1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 HARDY COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 486 460 463 Land in farms (acres) 141742 147646 150930 Average size of farm (acres) 292 321 326 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 363121 239688 255976 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 1234 764 795 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 41451 31012 25230 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 44 32 27 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 82 44 61 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 174 162 151 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 109 136 145 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 46 60 50 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 31 26 29 Total cropland (farms) 404 415 413 Total cropland (acres) 45815 48960 41993 Harvested cropland (farms) 360 360 378 Harvested cropland (acres) 20900 20815 19267 Irrigated land (farms) 4 5 3 Irrigated land (acres) 8 10 8 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 67556 40270 31295 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 139004 87543 67593 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 1177 928 1268 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 66379 39342 30028 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 121 129 146 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 63 71 69 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 75 67 80 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 35 53 49 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 37 28 27 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 42 32 33 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 113 80 58 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 59864 34197 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 123177 74180 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 486 461 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 7001 5686 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 14406 12333 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 270 268 257 Operators by principal occupation-Other 216 192 206 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 238 237 242 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 159 153 150 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 329 353 371 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 23084 23264 22306 Beef cows (farms) 276 277 300 Beef cows (number) 9807 9203 9062 Milk cows (farms) 32 55 88 Milk cows (number) 625 631 843 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 322 357 359 Cattle and calves sold (number) 12277 12873 10995 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 47 80 118 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 HARDY COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 2078 3970 4675 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 41 70 111 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 3795 7639 6861 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 66 114 138 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 3639 6448 8751 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 76 49 53 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 859635 413867 186237 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 67 36 52 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 24866045 11728351 11085248 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 93 81 148 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 5108 3331 5533 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 597973 268012 571061 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 81 134 132 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 2923 4251 3199 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 46592 54571 49864 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 17 21 19 Wheat for grain (acres) 454 404 312 Wheat for grain (bushels) 19950 15368 9560 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 13 14 19 Oats for grain (acres) 105 161 122 Oats for grain (bushels) 5688 10932 5783 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 HARDY 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) 332 334 340 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 12043 12599 10102 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 25249 26077 19848 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 8 7 5 Land in orchards (acres) 14 47 (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.