1997 Agricultural Census - City of Suffolk
From the AgCensus :
- [NOTE: In Virginia, a city is an independent political unit from a county. The agricultural census ignores this distinction and still refers to the County Summary.]
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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218 268 314 Farms (number)
76222 83047 87761 Land in farms (acres)
350 310 279 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
141 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
687535 523439 441249 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1869 1687 1552 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
124959 82667 71512 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
24 22 31 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
51 62 68 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
47 80 94 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
52 43 62 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
20 39 39 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
24 22 20 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
185 241 285 Total cropland (farms)
57267 64100 66946 Total cropland (acres)
163 212 262 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
54216 58554 54862 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
24 22 24 Irrigated land (farms)
799 563 985 Irrigated land (acres)
38672 37053 31584 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
177392 138258 100585 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
32542 27026 21396 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
6130 10027 10188 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
37 31 45 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
16 9 25 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
17 29 30 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
26 41 47 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
23 30 39 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
30 26 43 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
69 102 85 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
35731 31318 26725 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
164658 116422 85383 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
217 269 313 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
3418 6570 3946 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
15751 24425 12608 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
140 158 193 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
78 110 121 Operators by principal occupation: Other
79 115 134 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
65 89 99 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
35 51 66 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
2171 2379 3179 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
32 40 52 Beef cows (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Beef cows (number)
1 1 1 Milk cows (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Milk cows (number)
40 49 56 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
1031 1218 1854 Cattle and calves sold (number)
24 50 83 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
6962 11879 15812 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
23 52 83 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
21383 24989 28470 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
6 9 11 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
86 153 262 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
9 9 13 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
10 17 20 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
1562893 3296837 3163434 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
99 164 208 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
10718 20027 17491 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
718679 2154997 921429 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
71 73 79 Wheat for grain (farms)
7241 7003 6029 Wheat for grain (acres)
404235 396805 264373 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
2 1 1 Tobacco (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Tobacco (acres)
(D) (D) (D) Tobacco (pounds)
106 164 208 Soybeans for beans (farms)
15739 18884 18748 Soybeans for beans (acres)
334853 607862 568476 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
110 156 190 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
10867 14409 13969 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
24960728 36867322 39096674 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
24 19 23 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
395 946 1373 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
1175 959 2394 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
5 6 4 Land in orchards (farms)
12 38 11 Land in orchards (acres)
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(B) Data not available due to brackets.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
(N) Not available.
(H) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is greater than or equal to 99.95 percent.
(L) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is less than 0.05 percent.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards
on the basis of either the response rate or a consistency review.
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