1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 WETZEL COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 199 203 269 Land in farms (acres) 37130 36217 45877 Average size of farm (acres) 187 178 171 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 93315 66621 74465 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 467 385 505 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 15039 11432 9695 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 3 6 3 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 17 17 25 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 110 110 151 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 60 61 80 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 7 7 8 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 2 2 2 Total cropland (farms) 186 189 255 Total cropland (acres) 11882 11344 15117 Harvested cropland (farms) 171 171 239 Harvested cropland (acres) 4093 4105 5375 Irrigated land (farms) 6 1 0 Irrigated land (acres) (D) (D) 0 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 829 564 660 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 4165 2776 2453 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 337 78 97 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 492 486 562 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 120 138 185 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 41 33 47 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 23 20 30 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 10 11 5 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 3 1 2 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 2 0 0 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 0 0 0 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 696 611 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 3500 3011 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 199 203 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 267 -239 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 1342 -1180 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 62 61 75 Operators by principal occupation-Other 137 142 194 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 119 139 181 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 90 101 138 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 134 140 210 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 2069 2045 2998 Beef cows (farms) 118 118 172 Beef cows (number) 1159 1075 1310 Milk cows (farms) 8 25 48 Milk cows (number) 66 162 239 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 117 122 168 Cattle and calves sold (number) 1034 1034 1474 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 13 18 44 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 WETZEL COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 134 199 190 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 8 9 25 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 367 280 384 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 15 22 19 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 325 644 536 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 26 35 68 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) 763 927 1472 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 3 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 98 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 15 22 38 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 100 117 218 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 6115 8845 12435 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 3 7 10 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 18 64 94 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 165 455 813 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) 2 2 0 Oats for grain (acres) (D) (D) 0 Oats for grain (bushels) (D) (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) 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 WETZEL 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) 161 163 226 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 3967 3896 5055 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 4388 4821 5152 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 4 5 11 Land in orchards (acres) 33 24 25 (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.