Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
77,061 
7,192 
1,299 
708 
860 
24,093 
2,534 
$1,000 
5,408,946 
1,593,350 
36,792 
21,043 
46,069 
1,079,442 
247,385 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
5,777 
436 
174 
91 
125 
2,328 
54 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,964 
390 
203 
83 
95 
2,590 
116 
$10,000 to $19,999 
12,811 
736 
256 
155 
162 
4,744 
300 
$20,000 to $49,999 
23,708 
1,458 
441 
275 
223 
7,856 
646 
$50,000 to $99,999 
14,773 
1,286 
174 
82 
138 
4,065 
629 
$100,000 to $199,999 
7,809 
1,019 
41 
16 
70 
1,692 
448 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,805 
887 
10 
3 
42 
691 
292 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,414 
980 
3 
5 
127 
49 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
61,065 
5,831 
988 
513 
622 
16,594 
2,276 
number 
109,789 
17,676 
1,413 
652 
1,181 
27,040 
5,296 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
66,061 
6,187 
1,028 
563 
642 
19,467 
2,361 
number 
149,486 
20,514 
1,821 
877 
1,219 
41,862 
8,484 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
32,112 
2,688 
682 
367 
452 
10,184 
1,519 
number 
44,523 
4,106 
953 
474 
632 
14,378 
2,711 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
51,714 
4,901 
595 
298 
345 
14,983 
2,126 
number 
85,708 
8,909 
772 
371 
539 
23,793 
4,630 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
11,608 
3,185 
71 
30 
37 
2,697 
737 
number 
19,255 
7,499 
96 
32 
48 
3,691 
1,143 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
4,579 
3,043 
9 
_ 
5 
617 
224 
number 
5,338 
3,626 
12 
- 
5 
692 
248 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,473 
212 
10 
5 
5 
400 
72 
number 
1,676 
229 
10 
5 
7 
465 
82 
Hay balers 
... farms 
30,692 
2,330 
192 
41 
96 
8,835 
1,253 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
40,248 
3,196 
229 
48 
119 
11,464 
1,759 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
29,560 
5,511 
898 
262 
355 
6,437 
2,180 
acres treated 
3,786,682 
2,237,910 
9,607 
2,080 
9,400 
408,072 
167,797 
Manure used 
... farms 
9,167 
733 
297 
74 
94 
1,412 
341 
acres treated 
376,121 
85,433 
1,651 
845 
582 
37,065 
8,743 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
9,412 
2,634 
792 
294 
322 
3,013 
1,938 
acres 
1,758,021 
1,460,039 
5,066 
1,295 
7,755 
134,845 
88,294 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
19,983 
5,441 
753 
266 
358 
4,699 
1,843 
acres 
3,451,620 
2,666,546 
6,491 
1,751 
8,528 
260,921 
127,156 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,045 
378 
157 
36 
35 
225 
128 
acres 
188,864 
163,969 
1,047 
118 
227 
11,711 
8,138 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
2,573 
772 
377 
211 
141 
611 
386 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
397,006 
352,647 
2,057 
1,147 
928 
22,873 
17,162 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,712 
276 
44 
88 
34 
887 
674 
acres on which used 
44,358 
10,066 
263 
560 
158 
26,133 
21,473 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
4,054 
1,140 
64 
32 
42 
983 
152 
acres 
375,618 
284,735 
490 
190 
570 
28,618 
5,687 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
6,615 
1,227 
130 
54 
90 
1,860 
196 
acres 
588,796 
371,703 
1,693 
827 
1,119 
71,494 
10,803 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,897 
384 
17 
14 
13 
794 
48 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
127,562 
44,164 
979 
(D) 
489 
38,733 
3,156 
used 
... farms 
10,341 
5,359 
220 
34 
78 
1,681 
541 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,307,738 
1,918,532 
2,551 
128 
1,837 
135,505 
61,323 
used 
... farms 
3,210 
1,546 
103 
10 
44 
629 
239 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
573,608 
496,533 
568 
25 
672 
24,633 
12,812 
practices were used 
... farms 
11,276 
2,873 
863 
67 
226 
4,221 
2,534 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
576,628 
382,750 
4,584 
214 
3,040 
110,712 
72,309 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
7,829 
1,425 
390 
76 
106 
2,975 
1,545 
acres 
353,831 
178,882 
2,488 
448 
895 
78,137 
47,991 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,208 
83 
59 
50 
36 
315 
32 
Solar panels 
... farms 
578 
26 
41 
26 
26 
129 
17 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
73 
- 
- 
2 
- 
31 
8 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
5 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
454 
27 
14 
18 
9 
131 
7 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
96 
7 
1 
4 
1 
34 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
