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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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Last update August 25, 2009

 

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