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NC Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - North Carolina
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 25, 2006, 14:56 PST



TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
Commodity Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
1.     Hogs 1,709,794 22.1 13.7
2.     Broilers 1,681,040 21.7 10.1
3.     Greenhouse/nursery 1,119,416 14.5 8.1
4.     Tobacco 685,799 8.9 36.5
5.     Turkeys 452,360 5.9 16.6
 
All commodities
 7,730,633   3.8
 
For more details about North Carolina's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.



Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001
Commodity Rank among
states		 Value
million $
1.     Tobacco unmfd. 1 433.1
2.     Poultry and products 4 241.5
3.     Live animals and meat 11 171.1
4.     Cotton and linters 5 163.6
5.     Soybeans and products 15 109.3
 
Overall
 10 1,389.0
 
For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.



Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997
Counties Percent of state's
total receipts		 Million $
1.     Duplin 9.7 746.4
2.     Sampson 9.5 732.9
3.     Wayne 4.4 337.1
4.     Union 3.7 283.6
5.     Bladen 3.1 238.7
 
State total
   7,676.5
 
For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about North Carolina Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.


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