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

corn

cotton

tobacco

peaches

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

Tobacco

Explanation:

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

tobacco.