Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Jefferson Davis 
Lafayette 
Lafourche 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
196 
57 
656 
632 
407 
2007 
197 
71 
706 
713 
440 
$1,000, 2012 
25,147 
2,059 
68,373 
27,951 
34,117 
2007 
27,936 
1,945 
57,231 
25,214 
27,149 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
128,301 
36,130 
104,228 
44,226 
83,826 
2007 
141,808 
27,390 
81,064 
35,363 
61,702 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
96 
12 
324 
229 
166 
2007 
90 
19 
322 
304 
176 
$1,000, 2012 
166 
34 
13,320 
2,479 
2,718 
2007 
139 
45 
13,559 
2,266 
1,844 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
87 
21 
329 
232 
224 
2007 
86 
16 
277 
274 
215 
$1,000, 2012 
61 
16 
8,770 
2,433 
3,723 
2007 
51 
25 
4,979 
1,718 
2,195 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
54 
5 
250 
160 
150 
2007 
46 
5 
211 
166 
149 
$1,000, 2012 
21 
(D) 
6,759 
1,053 
840 
2007 
29 
(D) 
3,766 
1,424 
265 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
71 
3 
170 
103 
147 
2007 
67 
11 
105 
105 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
4,016 
(D) 
1,752 
304 
975 
2007 
4,258 
51 
844 
345 
642 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
40 
1 
123 
61 
99 
2007 
29 
8 
76 
69 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
742 
(D) 
1,437 
201 
497 
2007 
543 
49 
457 
243 
362 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
45 
2 
73 
50 
63 
2007 
42 
3 
46 
51 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
3,274 
(D) 
315 
103 
478 
2007 
3,715 
2 
387 
102 
280 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
169 
36 
407 
469 
323 
2007 
156 
40 
358 
461 
291 
$1,000, 2012 
16,783 
442 
2,743 
2,477 
3,957 
2007 
17,883 
216 
1,231 
1,679 
1,446 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
193 
54 
627 
591 
392 
2007 
196 
69 
688 
681 
433 
$1,000, 2012 
632 
403 
9,469 
2,580 
4,288 
2007 
725 
(D) 
8,540 
3,858 
3,974 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
126 
32 
414 
380 
287 
2007 
98 
36 
331 
339 
216 
$1,000, 2012 
608 
53 
2,910 
735 
583 
2007 
585 
108 
1,933 
483 
495 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
158 
47 
539 
462 
351 
2007 
190 
54 
655 
597 
411 
$1,000, 2012 
813 
213 
6,944 
2,732 
4,560 
2007 
626 
270 
8,124 
3,747 
3,642 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
32 
16 
182 
148 
83 
2007 
42 
7 
141 
129 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
232 
503 
3,396 
4,875 
6,630 
2007 
167 
379 
2,802 
4,340 
4,843 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
20 
7 
51 
35 
33 
2007 
8 
3 
39 
56 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
135 
68 
548 
517 
331 
2007 
14 
30 
411 
456 
410 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
31 
- 
75 
48 
28 
2007 
13 
3 
46 
32 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
251 
- 
2,306 
690 
153 
2007 
33 
7 
853 
380 
94 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
38 
17 
184 
100 
151 
2007 
12 
20 
143 
92 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
102 
40 
2,600 
1,164 
1,099 
2007 
24 
275 
2,397 
1,586 
1,198 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
3 
2 
28 
27 
45 
2007 
7 
4 
31 
23 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
1 
(D) 
295 
212 
475 
2007 
2 
66 
342 
60 
111 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
50 
9 
163 
118 
74 
2007 
40 
5 
178 
101 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
488 
22 
2,092 
755 
942 
2007 
451 
18 
2,449 
771 
579 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
32 
4 
101 
73 
30 
2007 
38 
2 
126 
78 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
398 
7 
1,328 
369 
395 
2007 
341 
(D) 
1,467 
411 
256 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
31 
5 
110 
66 
63 
2007 
31 
4 
110 
62 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
91 
14 
764 
386 
547 
2007 
110 
(D) 
982 
361 
323 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
192 
42 
579 
585 
310 
2007 
180 
51 
586 
619 
333 
$1,000, 2012 
192 
53 
649 
514 
508 
2007 
113 
40 
578 
351 
342 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
83 
36 
366 
255 
248 
2007 
95 
54 
335 
276 
219 
$1,000, 2012 
645 
(D) 
3,820 
4,432 
2,336 
2007 
2,836 
142 
4,424 
1,749 
5,070 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
67 
17 
329 
156 
157 
2007 
80 
21 
310 
223 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
1,428 
165 
5,636 
2,716 
2,899 
2007 
1,428 
198 
6,937 
2,698 
2,165 
-continued 
284 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
