1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 WEST VIRGINIA STATE, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 17020 17237 18742 Land in farms (acres) 3267188 3372955 3559051 Average size of farm (acres) 192 196 190 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 165088 130802 129390 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 849 682 688 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 19257 17482 16100 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 737 643 580 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 2893 2689 3073 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 7787 8081 8984 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 4350 4518 4819 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 948 1004 977 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 305 302 309 Total cropland (farms) 15891 16246 17763 Total cropland (acres) 1294134 1285786 1319437 Harvested cropland (farms) 14531 15056 16446 Harvested cropland (acres) 555818 553517 576889 Irrigated land (farms) 312 255 135 Irrigated land (acres) 2769 3132 945 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 364203 270639 242127 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 21399 15701 12919 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 63081 49249 57203 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 301122 221390 184923 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 6927 7977 9677 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 3499 3463 3728 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 2848 2547 2533 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 2006 1781 1437 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 688 583 539 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 433 400 354 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 619 486 454 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 308703 231077 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 18136 13406 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 17022 17237 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 49571 38395 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 2912 2227 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 7169 7201 7117 Operators by principal occupation-Other 9851 10036 11625 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 9594 10083 11743 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 6985 7278 8347 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 12431 12897 15123 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 430708 408129 455173 Beef cows (farms) 10570 10588 12632 Beef cows (number) 197886 182071 198322 Milk cows (farms) 972 1575 2901 Milk cows (number) 23366 27019 34776 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 11583 12061 13525 Cattle and calves sold (number) 254233 249163 237911 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 841 1226 1981 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 WEST VIRGINIA STATE, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 26760 30759 33881 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 587 868 1151 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 50642 59181 57979 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 1188 1537 1964 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 57091 74987 98050 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 1272 2030 3215 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 1510412 691077 531398 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 136 99 185 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 50669811 29226871 22991789 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 1517 2097 3670 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 44564 48953 82176 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 4668501 3257345 7416016 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 1027 1477 1703 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 27674 36870 37854 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 433877 435575 606741 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 307 376 408 Wheat for grain (acres) 9058 7339 7141 Wheat for grain (bushels) 438877 316337 244165 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 406 516 790 Oats for grain (acres) 3677 4605 7594 Oats for grain (bushels) 201339 227284 383792 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 1003 1095 1314 Tobacco (acres) 2072 1716 1877 Tobacco (pounds) 3101002 2158501 2848965 Soybeans for beans (farms) ... ... ... Soybeans for beans (acres) ... ... ... Soybeans for beans (bushels) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (farms) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (acres) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (cwt) ... ... ... Irish potatoes (farms) ... ... ... Irish potatoes (acres) ... ... ... 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 3 WEST VIRGINIA STATE, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Irish potatoes (cwt) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (farms) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (acres) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (tons) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (farms) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (acres) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (tons) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (farms) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (acres) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (tons) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (farms) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (acres) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (pounds) ... ... ... Hay-all (see text) (farms) 13270 13849 14764 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 452480 435446 419964 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 753877 673598 669643 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 558 646 775 Land in orchards (acres) 15014 19513 22878 (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. (NA) Not available. ... Unpublished data. [B] Not available due to brackets.