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



[Data for 1 987 include abnormal farms- For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days of work off farm— Con. 

 Any — Con. 



150 to 199 days 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



1 987 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 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorstiip) . 



Partnership farms. 



Other than family held _-_ farms, 



1987., 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 



1982. 

 1987_, 

 1982., 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982., 



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.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1.000_. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000_. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Hired farm labor 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. 



213 



242 



70 309 



588 



435 

 303 

 483 

 1 440 

 447 

 516 



483 



1 653 



436 



335 



279 

 1 036 

 217 

 821 

 462 

 340 

 490 

 1 118 



406 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



