Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 4/28/20

Cotton growers intend to plant 500,000 acres in 2020, down 2% from last year.
Corn plantings are expected to total 1,050,000 acres in 2020, up 6% from last year.
Peanut growers intend to plant 105,000 acres in 2020, up 1% from 2019.

SOWS FARROWING North Carolina producers intend to farrow 450,000 sows during both the March–May and June–August 2020 quarters.

PIG CROP The State’s pig crop during the December 2019 – February 2020 period totaled 4.73 million head, up 5% from the same period last year.

PIGS PER LITTER The number of pigs saved per litter averaged 10.5 compared to the 9.9 pigs saved during the same quarter last year.

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