Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rapides 
Red River 
Richland 
Sabine 
St. Bernard 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
853 
252 
762 
392 
56 
2007 
977 
251 
866 
366 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
100,979 
40,923 
99,495 
99,388 
4,369 
2007 
70,240 
18,141 
54,416 
82,164 
3,036 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
118,381 
162,392 
130,571 
253,541 
78,024 
2007 
71,893 
72,277 
62,836 
224,492 
67,471 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
463 
103 
332 
114 
15 
2007 
580 
112 
357 
177 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
14,505 
2,937 
19,845 
497 
33 
2007 
9,204 
1,982 
10,741 
600 
11 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
458 
114 
346 
132 
19 
2007 
477 
84 
303 
137 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
11,766 
1,460 
11,051 
189 
4 
2007 
5,181 
694 
6,966 
175 
(D) 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
303 
58 
260 
54 
9 
2007 
327 
46 
279 
60 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
9,206 
1,502 
11,043 
65 
3 
2007 
8,880 
852 
7,070 
69 
7 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
184 
71 
90 
137 
13 
2007 
211 
71 
73 
128 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
2,683 
12,174 
1,933 
16,362 
53 
2007 
3,314 
3,992 
474 
12,040 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
114 
55 
65 
71 
9 
2007 
139 
66 
54 
55 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
1,842 
4,681 
980 
1,237 
49 
2007 
1,444 
(D) 
337 
935 
- 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
95 
34 
40 
91 
7 
2007 
98 
24 
26 
90 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
841 
7,493 
952 
15,125 
4 
2007 
1,870 
(D) 
137 
11,105 
(D) 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
526 
182 
258 
319 
33 
2007 
568 
164 
201 
269 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
3,618 
6,659 
3,514 
70,341 
424 
2007 
2,258 
2,343 
964 
53,748 
2 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
839 
249 
695 
382 
54 
2007 
968 
242 
823 
355 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
8,258 
2,048 
8,981 
1,483 
806 
2007 
5,326 
925 
5,344 
1,521 
567 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
573 
153 
457 
231 
38 
2007 
527 
122 
278 
184 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
3,105 
559 
1,683 
1,289 
294 
2007 
2,289 
206 
798 
914 
280 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
714 
218 
613 
288 
51 
2007 
909 
232 
757 
333 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
7,586 
3,592 
6,979 
1,613 
883 
2007 
6,715 
1,801 
5,177 
1,761 
381 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
283 
78 
232 
94 
24 
2007 
262 
50 
132 
87 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
15,409 
3,348 
5,177 
1,851 
944 
2007 
13,200 
1,201 
2,582 
724 
766 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
105 
38 
108 
45 
6 
2007 
89 
28 
63 
29 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
1,872 
539 
703 
164 
108 
2007 
1,687 
323 
578 
100 
264 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
102 
31 
159 
85 
6 
2007 
108 
24 
154 
41 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
2,471 
925 
3,834 
1,532 
(D) 
2007 
939 
510 
1,888 
131 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
184 
62 
203 
68 
13 
2007 
141 
49 
168 
66 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
6,463 
1,674 
9,320 
391 
427 
2007 
3,451 
1,271 
4,234 
366 
247 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
48 
9 
66 
7 
5 
2007 
32 
10 
33 
5 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
1,518 
139 
4,880 
2 
(D) 
2007 
344 
45 
897 
3 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
244 
53 
337 
111 
8 
2007 
233 
60 
203 
110 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
2,906 
1,182 
4,149 
1,270 
(□) 
2007 
2,104 
622 
2,266 
1,410 
22 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
157 
35 
243 
94 
_ 
2007 
159 
43 
157 
88 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
1,641 
865 
1,994 
1,089 
- 
2007 
1,338 
434 
1,353 
1,256 
(D) 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
144 
33 
192 
68 
8 
2007 
139 
29 
119 
69 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
1,265 
317 
2,154 
182 
(D) 
2007 
766 
189 
914 
154 
(D) 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
774 
236 
686 
378 
42 
2007 
866 
217 
763 
319 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
976 
548 
859 
336 
32 
2007 
931 
469 
669 
195 
(D) 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
436 
113 
367 
195 
28 
2007 
455 
114 
295 
202 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
8,637 
1,637 
5,545 
2,003 
206 
2007 
4,415 
906 
3,769 
8,408 
433 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
395 
110 
324 
171 
19 
2007 
351 
109 
256 
156 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
9,624 
3,989 
8,504 
3,273 
275 
2007 
5,028 
1,538 
5,050 
2,159 
(D) 
-continued 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
