1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MINERAL COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 316 315 300 Land in farms (acres) 74760 76343 75627 Average size of farm (acres) 237 242 252 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 185525 139746 141480 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 713 655 568 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 16445 15027 19565 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 12 13 7 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 35 35 29 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 130 110 107 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 106 121 122 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 25 30 28 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 8 6 7 Total cropland (farms) 300 298 280 Total cropland (acres) 28641 25373 25772 Harvested cropland (farms) 269 276 264 Harvested cropland (acres) 12502 12122 11385 Irrigated land (farms) 7 8 2 Irrigated land (acres) 10 91 (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 3960 3542 3061 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 12532 11246 10203 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 667 452 (D) Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 3293 3090 (D) Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 147 166 160 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 62 45 51 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 54 55 39 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 25 27 22 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 7 6 13 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 9 9 9 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 12 7 5 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 3768 3360 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 11962 10667 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 315 315 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) 11 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) 35 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 117 124 125 Operators by principal occupation-Other 199 191 175 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 191 195 196 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 155 140 134 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 218 223 244 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 7089 7396 7492 Beef cows (farms) 187 183 206 Beef cows (number) 3119 2998 3263 Milk cows (farms) 14 19 34 Milk cows (number) 441 438 793 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 195 198 229 Cattle and calves sold (number) 2999 4085 3598 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 16 8 20 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MINERAL COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 126 418 763 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 11 10 14 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 413 926 996 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 36 30 38 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 1183 1075 1402 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 37 38 66 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 19592 14352 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 1 1 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) (D) (D) (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 41 35 83 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 808 492 1578 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 88353 21945 141261 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 26 37 37 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 615 887 735 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 9125 7908 13159 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 7 10 9 Wheat for grain (acres) 86 123 52 Wheat for grain (bushels) 3035 5997 1432 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 19 12 20 Oats for grain (acres) 179 78 182 Oats for grain (bushels) 8257 3220 7903 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 MINERAL 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) 252 264 250 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 10946 10554 8901 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 17758 13932 14958 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 5 10 10 Land in orchards (acres) 17 15 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.