Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mathews 
Mecklenburg 
Middlesex 
Montgomery 
Nelson 
New Kent 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
34 
363 
46 
423 
325 
65 
acres 
2,969 
40,376 
13,191 
26,861 
19,542 
9,731 
Irrigated 
farms 
8 
64 
8 
24 
36 
3 
acres 
17 
2,751 
478 
349 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
” 
“ 
" 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5 
8 
16 
11 
11 
10 
acres 
776 
535 
4,532 
1,123 
(D) 
2,679 
bushels 
87,060 
16,750 
550,183 
130,879 
(D) 
359,783 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
3 
- 
4 
10 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
4 
5 
3 
- 
1 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
4 
3 
- 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
1 
3 
1 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
3 
3 
27 
4 
- 
acres 
- 
170 
105 
2,542 
80 
- 
tons 
- 
560 
1,725 
42,683 
1,600 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
1 
9 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
2 
2 
8 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
14 
297 
26 
385 
257 
39 
acres 
385 
17,828 
1,300 
21,405 
16,126 
1,498 
tons, dry equivalent 
522 
35,100 
3,092 
49,794 
29,003 
1,580 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
93 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
97 
9 
170 
88 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
7 
141 
12 
155 
125 
18 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
48 
5 
51 
31 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
9 
- 
6 
13 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
8 
3 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
104 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
91 
bushels 
- 
5,060 
10,450 
(D) 
- 
6,365 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
7 
1 
1 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
63 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
3,825 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Virginia 547 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
