West Virginia Agricultural Facts

Prepared by the West Virginia Agricultural Statistics Service, August 1998.

Submitted by

John F. Baniecki Ph.D.
Extension Specialist-Plant Pathology/Entomology;
National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP) Representative

Dr. M. Essam Dabaan
Program Specialist
West Virginia Pesticide Impact Assessment Program

• There are 20,000 farms in West Virginia. That's 3,700,000 acres of farmland.
• West Virginia maintains approximately 97 million head of poultry (including commercial broilers and turkeys) yearly, bringing in over $198.5 million.
• West Virginia ranks 14^th in turkey production and 18^th in broiler production.
• West Virginia maintains approximately 420,000 head of cattle yearly, bringing in close to $76 million.
• Hogs, pigs, sheep, and lambs are also raised in West Virginia.
• Approximately 266 million pounds of milk is produced in West Virginia yearly.
• West Virginia is the 12^th ranked peach producer in the nation, producing 13 million pounds annually.
• West Virginia is ranked 9^th nationwide in apple production, producing 115 million pounds annually.
• Other crops in West Virginia include corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, soybeans and alfalfa.
• West Virginia commercial trout producers had sales of $588,000 in 1997.