2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 West Virginia
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/28/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation155
Farm Operations - Number of Operations22,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated3,500,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )365,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )36,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head4,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head14,750
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb59,000,000
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
HAY607,0001.52 TONS / ACRE920,000 TONS146 $ / TON134,420,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)600,0001.5 TONS / ACRE900,000 TONS145 $ / TON130,500,000
HAY, ALFALFA7,0002.8 TONS / ACRE20,000 TONS196 $ / TON3,920,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE134,420,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)130,500,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0003,920,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN26,000110 BU / ACRE2,860,000 BU4.5 $ / BU12,870,000
CORN41,000
CORN, SILAGE9,00012 TONS / ACRE108,000 TONS
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP0.171 GALLONS / TAP12,000 GALLONS
(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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