Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Amherst 
Appomattox 
Arlington 
Augusta 
Bath 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
6 
- 
8 
- 
acres 
- 
118 
- 
71 
- 
bushels 
- 
6,350 
- 
4,814 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
6 
- 
59 
- 
acres 
- 
152 
- 
1,449 
- 
bushels 
- 
11,350 
- 
104,899 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
5 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
96 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
8,620 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
13 
2 
acres 
- 
54 
- 
268 
(D) 
tons 
- 
300 
- 
3,213 
(D) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
28 
- 
97 
2 
acres 
- 
2,345 
- 
5,923 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
81,602 
- 
349,155 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
95 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
212,910 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
268 
245 
- 
1,052 
65 
acres 
15,014 
17,791 
- 
52,910 
6,947 
tons, dry 
29,553 
35,665 
- 
132,670 
12,204 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
6 
18 
- 
51 
3 
acres 
11 
57 
- 
169 
3 
Potatoes 
farms 
5 
9 
- 
23 
1 
acres 
3 
4 
- 
18 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
25 
5 
- 
16 
4 
acres 
471 
12 
- 
110 
22 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 245 
