Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Amherst 
Appomattox 
Arlington 
Augusta 
Bath 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland 
...farms, 2012 
26 
83 
1 
173 
20 
2007 
44 
55 
1 
138 
18 
acres, 2012 
789 
3,583 
(D) 
3,488 
1,436 
2007 
1,094 
1,926 
(D) 
2,375 
1,581 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed 
...farms, 2012 
24 
67 
1 
138 
20 
2007 
31 
42 
1 
87 
17 
acres, 2012 
740 
3,221 
(D) 
2,542 
1,436 
2007 
738 
1,657 
(D) 
1,240 
(D) 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
...farms, 2012 
7 
16 
20 
2007 
11 
12 
- 
40 
4 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
246 
- 
485 
- 
2007 
327 
141 
- 
565 
(D) 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow 
...farms, 2012 
3 
8 
- 
28 
- 
2007 
5 
4 
- 
18 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
116 
- 
461 
- 
2007 
29 
128 
- 
570 
- 
Total woodland 
...farms, 2012 
350 
322 
_ 
868 
80 
2007 
321 
233 
- 
927 
67 
acres, 2012 
45,499 
32,718 
- 
40,509 
15,565 
2007 
39,006 
26,389 
- 
45,306 
13,095 
Woodland pastured 
...farms, 2012 
215 
139 
_ 
425 
30 
2007 
201 
131 
- 
484 
17 
acres, 2012 
11,523 
4,561 
- 
12,657 
2,588 
2007 
11,346 
7,801 
- 
14,820 
860 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms, 2012 
225 
270 
- 
611 
74 
2007 
207 
175 
- 
632 
63 
acres, 2012 
33,976 
28,157 
- 
27,852 
12,977 
2007 
27,660 
18,588 
- 
30,486 
12,235 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) 
...farms, 2012 
361 
278 
- 
1,356 
84 
2007 
327 
218 
- 
1,358 
67 
acres, 2012 
29,431 
30,587 
- 
118,047 
12,770 
2007 
25,092 
19,923 
- 
123,525 
10,935 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
...farms, 2012 
263 
277 
5 
1,145 
67 
2007 
187 
157 
4 
843 
73 
acres, 2012 
4,677 
4,340 
(D) 
12,023 
2,949 
2007 
3,322 
2,631 
4 
9,553 
2,564 
Pastureland, all types 
...farms, 2012 
373 
298 
- 
1,399 
91 
2007 
374 
258 
2 
1,537 
82 
acres, 2012 
43,393 
37,083 
- 
134,440 
16,132 
2007 
40,899 
32,539 
(D) 
152,583 
14,258 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
17 
26 
- 
164 
8 
2007 
16 
29 
- 
123 
6 
acres, 2012 
184 
609 
- 
3,081 
171 
2007 
200 
408 
- 
2,319 
185 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs 
...farms, 2012 
7 
14 
- 
80 
5 
2007 
6 
15 
- 
80 
6 
acres, 2012 
886 
2,899 
- 
14,361 
(D) 
2007 
379 
2,159 
- 
12,614 
1,090 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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