1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 RITCHIE COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 308 325 362 Land in farms (acres) 70960 76508 81131 Average size of farm (acres) 230 235 224 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 118281 111754 94782 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 486 456 464 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 15315 14245 14989 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 6 7 2 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 25 24 33 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 137 145 174 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 118 116 124 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 15 29 24 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 7 4 5 Total cropland (farms) 294 309 349 Total cropland (acres) 30023 29658 29347 Harvested cropland (farms) 261 280 323 Harvested cropland (acres) 10085 10067 9186 Irrigated land (farms) 4 4 0 Irrigated land (acres) 9 (D) 0 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 3786 2370 1965 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 12292 7291 5428 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 319 176 117 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 3467 2193 1848 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 135 171 203 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 67 64 83 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 53 45 50 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 36 33 21 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 9 7 4 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 4 3 0 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 4 2 1 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 3032 2194 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 9844 6752 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 308 325 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 402 148 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 1304 454 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 133 128 120 Operators by principal occupation-Other 175 197 242 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 176 204 241 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 115 139 168 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 229 233 308 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 8505 6065 7192 Beef cows (farms) 206 202 272 Beef cows (number) 3712 3005 3393 Milk cows (farms) 13 30 50 Milk cows (number) 22 59 107 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 224 233 286 Cattle and calves sold (number) 7132 5804 5351 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 11 24 25 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 RITCHIE COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 116 169 188 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 7 10 10 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 69 250 197 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 9 18 23 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 264 468 570 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 34 41 66 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 670 973 1840 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 1 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 (D) (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 6 14 29 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 23 131 216 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 1647 6645 13617 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 9 7 8 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 207 141 134 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 2811 1370 1736 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) 0 1 0 Oats for grain (acres) 0 (D) 0 Oats for grain (bushels) 0 (D) 0 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 1 0 0 Tobacco (acres) (D) 0 0 Tobacco (pounds) (D) 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 RITCHIE 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) 253 271 313 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 9874 9805 8888 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 13290 9757 12993 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 5 7 14 Land in orchards (acres) 11 26 33 (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.