Table 4. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Expenses 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Expenses 
($1,000) 
Total farm production expenses ' farms 
762 
(X) 
686 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
55,918 
(X) 
50,547 
Average per farm dollars 
(X) 
73,383 
(X) 
73,683 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
167 
438 
146 
356 
$5,000 to $9,999 
143 
1,040 
134 
1,001 
$10,000 to $24,999 
242 
3,881 
194 
3,141 
$25,000 to $49,999 
83 
2,954 
95 
3,364 
$50,000 to $99,999 
50 
3,431 
43 
3,034 
$100,000 to $249,999 
32 
5,289 
33 
4,617 
$250,000 to $499,999 
20 
6,701 
23 
7,790 
$500,000 or more 
25 
32,184 
18 
27,245 
$500,000 to $999,999 
12 
8,153 
8 
5,904 
$1 ,000,000 to $2,499,999 
10 
15,311 
8 
(D) 
$2,500,000 or more 
3 
8,720 
2 
(D) 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms 
377 
(X) 
388 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
3,240 
(X) 
2,334 
percent of total 
(X) 
5.8 
(X) 
4.6 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
110 
24 
97 
(D) 
$500 to $999 
46 
30 
39 
26 
$1,000 to $4,999 
107 
235 
134 
322 
$5,000 to $9,999 
53 
366 
60 
402 
$10,000 to $24,999 
30 
485 
32 
446 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
442 
22 
777 
$50,000 to $99,999 
10 
717 
3 
216 
$100,000 or more 
7 
940 
1 
(D) 
Chemicals purchased farms 
197 
(X) 
156 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
367 
(X) 
282 
percent of total 
(X) 
0.7 
(X) 
0.6 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
104 
18 
78 
13 
$500 to $999 
24 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
$1,000 to $4,999 
55 
116 
46 
88 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6 
43 
6 
42 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6 
101 
4 
49 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms 
309 
(X) 
264 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
2,406 
(X) 
2,167 
percent of total 
(X) 
4.3 
(X) 
4.3 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
135 
29 
103 
20 
$500 to $999 
41 
26 
33 
22 
$1,000 to $4,999 
86 
187 
81 
152 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
105 
12 
68 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10 
139 
21 
314 
$25,000 or more 
20 
1,920 
14 
1,590 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
419 
6 
204 
$50,000 or more 
8 
1,501 
8 
1,386 
Livestock and poultry purchased 
or leased farms 
168 
(X) 
118 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
569 
(X) 
303 
percent of total 
(X) 
1.0 
(X) 
0.6 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
96 
(D) 
45 
(D) 
$1,000 to $4,999 
56 
122 
59 
133 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8 
49 
10 
63 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5 
87 
2 
(D) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
$50,000 to $99,999 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased 
or leased farms 
46 
(X) 
46 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
250 
(X) 
107 
percent of total 
(X) 
0.4 
(X) 
0.2 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
22 
7 
12 
4 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
18 
39 
25 
46 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3 
18 
9 
57 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other livestock and poultry purchased 
or leased (see text) farms 
148 
(X) 
86 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
320 
(X) 
196 
percent of total 
(X) 
0.6 
(X) 
0.4 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
93 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
$1,000 to $4,999 
47 
91 
38 
86 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3 
19 
4 
23 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Alaska 11 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
