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. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
649 
22 
28 
16 
116 
371 
47 
1 
48 
500 acres or more 
847 
3 
2 
4 
31 
331 
402 
21 
53 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
23 
8 
5 
9 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
217 
(D) 
47 
84 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
260,275 
54,000 
(D) 
95,035 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
20 
8 
5 
7 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
4,537 
752 
1,070 
1,353 
548 
514 
144 
7 
149 
acres 
87,931 
7,100 
9,124 
15,701 
14,985 
23,610 
13,213 
1,045 
3,152 
pounds 
183,904,938 
13,543,972 
17,818,294 
26,405,511 
30,552,236 
52,182,886 
32,977,393 
2,953,214 
7,471,432 
Irrigated 
farms 
745 
85 
153 
181 
146 
112 
50 
1 
17 
acres 
12,731 
685 
1,178 
1,390 
2,231 
3,204 
3,417 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
44 
11 
23 
8 
1 
1 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
171 
53 
64 
41 
5 
2 
1 
- 
5 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
386 
97 
164 
92 
11 
6 
1 
- 
15 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
660 
132 
225 
243 
28 
10 
1 
- 
21 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
1,047 
217 
275 
402 
72 
49 
3 
- 
29 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
1,269 
185 
257 
438 
196 
129 
17 
1 
46 
25.0 acres or more 
960 
57 
62 
129 
235 
318 
121 
6 
32 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
2,173 
238 
307 
340 
272 
535 
345 
19 
117 
acres 
468,242 
1 1 ,404 
10,972 
11,032 
24,391 
125,134 
195,963 
55,092 
34,254 
bushels 
28,998,879 
574,079 
568,761 
495,024 
1,301,369 
7,186,532 
12,842,685 
3,858,664 
2,171,765 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
- 
2 
10 
14 
3 
13 
2 
1 
acres 
3,056 
- 
(D) 
21 
178 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
550 
99 
147 
197 
53 
39 
1 
. 
14 
25 to 99 acres 
662 
111 
142 
132 
123 
102 
17 
- 
35 
1 00 to 249 acres 
407 
22 
18 
5 
89 
182 
59 
1 
31 
250 to 499 acres 
290 
6 
- 
6 
1 
163 
98 
1 
15 
500 acres or more 
264 
- 
- 
- 
6 
49 
170 
17 
22 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
43,757 
14,584 
18,228 
7,464 
1,199 
911 
248 
13 
1,110 
acres 
2,042,156 
576,686 
647,453 
406,050 
131,914 
147,727 
51,602 
5,678 
75,046 
tons, dry 
4,158,043 
1,075,551 
1,221,356 
836,707 
335,653 
387,470 
132,417 
17,138 
151,751 
Irrigated 
farms 
295 
72 
93 
74 
26 
11 
3 
- 
16 
acres 
2,073 
481 
512 
398 
269 
188 
15 
- 
210 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
20,179 
6,950 
9,873 
2,698 
193 
95 
22 
1 
347 
25 to 99 acres 
18,434 
6,465 
7,023 
3,532 
508 
301 
71 
1 
533 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4,298 
1,018 
1,187 
1,106 
387 
326 
83 
4 
187 
250 to 499 acres 
693 
133 
120 
120 
87 
145 
52 
4 
32 
500 acres or more 
153 
18 
25 
8 
24 
44 
20 
3 
11 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
8,197 
2,270 
2,794 
1,960 
496 
335 
71 
2 
269 
acres 
198,075 
47,971 
47,473 
46,879 
18,094 
23,222 
(D) 
(D) 
8,831 
tons, dry 
548,475 
119,829 
120,071 
126,030 
56,399 
80,038 
(D) 
(D) 
24,527 
Irrigated 
farms 
93 
16 
15 
38 
14 
4 
6 
acres 
300 
40 
60 
100 
68 
22 
- 
" 
10 
Other tame hay 
farms 
33,594 
1 1 ,249 
13,951 
5,744 
885 
721 
202 
11 
831 
acres 
1,550,919 
443,420 
496,487 
310,384 
98,691 
103,693 
39,660 
4,619 
53,965 
tons, dry 
3,050,008 
820,880 
929,850 
622,036 
232,919 
239,685 
87,662 
12,196 
104,780 
Irrigated 
farms 
188 
50 
64 
46 
11 
6 
3 
- 
8 
acres 
1,363 
384 
374 
262 
132 
128 
15 
- 
68 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
21 
5 
3 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
510 
49 
58 
215 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,222 
637 
823 
584 
81 
38 
14 
- 
45 
acres 
7,196 
1,223 
1,541 
2,275 
729 
773 
428 
- 
228 
Irrigated 
farms 
777 
160 
226 
299 
45 
20 
7 
- 
20 
acres 
2,621 
347 
388 
889 
395 
282 
228 
- 
91 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,805 
568 
748 
417 
27 
8 
5 
32 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
392 
69 
74 
163 
49 
22 
5 
- 
10 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
23 
- 
1 
4 
5 
7 
3 
- 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Beans, snap 
farms 
1,057 
368 
378 
260 
15 
10 
2 
- 
24 
acres 
(D) 
129 
127 
122 
24 
9 
(D) 
- 
9 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
133 
47 
68 
16 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
9 
19 
7 
- 
- 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
33 
12 
9 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
11 
2 
2 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
250 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
