1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 NICHOLAS COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 282 291 328 Land in farms (acres) 33085 33814 40016 Average size of farm (acres) 117 116 122 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 129806 84654 96555 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 1260 768 775 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 17120 20298 13596 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 10 12 9 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 66 70 76 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 153 153 185 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 50 52 52 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 3 4 4 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 0 0 2 Total cropland (farms) 272 278 312 Total cropland (acres) 15267 14143 16794 Harvested cropland (farms) 254 256 282 Harvested cropland (acres) 6359 6702 6998 Irrigated land (farms) 7 1 0 Irrigated land (acres) 44 (D) 0 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 2303 1904 1807 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 8166 6542 5510 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 299 146 156 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 2004 1758 1651 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 133 150 194 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 49 62 66 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 47 50 34 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 32 18 26 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 17 9 5 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 3 0 1 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 1 2 2 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 1562 1736 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 5520 5947 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 283 292 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 765 187 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 2703 639 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 117 103 108 Operators by principal occupation-Other 165 188 220 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 144 170 209 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 108 125 161 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 216 228 282 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 5867 5910 6349 Beef cows (farms) 189 186 247 Beef cows (number) (D) 2892 2953 Milk cows (farms) 10 17 41 Milk cows (number) (D) 174 378 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 210 218 244 Cattle and calves sold (number) 3660 3351 3318 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 12 12 30 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 NICHOLAS COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 281 122 170 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 8 10 16 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 434 410 304 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 9 13 18 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 357 474 454 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 25 37 65 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 5762 6358 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 0 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 0 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 13 25 49 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 45 123 213 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 3465 8966 18049 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 14 15 19 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 227 231 330 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 3174 2977 5003 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 1 1 5 Wheat for grain (acres) (D) (D) 29 Wheat for grain (bushels) (D) (D) 558 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 1 4 13 Oats for grain (acres) (D) 18 85 Oats for grain (bushels) (D) 847 3700 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 NICHOLAS 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) 235 252 275 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 6067 6345 6464 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 9138 9926 10337 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 19 14 13 Land in orchards (acres) 82 31 31 (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.