Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982 -Con. 



[Data lor 1987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTrCS- 



Con. 



Operators by days of worlt off farm— Con, 

 Any— Con. 



150 to 199 days-.- 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987, 



1982. 



1987 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1 987 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years -- 



35 to 44 years - 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) . 



Pannersfiip farms. 



Ottier than family held farms, 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000- 



Commerciaily mixed formula feeds farms- 



$1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000. 

 Agncultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000- 



Petroleum products -- farms. 



$1,000. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Hired (arm \abOT farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Contract labor. farms- 



$1,000-. 

 Repair and maintenance -- farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment farms. 



$1,000. 



Interest farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cash rent farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Property taxes farms 



$1,000. 

 All other farm production expenses farms. 



$1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



566 



516 



153 051 



165 115 



702 

 63 278 



467 

 10 046 



639 

 23 822 



332 

 19 539 



502 

 863 

 563 



3 031 

 542 



1 204 



1 951 



610 



1 020 



380 



653 



3 238 



1 578 



675 



1 053 



280 



208 



1 487 



402 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



