1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 PRESTON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 799 714 739 Land in farms (acres) 138688 135149 133679 Average size of farm (acres) 174 189 181 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 118179 116178 148349 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 656 614 917 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 19139 21545 20630 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 20 14 16 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 125 103 111 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 397 348 362 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 213 203 207 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 41 41 39 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 3 5 4 Total cropland (farms) 764 689 714 Total cropland (acres) 59351 55979 52305 Harvested cropland (farms) 720 637 682 Harvested cropland (acres) 32582 29644 30747 Irrigated land (farms) 4 8 3 Irrigated land (acres) (D) 174 (D) Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 10061 10281 9293 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 12592 14399 12575 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 1577 858 872 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 8484 9422 8421 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 313 281 352 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 156 142 146 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 144 123 93 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 110 82 74 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 36 39 21 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 18 20 32 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 22 27 18 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 8748 8702 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 10963 12170 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 798 715 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) 2306 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) 3225 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 349 320 297 Operators by principal occupation-Other 450 394 442 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 470 418 476 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 355 318 322 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 614 594 664 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 20466 19923 21344 Beef cows (farms) 518 455 528 Beef cows (number) 8371 6967 7846 Milk cows (farms) 79 121 188 Milk cows (number) 1951 2905 3399 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 567 564 602 Cattle and calves sold (number) 10337 11999 9087 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 51 57 74 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 PRESTON COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 1176 1269 1261 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 42 54 61 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 1862 2063 3280 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 49 65 50 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 2231 2862 2405 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 53 74 116 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 2165 19705 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 3 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 145 Corn for grain or seed (farms) 119 158 227 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 2030 2212 3621 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 204431 193433 301753 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 87 119 138 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 2167 2515 2841 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 36249 38773 45933 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 8 12 10 Wheat for grain (acres) 93 129 84 Wheat for grain (bushels) 5170 6158 2755 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 80 112 152 Oats for grain (acres) 737 1155 1767 Oats for grain (bushels) 46494 66756 97429 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 PRESTON 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) 697 625 654 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 28503 24171 23425 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 50804 46045 42125 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 14 10 22 Land in orchards (acres) 37 15 54 (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.