1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 BRAXTON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 292 318 385 Land in farms (acres) 73407 69838 78771 Average size of farm (acres) 251 220 205 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 91887 86249 121340 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 393 407 529 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 15625 14502 13597 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 2 6 5 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 19 26 26 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 130 159 203 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 112 101 124 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 20 20 22 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 9 6 5 Total cropland (farms) 287 294 370 Total cropland (acres) 25401 24935 26887 Harvested cropland (farms) 264 273 342 Harvested cropland (acres) 8752 8274 9110 Irrigated land (farms) 1 4 1 Irrigated land (acres) (D) 83 (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 1939 1913 1609 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 6639 6016 4179 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 294 127 (D) Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 1645 1786 (D) Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 123 151 219 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 61 69 82 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 56 48 55 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 35 35 19 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 12 10 8 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 5 5 1 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 0 0 1 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 1710 1521 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 5835 4799 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 293 317 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 135 381 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 460 1202 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 138 142 160 Operators by principal occupation-Other 154 176 225 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 156 179 231 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 103 132 163 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 215 243 319 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 7049 6608 7502 Beef cows (farms) 188 208 272 Beef cows (number) 3827 3715 3834 Milk cows (farms) 16 25 64 Milk cows (number) 43 47 111 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 210 245 302 Cattle and calves sold (number) 3749 4528 4657 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 21 24 40 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 BRAXTON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 152 176 294 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 7 13 20 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 264 228 1174 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 17 16 32 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 626 529 1234 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 27 43 74 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 988 2116 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 1 1 0 Broilers... chickens sold (number) (D) (D) 0 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 15 29 66 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 76 133 207 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 8590 7016 18583 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 3 5 9 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 42 55 284 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 510 636 5180 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (acres) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (bushels) 0 0 0 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 0 1 1 Oats for grain (acres) 0 (D) (D) Oats for grain (bushels) 0 (D) (D) Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 0 4 1 Tobacco (acres) 0 1 (D) Tobacco (pounds) 0 1954 (D) 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 BRAXTON 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) 255 268 324 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 8783 8105 8646 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 14037 11036 12838 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 15 7 23 Land in orchards (acres) 44 44 99 (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.