Table 7. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textl 



Farms 



Expenses 

 ($1,000) 



Expenses 

 ($1,000) 



Livestock and poultry 



purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 - 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $14,999 



$15,000 to $19.999 ... 



$20,000 to $29,999 



$30,000 to $39,999 ... 



$40,000 to $49,999 _ 



$50,000 to $79,999 



$80,000 or more 



Feed for livestock and poultry __ farms. 

 $1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 _ - 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 _-_ -. 



$5,000 to $9,999 _-. 



$10,000 to $14.999 



$15,000 to $19,999 -. 



$20,000 to $29,999 



$30,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $79,999 -. 



$80,000 or more 



Commercially mixed formula 



feeds -__ - farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by tons purchased: 



1 to 49 tons _ 



50 to 99 tons _ 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons 



500 to 799 tons 



800 to 999 tons 



1,000 tons or more 



Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $14,999 



$15,000 to $19,999--. 



$20,000 to $29,999 



$30,000 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 or more __ 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and 



trees _ _.. farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 _.. 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 or more 



Commercial fertilizer farms 



$1,000 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 _ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $29.999 



$30,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 or more ._ 



1 320 

 (X) 



107 



49 



153 



121 



186 



143 



223 



124 



71 



92 



51 



1 642 

 (X) 



131 



102 



203 



110 



23 



44 



50 



83 



276 



620 



1 336 

 (X) 



279 

 60 

 65 



353 



256 

 95 



228 



85 

 43 

 77 

 94 

 27 

 23 

 35 

 65 

 54 

 833 



2 112 

 (X) 



710 

 413 

 689 

 175 

 74 

 51 



2 191 

 (X) 



396 

 278 

 803 

 239 

 202 

 101 

 51 

 121 



(X) 

 37 202 



20 



32 



338 



945 



2 363 



2 485 

 5 340 



4 279 



3 111 



5 762 

 12 526 



(X) 

 140 508 



35 

 71 

 464 

 752 

 279 

 739 



1 219 



2 753 

 16 774 



117 423 



(X) 

 136 947 



(X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 



23 



27 



169 



626 



329 



396 



841 



2 209 



2 354 



(X) 

 6 964 



163 



273 

 1 640 

 1 250 



1 018 



2 620 



(X) 

 19 993 



102 



200 



1 908 



1 629 



2 701 

 2 447 

 1 745 

 9 260 



1 598 

 36 283 



187 



120 



288 



212 



264 



185 



180 



65 



35 



39 



23 



1 865 

 118 266 



281 



136 



243 



89 



32 



39 



82 



85 



372 



506 



1 451 

 114 974 



367 

 37 

 145 

 456 

 255 

 72 

 119 



108 

 37 



166 

 67 

 17 

 43 

 84 

 69 

 96 



764 



2 327 

 5 600 



943 

 481 

 659 

 144 

 52 

 48 



2 470 

 14 166 



606 



382 



859 



280 



178 



67 



38 



60 



} 



1 600 

 30 263 



245 



96 



285 



288 



1 917 

 94 366 



308 



133 



245 



86 



1 730 

 88 684 



231 

 476 



268 



101 



201 



61 



} 



2 251 

 4 735 



1 093 

 380 

 586 



2 328 

 14 488 



595 

 291 

 814 

 244 

 193 



Other agricultural chemicals 2 farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $99 - -. 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 or more 



Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $99 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $2,499 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $29,999 



$30,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 or more _. 



Contract labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 or more 



Customwork. machine hire, and 

 rental of machinery and 



equipment farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 ._ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 or more 



Energy and petroleum products . farms. 

 $1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499. 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999___ 



$20,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 or more 



Petroleum products. .._ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 .__ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 or more 



Interest expense farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to$499___ _-. 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 or more 



2 058 

 (X) 



87 

 488 

 299 

 341 

 378 

 176 

 155 

 134 



1 462 

 (X) 



39 



144 



276 



322 



188 



209 



134 



45 



35 



70 



179 

 (X) 



46 

 22 

 75 

 16 

 8 

 12 



1 271 

 (X) 



326 



310 



513 



79 



37 



6 



3 328 

 (X) 



871 

 322 

 384 

 858 

 460 

 281 

 115 

 37 



3 322 

 (X) 



1 097 

 403 

 539 

 635 

 321 

 216 

 85 

 26 



1 433 

 (X) 



198 

 80 

 432 

 287 

 436 



(X) 

 10 868 



4 



138 



223 



488 



1 156 



1 258 



2 017 

 5 582 



(X) 



17 893 



2 



41 



188 



548 



641 



1 387 



1 783 



1 080 



1 266 



10 957 



(X) 

 1 296 



14 



17 



195 



108 



(X) 

 2 606 



84 

 214 

 1 116 

 546 

 460 

 186 



(X) 



18 092 



235 

 228 

 552 

 747 

 149 

 722 

 233 

 225 



(X) 

 13 435 



275 

 291 

 747 



1 947 



2 262 

 2 778 

 2 260 

 2 873 



(X) 



16 948 



51 



61 



1 143 



1 948 



13 745 



2 534 

 6 857 



165 



782 

 483 

 350 

 427 

 184 

 93 

 50 



1 593 



15 131 



71 



354 



169 



381 



181 



165 



114 



40 



69 



49 



264 

 1 495 



92 

 38 

 85 

 17 

 14 

 18 



1 687 



2 418 



650 



368 



583 



68 



12 



3 379 

 10 379 



841 

 587 

 784 

 661 

 295 

 154 

 42 

 15 



3 377 

 7 991 



1 150 

 716 

 578 

 522 

 259 

 115 

 29 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



} 



} 



} 



} 



1 Data for 1982 and 1978 are based on a sample of farms. 



2 Data for 1978 and 1974 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



6 DELAWARE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



