1997 Census of Agriculture

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The Latest Numbers on North Carolina Agriculture

Herb Vanderberry USDA - NASS
2009 Advanced Personal/Real Property Seminar
September 2, 2009
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North CarolinaAgriculture is Diverse


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North Carolina Rankings

• First
• Tobacco
• Sweet Potatoes
• Second
• Hogs
• Turkeys
• Trout
• Fourth
• Strawberries
• Processing Cucumbers
• Fifth
• Broilers
• Nursery/Greenhouse
• Peanuts

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NC Farm Numbers
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NC Land in Farms

• Farm land accounted for 62 of the states total
  31.4 million acre land area in 1950
• In 2007, farm land accounted for 27

Source Census of Agriculture
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Trend Continues

• From 1997 to 2007, farm numbers declined 10
• Farms gt2,000 acres increased, all others
  decreased
• Land in Farms declined 10

Source 2007 Census of Ag
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Harvested Cropland

• In 2007, cropland accounted for 49 of total
  farm land
• Cropland accounted for 30 of total land area in
  1950

Source Census of Agriculture
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Harvested Cropland
2 Decrease in 10 years
Source 2007 Census of Ag
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Farm Counts by Size
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Acres per Farm - 2007

• 82 of farms are 180 acres or less
• 500 acre plus farms make up 7 of total
• 2,000 acre plus farms total 554, or 1

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Farm Counts by Value of Sales
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Percent of Farms and Value of Sales
Source 2007 Census of Ag
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• 12 of North Carolina farms produce 93 of the
  market value of products sold
• 5 of farms sell 1,000,000 or more of ag
  products and account for 74 of all sales
• Nearly two-thirds of all farms sell less than
  10,000 of ag products (only 0.7 of all sales)

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Farm Structure
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Net Returns per Farm
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Net Gains Losses

• More farms with losses than gains in 2007
• Farms w/gains averaged 80,000 on the plus side
• Farms w/losses averaged 13,400 loss
• Overall, farms averaged 26,000 gain

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Net Returns by Sales Group

• Farms with 10,000 or more in sales had a
  positive net return
• Farms with less than 10,000 in sales had a
  negative return

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Sales Category of Farms Gain/Loss

• 1,000,000 2,796
  411,976 Gain
• 500,000 999,999 1,810
  93,436 Gain
• 250,000 499,999 1,866
  57,608 Gain
• 100,000 249,000 1,854
  38,260 Gain
• 50,000 - 99,999 1,718
  10,456 Gain
• 25,000 - 49,999 2,765 9,473
  Gain
• 10,000 - 24,999 5,828 1,287
  Gain
• 5,000 - 9,999 5,805 2,373
  Loss
• 2,500 - 4,999 5,863 3,339
  Loss
• 1,000 - 2,499 6,753 4,618
  Loss
• Less than 1,000 15,855 6,087
  Loss

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Net Returns by Farm Type or Enterprise
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Farm Enterprise
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Net Returns per Farm
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Expenses per Farm
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• About half of hog operations have less than
  50,000 net return per farm.including 20
  showing a loss
• Likewise, about two-thirds of poultry farms net
  less than 50,000 per farm with 33 showing a
  loss

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Land Values
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What do our largest farms look like?
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1,000,000 Plus Gross Sales

• 2,796 Farms (5 of all farms)
• 49 are poultry operations
• 30 are hog operations
• 11 are row crop/small grain farms
• 4 are nursery/greenhouse/sod operations

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FarmDemographics
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Average Age of Principal Operator
Census Year
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Age Groups 2007Principal Operator
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Percent of Operators Total Income from Farming
of Operators
75
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of Total Income
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Days Worked off the FarmPrincipal Operator
of operators

• 63 of primary operators worked off the farm
• Of those working off the farm, 62 worked 200
  days or more, essentially full time job

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• The larger the farm size, the fewer days worked
  off the farm
• However, a 225 acre farm still has as many
  primary operators working off the farm as not
• And, 1 in 4 of the 1,000 acre plus farms have
  principal operators working off the farm, with
  over half of those working 200 days or more

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Finally, the numbers tell a lot about North
Carolina farmsBut,They dont tell an equally
important story - conservation practices of farms
and their contribution toward a safe and clean
rural environment
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www.usda.gov/nass

• Click on Census of Agriculture
• National, State, and County Data
• Data Queries

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