Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Tyler 
Upshur 
Wayne 
Webster 
Wetzel 
Wirt 
Wood 
Wyoming 
Farms 
number 
286 
456 
197 
249 
217 
816 
27 
Land in farms 
acres 
48,206 
68,451 
30,220 
38,103 
38,011 
87,848 
2,969 
Average size of farm 
acres 
169 
150 
153 
113 
153 
175 
108 
110 
Median size of farm 
acres 
107 
84 
100 
75 
115 
125 
79 
59 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
309,411 
348,269 
288,347 
248,504 
279,363 
287,651 
251,166 
227,897 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,836 
2,320 
1,880 
2,194 
1,826 
1,642 
2,333 
2,072 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
11,736 
21,056 
7,112 
1,756 
8,682 
9,128 
27,937 
1,145 
Average per farm 
dollars 
41,034 
46,176 
36,102 
25,084 
35,008 
42,066 
34,236 
42,419 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
24 
10 
6 
6 
2 
33 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
48 
103 
33 
14 
28 
40 
214 
5 
50 to 179 acres 
138 
233 
110 
33 
144 
108 
452 
14 
180 to 499 acres 
79 
74 
35 
17 
66 
54 
106 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
13 
13 
7 
- 
4 
9 
7 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
9 
2 
- 
1 
4 
4 
" 
Total cropland 
farms 
253 
383 
144 
51 
223 
190 
684 
24 
acres 
11,506 
14,965 
3,723 
1,755 
7,632 
7,701 
21,823 
515 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
234 
368 
126 
44 
211 
185 
659 
24 
acres 
9,203 
14,010 
2,581 
(D) 
5,655 
6,456 
19,059 
458 
Irrigated land 
farms 
6 
11 
7 
5 
2 
2 
9 
1 
acres 
8 
16 
13 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
2,239 
6,806 
1,021 
332 
1,177 
2,232 
6,117 
69 
Average per farm 
dollars 
7,829 
14,926 
5,180 
4,738 
4,727 
10,284 
7,497 
2,557 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
786 
1,277 
416 
208 
517 
643 
1,892 
11 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
1,453 
5,530 
604 
124 
660 
1,589 
4,225 
58 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
106 
215 
110 
36 
122 
95 
395 
22 
$2,500 to $4,999 
61 
59 
31 
15 
65 
40 
187 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
44 
70 
32 
8 
45 
38 
120 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
59 
65 
18 
10 
15 
27 
90 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
26 
4 
1 
- 
8 
13 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2 
9 
- 
- 
1 
6 
9 
- 
$100,000 or more 
1 
12 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
20 
18 
8 
2 
11 
19 
28 
- 
$1,000 
34 
48 
24 
(D) 
45 
55 
102 
- 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
48 
168 
23 
19 
31 
33 
127 
- 
$1,000 
240 
297 
181 
16 
183 
84 
376 
- 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
2,971 
6,649 
1,762 
384 
1,782 
2,435 
7,556 
200 
Average per farm 
dollars 
10,388 
14,581 
8,945 
5,489 
7,158 
11,221 
9,259 
7,395 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
286 
456 
197 
70 
249 
217 
816 
27 
$1,000 
-459 
503 
-537 
-35 
-378 
-65 
-960 
-131 
Average per farm 
dollars 
-1,603 
1,103 
-2,728 
-499 
-1,520 
-298 
-1,176 
-4,839 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
126 
193 
77 
31 
111 
81 
278 
9 
Other 
number 
160 
263 
120 
39 
138 
136 
538 
18 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
185 
272 
101 
38 
147 
124 
515 
12 
200 days or more 
number 
134 
173 
79 
21 
92 
84 
266 
3 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
187 
242 
102 
34 
118 
126 
406 
12 
number 
3,698 
9,665 
1,906 
434 
1,194 
3,426 
7,112 
209 
Beef cows 
farms 
168 
194 
84 
31 
107 
113 
364 
12 
number 
(D) 
4,090 
833 
280 
803 
2,017 
3,853 
154 
Milk cows 
farms 
2 
11 
7 
3 
5 
8 
16 
- 
number 
(D) 
16 
20 
3 
19 
70 
165 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
148 
209 
67 
23 
101 
98 
337 
8 
number 
1,962 
5,461 
636 
172 
629 
1,660 
4,614 
85 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
5 
11 
10 
3 
7 
7 
20 
- 
number 
(D) 
29 
51 
13 
25 
17 
157 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6 
15 
6 
4 
11 
4 
10 
- 
number 
26 
135 
40 
17 
154 
11 
190 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
7 
16 
8 
4 
10 
4 
11 
- 
number 
360 
245 
227 
35 
243 
71 
243 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
34 
77 
26 
12 
49 
37 
111 
5 
number 
639 
1,339 
413 
201 
807 
875 
1,919 
65 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
7 
9 
9 
- 
6 
8 
22 
- 
acres 
36 
25 
139 
- 
22 
30 
444 
- 
bushels 
3,245 
4,380 
10,725 
- 
970 
1,257 
46,314 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
14 
1 
- 
- 
2 
9 
- 
acres 
- 
371 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
163 
- 
tons 
- 
6,510 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,586 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
230 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
