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



[Data for 1967 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 --- 19B7. 



1982, 



1 967 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 (amfi 



Not reported 



1 967 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) . 



Partnership farms, 



Other than family held farms, 



1987.. 

 1962. 

 1987.. 

 1962. 

 1967.. 

 1962.. 

 1987-. 

 1982- 



1987. 



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- 



Agncullural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000- 



Petroleum products farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Electncity _- 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 



824 

 119 545 

 123 757 



731 

 8 502 



422 

 2 237 



1 012 

 1 849 

 1 060 

 12 547 



236 



277 



69 734 



80 953 



1 816 



216 



1 030 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 411 



