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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
17,068 
5,451 
6,742 
3,335 
546 
395 
119 
3 
477 
number 
267,604 
67,112 
70,211 
58,581 
27,899 
22,123 
10,842 
613 
10,223 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
29,004 
9,096 
11,406 
5,481 
1,125 
869 
240 
13 
774 
number 
1,025,698 
177,222 
195,757 
136,348 
113,967 
189,934 
115,500 
38,575 
58,395 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
720 
226 
223 
144 
34 
41 
9 
3 
40 
number 
36,931 
7,774 
6,840 
5,119 
(D) 
4,140 
7,030 
(D) 
2,244 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
1,284 
196 
632 
301 
47 
47 
22 
5 
34 
Farms with- 
number 
313,360 
6,424 
8,203 
8,532 
14,553 
39,426 
50,447 
151,285 
34,490 
1 to 24 
1,057 
171 
575 
250 
27 
16 
2 
- 
16 
25 to 49 
63 
7 
24 
24 
3 
1 
2 
- 
2 
50 to 99 
34 
6 
19 
6 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
47 
10 
12 
19 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
22 
1 
1 
- 
6 
2 
3 
- 
9 
500 or more 
61 
1 
1 
2 
9 
22 
15 
5 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
729 
109 
346 
180 
23 
30 
8 
5 
28 
number 
34,911 
682 
1,490 
1,013 
686 
2,225 
3,964 
22,285 
2,566 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,042 
157 
504 
241 
44 
44 
22 
5 
25 
number 
278,449 
5,742 
6,713 
7,519 
13,867 
37,201 
46,483 
129,000 
31,924 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
866 
127 
415 
200 
31 
36 
22 
5 
30 
number 
933,620 
12,240 
11,383 
13,102 
25,198 
74,792 
219,321 
373,375 
204,209 
$1,000 
122,130 
1,990 
1,510 
2,000 
4,466 
11,729 
25,761 
59,531 
15,142 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
1,743 
383 
908 
354 
38 
18 
3 
- 
39 
number 
54,612 
10,322 
27,048 
11,553 
1,915 
1,676 
33 
- 
2,065 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,351 
315 
679 
282 
27 
16 
1 
- 
31 
number 
29,682 
6,378 
13,937 
6,174 
1,005 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,176 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,095 
233 
579 
209 
27 
13 
3 
- 
31 
number 
31,564 
5,518 
13,621 
5,098 
3,189 
2,404 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
19,012 
5,276 
9,415 
3,316 
331 
235 
84 
5 
350 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
141,842 
32,542 
55,085 
31,707 
3,957 
4,861 
5,084 
1,235 
7,371 
inventory 
....farms 
18,329 
4,983 
9,134 
3,248 
324 
224 
81 
5 
330 
number 
118,288 
28,689 
50,138 
24,583 
2,530 
3,138 
3,771 
872 
4,567 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
4,256 
953 
2,083 
893 
90 
74 
42 
4 
117 
number 
17,369 
3,078 
5,882 
3,801 
481 
871 
1,640 
280 
1,336 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
3,797 
938 
2,059 
672 
33 
16 
5 
_ 
74 
number 
64,118 
16,056 
28,584 
17,178 
816 
156 
91 
- 
1,237 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,990 
448 
1,106 
371 
24 
8 
4 
- 
29 
number 
30,221 
10,408 
13,091 
5,155 
599 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
430 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
6,252 
1,585 
3,224 
1,178 
128 
32 
8 
1 
96 
Farms with- 
number 
4,308,549 
191,196 
218,256 
(D) 
709,841 
143,679 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 399 
6,129 
1,571 
3,194 
1,145 
95 
25 
6 
1 
92 
400 to 3,199 
39 
8 
22 
6 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
2 
6 
19 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
47 
4 
2 
7 
26 
5 
2 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
933 
217 
447 
233 
16 
6 
2 
- 
12 
number 
1,820,101 
95,347 
259,210 
445,597 
199,792 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
556,771 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
1,014 
199 
526 
218 
40 
11 
2 
- 
18 
number 
3,146,697 
152,755 
(D) 
390,928 
704,667 
158,934 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
167 
15 
71 
56 
7 
6 
3 
- 
9 
number 
3,981,329 
149,279 
628,576 
701,609 
418,800 
306,663 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
826 
95 
243 
162 
185 
105 
21 
- 
15 
Farms with- 
number 
305,383,434 
16,710,217 
22,495,583 
17,885,956 
116,199,511 
95,257,386 
30,959,500 
5,875,281 
1 to 1,999 
379 
64 
197 
107 
5 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2,000 to 59,999 
10 
1 
- 
6 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
435 
30 
45 
48 
179 
104 
21 
- 
8 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
553 
100 
315 
121 
10 
1 
- 
- 
6 
number 
34,629 
1,514 
(D) 
1,116 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
66 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
147 
21 
77 
37 
9 
2 
- 
- 
1 
number 
54,330 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
119 
9 
20 
14 
26 
28 
13 
1 
8 
acres 
7,236 
(D) 
606 
192 
990 
1,288 
2,863 
(D) 
685 
bushels 
494,334 
(D) 
47,734 
13,563 
59,624 
85,508 
205,585 
(D) 
47,232 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
248 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
