Wheat

The U.S. produces 77.1 million metric tons of wheat straw annually, which has the potential to produce 54 million metric tons of fermentable sugars. Wheat straw, which is comprised of 70% complex carbohydrates, can serve as a low-cost feedstock for production of fuel ethanol.

North Carolina's leading producers of wheat production are the following counties: Robeson, Union, Beaufort, Pasquotank, Wayne, and Tyrrell.