1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MERCER COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 495 358 397 Land in farms (acres) 56555 49353 50941 Average size of farm (acres) 114 138 128 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 105762 97768 106020 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 844 714 766 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 14672 10837 11414 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 35 10 16 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 133 73 108 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 244 198 190 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 66 62 67 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 15 13 15 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 2 2 1 Total cropland (farms) 463 339 366 Total cropland (acres) 20672 17908 19402 Harvested cropland (farms) 399 319 325 Harvested cropland (acres) 7840 6716 6177 Irrigated land (farms) 7 4 2 Irrigated land (acres) 60 (D) (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 2807 1861 1505 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 5670 5199 3790 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 589 248 146 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 2218 1613 1359 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 270 180 259 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 102 83 75 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 61 50 38 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 46 38 18 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 10 4 5 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 2 2 1 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 4 1 1 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 2144 1574 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 4322 4410 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 496 357 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 404 187 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 815 522 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 182 132 120 Operators by principal occupation-Other 313 226 277 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 264 218 258 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 209 157 198 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 362 275 332 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 7324 5923 6114 Beef cows (farms) 320 234 287 Beef cows (number) 3857 2920 3193 Milk cows (farms) 9 16 41 Milk cows (number) 18 48 108 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 325 276 296 Cattle and calves sold (number) 4547 3895 3688 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 28 18 39 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MERCER COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 425 97 250 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 17 18 15 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 448 224 216 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 22 21 28 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 542 605 685 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 34 40 79 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 548 732 (D) Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 18 23 50 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 86 157 173 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 6576 7275 13670 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 13 23 11 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 130 242 113 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 1688 2991 1279 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (acres) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (bushels) 0 0 0 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 5 5 6 Oats for grain (acres) 21 31 26 Oats for grain (bushels) 1352 1504 1710 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 8 1 0 Tobacco (acres) 3 (D) 0 Tobacco (pounds) 4408 (D) 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 MERCER 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) 367 306 303 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 7584 6291 5819 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 12305 8717 8151 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 17 13 24 Land in orchards (acres) 33 45 52 (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.