| Region | County/City | Highlights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Virginia | Prince William | ||
| Northern Virginia/ Northern Piedmont |
Fauquier | ||
| Northern Piedmont | Louisa | ||
| Shenandoah Valley | Rockingham | ||
| Southwest | Lee | ||
| Southside | Halifax | ||
| Tidewater: Hampton Roads |
Suffolk | ||
| Tidewater: Northern Neck |
Lancaster | ||
| Tidewater: Eastern Shore |
Accomack |
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Halifax County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
940 1042 1252 Farms (number)
227816 232852 242244 Land in farms (acres)
242 223 193 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
125 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
253465 180038 122298 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1015 827 594 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
40582 28626 24813 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
40 72 113 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
164 178 223 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
393 446 543 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
239 235 267 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
68 78 79 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
36 33 27 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
908 1016 1223 Total cropland (farms)
92098 95381 95535 Total cropland (acres)
818 937 1127 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
37960 36971 37355 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
178 146 257 Irrigated land (farms)
3990 2482 2992 Irrigated land (acres)
40179 33393 22107 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
42743 32047 17658 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
32846 28371 16995 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
7333 5021 5112 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
181 185 304 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
117 130 201 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
129 177 258 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
203 238 268 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
119 139 123 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
80 90 60 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
111 83 38 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
25915 22040 15349 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
27599 21151 12259 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
939 1042 1252 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
13306 10953 6770 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
14170 10512 5408 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm
(dollars)
505 599 737 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
435 443 515 Operators by principal occupation: Other
449 484 637 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
301 323 397 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
457 498 574 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
21566 20568 17835 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
405 460 497 Beef cows (farms)
11920 11565 10067 Beef cows (number)
20 26 46 Milk cows (farms)
529 473 656 Milk cows (number)
445 452 519 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
10776 8783 9043 Cattle and calves sold (number)
35 70 178 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
10359 3725 3616 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
17 39 94 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
41567 6312 6696 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
5 10 8 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
(D) 292 223 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
34 55 122 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
482 1153 2980 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
94 199 364 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
2414 3455 5655 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
145805 211018 222495 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
215 295 293 Wheat for grain (farms)
5849 6833 5112 Wheat for grain (acres)
245194 282117 167169 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
516 651 843 Tobacco (farms)
9034 8388 6746 Tobacco (acres)
19196993 16901418 11478971 Tobacco (pounds)
70 96 176 Soybeans for beans (farms)
2445 2554 5028 Soybeans for beans (acres)
55625 68015 78698 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
455 463 532 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
18673 15820 13621 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(acres)
30444 23771 18363 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
7 16 15 Land in orchards (farms)
16 44 34 Land in orchards (acres)
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Rockingham County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
1834 1864 1895 Farms (number)
230409 236074 242224 Land in farms (acres)
126 127 128 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
71 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
382956 356837 251385 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
3069 2738 1926 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
47140 44345 38513 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
201 224 242 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
505 513 479 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
777 758 761 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
281 289 349 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
52 61 49 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
18 19 15 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
1551 1567 1565 Total cropland (farms)
145433 148539 144578 Total cropland (acres)
1339 1349 1393 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
88370 85802 84661 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
84 63 77 Irrigated land (farms)
3104 2182 3654 Irrigated land (acres)
438103 370998 277168 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
238879 199033 146263 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
11821 10197 6526 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
426283 360801 270642 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products
($1,000)
270 330 335 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
215 197 247 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
231 225 226 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
226 211 225 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
103 119 94 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
88 99 126 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
701 683 642 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
369864 309299 232481 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
201451 166022 122681 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
1836 1863 1895 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
60257 58515 38876 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
32820 31409 20515 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm
(dollars)
1024 1043 1065 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
810 821 830 Operators by principal occupation: Other
950 966 1030 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
642 655 699 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
1334 1413 1392 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
111984 112921 102081 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
807 813 743 Beef cows (farms)
25566 24188 19671 Beef cows (number)
283 318 367 Milk cows (farms)
25477 25125 24499 Milk cows (number)
1336 1402 1408 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
67170 60182 53811 Cattle and calves sold (number)
72 117 193 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
5035 11220 18219 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
58 111 196 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
8830 24860 40752 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
122 164 270 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
7557 21855 31826 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
111 142 139 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
1929828 1669929 1696988 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
245 230 208 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
117987208 76248729 57715334 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
315 410 202 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
12555 16455 5008 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
1341116 1737737 273391 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
84 80 94 Wheat for grain (farms)
2269 1834 1641 Wheat for grain (acres)
143899 87732 67932 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
0 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
0 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
98 52 13 Soybeans for beans (farms)
4442 2165 324 Soybeans for beans (acres)
170626 83508 7654 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 1 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 (D) 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 (D) 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
1209 1226 1278 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(farms)
51722 49610 55677 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(acres)
111228 125531 120842 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
32 46 31 Land in orchards (farms)
1635 2150 2151 Land in orchards (acres)
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Lee County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
1106 1287 1431 Farms (number)
127420 129296 132816 Land in farms (acres)
115 100 93 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
70 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
136609 95497 77810 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1184 1073 839 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
28649 17208 14898 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
106 192 213 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
313 374 468 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
498 520 568 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
157 172 155 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
27 20 21 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
5 9 6 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
1055 1240 1398 Total cropland (farms)
62866 61161 59344 Total cropland (acres)
975 1159 1340 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
21093 20275 21179 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
11 18 21 Irrigated land (farms)
43 50 186 Irrigated land (acres)
13100 15365 10746 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
11844 11939 7509 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
6649 8484 5396 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
6450 6881 5350 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
271 265 534 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
231 284 313 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
244 317 320 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
246 299 193 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
77 84 55 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
25 30 12 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
12 8 4 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
9226 9174 8063 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
8334 7129 5634 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
1107 1287 1431 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
3237 4963 2413 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
2924 3857 1686 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
485 572 614 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
621 715 817 Operators by principal occupation: Other
616 690 791 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
436 500 551 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
777 816 870 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
29185 28782 25272 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
656 703 654 Beef cows (farms)
14427 14696 11533 Beef cows (number)
37 49 109 Milk cows (farms)
382 544 900 Milk cows (number)
753 765 809 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
15418 15691 13723 Cattle and calves sold (number)
17 26 70 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
156 226 379 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
3 5 18 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 126 207 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
10 9 6 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
336 144 137 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
28 41 91 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) 1296 2028 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
94 187 292 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
612 1209 1593 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
48616 107325 116112 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
1 1 10 Wheat for grain (farms)
(D) (D) 48 Wheat for grain (acres)
(D) (D) 1744 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
643 974 1119 Tobacco (farms)
2083 2624 2101 Tobacco (acres)
3487725 4968613 3516529 Tobacco (pounds)
0 0 1 Soybeans for beans (farms)
0 0 (D) Soybeans for beans (acres)
0 0 (D) Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
726 715 812 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
18432 17107 17310 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(acres)
35083 31306 26929 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
17 15 11 Land in orchards (farms)
37 34 24 Land in orchards (acres)
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Fauquier County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
957 925 978 Farms (number)
239034 235533 240638 Land in farms (acres)
250 255 246 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
85 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
968756 825429 600016 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
3787 3406 2390 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
53108 37440 38474 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
51 54 31 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
286 270 289 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
328 333 355 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
193 163 188 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
57 59 70 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
42 46 45 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
797 808 873 Total cropland (farms)
121563 119595 123054 Total cropland (acres)
608 620 690 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
70688 69265 67196 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
25 27 23 Irrigated land (farms)
2865 598 500 Irrigated land (acres)
47474 37776 31494 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
49607 40838 32202 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
13479 7429 4310 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
33995 30346 27184 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products
($1,000)
325 299 310 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
131 144 158 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
154 136 175 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
152 151 153 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
78 72 66 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
44 50 43 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
73 73 73 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
38831 40249 30054 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
40618 43560 30699 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
956 924 979 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
8739 -3808 225 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
9142 -4121 230 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
456 450 433 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
501 475 545 Operators by principal occupation: Other
521 529 596 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
335 347 396 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
577 575 590 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
58969 61860 49840 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
451 448 468 Beef cows (farms)
23703 24532 18889 Beef cows (number)
60 68 90 Milk cows (farms)
5801 6380 6211 Milk cows (number)
579 570 620 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
32782 32557 26622 Cattle and calves sold (number)
30 47 53 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
461 849 1521 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
23 34 47 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
538 878 2776 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
28 34 44 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
1650 2503 2739 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
59 70 87 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
1588 2368 2217 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 1 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 (D) 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
95 121 132 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
9123 11404 9621 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
803327 1368516 656094 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
27 54 54 Wheat for grain (farms)
1524 3669 3336 Wheat for grain (acres)
66888 191753 152181 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
0 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
0 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
49 46 43 Soybeans for beans (farms)
7722 4629 2232 Soybeans for beans (acres)
283024 154168 44307 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
536 533 602 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
42264 43462 41876 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(acres)
80962 85769 75493 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see
txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
44 59 55 Land in orchards (farms)
415 697 537 Land in orchards (acres)
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Lancaster County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
70 71 84 Farms (number)
17199 19657 18724 Land in farms (acres)
246 277 223 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
118 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
538787 328253 240345 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
2193 1186 1149 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
57008 47823 28137 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
3 4 6 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
15 19 14 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
27 27 39 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
15 12 13 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
7 3 9 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
3 6 3 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
67 68 82 Total cropland (farms)
13650 13713 14843 Total cropland (acres)
64 63 80 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
12896 11882 11715 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
1 2 3 Irrigated land (farms)
(D) (D) 8 Irrigated land (acres)
3291 2604 1757 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
47016 36679 20911 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
3209 2375 1463 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
82 229 293 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
10 10 19 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
7 10 14 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
5 13 17 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
20 16 15 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
8 8 7 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
9 7 10 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
11 7 2 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
3086 2304 2001 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
44086 32451 23820 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
70 71 84 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
205 300 -288 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
2930 4228 -3426 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
42 38 45 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
28 33 39 Operators by principal occupation: Other
32 38 54 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
20 25 18 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
5 13 11 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
281 478 474 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
5 7 8 Beef cows (farms)
154 124 (D) Beef cows (number)
0 3 1 Milk cows (farms)
0 20 (D) Milk cows (number)
6 13 11 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
148 272 329 Cattle and calves sold (number)
3 3 6 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
(D) 4 557 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
1 0 6 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 0 810 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
2 3 2 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
1 6 3 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) 60 95 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
45 38 51 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
4179 3570 3150 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
429253 443682 201293 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
41 33 38 Wheat for grain (farms)
3078 2318 2023 Wheat for grain (acres)
181260 119551 96186 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
0 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
0 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
53 55 71 Soybeans for beans (farms)
7661 7760 6855 Soybeans for beans (acres)
188516 204318 125027 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
5 7 7 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
179 93 99 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
370 134 (D) Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
0 1 3 Land in orchards (farms)
0 (D) 9 Land in orchards (acres)
1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Surry County,
Virginia
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
-----[1997]-------[1992]-------[1987]----------------------------------------
115 110 126 Farms (number)
44901 52770 46030 Land in farms (acres)
390 480 365 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
199 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
606075 747952 425833 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1583 1526 1170 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
94206 94362 68917 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
6 6 8 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
25 22 23 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
26 25 36 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
25 23 30 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
22 20 18 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
11 14 11 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
109 105 119 Total cropland (farms)
32455 32501 32836 Total cropland (acres)
101 103 114 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
30232 29195 25545 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
12 9 7 Irrigated land (farms)
1639 991 744 Irrigated land (acres)
19536 18865 9807 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
169878 171496 77833 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
8687 10243 6837 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
10849 8622 2970 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
23 12 15 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
11 10 12 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
16 11 23 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
16 15 17 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
3 12 12 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
14 12 17 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
32 38 30 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
18611 17128 8719 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
163256 155712 69197 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
114 110 126 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
879 1857 1024 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
7710 16885 8131 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
73 70 80 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
42 40 46 Operators by principal occupation: Other
50 47 58 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
32 27 34 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
30 28 31 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
1627 1476 2022 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
24 19 26 Beef cows (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Beef cows (number)
3 2 2 Milk cows (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Milk cows (number)
28 24 33 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
671 669 879 Cattle and calves sold (number)
20 28 44 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
(D) 51855 11575 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
17 27 47 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
85787 81029 21240 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
2 3 0 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
(D) 39 0 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
1 10 10 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) 361 361 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 1 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
58 56 87 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
5310 6767 5999 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
466819 749251 416976 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
63 60 56 Wheat for grain (farms)
7112 5964 4711 Wheat for grain (acres)
416653 334726 169116 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
1 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
(D) 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
(D) 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
75 87 91 Soybeans for beans (farms)
10743 11294 9300 Soybeans for beans (acres)
192074 327713 263213 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
69 77 81 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
6002 7186 6516 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
14210105 20433371 17232524 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
21 9 17 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
887 502 462 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
3528 1665 (D) Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
4 3 1 Land in orchards (farms)
20 10 (D) Land in orchards (acres)
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(B) Data not available due to brackets.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
(N) Not available.
(H) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is greater than or equal to 99.95 percent.
(L) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is less than 0.05 percent.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards
on the basis of either the response rate or a consistency review.