Table 41 . Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Kentucky 
Adair 
Allen 
Anderson 
Ballard 
Barren 
Bath 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
29,560 
539 
479 
180 
214 
913 
243 
2007 
38,848 
767 
654 
212 
241 
1,222 
363 
acres treated, 2012 
3,786,682 
46,020 
34,594 
9,131 
63,608 
91,857 
17,410 
2007 
4,227,204 
57,203 
45,647 
8,450 
62,332 
102,797 
19,797 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
22,580 
402 
332 
115 
167 
683 
213 
2007 
28,775 
583 
423 
149 
185 
893 
278 
acres treated, 2012 
3,096,038 
29,839 
17,045 
4,921 
60,088 
66,530 
12,303 
2007 
3,132,851 
31,677 
19,077 
4,376 
57,382 
65,802 
12,946 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
13,741 
307 
298 
83 
64 
540 
83 
2007 
19,732 
478 
424 
93 
95 
742 
150 
acres treated, 2012 
690,644 
16,181 
17,549 
4,210 
3,520 
25,327 
5,107 
2007 
1,094,353 
25,526 
26,570 
4,074 
4,950 
36,995 
6,851 
Manure farms, 2012 
9,167 
167 
108 
50 
39 
286 
70 
2007 
10,812 
175 
193 
48 
47 
337 
99 
acres treated, 2012 
376,121 
6,656 
3,167 
1,357 
3,161 
14,742 
1,662 
2007 
407,636 
5,597 
7,110 
1,111 
1,815 
12,807 
2,551 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
9,412 
115 
158 
45 
100 
241 
71 
2007 
9,751 
119 
154 
45 
79 
256 
124 
acres, 2012 
1,758,021 
8,038 
6,841 
1,734 
44,911 
40,320 
2,747 
2007 
1,148,425 
3,816 
2,732 
591 
26,939 
19,340 
2,177 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
19,983 
286 
346 
100 
174 
613 
174 
2007 
16,287 
209 
223 
69 
161 
496 
145 
acres, 2012 
3,451,620 
22,030 
22,050 
4,312 
75,333 
68,157 
8,534 
2007 
2,342,623 
8,929 
13,750 
1,535 
58,864 
33,323 
4,783 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
1,045 
8 
21 
7 
1 
20 
4 
2007 
577 
4 
6 
1 
3 
11 
4 
acres, 2012 
188,864 
598 
614 
615 
(D) 
6,394 
46 
2007 
62,975 
57 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
275 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
2,573 
29 
57 
19 
18 
42 
17 
2007 
2,247 
27 
67 
12 
22 
38 
16 
acres, 2012 
397,006 
477 
1,437 
63 
7,505 
4,247 
240 
2007 
216,064 
357 
475 
56 
6,636 
509 
191 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1,712 
30 
30 
15 
6 
41 
9 
2007 
1,575 
27 
18 
4 
7 
28 
24 
acres on which used, 2012 
44,358 
605 
1,554 
297 
135 
1,271 
237 
2007 
27,602 
192 
237 
10 
(D) 
371 
217 
Item 
Bell 
Boone 
Bourbon 
Boyd 
Boyle 
Bracken 
Breathitt 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
23 
172 
324 
52 
171 
143 
51 
2007 
26 
255 
353 
94 
234 
218 
72 
acres treated, 2012 
521 
9,910 
32,329 
1,624 
14,108 
7,999 
897 
2007 
815 
13,688 
37,183 
2,353 
13,839 
10,500 
1,492 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
15 
136 
239 
34 
125 
129 
46 
2007 
15 
203 
236 
59 
169 
195 
53 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
8,321 
20,505 
628 
9,506 
5,710 
564 
2007 
435 
9,180 
16,250 
991 
8,527 
7,837 
593 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
11 
54 
131 
29 
88 
41 
16 
2007 
19 
88 
170 
52 
123 
56 
29 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
1,589 
11,824 
996 
4,602 
2,289 
333 
2007 
380 
4,508 
20,933 
1,362 
5,312 
2,663 
899 
Manure farms, 2012 
7 
96 
120 
35 
78 
107 
22 
2007 
2 
117 
91 
36 
85 
121 
26 
acres treated, 2012 
25 
2,467 
5,958 
526 
3,699 
4,382 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
2,107 
4,809 
489 
2,239 
2,860 
404 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
7 
70 
130 
7 
52 
63 
25 
2007 
6 
87 
126 
6 
38 
102 
23 
acres, 2012 
47 
3,625 
10,514 
36 
4,746 
3,051 
272 
2007 
244 
2,048 
6,228 
34 
775 
3,020 
115 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
18 
134 
263 
43 
138 
113 
40 
2007 
14 
122 
174 
55 
97 
108 
39 
acres, 2012 
272 
6,661 
26,268 
760 
10,340 
4,734 
446 
2007 
118 
4,635 
13,213 
808 
4,044 
3,995 
583 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
2 
8 
11 
- 
10 
5 
1 
2007 
2 
3 
3 
1 
- 
5 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
365 
172 
- 
647 
(D) 
(□) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
92 
(D) 
- 
87 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
6 
20 
27 
- 
19 
7 
9 
2007 
4 
20 
16 
1 
8 
19 
3 
acres, 2012 
58 
1,785 
1,746 
- 
597 
(D) 
20 
2007 
66 
263 
114 
(D) 
(D) 
484 
17 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1 
12 
36 
- 
12 
26 
6 
2007 
- 
16 
29 
- 
5 
21 
1 
acres on which used, 2012 
(D) 
228 
1,095 
- 
247 
264 
82 
2007 
203 
587 
- 
99 
153 
(D) 
-continued 
684 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
