1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MONONGALIA COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 404 390 356 Land in farms (acres) 54622 52964 46762 Average size of farm (acres) 135 136 131 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 138671 130487 110017 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 988 914 859 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 22114 15990 16675 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 12 11 7 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 84 73 79 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 213 217 191 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 83 76 72 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 12 13 7 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 0 0 0 Total cropland (farms) 384 376 345 Total cropland (acres) 27831 25239 23471 Harvested cropland (farms) 363 353 321 Harvested cropland (acres) 11329 10877 9045 Irrigated land (farms) 12 12 3 Irrigated land (acres) 39 52 6 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 2556 2168 1642 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 6328 5558 4612 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 554 385 261 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 2002 1783 1381 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 179 189 201 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 110 100 79 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 62 58 49 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 36 30 17 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 12 8 5 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 3 4 3 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 2 1 0 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 2650 2588 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 6576 6636 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 403 390 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) -608 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) -1558 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 133 125 88 Operators by principal occupation-Other 271 265 268 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 265 257 269 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 208 211 218 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 307 311 300 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 7063 6809 6917 Beef cows (farms) 279 268 268 Beef cows (number) 3876 3698 3411 Milk cows (farms) 8 24 34 Milk cows (number) 228 272 320 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 275 280 275 Cattle and calves sold (number) 3470 3601 3472 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 15 22 29 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MONONGALIA COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 208 237 309 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 7 12 13 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 114 367 296 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 32 27 40 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 1427 1230 1383 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 21 45 62 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 4339 1543 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 1 1 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) (D) (D) (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 20 29 49 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 145 155 400 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 11530 13945 43127 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 9 10 16 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 168 173 316 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 3214 2434 4477 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) 7 7 12 Oats for grain (acres) 80 31 80 Oats for grain (bushels) 4333 1442 3055 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 1 1 0 Tobacco (acres) (D) (D) 0 Tobacco (pounds) (D) (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 MONONGALIA 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) 351 335 310 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 11094 10615 8115 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 17329 17910 13526 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 10 17 12 Land in orchards (acres) 23 67 209 (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.