Table 18. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Kentucky: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
1,279 
258 
452 
346 
86 
56 
28 
1 
52 
$1,000 
79,283 
4,614 
8,228 
(D) 
5,877 
13,652 
12,888 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
201 
25 
36 
35 
32 
35 
19 
1 
18 
$1,000 
66,564 
2,360 
3,466 
(D) 
4,995 
13,269 
12,712 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
81 
31 
39 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
186 
(D) 
53 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
78 
31 
38 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
181 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
5 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
22,318 
7,979 
9,846 
3,307 
317 
269 
79 
1 
520 
$1,000 
150,888 
43,502 
51,618 
27,259 
7,174 
12,821 
(D) 
(D) 
5,815 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
333 
64 
67 
53 
38 
79 
16 
16 
$1,000 
31,647 
4,978 
6,073 
3,801 
3,240 
9,836 
1,600 
- 
2,120 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
42 
8 
14 
11 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
21 
(D) 
12 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
33,284 
10,407 
13,280 
6,309 
1,198 
925 
251 
13 
901 
$1,000 
1,033,722 
180,944 
197,488 
135,492 
102,142 
192,909 
128,981 
39,722 
56,044 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3,689 
704 
764 
666 
594 
598 
177 
12 
174 
$1,000 
685,719 
69,122 
75,289 
52,854 
90,371 
184,930 
127,193 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
970 
104 
69 
242 
311 
170 
38 
2 
34 
$1,000 
207,602 
9,913 
4,836 
16,082 
50,801 
57,797 
38,453 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
816 
77 
35 
169 
296 
169 
38 
2 
30 
$1,000 
203,864 
9,175 
4,211 
14,352 
50,343 
(D) 
38,453 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
866 
127 
415 
200 
31 
36 
22 
5 
30 
$1,000 
122,130 
1,990 
1,510 
2,000 
4,466 
11,729 
25,761 
59,531 
15,142 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
80 
1 
2 
3 
16 
24 
18 
5 
11 
$1,000 
120,158 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,411 
11,575 
25,740 
59,531 
14,918 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,932 
658 
1,597 
550 
42 
19 
7 
- 
59 
$1,000 
8,464 
1,803 
3,702 
1,432 
617 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
10 
2 
1 
1 
3 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,055 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
224 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
4,561 
1,045 
2,213 
962 
95 
77 
43 
4 
122 
$1,000 
178,938 
7,935 
14,700 
10,537 
5,227 
19,305 
54,236 
24,453 
42,546 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
232 
25 
30 
31 
27 
48 
36 
4 
31 
$1,000 
153,112 
3,076 
3,346 
2,837 
4,318 
19,005 
54,200 
24,453 
41,877 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
3,982 
870 
1,812 
799 
283 
128 
27 
2 
61 
$1,000 
1,107,452 
53,924 
73,499 
(D) 
353,442 
270,083 
88,381 
(D) 
143,552 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
582 
41 
66 
97 
222 
113 
26 
2 
15 
$1,000 
1,104,023 
53,098 
71,898 
(D) 
353,395 
270,021 
(D) 
(D) 
143,502 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
52 
10 
17 
10 
6 
3 
6 
$1,000 
2,884 
(D) 
235 
(D) 
309 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,651 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
11 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
2,647 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,642 
447 
717 
344 
32 
31 
12 
4 
55 
$1,000 
125,574 
1,629 
2,351 
1,393 
1,588 
3,403 
9,811 
17,365 
88,034 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
64 
6 
5 
6 
8 
13 
11 
4 
11 
$1,000 
121,446 
786 
592 
(D) 
1,382 
3,253 
(D) 
17,365 
87,871 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
33,382 
12,144 
1 1 ,454 
5,527 
1,337 
1,359 
504 
25 
1,032 
$1,000 
169,821 
45,148 
37,514 
21,418 
11,640 
24,048 
20,587 
3,097 
6,369 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
3,035 
516 
854 
639 
307 
377 
198 
5 
139 
$1,000 
109,712 
5,552 
5,975 
8,770 
12,034 
30,486 
39,174 
690 
7,032 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
3,438 
877 
1,620 
739 
83 
59 
7 
- 
53 
$1,000 
16,438 
2,720 
4,270 
4,891 
1,972 
1,427 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
77,064 
25,227 
33,368 
12,230 
1,825 
1,651 
606 
36 
2,121 
$1,000 
4,778,105 
485,153 
668,003 
464,631 
583,042 
916,050 
880,199 
330,163 
450,865 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
62,002 
19,231 
20,019 
37,991 
319,475 
554,845 
1,452,474 
9,171,182 
212,572 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
35,651 
10,385 
13,748 
6,862 
1,519 
1,479 
561 
32 
1,065 
$1,000 
472,174 
35,982 
46,252 
40,826 
43,016 
111,355 
142,745 
21,845 
30,151 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,342 
8,510 
11,406 
4,414 
271 
112 
16 
2 
611 
$5,000 to $24,999 
7,162 
1,683 
2,072 
2,169 
629 
286 
39 
3 
281 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 239 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
