1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MASON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 709 709 789 Land in farms (acres) 117168 123626 135167 Average size of farm (acres) 165 174 171 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 128181 135911 131706 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 852 749 782 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 19614 20318 18688 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 56 50 40 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 125 107 146 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 312 328 366 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 176 179 184 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 31 33 42 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 9 12 11 Total cropland (farms) 670 676 756 Total cropland (acres) 48651 55084 53779 Harvested cropland (farms) 636 651 718 Harvested cropland (acres) 24434 28717 28622 Irrigated land (farms) 22 15 7 Irrigated land (acres) 220 55 9 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 14284 13457 12227 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 20146 18980 15497 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 5554 3017 3437 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 8729 10440 8791 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 268 321 332 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 156 129 163 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 111 110 138 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 87 58 79 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 30 32 22 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 26 24 21 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 31 35 33 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 10045 9957 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 14168 14063 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 709 708 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 4331 3282 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 6109 4635 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 265 291 296 Operators by principal occupation-Other 444 418 493 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 393 412 471 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 274 283 356 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 472 482 558 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 17289 17830 18772 Beef cows (farms) 386 381 456 Beef cows (number) 6497 5685 6526 Milk cows (farms) 47 69 95 Milk cows (number) 2824 3694 3817 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 419 428 488 Cattle and calves sold (number) 7211 8792 7844 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 26 49 60 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MASON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 1007 2003 1690 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 23 39 38 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 2772 4458 2867 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 11 15 12 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 933 689 303 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 29 70 110 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 423 (D) 29335 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 1 0 0 Broilers... chickens sold (number) (D) 0 0 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 110 162 201 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 4976 6914 7919 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 583689 441973 727183 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 48 70 80 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 2107 3261 2838 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 34410 35099 54379 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 27 29 35 Wheat for grain (acres) 572 785 1113 Wheat for grain (bushels) 22276 28701 39046 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 9 9 11 Oats for grain (acres) 117 90 91 Oats for grain (bushels) 6135 4560 2796 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 266 282 329 Tobacco (acres) 505 422 604 Tobacco (pounds) 825926 542824 1012831 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 MASON 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) 477 516 539 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 15114 16140 15019 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 29294 27243 27952 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 7 12 6 Land in orchards (acres) 8 22 18 (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.