Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Colorado 
Connecticut 
Delaware 
Florida 
Georgia 
Flawaii 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
36,180 
5,977 
2,451 
47,740 
42,257 
7,000 
2007 
37,054 
4,916 
2,546 
47,463 
47,846 
7,521 
$1,000, 2012 
6,910,512 
586,466 
981,803 
6,484,515 
7,488,510 
659,262 
2007 
5,431,280 
469,319 
823,103 
5,762,883 
5,982,253 
486,648 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
191,004 
98,120 
400,572 
135,830 
177,213 
94,180 
2007 
146,577 
95,468 
323,293 
121,418 
125,031 
64,705 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
10,989 
2,577 
1,210 
22,118 
22,061 
4,428 
2007 
11,685 
2,746 
1,414 
27,041 
26,820 
5,653 
$1,000, 2012 
311,338 
22,350 
52,806 
546,306 
499,665 
46,584 
2007 
201,343 
15,142 
35,665 
439,145 
353,104 
29,807 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
13,191 
1,987 
1,313 
21,563 
21,334 
4,487 
2007 
11,860 
1,545 
1,309 
20,462 
20,092 
4,207 
$1,000, 2012 
182,467 
15,783 
32,280 
564,650 
398,050 
32,993 
2007 
102,032 
7,711 
23,147 
376,699 
250,881 
1 7,238 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
10,318 
2,242 
1,116 
12,464 
14,842 
2,154 
2007 
8,935 
1,952 
1,282 
13,124 
14,517 
2,579 
$1,000, 2012 
198,847 
37,456 
35,275 
344,167 
295,102 
18,825 
2007 
163,708 
45,871 
25,271 
379,703 
184,635 
17,950 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
9,728 
1,487 
947 
9,474 
10,995 
741 
2007 
8,517 
1,077 
981 
8,322 
10,114 
547 
$1,000, 2012 
1,885,482 
6,536 
94,265 
163,843 
927,465 
3,880 
2007 
1 ,778,706 
7,164 
102,328 
175,186 
871,341 
3,343 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
5,372 
527 
151 
5,623 
5,728 
354 
2007 
4,866 
392 
131 
5,111 
4,907 
267 
$1,000, 2012 
98,374 
1,583 
1,871 
61,772 
99,642 
1,509 
2007 
86,507 
2,058 
1,043 
59,350 
43,265 
1,135 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
5,838 
1,190 
842 
5,138 
6,714 
491 
2007 
4,944 
846 
899 
4,460 
6,399 
345 
$1,000, 2012 
1,787,108 
4,953 
92,394 
102,071 
827,823 
2,371 
2007 
1,692,199 
5,106 
101,284 
115,836 
828,076 
2,208 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
21,744 
3,617 
1,602 
30,765 
26,118 
2,028 
2007 
18,817 
2,458 
1,426 
27,297 
26,287 
1,939 
$1,000, 2012 
1 ,972,993 
66,754 
503,159 
750,800 
2,913,851 
43,811 
2007 
1,221,367 
55,295 
416,368 
547,947 
2,121,379 
24,678 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
33,136 
5,617 
2,358 
43,804 
40,396 
6,283 
2007 
35,901 
4,709 
2,473 
45,826 
46,952 
7,091 
$1,000, 2012 
288,559 
37,338 
30,861 
325,053 
346,738 
33,157 
2007 
252,730 
29,508 
20,685 
266,387 
301,942 
24,443 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
23,489 
3,613 
1,850 
28,263 
26,018 
4,365 
2007 
19,465 
2,608 
1,539 
22,600 
21,462 
3,881 
$1,000, 2012 
191,659 
15,898 
16,595 
133,415 
185,418 
28,174 
2007 
141,173 
12,894 
13,032 
107,341 
129,618 
25,473 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
27,005 
4,590 
2,085 
35,660 
33,039 
5,305 
2007 
32,421 
4,326 
2,331 
42,144 
43,940 
6,611 
$1,000, 2012 
321,633 
45,733 
40,061 
379,424 
340,286 
55,463 
2007 
300,187 
39,671 
27,954 
421,996 
306,086 
53,497 
Flired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
9,059 
1,704 
898 
13,291 
12,258 
1,977 
2007 
7,393 
1,140 
647 
10,081 
10,225 
1,783 
$1,000, 2012 
471,562 
177,047 
50,307 
1 ,276,025 
447,136 
269,907 
2007 
390,625 
141,360 
36,460 
1,208,631 
361,419 
178,496 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
4,738 
407 
247 
7,234 
4,684 
1,066 
2007 
3,793 
274 
178 
6,865 
3,949 
1,005 
$1,000, 2012 
66,083 
6,030 
6,147 
560,600 
92,896 
21,618 
2007 
42,835 
8,744 
3,569 
546,016 
64,557 
14,240 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
7,584 
437 
1,021 
5,787 
8,246 
447 
2007 
6,178 
289 
376 
5,453 
4,879 
393 
$1,000, 2012 
108,124 
4,131 
10,348 
219,396 
109,074 
4,002 
2007 
78,971 
2,501 
2,409 
194,711 
41,766 
1,789 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
9,636 
756 
642 
5,713 
8,376 
1,567 
2007 
7,755 
624 
780 
4,322 
7,715 
1,718 
$1,000, 2012 
223,692 
9,636 
25,825 
159,519 
220,440 
24,230 
2007 
142,850 
7,820 
19,612 
141,937 
154,249 
20,211 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
2,057 
244 
173 
2,282 
2,131 
388 
2007 
1,722 
203 
155 
1,994 
1,705 
350 
$1,000, 2012 
39,084 
5,621 
2,839 
62,131 
41,086 
3,666 
2007 
24,370 
3,204 
2,139 
28,979 
20,169 
2,675 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
13,421 
1,290 
1,033 
1 1 ,709 
13,507 
1,331 
2007 
11,114 
975 
801 
10,609 
12,375 
1,223 
$1,000, 2012 
228,119 
20,412 
18,464 
225,460 
228,123 
13,208 
2007 
229,425 
16,913 
14,590 
203,987 
225,086 
14,838 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
10,287 
965 
754 
9,001 
10,810 
715 
2007 
8,764 
747 
638 
8,921 
10,081 
777 
$1,000, 2012 
161,271 
16,880 
14,186 
188,363 
180,110 
9,504 
2007 
152,793 
13,823 
11,126 
165,996 
173,911 
10,950 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
7,529 
682 
644 
5,924 
6,844 
864 
2007 
6,700 
516 
478 
6,260 
6,613 
723 
$1,000, 2012 
66,848 
3,532 
4,277 
37,097 
48,013 
3,705 
2007 
76,632 
3,089 
3,465 
37,991 
51,176 
3,888 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
34,219 
5,643 
2,261 
45,663 
40,365 
5,872 
2007 
33,380 
4,420 
2,252 
43,882 
44,054 
5,975 
$1,000, 2012 
96,212 
29,547 
6,223 
189,340 
131,712 
1 1 ,633 
2007 
89,405 
23,053 
4,524 
180,155 
139,812 
10,873 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
19,105 
3,244 
1,685 
21,812 
21,095 
2,575 
2007 
18,208 
2,698 
1,577 
22,097 
21,301 
2,843 
$1,000, 2012 
324,658 
86,195 
56,347 
584,387 
311,466 
48,109 
2007 
271,553 
52,470 
75,351 
544,062 
456,207 
47,097 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
15,235 
2,181 
1,434 
15,760 
18,534 
2,148 
2007 
14,870 
1,823 
1,217 
14,751 
17,862 
2,341 
$1,000, 2012 
419,702 
41,018 
71 ,884 
437,976 
475,999 
50,584 
2007 
353,613 
29,707 
33,409 
390,420 
374,338 
46,427 
--continued 
278 United States 2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
