[AT] KY farm show

[charlie hill]

NC doesn't make the top rankings in cotton but that is not to say there 
isn't a lot grown here.  I have one friend who grows 3500 acres of cotton 
and he isn't the largest in the state by far.  Also, a note of interest, the 
largest farm under single ownership east of the Mississippi is the 35,000 
acre Open Ground Farm in Carteret County NC.  The eastern edge of the farm 
is about 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.   (I am assuming that the 
statistic has not changed.  Open Ground held that record a few years ago).

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [AT] KY farm show


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> On 2/15/2005 at 10:59 AM Grant Brians wrote:
>>Walt mentions a good point. California agriculture is diverse, diverse,
>>diverse. Close to 100% of the world almond crop (approaching 5 billion
>>pounds in the last four years.) More milk than any other state (and more
>
> But not tobacco, sweet potatoes or turkeys!
>
> Here is the link for NC statistics:
>
> http://www.ncagr.com/stats/nc_rank/nc_rank.htm
>
> Not too shabby for a eastern fairly urban state, but definitely nothing
> like CA.  (-;  Interstingly, we are 15th in the number of farms, which I
> think is very high when one considers how many states east of us are rural
> farming states and the fact NC has lost 50% of its farms in just the last
> 30 years alone - mnainly tobacco farms.  I'l bet we were in the top ten
> just 30 years ago.
>
> Spencer Yost
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