1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 355 379 430 Land in farms (acres) 115487 118540 129717 Average size of farm (acres) 325 313 302 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 244453 184116 134313 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 692 606 408 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 27484 24168 16654 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 9 9 9 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 43 45 46 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 110 123 156 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 134 141 151 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 42 45 51 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 17 16 17 Total cropland (farms) 327 360 405 Total cropland (acres) 29208 28984 31691 Harvested cropland (farms) 302 334 383 Harvested cropland (acres) 13084 13497 14518 Irrigated land (farms) 3 1 2 Irrigated land (acres) 4 (D) (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 5462 4911 3345 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 15386 12957 7778 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 414 389 226 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 5048 4522 3119 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 82 110 165 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 85 74 93 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 61 88 92 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 80 71 51 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 26 16 21 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 14 14 5 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 7 6 2 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 4136 4206 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 11650 11069 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 355 380 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 1438 1368 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 4051 3600 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 170 174 199 Operators by principal occupation-Other 185 205 231 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 206 229 250 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 143 149 170 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 270 299 354 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 14383 13629 13762 Beef cows (farms) 231 261 311 Beef cows (number) 6960 7107 7525 Milk cows (farms) 22 50 93 Milk cows (number) 168 117 199 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 264 288 325 Cattle and calves sold (number) 9051 8742 7439 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 16 29 47 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 268 381 756 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 9 17 23 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 702 634 1317 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 97 141 211 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 6457 8891 14102 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 35 57 89 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 1162 1535 2565 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 2 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 (D) (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 27 41 71 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 750 772 712 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 79614 63416 67811 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 54 84 105 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 733 1179 1134 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 13172 16075 18332 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 2 4 5 Wheat for grain (acres) (D) 24 33 Wheat for grain (bushels) (D) 1175 890 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 18 30 48 Oats for grain (acres) 129 230 418 Oats for grain (bushels) 8000 14110 19719 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 2 0 1 Tobacco (acres) (D) 0 (D) Tobacco (pounds) (D) 0 (D) 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 POCAHONTAS 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) 288 326 372 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 11750 11858 12469 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 22287 21159 21028 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 7 10 12 Land in orchards (acres) 27 19 21 (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.