1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 RALEIGH COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 237 260 280 Land in farms (acres) 32633 29069 28409 Average size of farm (acres) 138 112 101 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 146794 81431 97614 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 1092 716 1172 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 14574 11709 11093 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 9 14 12 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 70 81 87 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 104 114 135 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 45 45 42 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 4 6 4 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 5 0 0 Total cropland (farms) 228 241 267 Total cropland (acres) 12518 12280 11760 Harvested cropland (farms) 213 225 243 Harvested cropland (acres) 5377 5383 4955 Irrigated land (farms) 4 2 3 Irrigated land (acres) 13 (D) 8 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 1704 1781 1194 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 7190 6849 4265 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 474 588 353 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 1231 1192 841 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 103 154 190 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 60 48 48 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 43 28 26 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 21 17 13 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 5 8 0 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 2 2 1 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 3 3 1 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 1638 1485 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 6912 5713 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 237 260 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) (D) 90 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) (D) 345 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 102 98 80 Operators by principal occupation-Other 135 162 200 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 115 134 170 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 84 99 131 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 183 212 231 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 5073 4179 4022 Beef cows (farms) 157 178 199 Beef cows (number) 2652 2218 2021 Milk cows (farms) 9 18 34 Milk cows (number) 88 85 152 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 171 178 200 Cattle and calves sold (number) 2924 2824 2060 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 6 18 19 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 RALEIGH COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 188 580 221 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 4 10 14 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 330 582 518 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 7 8 12 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 188 285 596 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 18 24 47 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 306 385 1186 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 1 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 8 11 43 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 85 43 208 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 9029 4343 16797 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 10 15 10 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 120 153 105 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 1226 2638 2377 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (acres) 0 0 0 Wheat for grain (bushels) 0 0 0 Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 5 4 5 Oats for grain (acres) 33 9 27 Oats for grain (bushels) 2610 197 550 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 3 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 RALEIGH 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) 201 217 230 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 5161 5248 (D) Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 8912 7491 6487 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 8 7 9 Land in orchards (acres) 12 26 13 (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.