2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Virginia
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/30/2025

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. 2025 )574,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )66,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )1,320,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )35,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )6,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )80,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head15,400,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head20,851
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,397,000,000
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 & HAYLAGE357,962,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)339,152,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA6,00018,810,000
HAY
HAY970,0002.22 TONS / ACRE2,158,000 TONS166 $ / TON357,962,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)940,0002.2 TONS / ACRE2,068,000 TONS164 $ / TON339,152,000
HAY, ALFALFA30,0003 TONS / ACRE90,000 TONS209 $ / TON18,810,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS610,000600,00044 BU / ACRE26,400,000 BU9.8 $ / BU258,720,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN305,000114 BU / ACRE34,770,000 BU4.7 $ / BU163,419,000
CORN, SILAGE95,00014 TONS / ACRE1,330,000 TONS
CORN460,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND91,00090,0001,093 LB / ACRE205,000 480 LB BALES0.699 $ / LB68,782,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED59,000 TONS240 $ / TON14,160,000
COTTON91,00090,0001,093 LB / ACRE205,000 480 LB BALES
TOBACCO
TOBACCO12,4002,050 LB / ACRE25,420,000 LB2.32 $ / LB58,974,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS30,00030,0004,950 LB / ACRE148,500,000 LB0.281 $ / LB41,729,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER150,00085,00066 BU / ACRE5,610,000 BU5.2 $ / BU29,172,000
WHEAT150,00085,00066 BU / ACRE5,610,000 BU5.2 $ / BU29,172,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS5,8004,700115 CWT / ACRE540,500 CWT27.4 $ / CWT14,681,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED535,600 CWT
PUMPKINS, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
BARLEY
BARLEY24,0009,00084 BU / ACRE756,000 BU4.8 $ / BU3,629,000
APPLES
APPLES220,000,000 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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