TABLE OF CONTENTS
West Virginia Agricultural
Statistics Service Bulletin No. 35 - Credits; 1
Commissioner Gus Douglass' Letter
Letter from Dale
King, Director
Table of Contents
GENERAL
West Virginia Department
of Agriculture Contact Information; 2
National Agricultural
Statistics Services' State Office Contact Information; 3
West Virginia's Cooperative Extension
Service and USDA's Farm Service Agency County Contact Information; 4
Listing of Helpful
Websites; 5
West Virginia's
Rank in the Nation's Agriculture; 6
Number of Farms,
Land in Farms and Average Size; 6
Livestock, Number
of Operations; 6
Principal Crops:
Area Planted and Harvested; 14
Principal Crops:
Value of Production; 14
Record Highs and
Lows; 7
County Rankings; 8
West Virginia
Reporting District Map; 9
Weather:
Weather
Summary; 10
Freeze
Dates; 10
Monthly
and Annual Temperatures; 11
Monthly
and Annual Precipitation; 12
FIELD CROPS
Field Crops Summary;
13
All Hay:
Acreage,
Yield, Production, Value and Stocks; 15
By Counties; 16
Alfalfa Hay:
Acreage,
Yield, Production and Value; 17
By Counties;
18
Other Hay:
Acreage,
Yield, Production and Value; 19
By Counties;
20
Corn for Grain:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 21
By Counties; 22
Corn for Silage:
Acreage, Yield and
Production; 23
By Counties;
24
Soybeans:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 25
By Counties;
26
Wheat:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 27
By Counties; 28
Tobacco:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 29
By Counties;
30
FRUIT
Fruit Summary; 31
Commercial Apples:
Production and Value; 31
Processed Utilization and
Value; 31
Peaches:
Production and Value; 31
HONEY
Honey Summary,
Colonies, Production, Value and Stocks; 33
TROUT
Summary
& Number of Operations, Losses and Value of Sales; 33
LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY
Livestock & Dairy
Summary; 32
All Cattle:
Number on Farms and Value;
34
Number on Farms
By Counties; 35
Production, Value
and Income; 36
Inventory Number,
Supply and Disposition; 36
Milk:
Milk Cows; Number
on Farms By Counties; 35
Production of Milk
and Milkfat; 36
Disposition
and Marketings; 37
Marketings,
Income and Value; 37
Number of Cows
and Production, Quarterly; 37
Sheep and Lambs:
Inventory, By Class and
Value; 38
By Counties; 39
Inventory, Supply and Disposition;
40
Production, Value and Income;
40
Wool:
Sheep Shorn, Production
and Value; 40
Hogs and Pigs:
Sows Farrowed, Pigs Per Litter
and Pig Crop; 41
Inventory Number, Supply
and Disposition; 41
Production, Value and Income;
41
Number on Farms, By Class
and Value; 42
By Counties; 43
Slaughter:
Total Red Meat Production;
44
Number of Head and Live
Weight; 44
Number of Federally Inspected
Plants and Head Slaughtered; 44
Poultry
Summary; 45
Chickens and Eggs:
Egg Production,
Disposition and Income; 45
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 46
Value of Sales 10-yr Chart; 46
Number on Farms
and Value; 47
By Counties;
48
Chickens Lost, Sold
and Value; 49
Commercial Broilers:
Production and Income;
49
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 46
Turkeys:
Production and Income;
49
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 46
West
Virginia Value Added to the U.S. Economy by the Agricultural Sector; 54
West Virginia Agricultural
Exports; 55
Farm
Production Expenditures; 50
Farm
Business Balance Sheet; 50
Prices Received:
Marketing
Year Average, Selected Crops; 51
Annual
Average, Cattle; 51
Annual
Average, Dairy; 51
Annual
Average, Hogs, Sheep and Wool; 52
Annual
Average, Poultry and Eggs; 52
Cash Receipts
from Farm Marketings; 56
Farm Real Estate:
Average
Value Per Acre - Selected States; 53
Average
Value Per Acre - Cropland and Pasture; 53
Cropland
Rented For Cash - Average Cash Rent Per Acre; 53
Pasture
Rented For Cash - Average Cash Rent Per Acre; 53