Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
1,438 
1,292 
1,259 
146 
146 
278 
acres 
514,303 
477,856 
460,507 
36,447 
36,447 
60,134 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
54 
acres 
- 
- 
13,489 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
1,853 
1,639 
1,593 
214 
208 
- 
acres 
650,044 
582,658 
562,888 
67,386 
65,776 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
1,639 
1,593 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
582,658 
582,658 
562,888 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,593 
1,593 
1,593 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
- 
- 
214 
208 
- 
acres 
67,386 
- 
- 
67,386 
65,776 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
208 
- 
" 
208 
208 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
452 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
97,519 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
905 
780 
758 
125 
119 
134 
workers 
5,467 
3,657 
3,540 
1,810 
1,304 
786 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
639 
543 
528 
96 
90 
83 
workers 
3,444 
2,047 
1,972 
1,397 
(D) 
394 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
565 
494 
479 
71 
69 
85 
workers 
2,023 
1,610 
1,568 
413 
(D) 
392 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
59 
58 
7 
7 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
764 
707 
692 
57 
57 
166 
workers 
1 ,665 
1,547 
1,515 
118 
118 
459 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
127 
103 
103 
24 
24 
23 
1 0 to 49 acres 
385 
345 
339 
40 
38 
128 
50 to 69 acres 
177 
160 
159 
17 
17 
34 
70 to 99 acres 
150 
132 
128 
18 
18 
51 
100 to 139 acres 
179 
162 
157 
17 
17 
57 
140 to 1 79 acres 
125 
105 
99 
20 
19 
25 
180 to 219 acres 
93 
84 
77 
9 
9 
17 
220 to 259 acres 
77 
68 
64 
9 
8 
20 
260 to 499 acres 
212 
191 
185 
21 
21 
44 
500 to 999 acres 
156 
130 
128 
26 
24 
35 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
108 
102 
98 
6 
6 
14 
2,000 acres or more 
64 
57 
56 
7 
7 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
258 
236 
231 
22 
22 
45 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
22 
21 
21 
1 
1 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
40 
35 
35 
5 
5 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
132 
117 
115 
15 
14 
20 
Other crop farming (1119) 
428 
374 
347 
54 
54 
174 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
49 
47 
47 
2 
2 
5 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
379 
327 
300 
52 
52 
169 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
433 
397 
390 
36 
36 
115 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
31 
31 
31 
- 
- 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
12 
9 
8 
3 
3 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
70 
64 
64 
6 
1 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
26 
26 
26 
- 
- 
6 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
391 
319 
315 
72 
72 
66 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
681 
628 
618 
53 
53 
154 
number 
81,259 
72,403 
69,637 
8,856 
8,856 
14,021 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
100 
94 
92 
6 
6 
33 
10 to 49 
235 
214 
211 
21 
21 
58 
50 to 99 
142 
128 
127 
14 
14 
21 
1 00 to 1 99 
98 
95 
95 
3 
3 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Kentucky 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
