1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 GRANT COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 355 353 358 Land in farms (acres) 106325 118805 114742 Average size of farm (acres) 300 337 321 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 246844 195366 174507 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 772 617 499 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 22043 18033 14916 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 17 16 8 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 58 40 43 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 112 121 122 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 105 107 119 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 45 45 45 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 18 24 21 Total cropland (farms) 306 320 332 Total cropland (acres) 33719 33531 30067 Harvested cropland (farms) 289 302 305 Harvested cropland (acres) 13081 12867 13001 Irrigated land (farms) 2 6 4 Irrigated land (acres) (D) 84 75 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 22774 14408 10507 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 64152 40817 29350 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 421 174 214 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 22353 14235 10294 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 92 106 139 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 79 86 71 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 68 47 48 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 40 43 43 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 23 26 17 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 9 17 13 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 44 28 27 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 20250 13076 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 57203 37148 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 354 352 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 2419 1534 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 6834 4357 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 182 203 204 Operators by principal occupation-Other 173 150 154 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 177 182 184 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 128 125 113 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 285 280 295 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 12671 12281 13543 Beef cows (farms) 256 229 259 Beef cows (number) 6984 6053 6453 Milk cows (farms) 15 40 58 Milk cows (number) 242 276 355 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 276 278 292 Cattle and calves sold (number) 6443 6772 6445 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 19 25 45 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 GRANT COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 781 672 976 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 19 20 32 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 1043 1634 1477 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 51 100 120 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 1871 4646 6329 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 29 43 48 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 65899 (D) Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 29 21 32 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 12139400 6588700 5144898 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 17 14 63 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 178 152 1003 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 17832 10100 101775 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 28 41 58 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 606 877 1151 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 9136 6696 18389 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 4 5 9 Wheat for grain (acres) 23 44 72 Wheat for grain (bushels) 1250 1029 2218 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 9 2 12 Oats for grain (acres) 57 (D) 85 Oats for grain (bushels) 3705 (D) 4525 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 GRANT 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) 284 297 292 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 12140 11884 10743 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 20091 20761 16386 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 7 3 5 Land in orchards (acres) (D) 6 29 (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.