1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 HANCOCK COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 75 86 88 Land in farms (acres) 7710 8382 10740 Average size of farm (acres) 103 97 122 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 132626 103756 117625 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 1290 1065 964 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 26313 19844 17830 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 4 6 4 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 25 21 30 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 38 49 46 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 5 9 7 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 3 1 0 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 0 0 1 Total cropland (farms) 69 80 83 Total cropland (acres) 3976 4422 5065 Harvested cropland (farms) 66 73 74 Harvested cropland (acres) 2429 2800 3205 Irrigated land (farms) 6 3 2 Irrigated land (acres) 36 (D) (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 879 862 861 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 11716 10022 9780 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 752 710 678 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 127 152 183 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 39 51 55 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 13 14 14 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 10 11 9 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 9 5 4 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 1 2 3 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 1 1 1 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 2 2 2 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 896 727 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 11950 8456 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 75 86 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) 135 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) 1566 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 27 27 26 Operators by principal occupation-Other 48 59 62 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 43 54 60 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 36 51 46 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 46 59 67 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 952 911 1125 Beef cows (farms) 36 50 59 Beef cows (number) 513 (D) 523 Milk cows (farms) 3 2 9 Milk cows (number) 4 (D) 63 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 29 46 48 Cattle and calves sold (number) 263 327 402 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 5 5 7 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 HANCOCK COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 27 21 58 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 4 2 3 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 26 (D) 67 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 4 4 3 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 54 84 (D) Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 6 10 15 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 237 518 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 1 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 21 32 31 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 197 320 (D) Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 15462 25076 54321 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 2 2 2 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) (D) (D) (D) Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) (D) (D) (D) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 6 9 9 Wheat for grain (acres) 39 74 161 Wheat for grain (bushels) 1300 2195 5758 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 14 16 17 Oats for grain (acres) 99 103 190 Oats for grain (bushels) 5947 6330 9714 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 HANCOCK 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) 53 64 62 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 1977 2005 1505 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 3343 4126 2740 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 6 8 6 Land in orchards (acres) (D) (D) (D) (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.