Agricultural Industry Profile
for
Northampton County, Virginia
Aquaculture Is New Leader in
Agricultural Industry Sales
1982
1997
14%
22%
27%
30%
12%
11%
22%
25%
11%
26%
Soybeans ($5,905,000)
Vegetables, melons and sweet corn ($5,563,000)
Other crops: potatoes, peanuts, etc. ($4,981,000)
Wheat ($2,621,000)
Other commodities ($3,081,000)
Source: United States Census of Agriculture, 1982,
1987, 1992, 1997.
Aquaculture ($11,354,000)
Vegetables, melons and sweet corn ($10,161,000)
Other crops: potatoes, peanuts, etc. ($4,343,000)
Wheat ($4,268,000)
Other commodities ($8,471,000)
Northampton County, Va.
Agricultural Product Sales
Reached $39 Million in 1997
$45
$39
$40
$35
Million
$27
$30
$25
$22
$20
$20
$15
$10
$5
$0
1982
Source: United States Census of
Agriculture, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997.
1987
1992
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Number of Farms Decreased 38%;
Average Size of Farms Increased 47%
400
350
300
Number
of Farms
250
Farms/
Acres 200
Average
Size of
Farms
(Acres)
150
100
50
0
1982
Source: United States Census of Agriculture, 1982,
1987, 1992, 1997.
1987
1992
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Number of Farms >1,000 Acres Increased
All Other Farms by Size Category Decreased
1 to 9 acres
90
80
10 to 49 acres
70
60
50 to 179 acres
Number 50
of Farms 40
180 to 499
acres
500 to 999
acres
1,000 acres or
more
30
20
10
0
1982
Source: United States Census of Agriculture, 1982,
1987, 1992, 1997.
1987
1992
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Land in Farms Decreased 9%
70,000
60,000
3,452
1,488
5,690
2,500
50,000
Acres
1,637
4,973
Other
6,205
6,199
40,000
Woodland
30,000
53,141
20,000
49,974
41,831
44,627
1987
1992
10,000
0
1982
Source: United States Census of Agriculture,
1982, 1987, 1992, 1997.
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Cropland
Number of Farm Operators Decreased
200
180
160
140
-45%
Number 120
of Farm 100
Operators 80
-16%
60
40
20
0
1982
Source: United States Census of Agriculture, 1982,
1987, 1992, 1997.
1987
1992
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Principal
Occupation:
Farming
Principal
Occupation:
Other
New Aquaculture Industry
Boosts Net Cash Returns
$45
Market Value of
Products Sold
$40
$35
$30
$25
Farm Production
Expenses
Million $20
$15
$10
Net Cash Return on
Sales
$5
$0
1987
Source: United States Census of
Agriculture, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997.
1992
1997
Northampton County, Va.
All Farms by Sales Category Decreased
120
< $10,000
100
80
Number
of Farms
-51%
-23%
60
-32%
40
>=$100,000
20
0
1982
Source: United States Census of
Agriculture, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997.
$10,000 $99,999
1987
1992
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Land Protected by Conservation
Easements Nearly 1,200 Acres
1,400
1,200
1,000
Acres
800
600
400
200
0
1991
1992
1993
Fiscal Year
Source: Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Northampton County, Va.
1997
2000
Agricultural Service Firms Fluctuated
Food Processing Firms Decreased
.
9
8
7
Number
of Firms
Agricultural Service
Firms
6
5
4
3
Food Proccessing
Firms
2
1
0
1982
Source: United States Bureau of the Census,
County Business Patterns, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997
1987
1992
1997
Northampton County, Va.
Farm Employment Decreased
800
700
600
Number
of
Employees
-39%
500
On-Farm
Employment
400
300
200
100
0
1982
1987
1992
Source:Regional Economic Information System,
1982, 1997, 1992, 1997
Northampton County, Va.
1997
Aquaculture Leads in
Agricultural Industry Output of
$62 Million in 1999
2%
2%
4%
1%
Miscellaneous livestock ($27,126,000) Predominantly Aquaculture
Vegetables ($23,731,000)
3%
7%
Oil-bearing crops ($4,117,000)
43%
Food grains ($2,374,000)
Greenhouse & nursery ($2,179,000)
38%
Feed grains ($1,037,000)
Forest products ($1,009,000)
Cotton ($876,000)
Source: 1999 IMPLAN Multiplier
Reports. Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc.
Stillwater, Minn.
Northampton County, Va.
Total Economic Impacts Include
$76 Million in Total Output and
$10 Million in Value-Added
$100
$76
Total Output Impact
Million
$50
Total Value-Added Impact
$10
$0
1999
Source: 1999 IMPLAN Multiplier Reports.
Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. Stillwater, Minn.
Northampton County, Va.
Agricultural Employment Income
Topped $2 Million, with 398 People Employed
Employee
Compensation
$792,000
$1,276,000
Proprietors'
Income
Source: 1999 IMPLAN Multiplier Reports.
Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. Stillwater, Minn.
Northampton County, Va.
Agriculture and Resource-Based Industries
Account for 18% of Local Economy
Northampton County Total Economic Output - 1999
18%
Agriculture &
resource-based
industries
($73,949,000)
Other industries
($336,805,000)
82%
Source: 1999 IMPLAN Multiplier Reports.
Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. Stillwater, Minn.
Northampton County, Va.