Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data are based on a sample of farms- For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Total farm production expenses farms, 



$1,000, 

 Average per farm. dollars. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms, 



$1,000, 



Feed for livestock and poultry , 



Commercially mixed formula f 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees 



Commercial fertilizer' . 



$1,000, 



Petroleum products . 



— farms, 

 $1,000, 



Gasoline and gasohol . 



..farms, 

 $1,000. 



..farms. 

 $1,000. 



Hired farm labor . 



Contract labor farms, 



$1,000, 



Repair and maintenance farms, 



$1,000, 

 Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment^ farms, 



$1,000, 



interest paid' farms. 



$1,000. 



Interest paid on debt: 

 Secured by real estate farms. 



$1,000, 

 Not secured by real estate farms, 



$1,000, 



Cash rent... farms. 



$1,000, 

 Property taxes paid farms. 



$1,000, 

 All other farm production expenses farms. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



172 SOUTH DAKOTA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



