Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Leslie 
Letcher 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Livingston 
Logan 
Lyon 
Farms 
number 
142 
15 
54 
676 
1,202 
1,060 
219 
Land in farms 
acres 
22,221 
(D) 
2,876 
117,955 
180,755 
275,836 
41,638 
Average size of farm 
acres 
156 
(D) 
53 
174 
150 
306 
260 
190 
Median size of farm 
acres 
62 
73 
33 
100 
69 
138 
95 
95 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
297,638 
412,852 
123,190 
256,246 
374,357 
650,497 
871,373 
384,995 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,902 
4,346 
2,313 
1,469 
2,489 
2,128 
3,349 
2,025 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
5,699 
503 
2,361 
33,475 
71,590 
36,347 
112,199 
14,714 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,137 
33,507 
43,720 
49,520 
59,559 
90,190 
105,848 
67,187 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
3 
2 
3 
14 
64 
6 
40 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
51 
4 
28 
157 
427 
58 
271 
55 
50 to 179 acres 
61 
8 
22 
306 
451 
175 
411 
109 
180 to 499 acres 
22 
- 
1 
153 
173 
100 
240 
40 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
1 
- 
36 
60 
43 
48 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3 
10 
27 
21 
50 
5 
Total cropland 
farms 
110 
6 
35 
562 
947 
316 
917 
194 
acres 
5,435 
205 
433 
32,816 
72,576 
62,457 
192,361 
23,614 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
94 
2 
28 
490 
859 
209 
696 
143 
acres 
3,636 
(D) 
(D) 
26,468 
57,979 
48,742 
165,344 
18,081 
Irrigated land 
farms 
4 
- 
1 
7 
36 
7 
52 
7 
acres 
12 
- 
(D) 
24 
251 
7 
2,706 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
973 
4 
133 
12,806 
57,370 
21,318 
134,920 
6,782 
Average per farm 
dollars 
6,853 
244 
2,456 
18,944 
47,729 
52,898 
127,283 
30,967 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
459 
(D) 
86 
9,063 
17,546 
10,731 
96,876 
5,290 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
514 
(D) 
46 
3,743 
39,823 
10,587 
38,044 
1,492 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
75 
14 
34 
303 
386 
194 
405 
102 
$2,500 to $4,999 
23 
1 
12 
90 
124 
18 
68 
12 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
- 
6 
98 
183 
28 
133 
24 
$10,000 to $24,999 
22 
- 
2 
78 
192 
64 
133 
35 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
57 
107 
35 
98 
22 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1 
- 
- 
23 
93 
21 
62 
10 
$100,000 or more 
2 
- 
" 
27 
117 
43 
161 
14 
Government payments 
farms 
43 
3 
- 
335 
523 
221 
634 
115 
$1,000 
86 
3 
- 
968 
1,680 
1,651 
6,034 
561 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
36 
2 
6 
187 
338 
118 
467 
82 
$1,000 
258 
(D) 
82 
1,453 
2,210 
3,258 
17,637 
1,864 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
1,678 
105 
303 
11,711 
60,272 
24,867 
117,675 
8,136 
Average per farm 
dollars 
11,815 
6,997 
5,604 
17,324 
50,143 
61,705 
111,015 
37,150 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
142 
15 
54 
676 
1,202 
403 
1,060 
219 
$1,000 
-360 
-89 
-88 
3,515 
987 
1,359 
40,916 
1,071 
Average per farm 
dollars 
-2,537 
-5,932 
-1,635 
5,200 
821 
3,373 
38,600 
4,888 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
43 
4 
13 
264 
550 
129 
460 
70 
Other 
number 
99 
11 
41 
412 
652 
274 
600 
149 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
104 
11 
39 
481 
796 
262 
603 
138 
200 days or more 
number 
66 
11 
31 
292 
446 
174 
423 
87 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
68 
4 
19 
333 
835 
186 
485 
102 
number 
1,612 
20 
109 
10,199 
64,619 
15,770 
38,068 
4,426 
Beef cows 
farms 
58 
- 
12 
297 
638 
166 
415 
90 
number 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
5,728 
21,100 
8,211 
12,783 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
2 
- 
7 
64 
- 
21 
2 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
150 
2,665 
- 
4,413 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
40 
1 
6 
272 
706 
167 
419 
79 
number 
636 
(D) 
22 
4,560 
38,662 
8,697 
20,043 
1,920 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
5 
- 
13 
32 
2 
26 
2 
number 
21 
- 
- 
93 
703 
(D) 
4,598 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2 
- 
5 
9 
24 
2 
22 
2 
number 
(D) 
- 
16 
148 
613 
(D) 
14,207 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
2 
32 
5 
13 
7 
number 
89 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
878 
162 
223 
182 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
24 
5 
17 
61 
109 
28 
69 
20 
number 
550 
80 
184 
1,378 
12,734 
(D) 
1,576 
1,738 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
3 
6 
3 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,143 
(D) 
209 
36 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
11 
- 
2 
66 
131 
46 
185 
25 
acres 
67 
- 
(D) 
2,041 
7,335 
15,294 
64,977 
5,124 
bushels 
4,347 
- 
(D) 
187,050 
633,576 
491,178 
4,640,528 
191,919 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
71 
5 
32 
3 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
91 
2,972 
346 
3,568 
50 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,500 
39,663 
2,090 
54,982 
400 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
21 
22 
128 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
550 
3,366 
47,643 
1,213 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
21,778 
159,136 
2,500,761 
64,528 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
21 
22 
128 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
550 
3,366 
47,643 
1,213 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
21,778 
159,136 
2,500,761 
64,528 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
236 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
