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 
Bedford 
Bland 
Botetourt 
Brunswick 
Buchanan 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland 
....farms, 2012 
166 
28 
71 
92 
3 
2007 
146 
39 
66 
108 
10 
acres, 2012 
3,940 
439 
2,192 
4,669 
(D) 
2007 
3,292 
873 
2,254 
3,787 
350 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed 
....farms, 2012 
125 
23 
61 
72 
1 
2007 
102 
30 
51 
80 
8 
acres, 2012 
3,110 
363 
1,738 
3,188 
(D) 
2007 
2,113 
786 
1,706 
2,909 
(D) 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
....farms, 2012 
40 
6 
5 
11 
2007 
44 
9 
11 
23 
2 
acres, 2012 
554 
(D) 
67 
326 
- 
2007 
777 
(D) 
(D) 
583 
(D) 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow 
....farms, 2012 
19 
2 
9 
13 
2 
2007 
26 
2 
6 
10 
- 
acres, 2012 
276 
(D) 
387 
1,155 
(D) 
2007 
402 
(D) 
(D) 
295 
Total woodland 
....farms, 2012 
1,036 
283 
401 
227 
83 
2007 
948 
272 
407 
276 
77 
acres, 2012 
62,830 
29,765 
28,702 
50,705 
5,935 
2007 
57,826 
30,891 
27,907 
43,358 
4,808 
Woodland pastured 
....farms, 2012 
542 
125 
177 
65 
59 
2007 
561 
125 
186 
102 
38 
acres, 2012 
18,915 
4,440 
5,776 
2,473 
1,592 
2007 
20,937 
4,255 
6,766 
4,921 
1,500 
Woodland not pastured 
....farms, 2012 
740 
212 
313 
196 
54 
2007 
619 
209 
303 
228 
54 
acres, 2012 
43,915 
25,325 
22,926 
48,232 
4,343 
2007 
36,889 
26,636 
21,141 
38,437 
3,308 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) 
....farms, 2012 
1,081 
301 
443 
159 
83 
2007 
1,019 
308 
495 
185 
78 
acres, 2012 
76,113 
30,437 
31,556 
10,515 
2,454 
2007 
78,787 
27,467 
29,454 
1 1 ,632 
2,391 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
....farms, 2012 
895 
228 
400 
205 
61 
2007 
656 
136 
338 
207 
37 
acres, 2012 
8,469 
3,164 
2,868 
3,420 
330 
2007 
6,706 
2,845 
2,890 
4,890 
109 
Pastureland, all types 
....farms, 2012 
1,133 
316 
480 
167 
85 
2007 
1,213 
349 
566 
235 
86 
acres, 2012 
97,373 
36,377 
39,323 
13,220 
4,046 
2007 
113,428 
37,428 
40,623 
21,384 
4,691 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
73 
12 
27 
57 
- 
2007 
38 
12 
19 
87 
- 
acres, 2012 
1,035 
122 
310 
1,875 
- 
2007 
778 
231 
1,229 
2,935 
- 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs 
....farms, 2012 
36 
2 
26 
43 
- 
2007 
39 
2 
8 
43 
- 
acres, 2012 
7,490 
(D) 
5,169 
13,478 
- 
2007 
4,282 
(D) 
2,956 
8,834 
- 
-continued 
380 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
