Agricultural Statistics - County Estimates: Soybeans

 

2008 Top Counties by Production 1
Leading Counties
Number
Leading Counties
Number
Robeson
3,370,000
Pitt
1,868,000
Beaufort
2,478,000
Johnston
1,825,000
Union
2,201,000
Duplin
1,702,000
Sampson
2,126,000
Pasquotank
1,670,000
Wayne
1,925,000
Tyrrell
1,510,000

 

Acres, Yield and Production 2 3
Counties and Districts
2007
2008
Planted Acres
Harvested Acres
Yield per Acre
Production
Planted Acres
Harvested Acres
Yield Per Acre
Production
Bushels
Bushels
Caldwell
800
800
16.0
12,800
800
800
35.0
28,000
Surry
8,100
7,300
32.0
231,200
9,600
9,300
35.5
332,000
Yadkin
13,700
13,000
20.0
255,200
16,800
16,700
31.5
528,000
N. Mountain 
23,000
21,500
23.0
505,000
27,800
27,200
33.0
902,000
Burke
600
600
18.0
10,700
700
700
33.0
23,000
Rutherford
1,000
860
19.0
16,200
*
*
*
*
W. Mountain
2,600
2,400
20.0
47,000
3,100
2,800
24.5
69,000
Alamance
3,700
2,080
10.0
21,000
3,200
2,900
32.0
93,000
Caswell
2,400
1,580
15.0
24,100
2,400
2,200
24.0
53,000
Durham
900
280
14.0
4,000
*
*
*
*
Forsyth
2,500
2,130
16.0
35,000
3,800
3,300
30.5
101,000
Franklin
17,200
16,500
11.0
176,500
17,100
16,900
29.0
491,000
Granville
5,000
1,700
10.0
16,900
4,500
3,500
21.5
76,000
Guilford
9,000
8,000
13.0
103,100
9,200
8,800
30.5
267,000
Orange
3,500
2,310
22.0
50,000
3,400
3,000
27.5
83,000
Person
12,800
9,000
8.0
74,400
13,100
11,300
26.5
302,000
Rockingham
5,000
3,750
18.0
68,000
5,100
4,100
28.0
115,000
Stokes
1,500
1,070
15.0
16,000
*
*
*
*
Vance
6,000
4,800
14.0
66,000
6,800
6,500
34.0
222,000
Warren
7,700
6,800
10.0
67,000
8,100
8,000
32.5
260,000
N. Piedmont
77,200
60,000
12.0
722,000
79,200
72,600
29.0
2,108,000
Alexander
1,500
1,000
15.0
15,000
1,700
1,600
37.0
59,000
Catawba
6,700
5,750
9.0
53,200
6,400
6,300
39.0
246,000
Chatham
2,800
1,300
16.0
20,700
2,600
2,500
26.5
66,000
Davidson
7,800
6,850
21.0
142,500
8,300
8,100
32.0
261,000
Davie
5,200
4,850
16.0
75,500
6,600
6,600
32.0
211,000
Iredell
13,000
11,000
18.0
195,600
14,400
14,300
35.0
500,000
Lee
5,900
2,550
8.0
19,600
5,600
5,500
30.0
166,000
Randolph
9,900
7,600
16.0
119,000
9,200
8,600
31.0
268,000
Rowan
17,000
16,200
12.0
191,400
17,200
17,100
37.0
632,000
Wake
17,000
14,000
10.0
143,500
17,400
17,300
25.0
434,000
C. Piedmont
86,800
71,100
14.0
976,000
89,400
87,900
32.5
2,843,000
Anson
10,400
10,000
13.0
127,500
12,400
12,300
38.5
474,000
Cabarrus
6,100
4,630
8.0
39,300
6,300
6,200
36.5
227,000
Cleveland
11,000
10,000
7.0
69,000
11,700
11,600
32.0
370,000
Gaston
*
*
*
*
2,000
2,000
39.5
79,000
Lincoln
5,600
4,700
7.0
33,500
5,200
5,200
33.5
175,000
Mecklenburg
1,400
900
10.0
8,800
1,200
1,100
32.0
35,000
Montgomery
500
430
15.0
6,400
*
*
*
*
Moore
5,200
4,330
13.0
54,200
5,000
5,000
28.5
142,000
Stanly
17,500
17,500
13.0
234,800
21,500
21,100
36.5
775,000
Union
50,500
50,000
13.0
632,300
55,500
55,400
39.5
2,201,000
S. Piedmont
112,000
106,000
12.0
1,239,000
127,000
126,000
37.0
4,667,000
Bertie
21,000
20,100
26.0
525,100
30,100
30,000
31.0
930,000
Camden
30,000
28,900
38.0
1,085,300
31,600
31,400
36.5
1,147,000
Currituck
14,500
14,400
37.0
531,500
17,100
17,000
36.5
623,000
Edgecombe
33,900
33,800
21.0
702,600
44,000
43,800
28.0
1,219,000
Gates
16,200
16,100
30.0
489,000
20,500
20,400
35.0
711,000
Halifax
31,000
31,000
25.0
763,200
33,200
33,100
32.5
1,082,000
Hertford
14,500
14,500
20.0
287,000
17,400
17,200
29.5
509,000
Martin
15,900
15,800
24.0
373,000
21,300
21,000
31.5
662,000
Nash
30,000
29,500
13.0
378,500
33,300
33,200
28.5
938,000
Northampton
32,000
31,800
22.0
695,200
42,700
42,400
33.0
1,400,000
Pasquotank
44,800
44,800
28.0
1,263,000
51,100
50,700
33.0
1,670,000
Perquimans
31,000
31,000
32.0
1,002,400
39,900
39,800
35.0
1,384,000
Tyrrell
34,000
33,500
44.0
1,473,000
40,300
40,100
37.5
1,510,000
Washington
32,400
32,000
35.0
1,127,000
42,900
42,700
35.0
1,500,000
N. Coastal
392,000
388,000
28.0
11,004,000
479,500
476,500
33.0
15,767,000
Beaufort
58,000
57,600
37.0
2,120,700
69,800
69,200
36.0
2,478,000
Carteret
21,400
21,300
41.0
874,900
21,600
21,500
42.0
905,000
Craven
24,000
23,900
25.0
607,000
27,200
27,000
36.0
973,000
Greene
24,800
24,700
21.0
518,800
30,800
30,700
28.0
867,000
Hyde
25,500
25,300
42.0
1,057,700
30,500
30,200
39.0
1,185,000
Johnston
51,000
49,500
14.0
674,000
58,500
57,900
31.5
1,825,000
Jones
15,700
15,500
27.0
423,000
19,700
19,500
35.0
683,000
Lenoir
29,200
29,000
25.0
714,300
36,000
35,600
29.5
1,052,000
Pamlico
20,000
19,700
41.0
803,700
18,900
18,700
40.0
747,000
Pitt
54,500
54,200
22.0
1,172,500
66,800
66,200
28.0
1,868,000
Wayne
55,300
55,200
20.0
1,082,200
60,200
59,700
32.0
1,925,000
Wilson
30,300
30,100
20.0
610,200
38,000
37,800
31.0
1,163,000
C. Coastal
409,700
406,000
26.0
10,659,000
478,000
474,000
33.0
15,671,000
Bladen
15,500
14,900
16.0
236,000
23,900
23,600
27.5
649,000
Brunswick
7,300
7,230
16.0
115,900
7,700
7,500
30.0
225,000
Columbus
42,000
41,000
18.0
718,700
52,700
52,100
28.0
1,448,000
Cumberland
18,000
16,800
14.0
243,400
19,000
18,900
35.5
670,000
Duplin
41,300
39,500
20.0
784,600
53,000
52,800
32.0
1,702,000
Harnett
24,000
22,600
13.0
293,400
26,500
26,300
33.5
875,000
Hoke
10,700
10,500
11.0
118,000
14,000
13,900
39.0
541,000
Onslow
13,000
13,000
28.0
361,400
15,300
15,200
33.0
500,000
Robeson
90,000
87,100
13.0
1,138,600
104,500
104,000
32.5
3,370,000
Sampson
50,800
48,700
16.0
780,300
59,900
59,700
35.5
2,126,000
Scotland
10,400
9,970
10.0
96,200
13,200
13,000
35.0
456,000
S. Coastal
336,700
325,000
16.0
5,208,000
406,000
403,000
32.5
13,083,000
Other Counties
29,700
29,350
23.5
688,800
42,100
40,400
32.1
1,297,000
State Total
1,440,000
1,380,000
22.0
30,360,000
1,690,000
1,670,000
33.0
55,110,000

1Ranking of Published Counties Only. 2 2008 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 acres planted to a crop, or practice of a crop, 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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