1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MARION COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 331 362 415 Land in farms (acres) 40837 41548 46779 Average size of farm (acres) 123 115 113 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 115363 78456 82790 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 921 651 895 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 13029 14201 11026 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 16 13 15 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 63 73 99 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 196 209 230 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 50 63 62 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 4 4 9 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 2 0 0 Total cropland (farms) 309 343 384 Total cropland (acres) 21466 18755 20518 Harvested cropland (farms) 279 320 348 Harvested cropland (acres) 7722 7810 8054 Irrigated land (farms) 8 7 4 Irrigated land (acres) 27 24 13 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 1478 1846 1319 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 4464 5101 3179 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 427 541 274 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 1051 1305 1046 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 175 232 273 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 78 75 79 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 50 36 46 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 23 14 13 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 1 2 2 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 3 0 0 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 1 3 2 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 1232 2088 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 3733 5767 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 330 362 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 211 156 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 641 430 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 123 108 99 Operators by principal occupation-Other 208 254 316 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 186 218 290 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 149 163 230 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 251 286 353 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 4672 4475 6051 Beef cows (farms) 229 258 322 Beef cows (number) 2502 2422 3049 Milk cows (farms) 14 26 42 Milk cows (number) 31 44 78 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 218 247 288 Cattle and calves sold (number) 2238 3086 3268 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 11 11 24 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MARION COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 173 227 312 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 8 7 8 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 529 (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 12 12 17 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 337 494 715 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 24 40 64 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 498 1101 1996 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 7 8 22 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 80 143 93 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 9435 11665 7219 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 0 1 6 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 0 (D) (D) Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 0 (D) (D) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 1 0 1 Wheat for grain (acres) (D) 0 (D) Wheat for grain (bushels) (D) 0 (D) 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 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 MARION 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) 271 311 334 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 7650 7575 7718 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 10057 9441 10207 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 8 7 10 Land in orchards (acres) 16 22 27 (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.