1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 1
GRANT COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

--------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982]
    Farms (number)                                  355         353         358
    Land in farms (acres)                        106325      118805      114742
    Average size of farm (acres)                    300         337         321
    Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($)       246844      195366      174507
    Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($)          772         617         499
    Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($)           22043       18033       14916
    Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres                     17          16           8
    Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres                   58          40          43
    Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres                 112         121         122
    Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres                105         107         119
    Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres                 45          45          45
    Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more              18          24          21
    Total cropland (farms)                          306         320         332
    Total cropland (acres)                        33719       33531       30067
    Harvested cropland (farms)                      289         302         305
    Harvested cropland (acres)                    13081       12867       13001
    Irrigated land (farms)                            2           6           4
    Irrigated land (acres)                          (D)          84          75
    Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000)          22774       14408       10507
    Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($)      64152       40817       29350
    Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000)        421         174         214
    Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000)      22353       14235       10294
    Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500         92         106         139
    Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999            79          86          71
    Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999            68          47          48
    Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999          40          43          43
    Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999          23          26          17
    Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999           9          17          13
    Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more         44          28          27
    Total farm production expenses@1($1,000)      20250       13076        (NA)
    Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($)      57203       37148        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f)           354         352        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000)       2419        1534        (NA)
    Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($)       6834        4357        (NA)
    Operators by prin occupation-Farming            182         203         204
    Operators by principal occupation-Other         173         150         154
    Operators by days worked off farm-Any           177         182         184
    Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days         128         125         113
    Cattle and calves inventory (farms)             285         280         295
    Cattle and calves inventory (number)          12671       12281       13543
    Beef cows (farms)                               256         229         259
    Beef cows (number)                             6984        6053        6453
    Milk cows (farms)                                15          40          58
    Milk cows (number)                              242         276         355
    Cattle and calves sold (farms)                  276         278         292
    Cattle and calves sold (number)                6443        6772        6445
    Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)                  19          25          45
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 2
GRANT COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

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    Hogs and pigs inventory (number)                781         672         976
    Hogs and pigs sold (farms)                       19          20          32
    Hogs and pigs sold (number)                    1043        1634        1477
    Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)                51         100         120
    Sheep and lambs inventory (number)             1871        4646        6329
    Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f)            29          43          48
    Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num)         (D)       65899         (D)
    Broilers... chickens sold (farms)                29          21          32
    Broilers... chickens sold (number)         12139400     6588700     5144898
    Corn for grain or seed (farms)                   17          14          63
    Corn for grain or seed (acres)                  178         152        1003
    Corn for grain or seed (bushels)              17832       10100      101775
    Corn for silage or green chop (farms)            28          41          58
    Corn for silage or green chop (acres)           606         877        1151
    Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn)         9136        6696       18389
    Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)               ...         ...         ...
    Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)               ...         ...         ...
    Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)             ...         ...         ...
    Wheat for grain (farms)                           4           5           9
    Wheat for grain (acres)                          23          44          72
    Wheat for grain (bushels)                      1250        1029        2218
    Barley for grain (farms)                        ...         ...         ...
    Barley for grain (acres)                        ...         ...         ...
    Barley for grain (bushels)                      ...         ...         ...
    Oats for grain (farms)                            9           2          12
    Oats for grain (acres)                           57         (D)          85
    Oats for grain (bushels)                       3705         (D)        4525
    Rice (farms)                                    ...         ...         ...
    Rice (acres)                                    ...         ...         ...
    Rice (cwt)                                      ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (farms)                          ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (acres)                          ...         ...         ...
    Sunflower seed (pounds)                         ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (farms)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (acres)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Cotton (bales)                                  ...         ...         ...
    Tobacco (farms)                                   0           0           0
    Tobacco (acres)                                   0           0           0
    Tobacco (pounds)                                  0           0           0
    Soybeans for beans (farms)                      ...         ...         ...
    Soybeans for beans (acres)                      ...         ...         ...
    Soybeans for beans (bushels)                    ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (farms)         ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (acres)         ...         ...         ...
    Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (cwt)           ...         ...         ...
    Irish potatoes (farms)                          ...         ...         ...
    Irish potatoes (acres)                          ...         ...         ...
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                                PAGE 3
GRANT COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA      
Table 01 
 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS       

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    Irish potatoes (cwt)                            ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (farms)                   ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (acres)                   ...         ...         ...
    Sugar beets for sugar (tons)                    ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (farms)                     ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (acres)                     ...         ...         ...
    Sugarcane for sugar (tons)                      ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (farms)                    ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (acres)                    ...         ...         ...
    Pineapples harvested (tons)                     ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (farms)                        ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (acres)                        ...         ...         ...
    Peanuts for nuts (pounds)                       ...         ...         ...
    Hay-all (see text) (farms)                      284         297         292
    Hay-all (see text) (acres)                    12140       11884       10743
    Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry)                20091       20761       16386
    Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms)              ...         ...         ...
    Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres)              ...         ...         ...
    Land in orchards (farms)                          7           3           5
    Land in orchards (acres)                        (D)           6          29



        (D)  Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms
        (X)  Not applicable.
        (Z)  Less than half of the unit shown.
        (NA) Not available.
        ...  Unpublished data.
        [B]  Not available due to brackets.