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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
61 
9 
17 
14 
11 
8 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
41 
- 
1 
- 
14 
18 
5 
- 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
- 
2 
- 
1 
2 
4 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
" 
" 
1 
1 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
8,899 
1,781 
2,404 
1,793 
894 
1,099 
484 
25 
419 
acres 
1,530,189 
62,023 
93,239 
73,912 
114,423 
403,618 
581,229 
93,976 
107,769 
bushels 
104,894,595 
3,714,769 
5,241,907 
4,027,082 
6,988,673 
25,237,993 
44,288,622 
6,853,831 
8,541,718 
Irrigated farms 
236 
20 
43 
41 
23 
46 
42 
7 
14 
acres 
31,658 
309 
800 
346 
1,345 
4,308 
14,904 
5,273 
4,373 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,686 
1,050 
1,377 
940 
139 
40 
5 
1 
134 
25 to 99 acres 
2,640 
587 
786 
653 
340 
141 
13 
- 
120 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,135 
131 
210 
185 
290 
232 
22 
- 
65 
250 to 499 acres 
597 
11 
27 
10 
98 
371 
35 
1 
44 
500 acres or more 
841 
2 
4 
5 
27 
315 
409 
23 
56 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
2,059 
334 
359 
487 
401 
310 
77 
7 
84 
acres 
84,785 
8,550 
6,917 
10,273 
17,839 
20,733 
12,916 
2,991 
4,566 
tons 
1,136,815 
105,571 
84,660 
121,577 
241,506 
297,673 
184,399 
46,475 
54,954 
Irrigated farms 
34 
2 
6 
5 
11 
9 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
555 
(D) 
17 
24 
(D) 
174 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,075 
225 
264 
356 
132 
51 
5 
1 
41 
25 to 99 acres 
801 
93 
93 
128 
242 
190 
23 
1 
31 
1 00 to 249 acres 
160 
16 
2 
3 
25 
68 
35 
2 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
9 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
11 
- 
" 
- 
1 
1 
5 
3 
1 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
91 
13 
15 
41 
15 
6 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
809 
119 
(D) 
310 
150 
117 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
47,794 
6,885 
8,080 
17,097 
8,845 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
8 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
85 
11 
15 
39 
15 
4 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Peanuts for nuts farms 
5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain farms 
67 
16 
9 
8 
8 
18 
5 
- 
3 
acres 
4,515 
390 
345 
(D) 
385 
1,497 
1,443 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
286,666 
25,065 
18,499 
(D) 
24,651 
104,171 
86,494 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
4 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
28 
12 
6 
3 
2 
3 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
24 
3 
2 
5 
5 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
1 
1 
- 
1 
5 
2 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
1 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans farms 
6,230 
1,040 
1,597 
1,034 
699 
1,082 
482 
24 
272 
acres 
1,468,381 
59,454 
85,443 
62,805 
115,084 
423,924 
544,142 
81,573 
95,956 
bushels 
56,450,394 
2,028,697 
3,031,620 
2,132,442 
4,163,356 
15,698,586 
21,924,560 
3,702,633 
3,768,500 
Irrigated farms 
123 
5 
15 
11 
21 
28 
29 
5 
9 
acres 
16,520 
260 
521 
287 
522 
2,368 
7,672 
3,417 
1,473 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,340 
341 
597 
279 
47 
33 
- 
- 
43 
25 to 99 acres 
2,360 
545 
776 
581 
244 
126 
13 
1 
74 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,034 
129 
194 
154 
261 
221 
20 
1 
54 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 249 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
