Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
McCracken 
McCreary 
McLean 
Madison 
Magoffin 
Marion 
Marshall 
Martin 
Farms 
number 
155 
413 
1,219 
361 
1,016 
719 
20 
Land in farms 
acres 
18,093 
124,379 
232,801 
44,451 
166,417 
94,879 
(D) 
Average size of farm 
acres 
150 
117 
301 
191 
123 
164 
132 
(D) 
Median size of farm 
acres 
46 
55 
73 
80 
88 
95 
52 
63 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
462,497 
208,971 
1,132,449 
576,284 
182,544 
441,024 
403,344 
1,783,115 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,077 
1,790 
3,760 
3,018 
1,482 
2,693 
3,057 
5,034 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
29,658 
6,541 
67,203 
80,293 
12,036 
66,224 
43,984 
702 
Average per farm 
dollars 
66,348 
42,198 
162,720 
65,868 
33,340 
65,181 
61,173 
35,088 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
28 
8 
16 
68 
12 
58 
23 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
202 
62 
143 
381 
100 
281 
310 
8 
50 to 1 79 acres 
156 
63 
132 
433 
163 
420 
277 
8 
1 80 to 499 acres 
35 
16 
53 
237 
78 
189 
77 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
11 
5 
34 
71 
6 
52 
15 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
15 
1 
35 
29 
2 
16 
17 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
390 
108 
356 
942 
280 
870 
566 
14 
acres 
49,731 
3,304 
96,487 
72,977 
7,888 
70,227 
54,795 
312 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
283 
97 
287 
847 
224 
779 
377 
12 
acres 
41,832 
2,955 
89,939 
55,744 
4,379 
61,911 
44,483 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
25 
8 
16 
46 
1 
32 
15 
_ 
acres 
277 
10 
1,150 
229 
(D) 
314 
111 
- 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
22,233 
1,034 
179,745 
60,531 
1,256 
56,491 
45,327 
95 
Average per farm 
dollars 
49,739 
6,670 
435,219 
49,656 
3,481 
55,602 
63,041 
4,772 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
16,288 
366 
57,774 
8,609 
674 
22,682 
14,349 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
5,945 
668 
121,971 
51,922 
582 
33,809 
30,977 
(D) 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
244 
81 
122 
377 
231 
315 
374 
10 
$2,500 to $4,999 
43 
17 
25 
147 
52 
102 
83 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
32 
24 
35 
167 
46 
124 
82 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
47 
22 
51 
198 
26 
166 
79 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
24 
9 
25 
115 
4 
114 
44 
1 
$50,000 to $99,999 
21 
2 
23 
99 
2 
82 
13 
- 
$100,000 or more 
36 
- 
132 
116 
113 
44 
Government payments 
farms 
237 
9 
296 
528 
118 
575 
380 
- 
$1,000 
947 
11 
2,451 
783 
235 
1,357 
1,902 
- 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
167 
22 
167 
256 
80 
295 
196 
- 
$1,000 
4,584 
73 
4,580 
1,632 
268 
3,376 
2,359 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
21,789 
1,820 
133,037 
60,217 
3,324 
57,963 
43,427 
792 
Average per farm 
dollars 
48,745 
11,740 
322,125 
49,399 
9,207 
57,050 
60,399 
39,590 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
447 
155 
413 
1,219 
361 
1,016 
719 
20 
$1,000 
5,976 
-702 
53,739 
2,729 
-1,564 
3,261 
6,161 
-696 
Average per farm 
dollars 
13,368 
-4,528 
130,119 
2,239 
-4,332 
3,210 
8,569 
-34,818 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
141 
57 
235 
559 
123 
407 
200 
9 
Other 
number 
306 
98 
178 
660 
238 
609 
519 
11 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
337 
101 
199 
721 
267 
696 
489 
13 
200 days or more 
number 
223 
77 
125 
513 
161 
528 
313 
5 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
98 
95 
116 
799 
140 
656 
238 
8 
number 
2,674 
2,387 
4,800 
75,257 
2,115 
50,003 
10,650 
222 
Beef cows 
farms 
80 
93 
97 
593 
117 
564 
209 
4 
number 
(D) 
1,404 
2,593 
24,364 
1,194 
20,615 
4,199 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
23 
3 
37 
3 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
236 
6 
2,803 
20 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
76 
61 
90 
708 
84 
560 
205 
3 
number 
1,687 
865 
2,176 
55,360 
901 
27,038 
10,106 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
5 
- 
9 
22 
8 
8 
9 
4 
number 
57 
- 
4,998 
425 
20 
9,980 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2 
- 
7 
13 
2 
5 
5 
4 
number 
(D) 
- 
9,036 
307 
(D) 
21,307 
(D) 
12 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
7 
1 
14 
23 
3 
15 
17 
- 
number 
75 
(D) 
495 
326 
72 
644 
431 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
43 
8 
27 
91 
43 
61 
46 
7 
number 
(D) 
169 
116,721 
1,927 
1,220 
1,492 
976 
174 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
2 
- 
53 
10 
6 
- 
8 
2 
number 
(D) 
- 
35,016,856 
2,825 
144 
- 
5,783,133 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
104 
1 
159 
57 
22 
145 
69 
- 
acres 
16,873 
(D) 
43,674 
1,767 
142 
11,961 
14,798 
- 
bushels 
644,511 
(D) 
4,236,049 
146,083 
6,798 
809,143 
615,925 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3 
2 
36 
- 
73 
4 
- 
acres 
135 
- 
(D) 
875 
- 
3,154 
290 
- 
tons 
1,509 
- 
(D) 
7,507 
- 
47,572 
3,810 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
29 
- 
49 
6 
- 
29 
33 
- 
acres 
5,431 
- 
8,731 
81 
- 
1,478 
7,071 
- 
bushels 
331,731 
- 
521,544 
2,934 
- 
103,240 
323,218 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
29 
- 
49 
6 
- 
29 
33 
- 
acres 
5,431 
- 
8,731 
81 
- 
1,478 
7,071 
- 
bushels 
331,731 
- 
521,544 
2,934 
- 
103,240 
323,218 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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