2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Virginia
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/28/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation187
Farm Operations - Number of Operations39,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated7,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )574,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )66,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )1,320,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )14,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )34,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )5,400
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )79,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )245,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head15,400,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head20,882
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,420,000,000
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 & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE400,288,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)376,320,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA6,00023,968,000
HAY
HAY1,155,0002.13 TONS / ACRE2,464,000 TONS162 $ / TON400,288,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,120,0002.1 TONS / ACRE2,352,000 TONS160 $ / TON376,320,000
HAY, ALFALFA35,0003.2 TONS / ACRE112,000 TONS214 $ / TON23,968,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN375,000157 BU / ACRE58,875,000 BU5.3 $ / BU312,038,000
CORN, SILAGE100,00017 TONS / ACRE1,700,000 TONS
CORN495,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS580,000570,00038 BU / ACRE21,660,000 BU13 $ / BU281,580,000
TOBACCO
TOBACCO13,0702,343 LB / ACRE30,624,000 LB2.451 $ / LB75,069,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND81,00080,0001,170 LB / ACRE195,000 480 LB BALES0.791 $ / LB74,038,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED54,000 TONS236 $ / TON12,744,000
COTTON81,00080,0001,170 LB / ACRE195,000 480 LB BALES
WHEAT
WHEAT200,000135,00078 BU / ACRE10,530,000 BU6.4 $ / BU67,392,000
WHEAT, WINTER200,000135,00078 BU / ACRE10,530,000 BU6.4 $ / BU67,392,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS29,00029,0004,830 LB / ACRE140,070,000 LB0.279 $ / LB39,080,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS4,7004,600105 CWT / ACRE483,000 CWT32.5 $ / CWT15,477,000
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET32.5 $ / CWT15,477,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED476,200 CWT
BARLEY
BARLEY30,0006,00083 BU / ACRE498,000 BU4.2 $ / BU2,092,000
APPLES
APPLES195,000,000 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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