2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Virginia

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/24/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	183
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	44,300
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	8,100,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	633,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	87,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	1,480,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	18,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	41,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	5,500
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	75,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	240,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	277,400,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head	16,800,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	19,954
Milk - Production, Measured in $	336,784,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	1,736,000,000

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
HAY
HAY		1,205,000	2.36 TONS / ACRE	2,838,000 TONS	122 $ / TON	346,964,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		1,150,000	2.3 TONS / ACRE	2,645,000 TONS	116 $ / TON	306,820,000
HAY, ALFALFA		55,000	3.5 TONS / ACRE	193,000 TONS	208 $ / TON	40,144,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						346,964,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	11,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	600,000	590,000	44 BU / ACRE	25,960,000 BU	9.3 $ / BU	241,428,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		340,000	140 BU / ACRE	47,600,000 BU	3.8 $ / BU	180,880,000
CORN, SILAGE		135,000	18 TONS / ACRE	2,430,000 TONS
CORN	500,000
TOBACCO
TOBACCO		23,370	2,284 LB / ACRE	53,381,000 LB	2.05 $ / LB	109,437,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	84,000	83,000	1,110 LB / ACRE	192,000 480 LB BALES	0.67 $ / LB	62,712,000
COTTON	84,000	83,000	1,110 LB / ACRE	192,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, COTTONSEED				52,000 TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
WHEAT
WHEAT	210,000	145,000	66 BU / ACRE	9,570,000 BU	4.7 $ / BU	44,979,000
WHEAT, WINTER	210,000	145,000	66 BU / ACRE	9,570,000 BU	4.7 $ / BU	44,979,000
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	2,400	2,300	290 CWT / ACRE	667,000 CWT		41,707,000
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON
TOMATOES					62.8 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				663,700 CWT
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						(D)
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						(D)
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	27,000	27,000	4,550 LB / ACRE	122,850,000 LB	0.244 $ / LB	29,975,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	5,000	4,500	265 CWT / ACRE	1,193,000 CWT	16.3 $ / CWT	19,446,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					14.4 $ / CWT	7,760,000
PUMPKINS	2,500	2,400	225 CWT / ACRE	540,000 CWT	14.4 $ / CWT	7,760,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				538,900 CWT
BARLEY
BARLEY	30,000	11,000	73 BU / ACRE	803,000 BU	2.8 $ / BU	2,248,000
GRAPES
GRAPES				9,000 TONS
APPLES
APPLES				220,000,000 LB
PEACHES
PEACHES				6,000 TONS

(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.