Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
409 
363 
32 
26 
number 
1,096,451 
791,141 
157,334 
149,559 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
58 
50 
5 
3 
number 
1,490,895 
1,267,918 
222,677 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold farms 
273 
231 
21 
19 
number 
93,749,081 
74,493,590 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
123 
110 
10 
9 
2,000 to 59,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
148 
120 
11 
10 
Turkeys inventory (see text) farms 
253 
227 
14 
11 
number 
1,817,308 
1,171,958 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) farms 
115 
97 
11 
10 
number 
4,889,115 
3,222,217 
970,784 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain farms 
52 
44 
4 
4 
acres 
1,480 
903 
278 
278 
bushels 
92,203 
58,214 
13,108 
13,108 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
34 
34 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
9 
2 
2 
100 to 249 acres 
4 
1 
2 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
702 
590 
61 
48 
acres 
35,268 
18,745 
6,791 
5,894 
bushels 
4,554,125 
2,356,817 
910,638 
800,380 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
482 
445 
21 
15 
25 to 99 acres 
141 
101 
23 
19 
100 to 249 acres 
44 
28 
8 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
23 
13 
7 
6 
500 acres or more 
12 
3 
2 
2 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
447 
347 
67 
49 
acres 
15,341 
9,894 
3,350 
2,620 
tons 
248,685 
157,219 
56,443 
46,193 
Irrigated farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
256 
219 
23 
18 
25 to 99 acres 
162 
113 
36 
25 
1 00 to 249 acres 
24 
15 
5 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
3 
3 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
77 
69 
4 
3 
acres 
642 
507 
76 
(D) 
bushels 
32,369 
25,579 
3,855 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
71 
66 
2 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
3 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain farms 
17 
7 
9 
3 
acres 
434 
(D) 
195 
165 
bushels 
26,072 
(D) 
11,535 
10,935 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
4 
6 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
7 
3 
3 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
141 
101 
19 
16 
acres 
20,425 
(D) 
4,331 
3,350 
bushels 
1,002,947 
(D) 
219,491 
175,991 
Irrigated farms 
3 
2 
2 
acres 
114 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
24 
23 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
61 
48 
4 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
35 
18 
8 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
9 
5 
5 
500 acres or more 
6 
3 
2 
1 
Tobacco farms 
13 
13 
- 
- 
acres 
60 
60 
- 
- 
pounds 
112,308 
112,308 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
