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 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. 



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 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms, 



acres, 



Partnership farms, 



acres. 



acres. 



Other than family held farms, 



acres. 



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 

 Agncultural 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. 

 Cuslomwork, 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. 



3 528 



287 



1 901 

 273 



3 231 



285 



3 423 



304 



2 223 

 278 

 442 

 204 



2 765 



34 



302 



287 



1 873 



1 197 

 35 

 835 



412 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



