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



(Data (or 1987 include abnormal tarms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators t>y days of wor1< oft 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 - .-. 



1987 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 



Indrviduat or family (sole propnetorship) . 



Other than family held . 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses. __ farms., 



$1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry purcfiased _ _ farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry famit.. 



$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 lalMr farms., 



$1.000.. 



Contract labor farms-- 



$1.000.. 



Repair and maintenance farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Customworl(. machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms., 



$1.000.. 



Interest farms, _ 



$1.000.. 

 Cash rent farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Profjerty taxes farms,, 



$1.000,, 

 All other farm production expenses farms,, 



$1.000.. 



See footnotes at end of table 



1 265 



99 



1 113 



237 



100 



1 557 



425 



86 



1 062 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 409 



