Crop Profile for Corn in North Carolina

corn, 9th in sweet corn. ● North Carolina produces 1 percent of the total U.S. field corn crop and 3 percent of the sweet corn. ● North Carolina produces an unknown but small amount of popcorn and yellow and white field corn for milling purposes and an unknown but very small percentage of the popcorn and milling quality field corn. ● In 1997, 77,430,000 bushels of field corn grain valued at $228,419,000 were produced on 870,000 acres. ● The same year, 1,050,000 tons of field corn silage valued at $10,500,000 were produced on 75,000 acres. ● Again in 1997, sweet corn valued at $9,653,000 was produced on 6,500 acres. ● Production costs for field corn average $227.93 per acre. ● Production costs for sweet corn are estimated at $1,086 per acre