1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 MONROE COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 606 610 720 Land in farms (acres) 148842 143762 153723 Average size of farm (acres) 246 236 214 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 191100 147363 150574 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 798 578 664 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 26580 23918 18734 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 22 14 22 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 77 96 84 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 265 263 354 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 170 168 201 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 61 60 46 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 11 9 13 Total cropland (farms) 555 574 673 Total cropland (acres) 58872 49738 52594 Harvested cropland (farms) 506 537 632 Harvested cropland (acres) 28761 26425 25869 Irrigated land (farms) 6 4 5 Irrigated land (acres) 81 198 44 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 16104 12377 12201 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 26574 20290 16946 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 2368 1054 1767 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 13736 11323 10434 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 153 186 254 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 107 134 151 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 109 90 136 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 127 106 88 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 39 37 38 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 39 31 30 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 32 26 22 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 12759 10112 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 21019 16604 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 607 609 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 2563 2357 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 4222 3871 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 268 282 308 Operators by principal occupation-Other 338 328 412 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 336 348 442 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 252 255 273 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 497 486 643 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 29073 24569 29663 Beef cows (farms) 385 386 499 Beef cows (number) 12055 10009 11213 Milk cows (farms) 51 70 132 Milk cows (number) 1770 1950 2512 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 503 495 615 Cattle and calves sold (number) 19699 16535 18699 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 48 64 102 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 MONROE COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 829 767 1067 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 29 49 68 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 1125 950 1078 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 55 66 109 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 2858 4348 5338 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 32 61 123 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 547 2430 3267 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 87 114 217 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 5731 6094 6250 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 508057 309247 656622 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 113 135 153 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 3080 3195 3175 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 42317 36725 54370 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 26 27 39 Wheat for grain (acres) (D) 270 250 Wheat for grain (bushels) (D) 10711 6731 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 44 47 70 Oats for grain (acres) 368 333 482 Oats for grain (bushels) 17248 11364 25305 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 33 30 42 Tobacco (acres) 72 25 60 Tobacco (pounds) 133684 45935 114706 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 MONROE 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) 486 511 587 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 17547 16858 16145 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 32410 28009 27937 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 4 6 13 Land in orchards (acres) (D) (D) 110 (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.