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Agricultural Statistics - Person County
Total Acres in County: 557,261

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
374
Total Land in Farms, Acres
95,153
Average Farm Size, Acres
254
Harvested Cropland, Acres
24,380
Average Age of Farmers
56
Average Value of Farm & Building
$744,566
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$77,882
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$50,788

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Corn for Grain: Bu.
1,800
48
85,500
63
Corn for Silage: Tons
*
*
*
*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
*
*
*
*
Hay, All: Tons
8,700
1.37
11,900
31
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Oats: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Peanuts: Lbs.
*
*
*
*
Sorghum: Bu.
*
*
*
*
Soybeans: Bu.
8,800
8
70,000
53
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
*
*
*
*
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
135
2,350
317,000
7
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
3,250
2,045
6,650,000
19
Wheat: Bu.
6,300
36
226,000
29

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
*
*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
7,700
41
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
3,600
40
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
*
*
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
5,000
47
Turkeys Raised (2007)
*
*

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
5,167,000
77
Crops
13,666,000
61
Government Payments
7,389,000
28
Total
26,222,000
70


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 JulOctober 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