Agricultural Statistics - County Estimates:
Beef Cows & Heifers that have Calved
2009 Top Counties by Production 1
Leading Counties |
Number |
Leading Counties |
Number |
Chatham |
16,500 |
Union |
12,200 |
Duplin 2 |
15,000 |
Sampson |
12,000 |
Randolph 2 |
15,000 |
Surry |
11,300 |
Wilkes |
14,500 |
Cleveland |
10,500 |
Iredell |
13,200 |
Yadkin |
10,200 |
Number on Farms, January 1 2 3
Counties
and
Districts |
2008 |
2009 |
| Alleghany |
5,800 |
7,000 |
| Ashe |
6,600 |
7,300 |
| Avery |
500 |
600 |
| Caldwell |
2,200 |
2,500 |
| Surry |
10,000 |
11,300 |
| Watauga |
3,400 |
3,600 |
| Wilkes |
13,700 |
14,500 |
| Yadkin |
9,800 |
10,200 |
| N. Mountain |
52,000 |
57,000 |
| Buncombe |
7,600 |
8,000 |
| Burke |
2,000 |
1,900 |
| Cherokee |
2,100 |
2,200 |
| Clay |
1,500 |
1,400 |
| Haywood |
7,800 |
7,600 |
| Henderson |
2,200 |
2,300 |
| Jackson |
700 |
800 |
| McDowell |
1,400 |
1,500 |
| Macon |
2,400 |
2,600 |
| Madison |
5,500 |
5,500 |
| Mitchell |
900 |
1,000 |
| Polk |
1,000 |
900 |
| Rutherford |
5,000 |
4,800 |
| Transylvania |
1,300 |
1,200 |
| Yancey |
2,600 |
2,300 |
| W. Mountain |
45,000 |
45,000 |
| Alamance |
7,500 |
7,400 |
| Caswell |
3,700 |
4,100 |
| Durham |
800 |
800 |
| Forsyth |
2,900 |
2,300 |
| Franklin |
4,000 |
4,400 |
| Granville |
4,400 |
4,700 |
| Guilford |
5,800 |
5,500 |
| Orange |
4,300 |
4,500 |
| Person |
3,600 |
3,700 |
| Rockingham |
4,800 |
5,100 |
| Stokes |
4,700 |
4,700 |
| Vance |
900 |
1,000 |
| Warren |
3,600 |
3,800 |
| N. Piedmont |
51,000 |
52,000 |
| Alexander |
7,400 |
7,200 |
| Catawba |
6,600 |
6,900 |
| Chatham |
16,000 |
16,500 |
| Davidson |
7,600 |
7,200 |
| Davie |
6,700 |
6,700 |
| Iredell |
13,000 |
13,200 |
| Lee |
1,700 |
1,600 |
| Randolph |
15,200 |
15,000 |
| Rowan |
8,300 |
8,400 |
| Wake |
3,500 |
3,300 |
| C. Piedmont |
86,000 |
86,000 |
| Anson |
4,000 |
4,500 |
| Cabarrus |
6,200 |
6,600 |
| Cleveland |
11,000 |
10,500 |
| Gaston |
2,800 |
3,000 |
| Lincoln |
4,900 |
4,600 |
| Mecklenburg |
1,700 |
1,500 |
| Montgomery |
2,800 |
3,200 |
| Moore |
3,500 |
4,000 |
| Richmond |
2,100 |
2,300 |
| Stanly |
8,000 |
8,600 |
| Union |
11,000 |
12,200 |
| S. Piedmont |
58,000 |
61,000 |
| Chowan |
* |
600 |
| Edgecombe |
2,300 |
2,000 |
| Halifax |
1,900 |
1,800 |
| Martin |
700 |
800 |
| Nash |
4,800 |
5,000 |
| Northampton |
900 |
800 |
| Perquimans |
600 |
600 |
| Washington |
* |
500 |
| N. Coastal |
14,000 |
14,000 |
| Beaufort |
* |
600 |
| Craven |
600 |
700 |
| Greene |
900 |
1,200 |
| Johnston |
5,600 |
5,600 |
| Jones |
700 |
900 |
| Lenoir |
2,000 |
1,800 |
| Pitt |
1,800 |
1,900 |
| Wayne |
6,000 |
5,800 |
| Wilson |
800 |
800 |
| C. Coastal |
19,000 |
20,000 |
| Bladen |
2,200 |
2,600 |
| Brunswick |
900 |
1,000 |
| Columbus |
4,400 |
4,900 |
| Cumberland |
1,800 |
2,100 |
| Duplin |
15,500 |
15,000 |
| Harnett |
4,300 |
4,600 |
| Onslow |
900 |
1,100 |
| Pender |
1,000 |
1,200 |
| Robeson |
3,800 |
4,200 |
| Sampson |
11,000 |
12,000 |
| Scotland |
600 |
600 |
| S. Coastal |
47,000 |
50,000 |
| Other Counties |
5,000 |
4,300 |
| State Total |
372,000 |
385,000 |
1Ranking of Published Counties only. 2 2009 Preliminary. 3 Counties may not add to District total because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties. * USDA NASS County Estimating Program Policy and Standards require districts and counties with less than 500 head be included in other counties. Coverage standards also apply to district and county estimates.
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August 25, 2009
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