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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
5,777 
2,097 
2,774 
648 
11 
8 
- 
- 
239 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,964 
2,619 
3,307 
871 
2 
2 
- 
- 
163 
$10,000 to $19,999 
12,811 
4,567 
6,286 
1,655 
19 
8 
1 
- 
275 
$20,000 to $49,999 
23,708 
8,265 
11,096 
3,619 
151 
38 
- 
529 
$50,000 to $99,999 
14,773 
4,869 
6,211 
2,835 
333 
127 
2 
383 
$100,000 to $199,999 
7,809 
2,062 
2,709 
1,843 
588 
310 
- 
264 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,805 
688 
880 
703 
604 
650 
106 
- 
174 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,414 
58 
104 
56 
117 
508 
443 
34 
94 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
61,065 
19,540 
25,916 
10,256 
1,695 
1,600 
605 
36 
1,417 
number 
109,789 
30,540 
39,983 
18,882 
5,192 
6,950 
4,182 
515 
3,545 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
66,061 
21,696 
28,028 
10,697 
1,743 
1,608 
599 
35 
1,655 
number 
149,486 
45,510 
53,532 
26,408 
7,083 
8,116 
3,810 
360 
4,667 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
32,112 
11,050 
13,238 
5,326 
767 
691 
237 
11 
792 
number 
44,523 
15,225 
17,349 
7,601 
1,359 
1,283 
447 
31 
1,228 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
51,714 
16,843 
21,422 
8,712 
1,544 
1,361 
488 
29 
1,315 
number 
85,708 
26,866 
31,754 
1 5,665 
3,824 
3,521 
1,325 
117 
2,636 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
11,608 
2,675 
3,405 
2,248 
1,017 
1,294 
521 
34 
414 
number 
19,255 
3,419 
4,429 
3,142 
1,900 
3,312 
2,038 
212 
803 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
4,579 
621 
924 
775 
611 
959 
466 
24 
199 
number 
5,338 
692 
1,032 
867 
696 
1,115 
626 
62 
248 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,473 
299 
545 
315 
119 
113 
33 
3 
46 
number 
1,676 
345 
617 
362 
132 
128 
38 
4 
50 
Hay balers 
....farms 
30,692 
9,780 
11,983 
5,920 
1,093 
828 
240 
13 
835 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
40,248 
12,462 
15,458 
7,991 
1,585 
1,226 
340 
21 
1,165 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
29,560 
8,179 
10,973 
5,922 
1,476 
1,471 
559 
32 
948 
acres treated 
3,786,682 
417,944 
520,672 
398,946 
311,130 
775,557 
965,544 
161,541 
235,348 
Manure used 
....farms 
9,167 
2,294 
3,295 
2,069 
629 
429 
140 
14 
297 
acres treated 
376,121 
56,514 
77,704 
57,353 
41,438 
52,529 
52,430 
20,503 
17,650 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
9,412 
1,704 
2,632 
2,259 
924 
1,054 
455 
24 
360 
acres 
1,758,021 
56,306 
94,285 
75,611 
136,536 
439,763 
695,612 
127,712 
132,196 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
19,983 
4,747 
6,915 
4,152 
1,407 
1,466 
550 
31 
715 
acres 
3,451,620 
195,841 
287,332 
216,163 
289,206 
890,297 
1,166,151 
185,769 
220,861 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,045 
188 
285 
251 
118 
120 
41 
7 
35 
acres 
188,864 
7,444 
14,260 
10,300 
14,557 
48,665 
54,470 
34,400 
4,768 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
2,573 
442 
724 
616 
212 
327 
143 
13 
96 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
397,006 
10,173 
22,175 
11,552 
24,417 
111,065 
146,307 
44,480 
26,837 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,712 
305 
422 
388 
184 
261 
83 
2 
67 
acres on which used 
44,358 
4,296 
4,735 
5,668 
5,707 
12,811 
8,880 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
4,054 
1,203 
1,270 
629 
239 
331 
186 
15 
181 
acres 
375,618 
35,889 
32,093 
18,906 
21,636 
73,732 
146,598 
19,850 
26,914 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
6,615 
2,031 
2,701 
1,080 
203 
271 
123 
6 
200 
acres 
588,796 
86,568 
97,282 
51,500 
41,464 
118,082 
138,247 
16,121 
39,532 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,897 
656 
654 
303 
56 
112 
40 
4 
72 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
127,562 
30,138 
24,169 
16,257 
8,327 
15,809 
1 1 ,433 
14,093 
7,336 
used 
....farms 
10,341 
2,173 
3,038 
2,034 
992 
1,174 
474 
23 
433 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,307,738 
111,664 
152,695 
119,187 
191,503 
681,891 
797,780 
98,299 
154,719 
used 
....farms 
3,210 
691 
822 
629 
289 
401 
225 
16 
137 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
573,608 
23,926 
25,473 
27,066 
33,420 
131,808 
231,133 
60,423 
40,359 
practices were used 
....farms 
11,276 
2,654 
3,555 
2,738 
832 
783 
307 
20 
387 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
576,628 
47,233 
61,273 
57,366 
64,246 
123,118 
168,194 
24,533 
30,665 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
7,829 
1,737 
2,331 
2,013 
698 
590 
194 
9 
257 
acres 
353,831 
31,156 
42,673 
46,347 
40,124 
95,002 
67,898 
5,622 
25,009 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,208 
379 
542 
178 
38 
22 
13 
- 
36 
Solar panels 
....farms 
578 
168 
270 
101 
13 
5 
4 
- 
17 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
73 
31 
33 
7 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
43 
21 
17 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
454 
173 
202 
45 
14 
8 
- 
- 
12 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
96 
50 
28 
15 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
193 
78 
60 
26 
8 
7 
5 
- 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
244 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
