Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
McCracken 
McCreary 
McLean 
Madison 
Magoffin 
Marion 
Marshall 
Martin 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
165 
53 
216 
365 
84 
518 
231 
6 
2007 
204 
54 
246 
499 
170 
552 
282 
6 
acres treated, 2012 
30,257 
2,022 
62,567 
18,095 
1,945 
48,772 
28,266 
174 
2007 
34,404 
2,340 
85,532 
30,279 
5,061 
44,591 
30,683 
38 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
130 
27 
198 
242 
65 
414 
136 
4 
2007 
166 
34 
210 
319 
137 
453 
148 
6 
acres treated, 2012 
29,312 
796 
61,012 
9,454 
793 
37,181 
24,010 
4 
2007 
32,879 
724 
83,232 
10,927 
2,162 
28,818 
23,008 
(D) 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
47 
43 
36 
173 
39 
266 
120 
4 
2007 
65 
38 
53 
272 
72 
292 
179 
1 
acres treated, 2012 
945 
1,226 
1,555 
8,641 
1,152 
11,591 
4,256 
170 
2007 
1,525 
1,616 
2,300 
19,352 
2,899 
15,773 
7,675 
(D) 
Manure farms, 2012 
28 
23 
51 
88 
44 
171 
42 
3 
2007 
39 
20 
85 
132 
73 
161 
45 
3 
acres treated, 2012 
480 
353 
8,270 
2,820 
403 
5,124 
4,728 
84 
2007 
420 
469 
12,476 
2,076 
1,427 
5,847 
2,157 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
67 
7 
120 
94 
18 
176 
58 
2 
2007 
81 
3 
91 
137 
21 
166 
38 
2 
acres, 2012 
19,332 
55 
47,311 
3,209 
134 
13,751 
18,395 
(D) 
2007 
13,576 
37 
30,543 
2,341 
876 
4,814 
7,333 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
145 
15 
225 
222 
47 
342 
168 
1 
2007 
117 
17 
177 
216 
55 
216 
129 
1 
acres, 2012 
34,763 
467 
86,986 
10,523 
632 
30,379 
32,574 
(D) 
2007 
24,160 
351 
79,557 
4,756 
876 
11,358 
20,939 
(D) 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
12 
- 
15 
14 
1 
27 
1 
2007 
11 
- 
5 
3 
- 
11 
3 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
4,806 
189 
(D) 
2,417 
(D) 
- 
2007 
2,496 
93 
7 
258 
(D) 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
23 
- 
25 
30 
3 
50 
12 
2 
2007 
18 
- 
18 
34 
- 
37 
13 
2 
acres, 2012 
3,596 
- 
8,022 
157 
3 
5,508 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
2,156 
- 
2,737 
213 
- 
1,471 
631 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
10 
- 
13 
36 
2 
26 
4 
- 
2007 
2 
- 
11 
24 
4 
30 
8 
- 
acres on which used, 2012 
236 
- 
138 
561 
(D) 
827 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(D) 
- 
177 
232 
7 
385 
46 
- 
Item 
Mason 
Meade 
Menifee 
Mercer 
Metcalfe 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Morgan 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
260 
356 
74 
322 
453 
442 
176 
285 
2007 
374 
432 
141 
359 
563 
574 
289 
390 
acres treated, 2012 
23,939 
44,374 
5,165 
22,493 
29,798 
44,912 
10,571 
12,309 
2007 
26,298 
47,153 
7,179 
21,137 
42,527 
54,978 
18,913 
16,310 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
240 
250 
54 
254 
351 
332 
149 
214 
2007 
332 
289 
92 
257 
433 
403 
229 
307 
acres treated, 2012 
21,444 
35,522 
3,133 
16,048 
17,108 
27,645 
7,505 
5,442 
2007 
19,706 
30,750 
2,874 
12,884 
21,635 
27,330 
9,932 
8,342 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
63 
207 
48 
124 
253 
264 
55 
131 
2007 
118 
262 
78 
164 
334 
377 
128 
192 
acres treated, 2012 
2,495 
8,852 
2,032 
6,445 
12,690 
17,267 
3,066 
6,867 
2007 
6,592 
16,403 
4,305 
8,253 
20,892 
27,648 
8,981 
7,968 
Manure farms, 2012 
91 
116 
38 
144 
137 
158 
48 
135 
2007 
128 
127 
40 
146 
167 
168 
72 
136 
acres treated, 2012 
3,000 
2,516 
651 
5,756 
4,534 
7,306 
1,632 
2,703 
2007 
5,717 
2,726 
977 
4,988 
7,926 
9,806 
4,260 
3,091 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
117 
75 
14 
99 
154 
117 
59 
40 
2007 
155 
61 
16 
94 
139 
86 
83 
64 
acres, 2012 
11,798 
16,398 
(D) 
5,607 
5,244 
10,746 
1,552 
515 
2007 
4,696 
6,808 
156 
2,136 
3,638 
3,841 
2,417 
583 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
203 
207 
43 
223 
262 
313 
121 
131 
2007 
164 
177 
27 
169 
184 
228 
99 
122 
acres, 2012 
22,907 
47,114 
2,528 
11,467 
13,699 
31,079 
5,414 
2,768 
2007 
7,702 
22,148 
432 
6,339 
7,731 
11,714 
2,991 
1,609 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
17 
23 
1 
7 
13 
6 
6 
6 
2007 
5 
6 
- 
7 
4 
11 
3 
3 
acres, 2012 
464 
2,467 
(D) 
142 
337 
226 
91 
43 
2007 
75 
291 
45 
48 
169 
290 
14 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
21 
30 
4 
15 
37 
22 
17 
8 
2007 
19 
9 
1 
14 
22 
17 
18 
15 
acres, 2012 
446 
5,702 
6 
324 
824 
2,100 
477 
48 
2007 
227 
474 
(D) 
194 
153 
252 
320 
77 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
34 
12 
1 
22 
21 
20 
15 
15 
2007 
16 
12 
5 
22 
25 
15 
13 
10 
acres on which used, 2012 
686 
342 
(D) 
522 
477 
2,250 
296 
294 
2007 
185 
478 
37 
218 
242 
140 
258 
50 
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