Table 39. Commodities Raised and Delivered Under Production Contracts: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
BROILERS AND OTHER MEAT-TYPE CHICKENS 
TURKEYS 
State Total 
State Total 
West Virginia 
149 
93,724,823 
West Virginia 
54 
4,563,479 
Counties 
Counties 
Grant 
30 
16,482,376 
Greenbrier 
3 
(D) 
Hampshire 
11 
8,764,000 
Hardy 
15 
1,709,057 
Hardy 
65 
40,976,158 
Monroe 
2 
(D) 
Mineral 
11 
7,167,987 
Pendleton 
34 
2,618,422 
Pendleton 
32 
20,334,302 
CUSTOM FED CATTLE SHIPPED DIRECTLY 
EGGS, CHICKEN (DOZENS) 
FOR SLAUGHTER (SEE TEXT) 
State Total 
State Total 
West Virginia 
80 
19,651,587 
West Virginia 
2 
(D) 
Counties 
Counties 
Grant 
17 
4,307,581 
Preston 
2 
(D) 
Hampshire 
10 
1,868,436 
Hardy 
33 
8,611,194 
REPLACEMENT DAIRY HEIFERS 
Mineral 
6 
(D) 
Monroe 
2 
(D) 
State Total 
Pendleton 
12 
3,539,576 
West Virginia 
2 
(D) 
LAYERS 
Counties 
State Total 
Brooke 
1 
(D) 
West Virginia 
80 
1,082,341 
Jefferson 
1 
(D) 
Counties 
OTHER CATTLE, SHEEP, LIVESTOCK, OR 
POULTRY (SEE TEXT) 
Grant 
17 
238,252 
Hampshire 
10 
102,250 
State Total 
Hardy 
33 
486,007 
Mineral 
6 
(D) 
West Virginia 
24 
(X) 
Monroe 
2 
(D) 
Pendleton 
12 
188,770 
Counties 
PULLETS FOR LAYING FLOCK REPLACEMENT 
Barbour 
1 
(X) 
Braxton 
1 
(X) 
State Total 
Greenbrier 
8 
(X) 
Hardy 
1 
(X) 
West Virginia 
30 
1,489,639 
Lewis 
1 
(X) 
Monroe 
1 
(X) 
Counties 
Ohio 
6 
(X) 
Pendleton 
1 
(X) 
Berkeley 
1 
(D) 
Randolph 
3 
(X) 
Grant 
3 
158,000 
Tucker 
1 
(X) 
Hampshire 
3 
113,000 
Hardy 
18 
976,277 
Mineral 
3 
98,600 
Pendleton 
2 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
West Virginia 421 
