Agricultural Statistics - Polk County
Total Acres in County: 152,218

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms	260
Total Land in Farms, Acres	27,145
Average Farm Size, Acres	104
Harvested Cropland, Acres	4,433
Average Age of Farmers	55
Average Value of Farm & Building	$474,753
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment	$35,269
Average Total Farm Production Expense	$25,864

Crops 2007	Harvest Acres	Yield	Production	State Rank
Barley: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Grain: Bu.	*	*	*	*
Corn for Silage: Tons	*	*	*	*
Cotton: 480lb. Bales	*	*	*	*
Hay, All: Tons	2,500	0.96	2,400	73
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)	2,200	69
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)	1,000	66
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	1,663,000	86
Crops	6,812,000	80
Government Payments	114,000	93
Total	8,589,000	91

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 - Polk County Total Acres in County: 152,218

Agricultural Statistics - Polk County
Total Acres in County: 152,218