North Carolina ranks first in the nation in producing which crop?

corn

cotton

tobacco

peaches

Tobacco

Explanation:

It is the first in the nation to produce 174,120 (in 000 units)

tobacco.

The state ranks first in the nation in farm cash receipts for tobacco and sweet potatoes; second for poultry and eggs; and third for pork and trout. Along with these commodities, North Carolina's hardworking farmers produce cotton, soybeans, peanuts, hogs and pigs, nursery products, aquaculture products, and more