1997 Agricultural Census - Halifax County
From the AgCensus :
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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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)
(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.
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