Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased farms 
1,210 
547 
52 
14 
48 
113 
- 
$1,000 
52,806 
41,855 
4,432 
102 
424 
(D) 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
595 
134 
24 
12 
40 
90 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
274 
152 
6 
1 
3 
12 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
113 
82 
3 
- 
2 
4 
- 
$50,000 or more 
228 
179 
19 
1 
3 
7 
- 
Chemicals purchased farms 
1,313 
556 
53 
14 
47 
92 
_ 
$1,000 
32,280 
22,632 
2,903 
131 
147 
(D) 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
770 
199 
27 
11 
41 
79 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
306 
184 
8 
2 
4 
5 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
79 
53 
7 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
158 
120 
11 
1 
- 
7 
- 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
1,116 
552 
49 
9 
53 
89 
- 
$1,000 
35,275 
25,138 
3,203 
(D) 
1,743 
1,039 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
251 
38 
12 
5 
17 
47 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
265 
127 
10 
3 
19 
27 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
323 
204 
12 
- 
6 
6 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
116 
61 
3 
1 
5 
3 
- 
$50,000 or more 
161 
122 
12 
- 
6 
6 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
947 
57 
4 
- 
4 
28 
- 
$1,000 
94,265 
2,702 
(D) 
- 
16 
589 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
203 
20 
3 
- 
3 
22 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
89 
17 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
308 
9 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
255 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$250,000 or more 
92 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
151 
24 
- 
- 
2 
8 
- 
$1,000 
1,871 
260 
- 
- 
(D) 
12 
- 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
842 
41 
4 
- 
3 
21 
- 
$1,000 
92,394 
2,442 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
577 
- 
Feed purchased farms 
1,602 
142 
13 
8 
8 
83 
- 
$1,000 
503,159 
18,483 
(D) 
(D) 
19 
3,260 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
550 
65 
9 
8 
7 
59 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
337 
46 
3 
- 
1 
18 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
70 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
39 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
606 
20 
1 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
2,358 
593 
61 
19 
69 
295 
_ 
$1,000 
30,861 
17,689 
2,721 
77 
641 
1,344 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,497 
259 
33 
16 
46 
266 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
630 
192 
10 
2 
17 
20 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
115 
67 
5 
1 
2 
3 
- 
$50,000 or more 
116 
75 
13 
- 
4 
6 
- 
Utilities farms 
1,850 
473 
49 
13 
53 
153 
_ 
$1,000 
16,595 
4,061 
828 
55 
275 
338 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
474 
123 
8 
6 
22 
91 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
526 
180 
20 
5 
15 
43 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
714 
138 
15 
1 
13 
19 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
96 
11 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
40 
21 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance 
costs farms 
2,085 
550 
58 
15 
61 
212 
- 
$1,000 
40,061 
19,573 
3,434 
154 
450 
1,260 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,087 
184 
28 
13 
47 
184 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
612 
197 
17 
1 
8 
19 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
229 
82 
2 
- 
4 
3 
- 
$50,000 or more 
157 
87 
11 
1 
2 
6 
- 
Flired farm labor farms 
898 
234 
39 
7 
39 
59 
_ 
$1,000 
50,307 
13,888 
6,833 
(D) 
4,524 
(D) 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
208 
53 
7 
2 
8 
14 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
298 
61 
7 
3 
8 
23 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
272 
76 
10 
1 
15 
13 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
85 
33 
9 
1 
4 
9 
- 
$250,000 or more 
35 
11 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
160 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
