Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
309 
229 
54 
26 
127 
182 
$1,000 
2,406 
2,007 
159 
240 
872 
1,534 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
176 
140 
25 
11 
72 
104 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
86 
53 
25 
8 
39 
47 
$5,000 to $24,999 
27 
23 
1 
3 
7 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
6 
3 
3 
6 
6 
$50,000 or more 
8 
7 
- 
1 
3 
5 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
168 
115 
36 
17 
78 
90 
$1,000 
569 
150 
354 
66 
375 
195 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
152 
108 
29 
15 
71 
81 
$5,000 to $24,999 
13 
7 
4 
2 
5 
8 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
46 
30 
13 
3 
15 
31 
$1,000 
250 
38 
207 
5 
154 
95 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
148 
106 
28 
14 
73 
75 
$1,000 
320 
112 
146 
61 
220 
99 
Feed purchased farms 
364 
258 
77 
29 
164 
200 
$1,000 
6,386 
1,349 
1,122 
3,915 
1,857 
4,529 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
229 
175 
43 
11 
108 
121 
$5,000 to $24,999 
107 
77 
23 
7 
45 
62 
$25,000 to $99,999 
14 
5 
7 
2 
7 
7 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8 
1 
4 
3 
2 
6 
$250,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
6 
2 
4 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
716 
503 
121 
92 
360 
356 
$1,000 
5,091 
1,881 
1,012 
2,198 
1,655 
3,436 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
566 
428 
76 
62 
293 
273 
$5,000 to $24,999 
114 
61 
35 
18 
53 
61 
$25,000 to $49,999 
17 
9 
6 
2 
8 
9 
$50,000 or more 
19 
5 
4 
10 
6 
13 
Utilities farms 
525 
366 
92 
67 
259 
266 
$1,000 
4,060 
1,693 
577 
1,790 
1,907 
2,154 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
195 
159 
18 
18 
95 
100 
$1,000 to $4,999 
241 
166 
52 
23 
126 
115 
$5,000 to $24,999 
66 
36 
19 
11 
27 
39 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8 
2 
2 
4 
6 
2 
$50,000 or more 
15 
3 
1 
11 
5 
10 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs farms 
604 
416 
108 
80 
283 
321 
$1,000 
4,414 
1,615 
1,232 
1,567 
1,646 
2,768 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
459 
350 
67 
42 
225 
234 
$5,000 to $24,999 
109 
56 
33 
20 
44 
65 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
5 
2 
4 
4 
7 
$50,000 or more 
25 
5 
6 
14 
10 
15 
Flired farm labor farms 
259 
152 
57 
50 
123 
136 
$1,000 
18,647 
4,904 
2,731 
11,011 
7,673 
10,974 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
110 
70 
28 
12 
52 
58 
$5,000 to $24,999 
70 
50 
13 
7 
34 
36 
$25,000 to $99,999 
42 
20 
12 
10 
20 
22 
$100,000 to $249,999 
15 
8 
2 
5 
6 
9 
$250,000 or more 
22 
4 
2 
16 
11 
11 
Contract labor farms 
49 
27 
7 
15 
16 
33 
$1,000 
1,718 
284 
20 
1,414 
234 
1,485 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
13 
8 
3 
2 
5 
8 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
14 
11 
1 
2 
3 
11 
$5,000 to $24,999 
14 
6 
3 
5 
6 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
6 
2 
- 
4 
2 
4 
Customwork and custom hauling farms 
67 
37 
14 
16 
28 
39 
$1,000 
902 
113 
166 
623 
112 
790 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
31 
19 
8 
4 
13 
18 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
19 
12 
3 
4 
12 
7 
$5,000 to $24,999 
11 
6 
2 
3 
2 
9 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
5 
- 
1 
4 
1 
4 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms 
115 
6 
67 
42 
60 
55 
$1,000 
549 
12 
250 
288 
243 
306 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
90 
5 
55 
30 
51 
39 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8 
- 
5 
3 
2 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
13 
1 
6 
6 
4 
9 
$25,000 or more 
4 
- 
1 
3 
3 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
198 Alaska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
