2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 West Virginia
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Sep/24/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation156
Farm Operations - Number of Operations22,500
Farm Operations - Acres Operated3,500,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )191,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )5,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )375,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )3,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )21,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )34,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )5,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head78,500,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head3,700,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head15,000
Milk - Production, Measured in $18,825,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb75,000,000
County outlines for WEST 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
HAY565,0001.91 TONS / ACRE1,080,000 TONS137 $ / TON148,110,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)550,0001.9 TONS / ACRE1,045,000 TONS135 $ / TON141,075,000
HAY, ALFALFA15,0002.3 TONS / ACRE35,000 TONS201 $ / TON7,035,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE148,110,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)141,075,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0007,035,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN35,000168 BU / ACRE5,880,000 BU6.8 $ / BU39,984,000
CORN, SILAGE10,00021 TONS / ACRE210,000 TONS
CORN46,000
(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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