Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no ad|uslment for pnce changes. For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Farms.. number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



I size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre .dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to -19 acres - 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres — - - 



500 10 999 acres — 



1.000 to 1.999 acres - 



2.000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



fvlarket value of agncultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm. ,.. dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops $1.000. 



Grains $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco — - $1,000. 



Hay, silage, and field seeds -- $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Other crops --- — $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products - $1,000. 



Dairy products $1,000. 



Cattle and calves $1,000. 



hogs and pigs $1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1,000. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) $1,000. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) --_ 



Partnership - - 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other - - - 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more --_ 



Average age of operator .years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses^ 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ - - - $1,000. 



Agncultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products --- -- - $1,000. 



Hired farm labor... - $1,000. 



Interest expense^ $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves.. farms. 



number. 



Milk cows — - farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs - — farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older _._ --- farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain - -- farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans - farms 



acres. 

 Peanuts for nuts farms 



Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. (see 



text) farms 



acres 

 Land in orchards — - — --- fa""s 



3 406 

 10 753 

 17 530 

 9 252 

 2 624 

 968 

 264 



37 332 



2 406 976 



3 054 



78 681 



1 588 770 

 35 464 

 465 379 



21 059 

 34 011 

 37 753 

 72 233 

 75 670 



1 123 391 

 398 843 

 270 528 

 342 111 

 63 785 

 17 292 

 30 832 



39 344 



4 004 



1 173 



278 



4 158 

 12 762 

 20 489 

 10 393 

 2 837 

 956 

 264 



44 259 



2 779 282 



1 639 



42 824 



1 606 915 

 30 986 

 629 303 

 229 742 



17 342 

 27 409 



42 391 



43 858 

 83 644 



977 612 

 293 291 

 278 293 

 277 255 



82 309 

 6 814 



39 650 



45 731 



4 765 



1 023 



340 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



'Data for 1962 do not include imputation tor item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



VIRGINIA 1 



