Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
77,064 
1,043 
934 
1,434 
2,929 
3,882 
percent 
100.0 
1.4 
1.2 
1.9 
3.8 
5.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,049,347 
1,861,018 
1,024,337 
1,010,337 
1,264,479 
1,113,566 
Average size of farm 
acres 
169 
1,784 
1,097 
705 
432 
287 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
77,064 
1,043 
934 
1,434 
2,929 
3,882 
$1,000 
5,237,155 
2,629,139 
673,540 
529,792 
497,132 
289,102 
Average per farm 
dollars 
67,959 
2,520,747 
721,135 
369,451 
169,728 
74,472 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
15,689 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,575 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
9,689 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1 1 ,448 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
12,961 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,956 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,184 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,669 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,068 
- 
- 
- 
2,846 
213 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,469 
- 
1,386 
83 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
959 
- 
911 
48 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,066 
1,043 
23 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
804 
781 
23 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
205 
205 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
57 
57 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
77,064 
1,043 
934 
1,434 
2,929 
3,882 
$1,000 
5,067,334 
2,603,075 
659,050 
515,485 
481,770 
275,442 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
12,228 
670 
682 
1,012 
1,747 
1,674 
$1,000 
1,656,983 
879,170 
311,295 
207,252 
133,614 
59,657 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,483 
589 
579 
755 
934 
626 
$1,000 
1,551,357 
877,648 
309,248 
201,705 
120,350 
42,405 
Corn 
farms 
9,642 
634 
614 
919 
1,501 
1,333 
$1,000 
693,575 
374,047 
120,763 
81,360 
57,187 
26,251 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,191 
547 
494 
554 
435 
161 
$1,000 
613,650 
372,465 
118,596 
74,178 
38,219 
10,192 
Wheat 
farms 
2,152 
399 
325 
343 
362 
279 
$1,000 
202,462 
127,084 
38,649 
20,724 
8,971 
4,331 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
785 
344 
228 
163 
46 
4 
$1,000 
182,112 
125,627 
36,506 
16,425 
3,312 
241 
Soybeans 
farms 
6,217 
598 
593 
821 
1,038 
870 
$1,000 
752,272 
374,113 
149,772 
104,485 
66,343 
28,770 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,470 
549 
531 
630 
572 
188 
$1,000 
686,608 
372,999 
148,064 
99,352 
54,080 
12,114 
Sorghum 
farms 
175 
6 
20 
24 
53 
15 
$1,000 
2,581 
368 
831 
491 
372 
201 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
3 
5 
4 
1 
2 
$1,000 
1,409 
346 
547 
287 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
118 
15 
23 
10 
28 
6 
$1,000 
2,525 
1,164 
545 
123 
549 
55 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
9 
2 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000 
1,529 
1,034 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
180 
10 
14 
15 
34 
26 
$1,000 
3,567 
2,394 
735 
69 
192 
49 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
9 
4 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
3,043 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
4,530 
188 
258 
448 
871 
877 
$1,000 
356,603 
81,450 
62,078 
71,944 
73,077 
37,311 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,685 
163 
212 
378 
600 
332 
$1,000 
298,427 
80,852 
60,838 
69,977 
65,031 
21,728 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,231 
24 
16 
39 
165 
163 
$1,000 
28,787 
(D) 
(D) 
3,146 
5,213 
4,211 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
95 
7 
6 
20 
33 
29 
$1,000 
10,261 
1,840 
928 
2,768 
2,976 
1,749 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,113 
6 
9 
18 
56 
61 
$1,000 
7,839 
105 
215 
903 
1,340 
687 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
18 
1 
1 
4 
9 
3 
$1,000 
2,347 
(D) 
(D) 
817 
1,096 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
565 
3 
5 
5 
17 
27 
$1,000 
5,238 
(D) 
187 
(D) 
1,140 
497 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
1 
1 
2 
9 
3 
$1,000 
2,009 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,052 
235 
Berries 
farms 
677 
4 
5 
15 
48 
42 
$1,000 
2,602 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
201 
190 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
288 
- 
- 
288 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,279 
34 
40 
48 
135 
154 
$1,000 
79,283 
36,019 
11,463 
7,312 
9,256 
6,242 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
201 
24 
23 
29 
59 
66 
$1,000 
66,564 
35,804 
11,121 
7,053 
8,124 
4,462 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
