Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
1,066 
959 
1,469 
3,068 
4,184 
percent 
100.0 
1.4 
1.2 
1.9 
4.0 
5.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,049,347 
1,900,545 
1,037,128 
1,015,099 
1,301,808 
1,203,864 
Average size of farm 
acres 
169 
1,783 
1,081 
691 
424 
288 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
77,064 
1,066 
959 
1,469 
3,068 
4,184 
$1,000 
5,237,155 
2,652,668 
675,044 
526,619 
499,811 
295,087 
Average per farm 
dollars 
67,959 
2,488,432 
703,904 
358,488 
162,911 
70,528 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,184 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,068 
- 
- 
- 
3,068 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,469 
- 
- 
1,469 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
959 
_ 
959 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,066 
1,066 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
804 
804 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
205 
205 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
57 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
77,064 
1,066 
959 
1,469 
3,068 
4,184 
$1,000 
5,067,334 
2,625,516 
659,394 
512,576 
481,346 
276,761 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
12,228 
691 
709 
1,023 
1,831 
1,746 
$1,000 
1,656,983 
895,443 
314,551 
197,430 
130,829 
58,154 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,483 
608 
606 
757 
955 
557 
$1,000 
1,551,357 
893,867 
312,519 
191,781 
116,433 
36,758 
Corn 
farms 
9,642 
653 
642 
925 
1,566 
1,381 
$1,000 
693,575 
380,980 
121,368 
77,802 
56,464 
25,550 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,191 
564 
521 
540 
432 
134 
$1,000 
613,650 
379,343 
119,211 
70,003 
36,718 
8,375 
Wheat 
farms 
2,152 
413 
345 
337 
355 
290 
$1,000 
202,462 
129,160 
40,169 
18,316 
8,366 
4,167 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
785 
358 
239 
150 
34 
4 
$1,000 
182,112 
127,703 
37,673 
13,981 
2,513 
241 
Soybeans 
farms 
6,217 
616 
623 
817 
1,068 
902 
$1,000 
752,272 
381,060 
151,197 
100,538 
64,998 
28,105 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,470 
567 
559 
621 
563 
160 
$1,000 
686,608 
379,946 
149,452 
95,267 
51,663 
10,279 
Sorghum 
farms 
175 
7 
19 
24 
53 
19 
$1,000 
2,581 
512 
687 
491 
372 
227 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
4 
4 
4 
1 
2 
$1,000 
1,409 
490 
404 
287 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
118 
18 
21 
10 
27 
6 
$1,000 
2,525 
1,336 
395 
215 
436 
55 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
10 
1 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,529 
1,156 
(D) 
(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) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
4,530 
190 
268 
462 
922 
886 
$1,000 
356,603 
82,468 
62,714 
73,355 
73,021 
36,661 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,685 
165 
222 
382 
607 
309 
$1,000 
298,427 
81,870 
61,475 
70,977 
64,019 
20,086 
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 
17 
40 
168 
166 
$1,000 
28,787 
(D) 
(D) 
3,141 
5,223 
4,312 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
95 
7 
7 
19 
33 
29 
$1,000 
10,261 
1,840 
988 
2,708 
2,976 
1,749 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,113 
6 
9 
19 
58 
71 
$1,000 
7,839 
105 
215 
1,013 
1,244 
803 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
18 
1 
1 
5 
8 
3 
$1,000 
2,347 
(D) 
(D) 
927 
986 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
565 
3 
5 
6 
16 
35 
$1,000 
5,238 
(D) 
187 
638 
1,040 
591 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
1 
1 
3 
8 
3 
$1,000 
2,009 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
952 
235 
Berries 
farms 
677 
4 
5 
16 
50 
44 
$1,000 
2,602 
(D) 
29 
375 
205 
212 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
288 
- 
- 
288 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,279 
34 
42 
50 
137 
157 
$1,000 
79,283 
36,019 
11,483 
7,653 
9,032 
6,221 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
201 
24 
23 
31 
58 
65 
$1,000 
66,564 
35,804 
11,121 
7,386 
7,843 
4,410 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
