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Agricultural Statistics - Orange County
Total Acres in County: 255,866

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
627
Total Land in Farms, Acres
71,010
Average Farm Size, Acres
113
Harvested Cropland, Acres
19,405
Average Age of Farmers
57
Average Value of Farm & Building
$517,706
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$27,302
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$28,403

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Grain: Bu.
1,600
70
112,000
57
Corn for Silage: Tons
1,300
13
16,800
10
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
13,800
1.12
15,500
25
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
100
72
7,200
36
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
2,310
20
47,000
60
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
810
1,915
1,550,000
40
Wheat: Bu.
1,900
55
105,000
50

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
*
*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
9,800
30
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
4,300
34
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
1,100
17
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
155,000
23
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
3,500
51
Turkeys Raised (2007)
*
*

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
11,009,000
63
Crops
15,798,000
59
Government Payments
2,872,000
51
Total
29,679,000
67


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