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 
Off-farm 
Item All farms Retirement occupation 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 473 45 90 
$50,000 or more 308 13 13 
Customwork and custom hauling farms 12,695 3,740 4,351 
$1,000 55,440 6,679 8,091 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 6,305 2,233 2,582 
$1,000 to $4,999 4,188 1,258 1,400 
$5,000 to $24,999 1,843 228 346 
$25,000 to $49,999 227 13 17 
$50,000 or more 132 8 6 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms 12,478 2,311 4,339 
$1,000 258,029 13,145 24,912 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 7,830 1,831 3,363 
$5,000 to $9,999 1,565 245 474 
$10,000 to $24,999 1,439 162 365 
$25,000 or more 1,644 73 137 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles . farms 3,034 629 1 ,003 
$1,000 21,866 890 1,787 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 1,585 432 659 
$1,000 to $4,999 781 156 243 
$5,000 to $24,999 501 40 93 
$25,000 to $49,999 86 - 6 
$50,000 or more 81 1 2 
Interest expense farms 30,514 7,951 13,337 
$1,000 248,538 38,780 76,246 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 17,631 5,328 8,178 
$5,000 to $24,999 11,078 2,474 4,800 
$25,000 to $99,999 1,651 144 351 
$100,000 or more 154 5 8 
Secured by real estate farms 25,135 6,412 11,364 
$1,000 197,099 31,355 64,662 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 3,699 1,233 1,705 
$1,000 to $4,999 10,643 3,012 5,169 
$5,000 to $24,999 9,434 2,060 4,204 
$25,000 to $49,999 924 85 239 
$50,000 or more 435 22 47 
Not secured by real estate farms 15,151 3,850 6,000 
$1,000 51,438 7,426 11,584 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 6,281 1,881 2,878 
$1,000 to $4,999 6,560 1,623 2,650 
$5,000 to $24,999 2,002 321 445 
$25,000 to $49,999 237 25 27 
$50,000 or more 71 
Property taxes paid farms 74,278 24,576 32,217 
$1,000 113,653 29,193 39,132 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 71,333 24,099 31,568 
$5,000 to $9,999 2,072 372 518 
$10,000 to $24,999 692 91 119 
$25,000 or more 181 14 12 
All other production 
expenses (see text) farms 38,352 11,444 15,043 
$1,000 302,219 26,642 33,476 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 31,870 10,454 13,771 
$5,000 to $24,999 4,823 824 1,057 
$25,000 to $49,999 914 133 166 
$50,000 to $99,999 439 25 36 
$100,000 or more 306 8 13 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 farms 1,323 281 292 
$1,000 16,660 905 691 
Depreciation expenses claimed farms 34,475 10,762 13,229 
$1,000 478,771 73,973 88,907 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations farms 77,064 25,227 33,368 
$1,000 882,585 8,490 -87,447 
Average per farm dollars 11,453 337 -2,621 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
85 
95 
91 
41 
3 
23 
16 
60 
126 
58 
3 
19 
2,371 
793 
755 
288 
18 
379 
5,820 
6,945 
10,836 
9,276 
5,180 
2,613 
1,181 
87 
39 
13 
1 
169 
876 
284 
212 
27 
- 
131 
303 
391 
388 
126 
2 
59 
5 
23 
92 
67 
1 
9 
6 
8 
24 
55 
14 
11 
2,759 
1,035 
1,089 
485 
26 
434 
19,194 
16,841 
53,605 
85,637 
28,459 
16,234 
1,905 
336 
130 
21 
1 
243 
454 
208 
135 
12 
- 
37 
268 
299 
243 
43 
2 
57 
132 
192 
581 
409 
23 
97 
573 
262 
294 
161 
12 
100 
1,570 
1,904 
4,128 
5,919 
1,309 
4,359 
312 
84 
55 
9 
_ 
34 
161 
98 
65 
27 
2 
29 
96 
60 
127 
57 
4 
24 
4 
9 
22 
38 
2 
5 
- 
11 
25 
30 
4 
8 
5,332 
1,317 
1,279 
518 
28 
752 
35,842 
17,334 
29,803 
31,560 
8,633 
10,339 
3,016 
420 
227 
38 
1 
423 
2,114 
700 
611 
136 
3 
240 
192 
193 
420 
271 
4 
76 
10 
4 
21 
73 
20 
13 
4,250 
1,036 
1,038 
421 
22 
592 
29,114 
13,402 
22,184 
22,808 
5,349 
8,227 
555 
64 
36 
12 
_ 
94 
1,762 
273 
160 
35 
1 
231 
1,785 
545 
512 
129 
3 
196 
101 
119 
232 
112 
1 
35 
47 
35 
98 
133 
17 
36 
2,866 
825 
818 
366 
18 
408 
6,728 
3,933 
7,619 
8,753 
3,284 
2,112 
1,155 
133 
56 
16 
_ 
162 
1,370 
419 
276 
64 
- 
158 
321 
262 
424 
162 
2 
65 
18 
11 
53 
84 
2 
17 
2 
" 
9 
40 
14 
6 
11,579 
1,732 
1,607 
592 
32 
1,943 
16,929 
5,573 
8,155 
7,139 
2,085 
5,447 
11,159 
1,454 
1,078 
223 
4 
1,748 
329 
218 
350 
167 
2 
116 
82 
53 
159 
131 
2 
55 
9 
7 
20 
71 
24 
24 
6,893 
1,618 
1,648 
606 
36 
1,064 
22,233 
18,508 
42,807 
56,416 
41,929 
60,207 
5,852 
675 
320 
35 
1 
762 
932 
800 
869 
152 
- 
189 
80 
97 
291 
116 
- 
31 
22 
24 
112 
175 
3 
42 
7 
22 
56 
128 
32 
40 
271 
113 
165 
135 
9 
57 
1,391 
1,183 
3,328 
7,212 
946 
1,004 
5,724 
1,535 
1,649 
605 
36 
935 
52,763 
39,818 
74,458 
99,353 
18,904 
30,595 
12,230 
1,825 
1,651 
606 
36 
2,121 
-12,877 
162,103 
297,655 
358,836 
71,042 
84,783 
-1,053 
88,824 
180,288 
592,139 
1,973,380 
39,973 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 241 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
