Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,252 
4,129 
2,197 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
4,308,549 
4,584,535 
4,343,328 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
826 
647 
669 
314 
243 
110 
73 
99 
number 
305,383,434 
309,769,263 
271,176,998 
111,920,659 
91,548,829 
27,623,677 
2,201,169 
2,410,306 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
8,899 
7,060 
7,446 
11,655 
11,021 
16,945 
25,067 
31,301 
acres 
1,530,189 
1,313,320 
1,043,990 
1,135,936 
1,086,381 
1,166,234 
1,048,809 
1,342,981 
bushels 
104,894,595 
166,687,678 
108,721,040 
115,775,864 
110,787,023 
145,213,536 
104,364,883 
131,668,799 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2,059 
2,255 
2,307 
3,078 
3,062 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
84,785 
86,542 
82,820 
104,361 
104,920 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
1,136,815 
1,189,499 
1,287,831 
1,435,112 
1,438,492 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
2,173 
1,414 
2,145 
3,354 
3,180 
3,881 
5,361 
7,887 
acres 
468,242 
239,267 
318,856 
423,877 
408,771 
326,268 
283,742 
527,423 
bushels 
28,998,879 
11,108,925 
16,447,721 
22,411,604 
21,658,648 
16,252,236 
12,752,191 
19,653,581 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
2,173 
1,414 
2,145 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
468,242 
239,267 
318,856 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
28,998,879 
11,108,925 
16,447,721 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
91 
118 
131 
140 
131 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
809 
1,002 
1,309 
1,478 
1,476 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
47,794 
55,839 
70,109 
76,630 
75,797 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
119 
52 
87 
138 
127 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
7,236 
2,626 
6,807 
6,788 
6,509 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
494,334 
98,830 
436,696 
471,975 
457,223 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
67 
92 
83 
196 
184 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,515 
11,590 
9,400 
8,039 
7,671 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
286,666 
950,509 
717,391 
495,402 
475,535 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
153 
56 
76 
12 
12 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,660 
1,549 
1,311 
203 
203 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
32,474 
14,211 
12,971 
2,520 
2,520 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
6,230 
4,129 
5,645 
7,127 
6,644 
7,185 
8,765 
12,628 
acres 
1,468,381 
1,087,037 
1,343,039 
1,278,829 
1,214,938 
1,030,180 
1,021,903 
1,462,360 
bushels 
56,450,394 
29,582,097 
43,939,662 
43,487,052 
41,294,246 
37,796,827 
27,138,451 
44,292,449 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Tobacco 
farms 
4,537 
8,113 
29,237 
46,850 
44,967 
59,373 
61,962 
74,166 
acres 
87,931 
87,641 
110,734 
250,885 
255,053 
268,140 
175,957 
256,619 
pounds 
183,904,938 
196,259,377 
219,978,920 
497,856,262 
505,257,589 
542,000,404 
336,364,307 
538,759,894 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
43,757 
49,825 
50,765 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,042,156 
2,456,564 
2,362,356 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
4,158,043 
4,042,948 
5,106,450 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
23 
14 
17 
10 
8 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
217 
82 
54 
(D) 
41 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
260,275 
40,100 
32,541 
(D) 
35,500 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
2,222 
2,123 
1,424 
1,086 
1,007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
7,474 
7,776 
7,349 
4,798 
4,486 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
760 
531 
257 
367 
330 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
360 
291 
297 
1,163 
1,133 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
93 
66 
96 
53 
49 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
82 
44 
59 
86 
84 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
939 
1,040 
839 
821 
715 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,092 
3,861 
4,380 
4,102 
3,537 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1 982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
