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Chesapeake

Total population (1990 census): 151982
County seat: Chesapeake

Extension office

CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 61 14815 1513221 bu
Wheat 41 11018 607791 bu
Oats 3 41 3260 bu
Grain Legumes Farms Acres Yield
Soybeans for Beans 83 25647 816729 bu
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Total Hay* 44 1653 3045 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay 10 D 766 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay 6 361 577 tons, dry
Tame Hay 31 685 1113 tons, dry
Wild Hay 6 222 D
Grass Silage 3 D D
Corn for Silage or Green Chop 7 597 10919 tons, grn
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Green Lima Beans 3 D  
Snap Beans 6 25  
Cantaloups 6 10  
Collards 11 50  
Cucumbers and Pickles 9 4  
Kale 7 16  
Sweet Peppers 3 D  
Potatoes 3 D D
Pumpkins 11 51  
Squash 7 11  
Sweet Corn 14 143  
Tomatoes 8 9  
Watermelons 6 4  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Apples 3 D D
Peaches 5 17 1573 trees
Peanuts 3 61 116760 lbs
Strawberries 6 35 132370 lbs
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 32 1016562 D 20446
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 12 X 418 X
Floriculture Crops 20 1013262 32 18079
Bedding/Garden Plants 16 219400 D 1875
Foliage Plants 3 D D D
Potted Flowering Plants 6 D 15 D
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested 4 X 8 57
Nursery Crops 6 D D D
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 5 D 25 79

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.