West Virginia Agriculture in 1997: Situation, Trends and Comparisons

Cover Page

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Farm Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Land in Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Average Size of Farm . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 5

Value of Land, Buildings, and Equipment . . . . . . 6

Farm Operator Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Type of Farm Organization and Tenure . . . . . . . .8

Principal Occupation and Work Off Farm . . . . . . .9

Farm Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Farm Production Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Distribution of Value of Sales . . . . . . . . . . .12

Distribution by Farm Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Farm Enterprise Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Crop Production Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Orchards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Nurseries and Related Products . . . . . . . . . . 14

Livestock Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Dairy Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sheep and Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

County Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Table 1 - Farm Numbers, Land in Farms and Value of Farms Table 2 - Farms by Size in Acres Table 3 - Cropland, Harvested Cropland, Irrigated Land Table 4 - Values of Products Sold Table 5 - Numbers of Farms by Values of Sales Table 6 - Production Expenses and Net Cash Returns Table 7 - Principle Occupation and Work Off Farm by Farm Operator Table 8 - Cattle and Calves Including Milk Cows Table 9 - Hog & Pigs and Sheep & Lambs Table 10- Poultry Numbers and Sales Table 11- Corn and Corn Silage/Green Chop Table 12- Hay Production and Land in Orchards Table 13- Wheat, Oats and Tobacco Farms, Areas and Production