Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Flog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ^ - Con. 
Contract labor 
.... farms 
2,118 
38,364 
53,137 
1,699 
4,832 
2,369 
7,078 
4,177 
23,921 
$1,000 
60,838 
426,586 
354,157 
55,164 
176,196 
85,606 
166,681 
16,404 
217,681 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
174 
12,412 
15,849 
264 
530 
353 
984 
2,025 
6,089 
$1,000 to $4,999 
666 
15,510 
22,146 
529 
1,276 
628 
2,345 
1,387 
8,410 
$5,000 to $24,999 
835 
7,800 
12,251 
509 
1,783 
903 
2,630 
641 
7,345 
$25,000 to $49,999 
248 
1,289 
1,857 
162 
534 
259 
665 
95 
1,490 
$50,000 or more 
195 
1,353 
1,034 
235 
709 
226 
454 
29 
587 
Customwork and custom hauling 
.... farms 
3,491 
68,603 
113,318 
6,216 
29,490 
8,515 
21,767 
5,720 
23,434 
$1,000 
104,412 
618,560 
524,745 
138,926 
1,060,039 
248,519 
381,802 
14,839 
108,939 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
203 
26,376 
53,210 
1,316 
2,340 
963 
1,407 
3,604 
10,501 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
782 
27,811 
40,572 
1,837 
8,887 
1,762 
4,136 
1,598 
9,336 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,416 
10,665 
15,922 
2,009 
1 1 ,905 
3,908 
13,434 
416 
2,809 
$25,000 to $49,999 
573 
1,947 
2,212 
479 
2,650 
1,060 
1,928 
58 
479 
$50,000 or more 
517 
1,804 
1,402 
575 
3,708 
822 
862 
44 
309 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
.... farms 
4,588 
64,625 
183,326 
7,187 
28,557 
5,943 
7,963 
6,368 
25,020 
$1,000 
291,866 
1 ,434,867 
1,828,016 
362,310 
817,908 
490,811 
165,291 
42,010 
258,157 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
697 
40,958 
131,206 
2,170 
9,666 
1,428 
3,666 
5,129 
18,612 
$5,000 to $9,999 
499 
7,399 
20,053 
917 
5,136 
429 
1,186 
531 
2,366 
$10,000 to $24,999 
939 
7,283 
18,416 
1,359 
7,071 
959 
1,592 
422 
2,255 
$25,000 or more 
2,453 
8,985 
13,651 
2,741 
6,684 
3,127 
1,519 
286 
1,787 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles ... 
.... farms 
1,567 
19,151 
24,614 
1,642 
9,224 
1,820 
3,100 
1,963 
8,055 
$1,000 
53,823 
211,996 
92,589 
50,347 
148,748 
39,067 
63,774 
3,015 
33,851 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
79 
8,897 
13,214 
496 
2,695 
389 
1,093 
1,379 
4,072 
$1,000 to $4,999 
344 
6,319 
7,512 
464 
3,490 
507 
935 
436 
2,778 
$5,000 to $24,999 
665 
2,681 
3,307 
411 
2,106 
596 
748 
129 
1,035 
$25,000 to $49,999 
218 
522 
363 
120 
436 
150 
118 
15 
87 
$50,000 or more 
261 
732 
218 
151 
497 
178 
206 
4 
83 
Interest expense 
.... farms 
5,572 
149,133 
196,303 
8,198 
32,398 
10,657 
24,325 
15,776 
75,345 
$1,000 
130,486 
1,377,541 
1,837,765 
317,463 
1,133,106 
310,420 
517,579 
96,550 
693,269 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,660 
83,221 
110,430 
2,645 
9,691 
3,254 
7,312 
9,534 
38,081 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,505 
56,455 
71,701 
3,030 
14,371 
4,261 
10,564 
5,830 
32,566 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1,216 
8,330 
12,574 
1,834 
6,081 
2,602 
5,915 
375 
4,290 
$100,000 or more 
191 
1,127 
1,598 
689 
2,255 
540 
534 
37 
408 
Secured by real estate 
.... farms 
3,209 
119,776 
146,867 
6,106 
24,770 
8,767 
21,814 
12,555 
59,893 
$1,000 
69,600 
1,081,915 
1,352,713 
155,452 
772,340 
220,504 
443,839 
80,950 
570,533 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
225 
16,819 
20,647 
507 
1,395 
731 
1,429 
1,903 
7,085 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
899 
47,103 
58,332 
1,593 
5,815 
1,936 
5,039 
5,199 
20,991 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,389 
48,833 
58,221 
2,584 
1 1 ,579 
3,730 
9,723 
5,127 
28,000 
$25,000 to $49,999 
397 
4,690 
6,171 
669 
2,752 
1,352 
3,519 
239 
2,666 
$50,000 or more 
299 
2,331 
3,496 
753 
3,229 
1,018 
2,104 
87 
1,151 
Not secured by real estate 
.... farms 
4,309 
71,667 
112,413 
5,646 
22,612 
6,266 
1 1 ,556 
7,442 
37,844 
$1,000 
60,886 
295,627 
485,052 
162,011 
360,767 
89,916 
73,740 
15,600 
122,736 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
425 
28,751 
42,455 
886 
3,858 
1,192 
2,813 
3,903 
12,534 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,284 
31,258 
48,243 
1,686 
8,770 
2,243 
5,287 
2,887 
19,801 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,909 
9,595 
18,394 
1,791 
7,387 
2,092 
2,949 
610 
5,128 
$25,000 to $49,999 
449 
1,369 
2,194 
601 
1,191 
402 
367 
26 
262 
$50,000 or more 
242 
694 
1,127 
682 
1,406 
337 
140 
16 
119 
Property taxes paid 
.... farms 
7,548 
467,502 
584,296 
12,998 
42,789 
20,761 
51,616 
65,305 
213,861 
$1,000 
58,134 
1,173,504 
1 ,330,269 
103,503 
420,305 
144,617 
195,475 
116,975 
583,777 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,711 
419,023 
534,014 
8,524 
23,236 
14,567 
41,658 
61,129 
187,433 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,542 
33,814 
33,670 
2,180 
10,923 
3,185 
6,867 
3,309 
18,496 
$10,000 to $24,999 
949 
11,840 
13,033 
1,500 
5,981 
2,247 
2,481 
746 
6,483 
$25,000 or more 
346 
2,825 
3,579 
794 
2,649 
762 
610 
121 
1,449 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
.... farms 
6,948 
163,808 
342,721 
11,578 
41,784 
15,816 
36,537 
37,353 
137,531 
$1,000 
285,990 
1,098,608 
1,686,110 
623,311 
3,113,318 
1,044,520 
1,246,506 
72,811 
1,055,747 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,806 
137,241 
288,829 
5,661 
12,290 
7,279 
20,405 
34,775 
106,168 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,631 
19,734 
42,212 
3,525 
16,767 
4,397 
1 1 ,826 
2,226 
25,444 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,082 
3,321 
6,658 
935 
5,015 
1,623 
2,071 
197 
3,580 
$50,000 to $99,999 
769 
1,978 
3,231 
611 
3,177 
1,090 
1,015 
112 
1,320 
$100,000 or more 
660 
1,534 
1,791 
846 
4,535 
1,427 
1,220 
43 
1,019 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords ^ 
.... farms 
2,029 
4,923 
8,446 
655 
1,789 
770 
835 
303 
1,220 
$1,000 
53,415 
68,551 
62,701 
22,971 
21,331 
23,141 
8,324 
1,285 
10,198 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
.... farms 
7,117 
178,114 
262,704 
10,181 
37,316 
12,546 
30,263 
19,591 
77,046 
$1,000 
405,205 
2,259,290 
3,300,719 
671,700 
2,211,240 
1,006,099 
1 ,404,850 
118,092 
916,093 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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