2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Virginia
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/08/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation187
Farm Operations - Number of Operations38,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated7,200,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )575,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )65,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )1,320,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )38,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )5,600
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )77,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head15,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,197
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,399,000,000
County outlines for VIRGINIA

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
HAY
HAY1,085,0002.33 TONS / ACRE2,527,000 TONS171 $ / TON432,663,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,050,0002.3 TONS / ACRE2,415,000 TONS169 $ / TON408,135,000
HAY, ALFALFA35,0003.2 TONS / ACRE112,000 TONS219 $ / TON24,528,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE432,663,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)408,135,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA5,00024,528,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN350,000168 BU / ACRE58,800,000 BU4.45 $ / BU261,660,000
CORN470,000
CORN, SILAGE100,00021 TONS / ACRE2,100,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS600,000590,00038 BU / ACRE22,420,000 BU10.7 $ / BU239,894,000
TOBACCO
TOBACCO13,4002,150 LB / ACRE28,810,000 LB2.28 $ / LB65,687,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND73,00072,0001,133 LB / ACRE170,000 480 LB BALES0.632 $ / LB51,571,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED46,000 TONS225 $ / TON10,350,000
COTTON73,00072,0001,133 LB / ACRE170,000 480 LB BALES
PEANUTS
PEANUTS33,00033,0004,400 LB / ACRE145,200,000 LB0.272 $ / LB39,494,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER130,00070,00066 BU / ACRE4,620,000 BU5.15 $ / BU23,793,000
WHEAT130,00070,00066 BU / ACRE4,620,000 BU5.15 $ / BU23,793,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS4,9004,700145 CWT / ACRE681,500 CWT25.6 $ / CWT16,924,000
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET25.6 $ / CWT16,924,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED661,100 CWT
BARLEY
BARLEY27,0006,00087 BU / ACRE522,000 BU5 $ / BU2,610,000
APPLES
APPLES165,000,000 LB
(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


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