2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Virginia

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/24/2019

Farms Operations^†

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	631,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	79,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	1,440,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	15,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	42,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	5,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	79,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	345,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head	17,000,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	19,699
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	1,635,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	2,100	2,000	210 CWT / ACRE	420,000 CWT		27,774,000
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				409,100 CWT
TOMATOES					67.9 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						(D)
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						(D)
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					15 $ / CWT	10,343,000
PUMPKINS	3,900	3,500	205 CWT / ACRE	717,500 CWT	15 $ / CWT	10,343,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				689,500 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		325,000	146 BU / ACRE	47,450,000 BU
CORN	485,000
CORN, SILAGE		135,000	19 TONS / ACRE	2,565,000 TONS
PEACHES
PEACHES				4,100 TONS
GRAPES
GRAPES				8,500 TONS
APPLES
APPLES				220,000,000 LB
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		1,100,000	2.2 TONS / ACRE	2,420,000 TONS
HAY, ALFALFA		40,000	3 TONS / ACRE	120,000 TONS
HAY		1,140,000	2.23 TONS / ACRE	2,540,000 TONS
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	24,000	24,000	4,200 LB / ACRE	100,800,000 LB
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	10,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	98,000	97,000	965 LB / ACRE	195,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON	98,000	97,000	965 LB / ACRE	195,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, COTTONSEED				53,000 TONS
BARLEY
BARLEY	30,000	9,000	70 BU / ACRE	630,000 BU
POTATOES
POTATOES	4,800	4,400	235 CWT / ACRE	1,034,000 CWT
WHEAT
WHEAT	230,000	155,000	60 BU / ACRE	9,300,000 BU
WHEAT, WINTER	230,000	155,000	60 BU / ACRE	9,300,000 BU
TOBACCO
TOBACCO		22,280	1,977 LB / ACRE	44,046,000 LB
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	600,000	590,000	43 BU / ACRE	25,370,000 BU

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: Virginia

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	3,753,287	31	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	1,360,146	32	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	2,393,141	26	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	633,652	29	50
Tobacco	100,901	4	19
Cotton and cottonseed	67,875	14	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	92,323	25	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	65,820	18	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	251,871	18	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	7,873	7	49
Other crops and hay	139,830	32	50
Poultry and eggs	1,161,564	14	50
Cattle and calves	707,976	23	50
Milk from cows	347,204	22	50
Hogs and pigs	67,702	21	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	11,634	21	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	32,006	9	50
Aquaculture	54,665	11	50
Other animals and other animal products	10,389	28	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	1,313,197	17	50
Soybeans for beans	578,852	19	45
Corn for grain	338,132	24	49
Wheat for grain, all	241,979	26	49
Winter wheat for grain	240,208	25	48

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	38,386,310	14	50
Turkeys	5,160,805	6	50
Layers	2,897,238	28	50
Cattle and calves	1,631,882	18	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	1,301,917	22	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	12,339
$1,000 to $2,499	4,764
$2,500 to $4,999	5,063
$5,000 to $9,999	6,436
$10,000 to $19,999	5,365
$20,000 to $24,999	1,575
$25,000 to $39,999	2,693
$40,000 to $49,999	1,144
$50,000 to $99,999	2,220
$100,000 to $249,999	1,619
$250,000 to $499,999	1,046
$500,000 or more	1,766

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	3,494,672
Average per farm ($)	75,922

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	520,123
Average per farm ($)	11,300

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	20,740
Other	25,290

Principal operators by sex
Male	38,377
Female	7,653

Average age of principal operator	59.5

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	265
Asian	245
Black or African American	1,865
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12
White	66,370
More than one race	211

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	755

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.