TABLE OF CONTENTS
West Virginia Agricultural
Statistics Service Bulletin No. 42- Credits; 1
Letter from Gus R.
Douglass, WV Commissioner of Agriculture
Letter from Dale
R. King, WV State Field Office Director
Table
of Contents Page 1
Table of
Contents Page 2
Index Page 1
Index Page 2
Index Page 3
GENERAL
West Virginia Department
of Agriculture Contact Information; 2
National Agricultural
Statistics Service State Offices Contact Information; 3
WVU and WVSU Extension
Service and USDA's Farm Service Agency County Contacts Information; 4
Agriculture Teachers
Directory ; 5
Agricultural
Websites; 6
Summary
of Crops, Farms, and Livestock Inventory; 7
West Virginia's
Rank in the Nation's Agriculture; 8
Number of Farms,
Land in Farms and Average Size; 8
Livestock, Number
of Operations; 8
Record Highs and Lows;
9
County Rankings; 10
West Virginia Reporting
District Map; 11
Principal
Crops: Area Planted and Harvested; 16
Principal Crops:
Value of Production; 16
Census of Agriculture
Data: Farm Computer Usage, Farms, and Sales ; 47
NASS Confidentiality
Statement ; 61
Charts:
All Hay
Production for WV and the U.S.; 18
Number of
Farms for WV and the U.S.; 53
Consumption
per Capita; 54
Cattle Inventory
for WV and the U.S.; 55
Turkeys Raised for
WV and the U.S.; 56
Sheep Inventory for
WV and the U.S.; 57
Weather:
Weather Summary;
12
Freeze Dates;
12
Monthly and
Annual Temperatures; 13
Monthly
and Annual Precipitation; 14
FIELD CROPS
Field Crops Summary;
15
All Hay:
Acreage,
Yield, Production, Value and Stocks; 17
Producion Charts;
18
Alfalfa Hay:
Acreage,
Yield, Production and Value; 17
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; 21
Soybeans:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 23
By Counties;
24
Wheat:
Acreage, Yield, Production
and Value; 25
By Counties;
26
FRUIT
Fruit Summary; 27
Commercial Apples:
Production and Value; 27
Processed Utilization and
Value; 27
Peaches:
Production and Value; 27
HONEY
Honey Summary, Colonies, Production, Value and Stocks; 29
TROUT
Summary & Number
of Operations, Losses and Value of Sales; 29
LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY
Livestock & Dairy
Summary; 28
All Cattle:
Number on Farms and Value;
30
Number on Farms
By Counties; 31
Production, Value
and Income; 32
Inventory Number,
Supply and Disposition; 32
Milk:
Milk Cows; Number
on Farms By Counties; 31
Production of
Milk and Milkfat; 32
Disposition
and Marketings; 33
Marketings,
Income and Value; 33
Number of Cows
and Production, Quarterly; 33
Sheep and Lambs:
Inventory, By Class and
Value; 34
By Counties; 35
Inventory, Supply and Disposition;
36
Production, Value and Income;
36
Prices Received;
45
Wool:
Sheep Shorn, Production
and Value; 36
Prices Received;
45
Hogs and Pigs:
Sows Farrowed, Pigs Per Litter
and Pig Crop; 37
Inventory Number, Supply
and Disposition; 37
Production, Value and Income;
37
Number on Farms, By Class
and Value; 37
Prices Received;
45
Goats:
Inventory;
7
Inventory; 28
Number of
Operations; 8
Slaughter:
Total Red Meat Production;
38
Number of Head and Live
Weight; 38
Number of Federally Inspected
Plants and Head Slaughtered; 38
POULTRY
Poultry Summary;
39
Chickens and Eggs:
Egg Production, Disposition
and Income; 39
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 40
Value of Sales 10-yr
Chart; 40
Number on Farms and Value;
41
Layer and Broiler
Numbers By Counties; 42
Chickens Lost, Sold and
Value; 43
Prices Received;
45
Commercial Broilers:
Production and Income;
43
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 40
Prices Received;
45
Production and Income;
43
Value of Production
10-yr Chart; 40
Prices Received;
45
INCOME, EXPENDITURES, LAND VALUES & PRICES
West Virginia
Value Added to the U.S. Economy by the Agricultural Sector; 50
West Virginia Agricultural
Exports; 51
Farm
Production Expenditures; 46
Prices Received:
Marketing
Year Average, Selected Crops; 44
Annual
Average, Cattle; 44
Annual
Average, Dairy; 44
Annual Average,
Hogs, Sheep and Wool; 45
Annual Average,
Poultry and Eggs; 45
Cash Receipts from
Farm Marketings; 52
Farm Real Estate:
Cropland and Pasture Cash Rental Rates - by Counties; 48
Average
Value Per Acre - Selected States; 49
Average
Value Per Acre - Cropland and Pasture; 49
Cropland
Rented For Cash - Average Cash Rent Per Acre; 49
Pasture
Rented For Cash - Average Cash Rent Per Acre; 49
FERTILIZER
Fertilizer
Use; 46
USDA/NASS West Virginia Field Office
(304) 345-5958
(800) 535-7088 E-mail nass-wv@nass.usda.gov
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