acres in County: 313,971

Agricultural Statistics - Jackson County
Total Acres in County: 313,971