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