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TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL LIVESTOCK Rankings of Principal Crops and Livestock........................................... 6 2007 Livestock and Dairy Summary ....................................................54 Cash Receipts Charts ........................................................................... 7 Livestock Selected Records ................................................................55 Cattle and Calf Inventory .....................................................................56 WEATHER Cattle Production, Disposition, and Income.........................................56 Hog and Pig Inventory .........................................................................57 2007 Crop and Weather Summary .................................................... 8-9 Hog Production, Disposition, and Income............................................57 Planting and Harvesting Progress.................................................. 10-11 Sheep and Lamb Inventory..................................................................58 Freeze Probability .......................................................................... 12-13 Wool Production and Values ...............................................................58 Precipitation Data by Stations ........................................................ 14-15 Sheep and Lamb Production, Disposition, and Income.......................58 Monthly and Annual Precipitation Graphs by Districts ........................ 16 Cattle, Dairy and Sheep Distribution Maps..........................................59 Monthly and Annual Temperature Graphs by Districts ....................... 17 Commercial Slaughter and Red Meat Production ...............................60 Days Suitable For Fieldwork ............................................................... 18 Livestock Rankings by State................................................................61 Topsoil Moisture Supply Percents....................................................... 19 LIVESTOCK COUNTY ESTIMATES CROPS Cattle, Milk Cows, Sheep and Hogs .............................................. 62-63 Field Crops Narrative ..................................................................... 20-21 Selected Crop Records ....................................................................... 22 DAIRY Off Farm Grain Stocks ........................................................................ 23 Hay Production and Stocks................................................................. 23 Milk, Production, Disposition, and Income...........................................64 Corn and Soybean Distribution Maps ................................................. 24 Milk Cows, Milk per Cow, and Production, by Month...........................65 Wheat, Barley and Hay Distribution Maps .......................................... 25 Flue, Burley and Fire Tobacco Distribution Maps ............................... 26 POULTRY Peanuts, and Cotton Distribution Maps............................................... 27 Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value: 2007 Poultry Summary ........................................................................66 Corn, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Soybeans ................................................ 28 Poultry Production, Disposition, and Income .......................................67 Cotton, Peanuts, Hay .......................................................................... 29 Eggs: Production by Quarters.............................................................68 Tobacco by Types, Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes ............................. 30 Broiler Chicks Hatched ........................................................................68 Crop Rankings by State ................................................................. 31-33 Poultry and Eggs: Gross Income ........................................................68 Layer Numbers, Egg Production, and Value .......................................68 FIELD CROP COUNTY ESTIMATES Poultry: Rankings by State .................................................................69 Corn for Grain and Silage 2006 - 2007 .......................................... 34-37 MISCELLANEOUS LIVESTOCK Soybeans 2006 - 2007 ........................................................................ 38 Wheat 2006 - 2007.............................................................................. 39 Trout Summary and Commercial Trout Sales .....................................70 Hay 2006 - 2007............................................................................. 40-43 Honey Summary and Honey Production, Stocks and Value ...............71 Barley 2006 - 2007.............................................................................. 44 Peanuts and Cotton 2006 - 2007 ........................................................ 45 FARM INCOME, PRICES, AND MISCELLANEOUS Tobacco 2007 ................................................................................ 46-47 Cash Receipts and Gross Farm Income........................................ 72-73 FRUITS Farm Income Indicators .......................................................................74 Exports, Farm Numbers, Size, and Land Values.................................75 2007 Apple, Peach, and Grape Summary .......................................... 48 Farm Real Estate: Value of Land and Buildings and Cash Rents ......76 Apple Production, Price, and Utilization .............................................. 49 Prices Received by Farmers.......................................................... 77-80 Peaches: Production, Price, and Utilization ....................................... 49 Prices Paid: Selected Items................................................................81 Apples: Commercial Production by County........................................ 50 Labor: Farm Employment and Wage Rates .......................................82 Grape Acres and Production by County and Variety .......................... 51 COUNTY DATA SUMMARY VEGETABLES Crops, Livestock, and Census Data by County ........................... 83-108 2007 Vegetable Summary................................................................... 52 Commercial Vegetables: Fresh Market & Processing........................ 52 VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY .. 109-125 Vegetable Distribution Map ................................................................. 53 Major Vegetable Crop Calendar.......................................................... 53 VIRGINIA’S COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE LISTING ............ 126-128 Vegetable Planting and Harvesting Dates .......................................... 53 ORDER FORM FOR PUBLICATIONS..............................................129 USDA/NASS Virginia Field Office 5 RANKINGS OF PRINCIPAL CROPS AND LIVESTOCK, 2007 Rank With Other States Virginia Based on Production 1/ Production as Rank Within State Percent of Number of Based on Value of Acres Harvested 1/ Cash Receipts 2/ Producing Virginia US Total Production States -acres- -rank- -thou dollars- -rank- -thou dollars- -rank- -number- -rank- -percent- Crops Soybeans 480,000 2 136,080 3 135,807 1 31 20 0.50 Corn, Grain 405,000 3 139,421 2 101,130 2 41 28 0.26 Tobacco 20,600 8 71,206 5 71,059 3 11 3 5.92 Tomatoes, Fresh Market 5,400 10 66,282 6 66,282 4 16 4 4.94 Wheat, Winter 205,000 4 71,504 4 64,988 5 42 22 0.87 Hay 1,340,000 1 300,274 1 44,323 6 48 24 1.66 Cotton, Lint and Seed 59,000 5 27,871 7 35,916 7 17 15 0.56 Apples 12,000 9 27,375 8 23,746 8 32 6 2.36 Potatoes, Summer 5,400 10 13,154 9 12,676 9 11 6 6.66 Peanuts 21,000 7 12,020 10 12,020 10 10 9 1.52 Snap Beans, Fresh Market 5,000 12 10,920 11 10,920 11 11 6 4.33 Grapes 2,400 15 7,560 12 7,560 12 14 8 0.08 Watermelon 1,800 17 5,175 14 5,175 13 16 16 0.97 Sweet Corn, Fresh Market 3,400 14 5,083 15 5,083 14 26 18 1.06 Cabbage, Fresh Market 800 18 1,900 16 1,900 15 15 15 0.59 Barley 30,000 6 5,751 13 1,802 16 26 13 1.01 Peaches, Freestone 800 18 1,618 17 1,618 17 27 19 0.25 Cucumbers, Fresh Market 2,100 16 1,571 18 1,571 18 11 10 0.90 Oats 5,000 12 833 19 680 19 30 30 0.37 Sweet Potatoes 300 20 450 20 487 20 9 9 0.20 Horticulture Greenhouse/Nursery 247,980 NA NA NA NA Livestock and Products 3/ 4/ Broilers 559,430 1 20 11 2.64 Cattle and Calves 429,977 2 50 24 1.22 Milk 371,685 3 50 21 1.03 5/ Turkeys 298,584 4 21 5 7.43 Hogs 78,991 5 50 20 0.44 4/ Eggs 58,201 6 42 28 0.88 Aquaculture 42,513 7 NA NA NA Sheep and Lambs 3,278 8 34 22 0.97 Honey 649 9 41 38 0.19 Wool 95 10 34 29 0.61 Livestock Inventory Number of Head Rank with Other States Based on Inventory All Cattle and Calves, January 1, 2008 1,570,000 50 20 1.62 Milk Cows, January 1, 2008 98,000 50 22 1.06 Hogs and Pigs, December 1, 2007 370,000 50 18 0.55 Sheep and Lambs, January 1, 2008 81,000 50 22 1.34 All Chickens (Excludes Commercial Broilers) December 1, 2007 4,546,000 50 26 1.00 1/ 2007 Crop Year. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Calendar year basis except as noted for broilers, turkeys, and eggs. Rankings based on pounds produced with the exception of eggs which is in number. 4/ Year begins December 1, 2006 and ends November 30, 2007. 5/ Year begins September 1, 2006 and ends August 31, 2007. 6 USDA/NASS Virginia Field Office 2007 VIRGINIA CASH RECEIPTS ALL COMMODITIES CROPS LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS USDA/NASS Virginia Field Office 7 Weather & Crop Conditions January had warmer and dryer than normal conditions. Soil moisture was adequate throughout the month. The mild temperatures early in the month helped late planted small grains but also encouraged