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Virginia Farms and Farmers:
• The typical Virginia farmer is 56 years old.
• About ten percent of Virginia farmers are female.
• The average farm size is 179 acres and has assets worth $363,000.
• Farm debt is $41,500 per farm.
• Farm production expenses average $120 a day, seven days a week.
• After paying production expenses, the Virginia farmer nets about $11,000 a year.
• An acre of the family farm is worth an average of $1,338.
• There were more than twice as many farms in Virginia in 1960.
• Average Cash receipts of farm marketing were $47,000 in 1995. Broilers lead all commodities in cash receipts.
• The agricultural system in Virginia accounts for 7.6 percent of the gross state product and accounts for 14.8 percent of all jobs in Virginia.
• Farms cover 8.6 million
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