Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	1. Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (the “Company” or “Parent Company”), a financial holding company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company has one bank subsidiary, United Bank & Capital Trust Company (“United Bank”), and one nonbank subsidiary, FFKT Insurance Services, Inc. (“FFKT Insurance”). FFKT Insurance is a captive insurance company that provides property and casualty coverage to the Parent Company and its subsidiaries for risk management purposes or where insurance may not be available or economically feasible. The Company has two subsidiaries organized as Delaware statutory trusts that are not consolidated into its financial statements. These trusts were formed for the purpose of issuing trust preferred securities. United Bank’s significant subsidiaries include EG Properties, Inc. and Farmers Capital Insurance Corporation (“Farmers Insurance”). EG Properties, Inc. is involved in real estate management and liquidation for certain repossessed properties of United Bank. Farmers Insurance is an insurance agency in Frankfort, KY. The Company provides financial services at its 34 locations in 21 communities throughout Central and Northern Kentucky to individual, business, agricultural, governmental, and educational customers. Its primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term certificate accounts. Its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial lending, and consumer installment loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets, and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow from operations of businesses. Other services include, but are not limited to, cash management services, issuing letters of credit, safe deposit box rental, and providing funds transfer services. Other financial instruments, which could potentially represent concentrations of credit risk, include deposit accounts in other financial institutions and federal funds sold. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates used in the preparation of the condensed financial statements are based on various factors including the current interest rate environment and the general strength of the local and state economy. Changes in the overall interest rate environment can significantly affect the Company’s net interest income and the value of its recorded assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates used in the preparation of the condensed financial statements. The allowance for loan losses, carrying value of other real estate owned, actuarial assumptions used to calculate postretirement benefits, and the fair values of financial instruments are estimates that are particularly subject to change. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 has been derived from the audited financial statements of the Company as of that date. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10 -K. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10 -Q and Rule 10 - 01 of Regulation S- X and do not include all of the information and the footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of such condensed financial statements, have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (the “Company” or “Parent Company”), a financial holding company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company has

one

bank subsidiary, United Bank & Capital Trust Company (“United Bank”), and

one

nonbank subsidiary, FFKT Insurance Services, Inc. (“FFKT Insurance”).

FFKT Insurance is a captive insurance company that provides property and casualty coverage to the Parent Company and its subsidiaries for risk management purposes or where insurance

may

not

be available or economically feasible. The Company has

two

subsidiaries organized as Delaware statutory trusts that are

not

consolidated into its financial statements. These trusts were formed for the purpose of issuing trust preferred securities.

United Bank’s significant subsidiaries include EG Properties, Inc. and Farmers Capital Insurance Corporation (“Farmers Insurance”). EG Properties, Inc. is involved in real estate management and liquidation for certain repossessed properties of United Bank. Farmers Insurance is an insurance agency in Frankfort, KY.

The Company provides financial services at its

locations in

communities throughout Central and Northern Kentucky to individual, business, agricultural, governmental, and educational customers. Its primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term certificate accounts. Its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial lending, and consumer installment loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets, and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow from operations of businesses. Other services include, but are

not

limited to, cash management services, issuing letters of credit, safe deposit box rental, and providing funds transfer services. Other financial instruments, which could potentially represent concentrations of credit risk, include deposit accounts in other financial institutions and federal funds sold.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates used in the preparation of the condensed financial statements are based on various factors including the current interest rate environment and the general strength of the local and state economy. Changes in the overall interest rate environment can significantly affect the Company’s net interest income and the value of its recorded assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates used in the preparation of the condensed financial statements. The allowance for loan losses, carrying value of other real estate owned, actuarial assumptions used to calculate postretirement benefits, and the fair values of financial instruments are estimates that are particularly subject to change.

The consolidated balance sheet as of

December 31, 2017

has been derived from the audited financial statements of the Company as of that date. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto for the year ended

December 31, 2017

included in the Company’s annual report on Form

-K. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form

-Q and Rule

of Regulation S-

and do

not

include all of the information and the footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of such condensed financial statements, have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods are

not

necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.