1997 Agricultural Census - City of Suffolk

From the AgCensus :
[NOTE: In Virginia, a city is an independent political unit from a county. The agricultural census ignores this distinction and still refers to the County Summary.]

 Table 1. County Summary Highlights                 

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        218          268          314   Farms (number)
      76222        83047        87761   Land in farms (acres)
        350          310          279   Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
        141          (N)          (N)   Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
     687535       523439       441249   Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
       1869         1687         1552   Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
     124959        82667        71512   Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
         24           22           31   Farms by size:  1 to 9 acres
         51           62           68   Farms by size:  10 to 49 acres
         47           80           94   Farms by size:  50 to 179 acres
         52           43           62   Farms by size:  180 to 499 acres
         20           39           39   Farms by size:  500 to 999 acres
         24           22           20   Farms by size:  1,000 acres or more
        185          241          285   Total cropland (farms)
      57267        64100        66946   Total cropland (acres)
        163          212          262   Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
      54216        58554        54862   Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
         24           22           24   Irrigated land (farms)
        799          563          985   Irrigated land (acres)
      38672        37053        31584   Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
     177392       138258       100585   Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
      32542        27026        21396   Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
       6130        10027        10188   Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
         37           31           45   Farms by value of sales:  Less than $2,500
         16            9           25   Farms by value of sales:  $2,500 to $4,999
         17           29           30   Farms by value of sales:  $5,000 to $9,999
         26           41           47   Farms by value of sales:  $10,000 to $24,999
         23           30           39   Farms by value of sales:  $25,000 to $49,999
         30           26           43   Farms by value of sales:  $50,000 to $99,999
         69          102           85   Farms by value of sales:  $100,000 or more
      35731        31318        26725   Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
     164658       116422        85383   Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
        217          269          313   Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
       3418         6570         3946   Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
      15751        24425        12608   Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
        140          158          193   Operators by principal occupation:  Farming
         78          110          121   Operators by principal occupation:  Other
         79          115          134   Operators by days worked off farm:  Any
         65           89           99   Operators by days worked off farm:  200 days or more
         35           51           66   Livestock and poultry:  Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
       2171         2379         3179   Livestock and poultry:  Cattle and calves inventory (number)
         32           40           52   Beef cows (farms)
        (D)          (D)          (D)   Beef cows (number)
          1            1            1   Milk cows (farms)
        (D)          (D)          (D)   Milk cows (number)
         40           49           56   Cattle and calves sold (farms)
       1031         1218         1854   Cattle and calves sold (number)
         24           50           83   Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
       6962        11879        15812   Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
         23           52           83   Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
      21383        24989        28470   Hogs and pigs sold (number)
          6            9           11   Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
         86          153          262   Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
          9            9           13   Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
        (D)          (D)          (D)   Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
         10           17           20   Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
    1562893      3296837      3163434   Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
         99          164          208   Corn for grain or seed (farms)
      10718        20027        17491   Corn for grain or seed (acres)
     718679      2154997       921429   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)
         71           73           79   Wheat for grain  (farms)
       7241         7003         6029   Wheat for grain  (acres)
     404235       396805       264373   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)
          2            1            1   Tobacco (farms)
        (D)          (D)          (D)   Tobacco (acres)
        (D)          (D)          (D)   Tobacco (pounds)
        106          164          208   Soybeans for beans (farms)
      15739        18884        18748   Soybeans for beans (acres)
     334853       607862       568476   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)
        110          156          190   Peanuts for nuts (farms)
      10867        14409        13969   Peanuts for nuts (acres)
   24960728     36867322     39096674   Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
         24           19           23   Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
        395          946         1373   Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
       1175          959         2394   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)
          5            6            4   Land in orchards (farms)
         12           38           11   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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