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BARLEY

Acreage, Yield, and Production, 1996 AND 1997 1/

District and County		1996							1997
		Planted		Harvested for Grain		Yield per Harvested Acre	Production		Planted		Harvested for Grain		Yield per Harvested Acre		Production
		-Acres-		-Acres-		-Bushels-	-Bushels-		-Acres-		-Acres-		-Bushels-		-Bushels-
NORTHERN:
	Clarke	1,200		1,100		71.0	78,100		1,100		900		80.0		72,000
	Culpeper	1,900		1,400		66.0	92,400		1,500		1,000		82.0		82,000
	Fauquier	3,400		2,000		59.0	118,000		3,000		1,800		84.0		151,200
	Loudoun	3,000		2,000		56.0	112,000		2,600		1,700		81.0		137,700
	Madison	800		600		57.0	34,200		700		500		73.0		36,500
	Page	1,100		900		67.0	60,300		900		700		79.0		55,300
	Prince William	800		500		62.0	31,000		*		*		*		*
	Rockingham	2,700		2,300		69.0	158,700		2,500		2,000		82.0		164,000
	Shenandoah	3,000		2,500		62.0	155,000		2,700		2,200		72.0		158,400
	District Total	18,600		13,800		63.1	870,400		16,500		11,700		79.2		926,800
WESTERN:
	Augusta	3,700		2,400		68.0	163,200		3,400		2,200		85.0		187,000
	District Total	4,400		2,900		66.4	192,600		3,900		2,500		84.3		210,800
CENTRAL:
	Amelia	3,000		2,500		69.0	172,500		2,800		2,200		75.0		165,000
	Caroline	3,300		3,100		73.0	226,300		3,400		3,000		89.0		267,000
	Goochland	600		500		72.0	36,000		600		500		82.0		41,000
	Hanover	5,000		4,300		74.0	318,200		4,400		3,900		93.0		362,700
	Henrico	700		600		72.0	43,200		600		500		86.0		43,000
	Orange	1,200		800		66.0	52,800		1,000		600		81.0		48,600
	Prince Edward	1,000		500		60.0	30,000		800		500		77.0		38,500
	Spotsylvania	1,200		700		72.0	50,400		800		500		85.0		42,500
	District Total	18,700		14,800		70.1	1,037,700		17,000		13,500		84.8		1,145,000
EASTERN:
	Accomack	4,000		3,900		73.0	284,700		3,600		3,500		89.0		311,500
	Charles City	1,500		1,500		71.0	106,500		1,200		1,100		91.0		100,100
	Essex	4,500		4,400		72.0	316,800		4,400		4,300		88.0		378,400
	Gloucester	1,100		1,000		67.0	67,000		900		800		94.0		75,200
	James City	600		500		65.0	32,500		600		500		87.0		43,500
	King & Queen	4,000		3,900		69.0	269,100		3,800		3,600		88.0		316,800
	King George	1,000		900		67.0	60,300		800		700		83.0		58,100
	King William	4,100		3,900		68.0	265,200		3,600		3,500		87.0		304,500
	Lancaster	1,500		1,400		69.0	96,600		1,400		1,300		89.0		115,700
	Middlesex	1,000		900		72.0	64,800		900		800		89.0		71,200
	New Kent	1,400		1,300		62.0	80,600		1,000		900		88.0		79,200
	Northhampton	1,700		1,600		76.0	121,600		1,700		1,600		87.0		139,200
	Northumberland	3,200		3,100		71.0	220,100		2,900		2,800		92.0		257,600
	Richmond	3,000		2,900		66.0	191,400		2,600		2,500		88.0		220,000
	Westmoreland	4,300		4,200		71.0	298,200		3,900		3,700		91.0		336,700
	District Total	37,100		35,600		69.9	2,488,400		33,500		31,800		88.8		2,824,100
SOUTHWESTERN:
	District Total	1,300		600		62.3	37,400		1,100		*		*		*
SOUTHERN:
	Franklin	2,300		1,600		65.0	104,000		1,600		800		77.0		61,600
	District Total	4,300		2,700		65.3	176,300		3,300		1,600		72.8		116,400
SOUTHEASTERN:
	Dinwiddie	1,200		800		63.0	50,400		800		500		79.0		39,500
	Mecklenburg	800		700		61.0	42,700		*		*		*		*
	Suffolk	800		700		67.0	46,900		700		600		77.0		46,200
	Virginia Beach	900		800		69.0	55,200		800		700		82.0		57,400
	District Total	5,600		4,600		64.6	297,200		4,700		3,500		77.5		271,400
STATE TOTAL:		90,000		75,000		68.0	5,100,000		80,000		65,000		85.0		5,525,000
1/ Preliminary. * Counties with less than 500 acres planted and/or 500 harvested for grain, or to prevent disclosure of confidential data are included in the "District Total and/or State Total."