HAY ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 1998

	                  Total Hay		Alfalfa Hay		    Other Hay			<SIZE 8><P><GTABS(2.25 r ""
	            Harv   Yield 2/ Prod      Harv	Yield 2/ Prod	 Harv	Yield 2/ Prod
                   -acres--tons-   -tons-   -acres-	-tons-	-tons-	-acres-	-tons-	-tons- 
Northern									
 Clarke	           18,300  1.8	   32,400     1,800	1.9	3,400	16,500	 1.8	 29,000	
 Culpeper	   28,500  2.1	   58,900     2,000	3.5	6,900	26,500	 2.0	 52,000	
 Fairfax 	    1,500  1.0	    1,500	*	*	*	*	 *	  *	
 Fauquier	   44,000  1.8	   81,000     3,600	3.1    11,000	40,400	 1.7	 70,000	
 Frederick	   21,000  1.7	   36,100     2,800	2.2	6,100	18,200	 1.6	 30,000	
 Loudoun	   46,600  1.7	   80,300     2,700	1.7	4,700	43,900	 1.7	 75,600	
 Madison	   19,000  2.6	   49,400     1,100	3.1	3,400	17,900	 2.6	 46,000	
 Page	           16,600  2.6	   43,500     1,700	3.4	5,800	14,900	 2.5	 37,700	
 Prince William    10,600  1.5	   16,300	*	*	*	*	 *	  *	
 Rappahannock	   17,600  2.3	   40,300     2,400	2.9	6,900	15,200	 2.2	 33,400	
 Rockingham	   48,500  2.6	  125,400     8,800	2.9    25,900	39,700	 2.5	 99,500	
 Shenandoah	   26,000  1.8	   46,800     3,700	2.4	8,800	22,300	 1.7	 38,000	
 Stafford           5,000  1.8	    9,100	*	*	*	*	 *	  *	
 Warren		   10,000  1.9	   18,800	900	2.2	2,000	9,100	 1.8	 16,800	
 District Total	  313,200  2.0	  639,800    32,100	2.7    86,000	281,100	 2.0	553,800	
										
 Western									
 Alleghany	    5,000  2.2	   10,900	800	3.0	2,400	   4,200 2.0	  8,500	
 Augusta	   52,500  2.2	  117,500    13,200	2.9    38,200	  39,300 2.0	 79,300	
 Bath		    9,100  1.8	   16,600	800	2.6	2,100	   8,300 1.7	 14,500	
 Botetourt	   17,500  2.9	   49,900     2,800	3.5	9,900	  14,700 2.7	 40,000	
 Craig		    7,300  2.1	   15,100	500	3.6	1,800	   6,800 2.0	 13,300	
 Highland	   10,000  1.8	   17,600	900	2.8	2,500	   9,100 1.7	 15,100	
 Roanoke	    5,400  1.6	    8,700	500	2.8	1,400	   4,900 1.5	  7,300	
 Rockbridge	   27,000  2.2	   59,900     2,600	2.8	7,400	  24,400 2.2	 52,500	
 District Total	  133,800  2.2	  296,200    22,100	3.0    65,700	 111,700 2.1	230,500	
										
 Central										
 Albemarle	   38,000  1.8	   66,700     1,500	2.0	3,000	  36,500 1.7	 63,700	
 Amelia		   11,000  2.0	   22,500     1,100	2.3	2,500	   9,900 2.0	 20,000	
 Amherst	   14,400  1.9	   26,900	500	2.8	1,400	  13,900 1.8	 25,500	
 Appomattox	   15,000  1.8	   27,400	*	*	*	*	* *	
 Bedford	   46,000  2.1     97,000     2,200	2.7	6,000	  43,800 2.1	 91,000	
 Buckingham	   18,200  2.0	   35,600	500	2.0	1,000	  17,700 2.0	 34,600	
 Campbell	   23,900  2.1	   51,100     1,000	2.2	2,200	  22,900 2.1	 48,900	
 Caroline	    3,600  1.5	    5,300	500	2.0	1,000	   3,100 1.4	  4,300	
 Chesterfield	    2,600  2.1	    5,500	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Cumberland	   11,500  1.5	   17,500	800	1.6	1,300	  10,700 1.5	 16,200	
 Fluvanna	   13,000  1.3	   17,300	600	2.2	1,300	  12,400 1.3	 16,000	
 Goochland	   10,000  1.9	   18,700	*	*	*	*	* *	
 Greene		    7,500  2.0	   15,100	500	2.2	1,100	   7,000 2.0	 14,000	
 Hanover	   13,700  1.9	   26,300     1,900	2.1	4,000	  11,800 1.9	 22,300	
 Henrico	    2,900  1.6      4,600	*	*	*	*	* *	
 Louisa		   18,500  2.0	   36,200     1,800	2.1	3,800	  16,700 1.9	 32,400	
 Nelson		   12,500  1.9	   23,300	600	2.3	1,400	  11,900 1.8	 21,900	
 Orange		   23,000  2.1	   49,200     1,100	3.5	3,800	  21,900 2.1	 45,400	
 Powhatan	    7,600  1.5	   11,200	700	2.1	1,500	   6,900 1.4	  9,700	
 Prince Edward	   14,500  1.7	   25,100	800	2.4	1,900	  13,700 1.7	 23,200	
 Spotsylvania	    9,500  1.8	   17,200       500	2.0	1,000	   9,000 1.8	 16,200	
 District Total	  316,900  1.9	  599,700    17,700	2.3    40,600	 299,200 1.9	559,100

Eastern										
 Charles City         900  1.6	    1,400	*	*	*	*	*	*	  
 Essex		    1,300  2.0	    2,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Gloucester	      900  1.8      1,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 James City	    1,100  1.8	    2,000	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 King & Queen	    1,100  2.5	    2,700	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 King George	    4,400  1.2	    5,300	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 King William	    1,100  1.5	    1,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Mathews	      800  3.3	    2,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Middlesex	    1,000  3.4	    3,400	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 New Kent	      700  2.0	    1,400	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Northumberland	      700  2.3	    1,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Richmond	    1,000  1.8	    1,800	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Westmoreland	    1,500  1.8	    2,700	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 District Total	   17,300  1.9	   32,100     1,500	2.2	3,300	  15,800 1.8	 28,800	
								
Southwestern	   12,000  2.0	   23,800     1,800	2.4	4,300	  10,200 1.9	 19,500	
 Buchanan             500  2.4	    1,200	*	*	*	*	* *	
 Carroll	   25,000  2.1	   53,200     3,000	2.5	7,400	  22,000 2.1	 45,800	
 Dickenson	    1,500  2.1	    3,200	*	*	*	*	* *	
 Floyd		   23,000  2.1     48,200     2,700	2.1	5,700	  20,300 2.1	 42,500	 
 Giles		   10,000  2.1	   21,100     1,200	2.3	2,700	   8,800 2.1	 18,400	
 Grayson	   20,900  2.1	   43,700     1,500	3.1	4,700	  19,400 2.0	 39,000	
 Lee		   20,000  2.0	   39,500     1,200	2.1	2,500	  18,800 2.0	 37,000	
 Montgomery	   17,900  2.3	   41,000     3,100	2.9	9,000	  14,800 2.2	 32,000	
 Pulaski	   17,000  2.2	   37,100     1,900	3.2	6,100	  15,100 2.1	 31,000	
 Russell	   21,800  2.6	   57,600     2,600	3.4	8,800	  19,200 2.5	 48,800	
 Scott		   19,000  2.4	   45,100     1,900	2.4	4,600	  17,100 2.4	 40,500	
 Smyth	  	   21,000  2.4     50,900     2,900	3.0	8,700	  18,100 2.3	 42,200	
 Tazewell	   17,000  2.5	   42,000     2,300	3.0	6,900	  14,700 2.4	 35,100	
 Washington	   34,000  2.5	   85,600     4,200	3.0    12,600	  29,800 2.4	 73,000	
 Wise		    3,000  2.6	    7,700	*	*	*	*	*	*	
 Wythe		   28,900  2.5	   70,900     5,300	3.4    17,900	  23,600 2.2	 53,000	
 District Total	  292,500  2.3	  671,800    35,700	2.9   102,300	 256,800 2.2	569,500	
										
Southern
Charlotte	   15,600  1.3	   20,300	900	2.3	2,100	  14,700 1.2	 18,200	
Franklin	   28,400  1.9	   53,200     2,200	2.6	5,700	  26,200 1.8	 47,500	
Halifax		   20,000  2.0	   39,300       900	2.0	1,800	  19,100 2.0	 37,500	
Henry		    8,700  1.6	   13,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Lunenburg	    9,000  2.0	   18,200	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Nottoway	   13,000  1.8	   23,000       900	2.4	2,200	  12,100 1.7	 20,800	
Patrick		   13,700  2.0	   27,100     1,200	2.8	3,300	  12,500 1.9	 23,800	
Pittsylvania	   33,500  2.1	   71,300     1,500	2.2	3,300	  32,000 2.1	 68,000	
District Total	  141,900  1.9	  266,000     8,000	2.4    19,200	 133,900 1.8	246,800	
										
Southeastern										
Brunswick	    7,000  2.2	   15,600	700	2.3	1,600	   6,300 2.2	 14,000	
Dinwiddie	    5,100  2.1	   10,700	500	2.8	1,400	   4,600 2.0	  9,300	
Greensville	    1,200  2.3	    2,700	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Isle of Wight       1,100  1.5	    1,600	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Mecklenburg	   23,000  2.3	   53,900       800	2.4	1,900	  22,200 2.3	 52,000	
Prince George	    1,500  1.4	    2,100	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Southampton	      900  1.7	    1,500	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Surry		      900  1.7	    1,500	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Sussex		    1,000  1.5	    1,500	*	*	*	*	*	*	
Chesapeake	    1,600  2.8	    4,400	*	*	*	*	*	*	
District Total	   44,400  2.2	   98,400     2,900	2.4	6,900	  41,500 2.2	 91,500	
										
State Total	1,260,000  2.1	2,604,000   120,000     2.7   324,000  1,140,000 2.0  2,280,000	

                                       


                                     HAY ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 1999 1/

	                Total Hay	         Other Hay		   Alfalfa Hay			
        	    Harv  Yield 2/ Prod	    Harv   Yield 2/  Prod      Harv  Yield 2/	Prod
                   -acres--tons- -tons-    -acres- -tons-   -tons-    -acres- -tons-	-tons-
Northern 
Clarke             17,900 1.4    24,800      16,200 1.2      20,100    1,700    2.8   4,700   
Culpeper      	   29,800 1.6	 47,000	     28,000 1.6	     43,800    1,800	1.8   3,200	
Fairfax       	    1,300 1.6	  2,100		*     *		 * 	* 	*	*	
Fauquier      	   42,700 1.5	 66,000	     38,900 1.4	     55,000    3,800	2.9  11,000	
Frederick     	   19,700 1.1	 21,400	     17,300 1.0	     17,200    2,400	1.8   4,200	
Loudoun       	   44,600 1.2	 53,200	     42,000 1.2	     49,000    2,600	1.6   4,200	
Madison       	   19,000 1.9	 35,500	     18,000 1.8	     33,000    1,000	2.5   2,500	
Page          	   14,700 1.6	 24,000	     13,200 1.6	     21,600    1,500	1.6   2,400	
Prince William	    9,800 1.5	 14,900		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Rappahannock  	   17,100 1.2	 20,700	     14,900 1.1	     16,800    2,200	1.8   3,900	
Rockingham    	   47,100 1.7	 81,500      38,100 1.6	     59,300    9,000	2.5  22,200	
Shenandoah    	   25,200 1.3	 33,500	     21,800 1.3	     28,800    3,400	1.4   4,700	
Stafford      	    4,600 1.2	  5,500		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Warren        	    9,700 1.3	 12,900	      8,900 1.2	     10,500	 800	3.0   2,400	
District Total	  303,200 1.5	443,000	    272,400 1.4	    376,200   30,800	2.2  66,800	
										
Western						 		
Alleghany     	    5,200 1.9	 10,100	      4,400 1.9	      8,400	 800	2.1   1,700	
Augusta       	   49,400 1.8	 87,600	     36,300 1.6	     58,100   13,100	2.3  29,500	
Bath          	    9,100 1.3	 11,600	      8,300 1.2	     10,100	 800	1.9   1,500	
Botetourt     	   17,400 1.9	 32,700	     14,600 1.8	     25,800    2,800	2.5   6,900	
Craig               7,000 1.8	 12,300	      6,500 1.7	     10,800	 500	3.0   1,500	
Highland      	   10,900 1.1	 12,100	     10,100 1.1	     10,900      800	1.5   1,200	
Roanoke       	    5,000 1.6	  7,900	      4,500 1.6	      7,100      500	1.6	800	
Rockbridge    	   26,800 1.7	 44,300	     24,300 1.6	     38,000    2,500	2.5   6,300	
District Total	  130,800 1.7	218,600	    109,000 1.6	    169,200   21,800	2.3  49,400	
										
Central 		 						
Albemarle     	   40,300 1.2	 49,100	     38,500 1.1	     43,600    1,800	3.1   5,500	
Amelia        	   12,000 2.5	 30,100	     10,800 2.4	     26,000    1,200	3.4   4,100	
Amherst       	   14,900 1.1	 15,700	     14,400 1.0	     14,700	 500	2.0   1,000	
Appomattox    	   15,700 1.4	 21,500	     15,200 1.3	     20,500	 500	2.0   1,000	
Bedford       	   51,400 1.5	 75,000	     48,700 1.4	     69,700    2,700	2.0   5,300	
Buckingham    	   19,400 1.3	 25,000	     18,900 1.3	     24,100	 500	1.8	900	
Campbell      	   25,400 1.1	 29,100	     24,300 1.1	     26,800    1,100	2.1   2,300	
Caroline      	    3,800 1.9	  7,100	      3,300 1.7	      5,600	 500	3.0   1,500	
Chesterfield  	    2,400 2.7	  6,500		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Cumberland    	   12,900 1.7	 22,100	     12,200 1.6	     19,600	 700	3.6   2,500	
Fluvanna      	   15,000 0.9	 14,200	     14,300 0.8	     12,100	 700	3.0   2,100	
Goochland     	   10,000 1.3	 13,000	      9,500 1.2	     11,500	 500	3.0   1,500	
Greene        	    7,500 1.4	 10,400	      7,000 1.4	      9,600      500	1.6     800	
Hanover       	   14,500 2.5	 36,800	     12,500 2.4	     29,600    2,000	3.6   7,200	
Henrico       	    3,300 1.8	  6,000		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Louisa        	   19,700 1.5	 29,300	     18,000 1.4	     25,600    1,700	2.2    3,700	
Nelson        	   13,700 1.0	 13,600	     13,100 0.9	     12,400      600	2.0    1,200	
Orange        	   23,400 1.4	 32,000	     22,300 1.3	     28,600    1,100	3.1    3,400	
Powhatan      	    7,600 1.5	 11,500	      6,900 1.3	      9,300	 700	3.1    2,200	
Prince Edward 	   17,000 1.6	 26,700	     16,300 1.6	     25,400	 700	1.9    1,300	
Spotsylvania  	    9,500 2.0	 18,700	      8,900 1.9	     17,000	 600	2.8    1,700	
Eastern									
Accomack      	      600 2.5	  1,500		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Charles City  	      900 1.7	  1,500		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Essex         	    1,400 1.7	  2,400		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Gloucester    	      900 2.6	  2,300		*    *		*	*	*	*	
James City    	    1,100 1.5	  1,600		*    *		* 	*	*	*	
King & Queen  	    1,300 1.5	  1,900		*    *		*	*	*	*	
King George   	    4,000 2.1	  8,400		*    *		*	*	*	
King William  	    1,400 1.4	  1,900		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Mathews       	    1,100 2.4	  2,600		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Middlesex     	    1,100 1.0	  1,100		*    *		*	*	*	*	
New Kent      	      700 2.6	  1,800		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Northumberland	      800 1.4	  1,100		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Richmond      	    1,100 2.5	  2,700		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Westmoreland  	    1,600 1.0	  1,600		*    *		*	*	*	*	
District Total     18,400 1.8	 33,200	     16,800 1.7	     28,900    1,600	2.7    4,300	
									
Southwestern		 							
Bland         	   11,900 2.6	 31,400	     10,200 2.5	     26,000    1,700	3.2    5,400	
Buchanan      	      500 1.6	    800		*    *		*	*	*	*	
Carroll       	   24,700 1.6	 40,500	     21,700 1.6	     34,500    3,000	2.0    6,000	
Dickenson     	    1,500 1.1	  1,700		*		*	*	*	
Floyd              24,100 2.0	 48,000	     21,500 1.9	     41,400    2,600	2.5    6,600	
Giles         	   10,200 2.3	 23,400	      9,000 2.1	     19,300    1,200	3.4    4,100	
Grayson       	   20,100 2.1	 43,100	     18,700 2.0	     38,200    1,400	3.5    4,900	
Lee           	   20,400 2.0	 40,900	     19,300 2.0	     38,200    1,100	2.5    2,700	
Montgomery    	   17,400 2.1	 37,200	     14,300 1.9	     26,900    3,100	3.3   10,300	
Pulaski       	   16,900 1.7	 28,700	     15,000 1.5	     23,000    1,900	3.0    5,700	
Russell       	   22,600 1.8	 39,900	     19,900 1.7	     34,200    2,700	2.1    5,700	
Scott         	   19,000 2.1	 39,900	     17,300 2.0	     34,600    1,700	3.1    5,300	
Smyth         	   20,200 2.6	 52,700	     17,300 2.6	     44,700    2,900	2.8    8,000	
Tazewell      	   17,300 2.6	 45,700	     14,800 2.4	     36,100    2,500	3.8    9,600	
Washington    	   33,400 2.4	 80,500	     29,200 2.4	     69,6 00   4,200	2.6   10,900	
Wise          	    2,900 1.2	  3,500  	*	*	*      *	*	*	
Wythe         	   29,900 2.0	 60,600	     24,400 1.9	     47,300    5,500	2.4   13,300	
District Total	  293,000 2.1	618,500	    257,100 2.0	    518,800   35,900	2.8   99,700	
										
Southern		 							
Charlotte     	   15,000 1.4	 20,500	     14,200 1.3	     18,900      800	2.0    1,600	
Franklin      	   28,600 1.8	 52,100	     26,600 1.8	     47,000    2,000	2.6    5,100	
Halifax       	   19,200 1.5	 28,400	     18,100 1.4	     25,100    1,100	3.0    3,300	
Henry         	    7,700 1.6	 12,500		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Lunenburg           8,500 1.8	 15,400	        *     *		*	*	*	*	
Nottoway      	   11,800 1.9	 21,900	     10,900 1.7	     18,800      900	3.4    3,100	
Patrick       	   14,300 2.1	 30,700	     13,200 2.2	     28,700    1,100	1.8    2,000	
Pittsylvania  	   33,800 1.8	 61,400	     32,200 1.8	     56,400    1,600	3.1    5,000	
District Total	  138,900 1.7	242,900	    130,900 1.7	    221,500    8,000	2.7   21,400	
										
Southeastern									
Brunswick     	    8,900 2.5	 22,000	      8,200 2.4	     19,400	 700	3.7    2,600	
Dinwiddie     	    5,100 2.4	 12,100	      4,600 2.3      10,800	 500	2.6    1,300	
Greensville   	    1,100 2.1	  2,300		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Isle Of Wight 	      900 2.2 	  2,000		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Mecklenburg   	   23,800 1.8	 41,700	     23,000  1.7     39,800      800	2.4    1,900	
Prince George 	    1,300 1.2	  1,500		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Southampton   	      900 1.0	    900		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Surry         	      900 2.1	  1,900		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Sussex        	    1,000 1.2	  1,200		*     *		*	*	*	*	
Chesapeake    	    1,400 2.1	  2,900		*     *		*	*	*	*	
District Total	   46,300 2.0	 90,400	     43,400  1.9     82,800    2,900	2.6    7,600	
										
State Total	1,270,000 1.7 2,140,000   1,150,000  1.6  1,840,000  120,000    2.5  300,000


1/ Preliminary.
2/ All yields are rounded to the nearest 1/10 ton.
*  Counties with less than 500 acres and/or to prevent disclosure of confidential data have been 
included in "District Total".