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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
19,586 
5,508 
6,689 
3,810 
1,101 
1,207 
559 
36 
676 
workers 
68,586 
15,009 
18,866 
13,390 
4,972 
5,943 
4,418 
1,504 
4,484 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
6,047 
1,097 
1,439 
1,171 
601 
864 
496 
34 
345 
workers 
18,689 
2,467 
3,230 
2,704 
1,417 
2,731 
2,599 
884 
2,657 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
16,044 
4,799 
5,723 
3,087 
785 
789 
349 
26 
486 
workers 
49,897 
12,542 
15,636 
10,686 
3,555 
3,212 
1,819 
620 
1,827 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,181 
143 
197 
223 
183 
270 
116 
7 
42 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
306 
37 
67 
81 
58 
51 
6 
- 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
33,069 
9,756 
15,411 
5,498 
782 
604 
181 
10 
827 
workers 
76,822 
20,998 
37,019 
13,133 
1,979 
1,236 
348 
24 
2,085 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,337 
1,151 
2,442 
603 
22 
6 
1 
112 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,776 
7,697 
12,411 
3,096 
97 
38 
3 
2 
432 
50 to 69 acres 
8,161 
2,843 
3,902 
1,162 
59 
12 
6 
- 
177 
70 to 99 acres 
8,739 
3,201 
3,880 
1,339 
85 
23 
3 
- 
208 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8,954 
3,356 
3,677 
1,521 
126 
25 
3 
- 
246 
140 to 1 79 acres 
5,297 
2,000 
2,017 
972 
121 
30 
5 
1 
151 
180 to 219 acres 
3,956 
1,405 
1,488 
775 
112 
47 
1 
- 
128 
220 to 259 acres 
2,652 
901 
887 
608 
99 
41 
3 
- 
113 
260 to 499 acres 
6,416 
1,946 
1,919 
1,535 
497 
215 
29 
1 
274 
500 to 999 acres 
2,848 
581 
588 
502 
439 
529 
57 
4 
148 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,323 
126 
139 
99 
160 
562 
153 
2 
82 
2,000 acres or more 
605 
20 
18 
18 
8 
123 
342 
26 
50 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,192 
1,588 
2,373 
1,269 
434 
743 
392 
18 
375 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,299 
404 
545 
312 
8 
5 
1 
- 
24 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
708 
255 
335 
99 
4 
3 
1 
- 
11 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
860 
189 
391 
186 
20 
25 
9 
1 
39 
Other crop farming (1119) 
24,096 
9,357 
10,307 
3,172 
349 
231 
48 
1 
631 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
2,534 
482 
685 
846 
253 
148 
34 
1 
85 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
21,562 
8,875 
9,622 
2,326 
96 
83 
14 
. 
546 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
30,041 
10,138 
13,357 
4,995 
417 
318 
58 
3 
755 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
541 
200 
189 
105 
12 
10 
4 
- 
21 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
890 
114 
87 
215 
282 
132 
31 
2 
27 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
262 
44 
123 
50 
15 
11 
9 
5 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,603 
305 
656 
271 
221 
110 
15 
2 
23 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,746 
449 
1,012 
257 
1 
1 
- 
- 
26 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,826 
2,184 
3,993 
1,299 
62 
62 
38 
4 
184 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
12,493 
16,672 
7,392 
1,262 
978 
263 
13 
1,068 
number 
2,270,871 
509,223 
576,188 
435,116 
219,124 
285,361 
126,229 
25,546 
94,084 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,470 
2,515 
4,610 
1,166 
19 
13 
4 
143 
10 to 49 
19,639 
6,866 
8,750 
3,236 
175 
110 
32 
- 
470 
50 to 99 
6,522 
2,028 
2,213 
1,696 
244 
109 
24 
2 
206 
1 00 to 1 99 
3,363 
811 
806 
940 
413 
209 
42 
2 
140 
200 to 499 
1,734 
253 
264 
336 
370 
353 
73 
2 
83 
500 or more 
413 
20 
29 
18 
41 
184 
88 
7 
26 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,809 
11,013 
14,259 
6,538 
1,064 
770 
217 
11 
937 
number 
1,056,858 
269,921 
296,956 
223,243 
89,442 
89,264 
40,710 
5,827 
41,495 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,823 
10,907 
14,070 
6,282 
799 
657 
186 
10 
912 
number 
985,075 
265,499 
294,421 
215,120 
70,388 
70,001 
(D) 
(D) 
38,130 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,136 
3,182 
5,322 
1,358 
64 
28 
3 
179 
10 to 49 
18,473 
6,480 
7,478 
3,496 
248 
218 
45 
1 
507 
50 to 99 
3,531 
966 
985 
1,021 
206 
178 
36 
2 
137 
100 to 199 
1,268 
222 
231 
367 
195 
127 
59 
3 
64 
200 to 499 
387 
56 
54 
40 
83 
96 
34 
2 
22 
500 or more 
28 
1 
- 
- 
3 
10 
9 
2 
3 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
1,564 
240 
357 
380 
320 
173 
40 
2 
52 
number 
71,783 
4,422 
2,535 
8,123 
19,054 
19,263 
(D) 
(D) 
3,365 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
656 
141 
299 
172 
20 
3 
2 
19 
10 to 49 
369 
61 
46 
165 
75 
12 
- 
- 
10 
50 to 99 
369 
37 
12 
41 
205 
60 
1 
- 
13 
100 to 199 
124 
1 
- 
2 
20 
86 
8 
- 
7 
200 to 499 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
24 
- 
2 
500 or more 
8 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
1 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
33,365 
10,295 
13,563 
6,277 
1,207 
913 
242 
13 
855 
number 
1,214,013 
239,302 
279,232 
211,873 
129,682 
196,097 
85,519 
19,719 
52,589 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
33,284 
10,407 
13,280 
6,309 
1,198 
925 
251 
13 
901 
number 
1,293,302 
244,334 
265,968 
194,929 
141,866 
212,057 
126,342 
39,188 
68,618 
$1,000 
1,033,722 
180,944 
197,488 
135,492 
102,142 
192,909 
128,981 
39,722 
56,044 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 247 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
