Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,014 
839 
147 
28 
369 
645 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
3,146,697 
2,731,244 
(D) 
(D) 
1,729,734 
1,416,963 
sold 
farms 
167 
125 
35 
7 
61 
106 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
3,981,329 
3,333,572 
647,237 
520 
2,836,829 
1,144,500 
sold 
farms 
826 
600 
215 
11 
350 
476 
Farms with- 
number 
305,383,434 
202,465,421 
(D) 
(D) 
159,614,150 
145,769,284 
1 to 1,999 
379 
303 
67 
9 
126 
253 
2,000 to 59,999 
10 
7 
3 
- 
3 
7 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
435 
289 
144 
2 
221 
214 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
553 
414 
112 
27 
190 
363 
number 
34,629 
31,957 
2,431 
241 
2,008 
32,621 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
147 
109 
32 
6 
46 
101 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
54,330 
(D) 
(D) 
53 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
119 
52 
63 
4 
60 
59 
acres 
7,236 
1,278 
5,879 
79 
2,962 
4,274 
bushels 
494,334 
(D) 
392,903 
(D) 
199,316 
295,018 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
61 
37 
21 
3 
36 
25 
25 to 99 acres 
41 
12 
28 
1 
15 
26 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
3 
8 
- 
7 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
4 
- 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
" 
2 
Corn for grain 
farms 
8,899 
4,080 
4,269 
550 
5,419 
3,480 
acres 
1,530,189 
206,104 
1,204,456 
119,629 
752,474 
777,715 
bushels 
104,894,595 
13,419,352 
82,918,615 
8,556,628 
49,275,210 
55,619,385 
Irrigated 
farms 
236 
83 
137 
16 
119 
117 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
31,658 
3,258 
25,989 
2,411 
10,250 
21,408 
1 to 24 acres 
3,686 
2,349 
1,136 
201 
2,202 
1,484 
25 to 99 acres 
2,640 
1,279 
1,177 
184 
1,697 
943 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,135 
324 
735 
76 
739 
396 
250 to 499 acres 
597 
72 
494 
31 
360 
237 
500 acres or more 
841 
56 
727 
58 
421 
420 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2,059 
920 
1,051 
88 
1,172 
887 
acres 
84,785 
25,496 
56,960 
2,329 
41,819 
42,966 
tons 
1,136,815 
326,676 
779,400 
30,739 
547,408 
589,407 
Irrigated 
farms 
34 
17 
14 
3 
16 
18 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
555 
161 
391 
3 
293 
262 
1 to 24 acres 
1,075 
597 
433 
45 
658 
417 
25 to 99 acres 
801 
286 
475 
40 
439 
362 
100 to 249 acres 
160 
35 
122 
3 
66 
94 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
1 
11 
- 
5 
7 
500 acres or more 
11 
1 
10 
- 
4 
7 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
91 
61 
26 
4 
43 
48 
acres 
809 
349 
440 
20 
290 
519 
bushels 
47,794 
20,854 
25,340 
1,600 
17,292 
30,502 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
4 
2 
- 
1 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
85 
60 
21 
4 
43 
42 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
1 
5 
- 
- 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
67 
24 
39 
4 
44 
23 
acres 
4,515 
(D) 
3,307 
(D) 
2,626 
1,889 
bushels 
286,666 
(D) 
227,359 
(D) 
141,425 
145,241 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
