NC Cooperative Extension Service

JOHNSTON COUNTY
2003 ESTIMATED FARM INCOME

Field Crops



























Tobacco, flue cured
35,432,312
Cotton (lint)
12,180,238
Cottonseed
255,000
Peanuts
21,672
Corn for grain
2,738,313
Wheat
1,605,060
Oats
403,115
Barley
2,185
Rye
102,400
Grain sorghum
37,788
Soybeans
14,181,478
Hay, all
3,859,640
Other field crops
112,385
Total Field Crops
70,931,586
Vegetables & Berries























Irish potatoes
19,200























Sweet potatoes
8,120,000
Broccoli
3,300
Cabbage
55,000
Cantalopes
143,000
Collards
84,000
Corn, sweet
371,250
Cucumbers - fresh mkt.
31,500
Cucumbers - processing
1,032,500
Eggplant
15,525
Lettuce
12,000
Leafy greens, all except collards
10,000
Okra
17,250
Peppers - fresh mkt.
48,750
Peppers - processing
162,500
Snap beans - fresh mkt.
50,000
Southern peas
240,000
Squash
88,200
Tomatoes
300,000
Watermelons
560,000
Blueberries
89,900
Strawberries
225,000
Other berries
50,000
Vegetables & Berries
11,728,875
Fruits & Nuts




Peaches
168,480




Pecans
40,500
Grapes
340,000
Other fruits & nuts
7,000
Fruits & Nuts
555,980
Nursery & Greenhouse



Greenhouse crops
3,526,210



Outside flowers
5,557,800
Ornamental trees
72,658,500
Nursery & Greenhouse
81,742,510
Forestry


Christmas Trees
16,845


Farm Forestry
44,294,906
Total Forestry
44,311,751
Livestock
Hogs















Hogs sold for slaughter
19,528,838
Feeder pigs - sold in county
302,000
Feeder pigs - sold outside county
339,750
Feeder pigs - purchased outside county
371,420
Replacement hogs - sold in county
19,000
Replacement hogs - sold outside county
10,450
Replacement hogs - purchased outside county
242,250
Total Hogs
19,265,368
Beef Cattle







Beef cattle sold for slaughter
3,168,000







Feeder calves - sold in county
1,858,900
Feeder calves - sold outside county
1,683,450
Feeder calves - purchased outside county
203,000
Replacement beef cattle - sold in county
170,022
Replacement beef cattle - sold outside county
152,478
Replacement beef cattle - purchased outside county
172,000
Total Beef Cattle
4,628,928
Other Livestock



Sheep
8,250



Lambs
47,600
Other livestock
94,050
Total Other Livestock
149,900
Wool & Honey


Wool
1,078


Honey
20,455
Wool & Honey

21,533
Poultry



Broilers
2,230,513



Turkeys
8,362,473
Other fowl
5,625
Total Poultry
10,598,611
Fish


Catfish, commercial production
21,086


Catfish, fingerlings
11,000
Total Fish
32,068
Government Payments

Government payments
8,986,685

Total Government Payments
8,986,685
Horses










Quarter horses
217,500










Thoroughbred
5,000
Appaloosa
12,000
Arabians
6,000
Other purebreds
67,000
Grade horses
125,000
Mules
97,500
Ponies
2,400
Draft horses
8,000
Warm bloods
3,000
Total Horses
543,400
TOTAL ESTIMATED FARM INCOME
253,497,213

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