Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased 
farms 
1,116 
212 
173 
86 
135 
100 
$1,000 
35,275 
23,196 
5,753 
2,641 
2,236 
713 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
251 
19 
- 
1 
2 
4 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
265 
22 
38 
5 
18 
35 
$5,000 to $24,999 
323 
46 
47 
38 
97 
59 
$25,000 to $49,999 
116 
17 
49 
30 
16 
2 
$50,000 or more 
161 
108 
39 
12 
2 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms 
947 
296 
308 
52 
20 
32 
$1,000 
94,265 
63,037 
26,501 
(D) 
1,187 
565 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
203 
2 
3 
2 
2 
11 
$5,000 to $24,999 
89 
6 
3 
3 
12 
9 
$25,000 to $99,999 
308 
18 
228 
47 
3 
12 
$100,000 to $249,999 
255 
181 
73 
- 
1 
- 
$250,000 or more 
92 
89 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms 
151 
14 
6 
11 
10 
23 
$1,000 
1,871 
387 
105 
418 
161 
479 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) 
farms 
842 
288 
305 
43 
13 
12 
$1,000 
92,394 
62,650 
26,396 
(D) 
1,026 
86 
Feed purchased 
farms 
1,602 
302 
324 
62 
48 
53 
$1,000 
503,159 
340,457 
145,623 
9,870 
1,559 
938 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
550 
2 
7 
5 
13 
22 
$5,000 to $24,999 
337 
4 
8 
7 
19 
16 
$25,000 to $99,999 
70 
2 
2 
11 
11 
15 
$100,000 to $249,999 
39 
6 
5 
23 
5 
- 
$250,000 or more 
606 
288 
302 
16 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms 
2,358 
373 
373 
118 
156 
140 
$1,000 
30,861 
19,460 
4,964 
1,706 
1,597 
628 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,497 
86 
169 
31 
48 
89 
$5,000 to $24,999 
630 
157 
141 
61 
102 
50 
$25,000 to $49,999 
115 
37 
45 
23 
4 
1 
$50,000 or more 
116 
93 
18 
3 
2 
- 
Utilities 
farms 
1,850 
374 
374 
119 
126 
103 
$1,000 
16,595 
9,214 
4,357 
857 
448 
185 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
474 
3 
4 
3 
31 
49 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
526 
17 
61 
47 
61 
43 
$5,000 to $24,999 
714 
253 
281 
67 
34 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
96 
66 
24 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
40 
35 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs 
farms 
2,085 
374 
374 
119 
145 
124 
$1,000 
40,061 
24,742 
7,636 
2,387 
1,989 
662 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,087 
29 
80 
26 
39 
69 
$5,000 to $24,999 
612 
148 
172 
66 
81 
54 
$25,000 to $49,999 
229 
86 
99 
13 
24 
1 
$50,000 or more 
157 
111 
23 
14 
1 
- 
Flired farm labor 
farms 
898 
275 
170 
65 
64 
38 
$1,000 
50,307 
32,125 
5,094 
2,126 
1,924 
1,677 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
208 
35 
47 
13 
13 
12 
$5,000 to $24,999 
298 
62 
70 
24 
30 
12 
$25,000 to $99,999 
272 
102 
39 
25 
16 
8 
$100,000 to $249,999 
85 
46 
12 
3 
5 
6 
$250,000 or more 
35 
30 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Contract labor 
farms 
247 
87 
37 
18 
13 
6 
$1,000 
6,147 
3,513 
(D) 
169 
460 
69 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
21 
3 
2 
2 
2 
1 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
61 
19 
6 
5 
3 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
107 
35 
18 
8 
4 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
29 
9 
7 
3 
3 
1 
$50,000 or more 
29 
21 
4 
- 
1 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
1,021 
323 
337 
76 
76 
68 
$1,000 
10,348 
6,199 
2,614 
543 
431 
269 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
100 
2 
3 
3 
3 
22 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
246 
10 
55 
51 
42 
30 
$5,000 to $24,999 
596 
249 
269 
17 
29 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
62 
46 
10 
4 
2 
- 
$50,000 or more 
17 
16 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms 
642 
151 
153 
60 
101 
63 
$1,000 
25,825 
18,285 
4,401 
1,255 
1,291 
280 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
248 
23 
50 
5 
30 
47 
$5,000 to $9,999 
92 
5 
27 
10 
19 
12 
$10,000 to $24,999 
124 
23 
25 
26 
44 
4 
$25,000 or more 
178 
100 
51 
19 
8 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
108 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
