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Northampton County: Agricultural Crops
Table of crops planted on greatest acreage in the county over the past 30 years.

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Rank 1970-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2002
1
 Peanuts                        Corn  For Grain                Peanuts                        Peanuts                        Cotton  Upland                 Cotton  Upland                 Cotton  Upland                
2
 Corn  For Grain                Soybeans                       Corn  For Grain                Soybeans                       Peanuts                        Peanuts                        Peanuts                       
3
 Cotton  Upland                 Peanuts                        Soybeans                       Corn  For Grain                Corn  For Grain                Soybeans                       Soybeans                      
4
 Soybeans                       Cotton  Upland                 Cotton  Upland                 Cotton  Upland                 Soybeans                       Corn  For Grain                Corn  For Grain               
5
 Hay  All (Dry)                 Hay  All (Dry)                 Wheat  All                     Wheat  All                     Wheat  All                     Hay  All (Dry)                 Hay  All (Dry)                
* Based on harvest acreage
Adapted from National Agricultural Statistics Database (http://www.nass.usda.gov/indexcounty.htm)
To avoid double counting, the following crop classifications have been deleted:
Wheat Winter all represented by Wheat (all). If both values are included, they have the same number of acreage

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