1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 GILMER COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 220 237 259 Land in farms (acres) 52748 57738 61305 Average size of farm (acres) 240 244 237 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 111731 99758 80900 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 370 423 296 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 17343 14921 12124 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 10 3 2 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 20 20 19 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 95 92 112 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 68 96 100 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 23 21 23 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 4 5 3 Total cropland (farms) 202 231 251 Total cropland (acres) 18654 18243 17762 Harvested cropland (farms) 184 216 239 Harvested cropland (acres) 6153 6007 7133 Irrigated land (farms) 3 1 2 Irrigated land (acres) 3 (D) (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 1860 1514 995 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 8453 6389 3841 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 132 115 137 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 1728 1399 858 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 97 116 154 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 42 48 58 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 37 40 26 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 28 27 16 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 12 4 3 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 3 0 2 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 1 2 0 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 1664 1408 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 7563 5967 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 220 236 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) 124 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) 527 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 82 109 99 Operators by principal occupation-Other 138 128 160 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 130 134 148 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 94 91 105 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 179 174 205 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 5493 4870 4940 Beef cows (farms) 145 135 167 Beef cows (number) 2703 2111 2381 Milk cows (farms) 17 32 51 Milk cows (number) 20 70 210 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 163 162 190 Cattle and calves sold (number) 3527 3537 2451 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 7 23 43 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 GILMER COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 84 104 140 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 3 10 12 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 42 105 83 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 12 25 28 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 365 765 1097 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 24 51 70 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 898 1729 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 3 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 11 15 45 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 103 102 266 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 9175 10649 18495 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 1 1 7 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) (D) (D) 84 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) (D) (D) 741 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 0 0 Oats for grain (acres) 0 0 0 Oats for grain (bushels) 0 0 0 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 GILMER 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) 174 211 225 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 6032 5995 6859 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 8215 7095 9192 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 7 8 12 Land in orchards (acres) 11 24 35 (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.