Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning o( abbrevtalions and symbols, see inlroductory text) 



Charactenstics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for — 



10 percent of sales 



25 percent of sates 



50 percent of sales 



75 percent of sales 



Farms number. 



percent. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings' farms. 



$1,000 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all macfiinery and equipment- $1,000. 



percent. 



Land in farms according to use; 



Total cropland acres. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per mrm dollars. 



Grains farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms. 



$1,000. 

 Tobacco farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms. 



$1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet com, and melon farms. 



$1,000. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms. 



$1,000. 

 Nursery and greenfiouse crops farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other crops ,__ farms. 



$1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Dairy products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cattle and calves farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hogs and pigs farms. 



$t,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms. 



$1,000 

 Agncultural chemicals farms. 



$1,000 



Petroleum products farms, 



$1,000. 

 Electhcfty farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000 

 Interest farms. 



$1,000 



Payments from government programs farms. 



$1,000 



Inventory of selected livestock; 



Cattle and calves _ farms. 



number. 



Milk cows __ farms, 



number 



Hogs and pigs farms, 



number. 



44 799 



1000 



676 336 



44 795 



10 409 201 



232 374 



1 198 



9 700 



112 466 



6 641 



21 059 



1 203 

 34 Oil 



1 082 



37 753 



736 



72 233 



1 554 

 75 670 



1 937 

 398 843 



2 112 

 270 528 



28 222 

 342 111 



3 016 

 63 785 



2 153 

 17 292 



2 558 

 30 832 



14 017 

 169 333 



25 620 

 360 422 



32 186 



92 982 



23 489 

 51 382 



42 385 

 64 261 



24 901 

 22 321 

 19 433 



145 364 

 16 483 

 83 237 



28 325 



1 510 920 



3 372 



157 128 



3 711 



345 058 



132 014 



39 



32 534 



38 



39 647 



34 



2 309 



36 



2 546 



55 



360 



.8 



311 265 



360 



478 799 



1 329 997 



1 538 



282 



62 867 



306 



133 541 



225 



7 886 



261 



1 460 

 1 536 444 

 1 052 359 



1 349 



8 164 



225 



2 157 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



VIRGINIA 39 



