Agricultural Statistics - Mecklenberg County
Total Acres in County: 337,549

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms	300
Total Land in Farms, Acres	25,442
Average Farm Size, Acres	85
Harvested Cropland, Acres	6,733
Average Age of Farmers	59
Average Value of Farm & Building	$636,077
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment	$35,460
Average Total Farm Production Expense	$193,829

Crops 2007	Harvest Acres	Yield	Production	State Rank
Barley: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Grain: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Silage: Tons	*	*	*	*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales	*	*	*	*
Hay, All: Tons	*	*	*	*
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.	*	*	*	*
Oats: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Peanuts: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Sorghum: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Soybeans: Bu.	900	9	8,300	78
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.	*	*	*	*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.	*	*	*	*
Wheat: Bu.	1,000	41	41,000	68

Livestock	Number	State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)	*	*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)	5,000	52
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)	1,700	61
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	3,366,000	81
Crops	110,187,000	4
Government Payments	68,000	100
Total	113,621,000	26

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 - Mecklenberg County Total Acres in County: 337,549

Agricultural Statistics - Mecklenberg County
Total Acres in County: 337,549