1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 BERKELEY COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 473 453 473 Land in farms (acres) 73430 80255 85877 Average size of farm (acres) 155 177 182 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 293582 265696 286736 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 2201 1498 1581 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 24481 28276 34624 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 41 26 21 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 124 94 94 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 178 189 193 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 105 115 137 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 17 22 21 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 8 7 7 Total cropland (farms) 442 429 453 Total cropland (acres) 48632 53126 54631 Harvested cropland (farms) 409 402 408 Harvested cropland (acres) 30324 33207 35551 Irrigated land (farms) 20 11 5 Irrigated land (acres) 108 67 10 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 21447 18813 22185 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 45343 41529 46902 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 13560 11670 14911 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 7888 7142 7274 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 159 130 151 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 103 81 75 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 66 72 80 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 52 71 53 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 17 31 38 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 29 26 21 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 47 42 55 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 18679 14916 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 39490 32855 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 473 454 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 2154 3661 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 4554 8065 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 212 208 213 Operators by principal occupation-Other 261 245 260 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 271 277 298 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 205 211 210 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 281 280 333 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 12723 13026 15810 Beef cows (farms) 219 216 249 Beef cows (number) 5482 4967 5086 Milk cows (farms) 34 34 63 Milk cows (number) 2241 2107 3017 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 275 265 322 Cattle and calves sold (number) 5123 5681 5946 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 45 53 55 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 BERKELEY COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 8961 5469 3242 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 35 50 46 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 18707 12443 4924 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 23 14 10 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 625 576 271 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 26 40 55 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 45630 48604 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 0 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 0 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 99 122 212 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 3242 4145 8805 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 291207 197371 702939 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 48 71 96 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 2157 2943 3169 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 32376 33049 45127 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 44 46 53 Wheat for grain (acres) 841 963 1072 Wheat for grain (bushels) 41054 38161 35993 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 36 45 45 Oats for grain (acres) 372 498 640 Oats for grain (bushels) 19990 26054 32961 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 0 0 0 Tobacco (acres) 0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds) 0 0 0 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 BERKELEY COUNTY, WV, 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) 308 305 298 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 14584 14065 12473 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 28772 27200 24078 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 101 90 82 Land in orchards (acres) 8132 9147 9287 (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.