Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
St. Charles 
St. Helena 
St. James 
St. John the Baptist 
St. Landry 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
70 
373 
63 
23 
1,338 
2007 
58 
364 
64 
31 
1,401 
$1,000, 2012 
1,377 
27,686 
19,585 
3,688 
100,993 
2007 
2,232 
22,766 
16,331 
4,990 
65,361 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
19,674 
74,226 
310,872 
160,339 
75,481 
2007 
38,480 
62,543 
255,170 
160,954 
46,653 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
21 
219 
38 
9 
546 
2007 
25 
223 
52 
19 
695 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,384 
1,847 
(D) 
13,657 
2007 
47 
1,330 
1,506 
473 
9,786 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
29 
183 
56 
10 
603 
2007 
20 
143 
47 
21 
554 
$1,000, 2012 
16 
159 
2,592 
442 
12,848 
2007 
17 
165 
1,674 
484 
5,668 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
14 
129 
36 
11 
390 
2007 
19 
107 
37 
16 
390 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
210 
265 
39 
12,438 
2007 
(D) 
147 
78 
63 
7,571 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
27 
117 
9 
10 
277 
2007 
18 
123 
7 
3 
253 
$1,000, 2012 
158 
886 
92 
39 
3,133 
2007 
126 
807 
43 
(D) 
1,418 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
23 
88 
9 
9 
185 
2007 
17 
104 
6 
- 
164 
$1,000, 2012 
131 
672 
(D) 
34 
1,711 
2007 
104 
554 
(D) 
- 
749 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
7 
51 
1 
6 
133 
2007 
6 
36 
1 
3 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
27 
214 
(D) 
5 
1,422 
2007 
21 
253 
(D) 
(D) 
669 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
58 
306 
31 
17 
909 
2007 
40 
245 
18 
13 
871 
$1,000, 2012 
204 
11,682 
181 
72 
6,453 
2007 
177 
8,647 
74 
73 
3,864 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
70 
367 
63 
23 
1,265 
2007 
58 
354 
62 
30 
1,346 
$1,000, 2012 
255 
905 
2,965 
518 
9,781 
2007 
260 
758 
2,056 
453 
7,446 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
48 
257 
43 
20 
869 
2007 
40 
167 
36 
19 
674 
$1,000, 2012 
50 
581 
339 
60 
2,325 
2007 
120 
406 
251 
73 
1,415 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
57 
305 
56 
23 
1,029 
2007 
53 
326 
60 
29 
1,255 
$1,000, 2012 
296 
3,514 
2,438 
481 
9,625 
2007 
(D) 
3,191 
2,736 
561 
8,177 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
10 
92 
31 
5 
348 
2007 
13 
72 
31 
9 
284 
$1,000, 2012 
132 
4,375 
3,997 
(D) 
7,055 
2007 
(D) 
3,872 
4,108 
1,968 
5,660 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
1 
23 
9 
5 
126 
2007 
1 
14 
4 
4 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
211 
516 
(D) 
1,764 
2007 
(D) 
69 
27 
42 
487 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
1 
46 
- 
1 
158 
2007 
5 
28 
1 
1 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
316 
- 
(D) 
1,824 
2007 
1 
231 
(D) 
(D) 
1,220 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
29 
66 
28 
9 
339 
2007 
30 
67 
23 
8 
301 
$1,000, 2012 
73 
216 
1,104 
164 
5,438 
2007 
109 
116 
725 
271 
3,538 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
- 
18 
3 
3 
92 
2007 
- 
13 
4 
5 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
33 
1 
1 
1,048 
2007 
- 
23 
(D) 
73 
482 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
10 
107 
19 
9 
297 
2007 
8 
67 
15 
8 
214 
$1,000, 2012 
37 
740 
342 
56 
2,744 
2007 
(D) 
708 
404 
112 
2,366 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
3 
76 
3 
4 
184 
2007 
- 
48 
5 
3 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
16 
597 
17 
40 
1,342 
2007 
- 
452 
72 
22 
1,247 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
10 
65 
19 
7 
173 
2007 
8 
49 
12 
6 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
21 
142 
325 
16 
1,402 
2007 
(D) 
256 
332 
91 
1,119 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
38 
344 
55 
20 
1,234 
2007 
22 
327 
41 
24 
1,213 
$1,000, 2012 
29 
286 
93 
51 
1,169 
2007 
22 
252 
86 
86 
924 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
29 
193 
39 
20 
617 
2007 
30 
171 
38 
20 
602 
$1,000, 2012 
81 
2,189 
2,814 
138 
9,691 
2007 
116 
2,044 
2,387 
253 
5,340 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
10 
146 
31 
11 
488 
2007 
16 
160 
30 
16 
476 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,183 
2,402 
(D) 
11,591 
2007 
217 
2,277 
2,092 
470 
6,953 
-continued 
288 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
