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Sampson
County: Agricultural
Crops
Table
of crops planted on greatest acreage in the county over the past 30 years
| Rank | 1970-1975 | 1976-1980 | 1981-1985 | 1986-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2002 |
1 |
Tobacco Flue-Cured East Nc Bel | Corn For Grain | Corn For Grain | Soybeans | Soybeans | Soybeans | Soybeans |
2 |
Corn For Grain | Soybeans | Soybeans | Corn For Grain | Corn For Grain | Cotton Upland | Corn For Grain |
3 |
Soybeans | Tobacco Flue-Cured East Nc Bel | Wheat All | Wheat All | Cotton Upland | Corn For Grain | Soybeans |
4 |
Hay All (Dry) | Wheat All | Tobacco Flue-Cured East Nc Bel | Tobacco Flue-Cured East Nc Bel | Wheat All | Wheat All | Wheat All |
5 |
Wheat All | Cotton Upland | Cotton Upland | Cotton Upland | Tobacco Flue-Cured East Nc Bel | 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 | |||||||
