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Agricultural Statistics - Onslow County
Total Acres in County: 490,797

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
404
Total Land in Farms, Acres
63,804
Average Farm Size, Acres
158
Harvested Cropland, Acres
39,270
Average Age of Farmers
55
Average Value of Farm & Building
$427,198
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$78,796
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$183,880

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Grain: Bu.
14,300
122
1,748,000
24
Corn for Silage: Tons
*
*
*
*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
2,500
2.16
5,400
57
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
12,900
26
340,000
31
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
1,320
2,575
3,400,000
32
Wheat: Bu.
3,800
41
156,000
39

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
900,000
55
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
1,800
71
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
900
68
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
*
*
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
180,700
13
Turkeys Raised (2007)
2,050,000
5

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
66,267,000
28
Crops
20,845,000
48
Government Payments
6,073,000
33
Total
93,185,000
34


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