Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Webster 
West Baton Rouge 
West Carroll 
West Feliciana 
Winn 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
447 
106 
733 
163 
179 
2007 
430 
128 
1,078 
176 
150 
$1,000, 2012 
13,092 
26,988 
49,288 
9,482 
13,582 
2007 
10,135 
10,183 
33,793 
5,077 
14,640 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
29,289 
254,601 
67,242 
58,169 
75,877 
2007 
23,569 
79,555 
31,348 
28,845 
97,600 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
166 
60 
169 
85 
87 
2007 
193 
70 
299 
88 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
448 
2,542 
8,023 
1,044 
124 
2007 
457 
971 
6,127 
848 
110 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
143 
56 
195 
60 
72 
2007 
118 
74 
221 
53 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
109 
4,640 
6,192 
414 
51 
2007 
103 
1,520 
4,102 
91 
62 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
61 
54 
164 
59 
52 
2007 
52 
42 
201 
42 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
62 
828 
6,700 
728 
44 
2007 
(D) 
197 
2,889 
219 
25 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
109 
24 
62 
49 
56 
2007 
96 
29 
58 
44 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
1,472 
630 
335 
980 
1,488 
2007 
2,172 
454 
287 
309 
2,415 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
58 
9 
43 
40 
32 
2007 
56 
24 
46 
21 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
983 
43 
176 
830 
262 
2007 
466 
(D) 
127 
271 
146 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
66 
15 
22 
28 
30 
2007 
49 
11 
23 
25 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
488 
587 
158 
150 
1,227 
2007 
1,706 
(D) 
160 
38 
2,269 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
381 
79 
181 
95 
150 
2007 
296 
89 
189 
108 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
6,342 
673 
1,070 
982 
7,665 
2007 
3,351 
364 
889 
430 
8,145 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
434 
106 
636 
139 
169 
2007 
425 
128 
1,013 
175 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
842 
2,887 
4,615 
1,048 
572 
2007 
585 
912 
3,884 
671 
437 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
280 
74 
398 
83 
105 
2007 
171 
57 
297 
74 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
418 
386 
1,134 
206 
392 
2007 
235 
146 
620 
63 
353 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
358 
83 
528 
125 
137 
2007 
386 
116 
969 
146 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
875 
3,495 
4,163 
1,156 
1,318 
2007 
846 
1,261 
4,228 
565 
794 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
90 
37 
191 
60 
36 
2007 
69 
30 
136 
38 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
609 
3,611 
3,266 
985 
932 
2007 
454 
1,349 
3,563 
845 
525 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
49 
9 
144 
21 
6 
2007 
27 
12 
50 
24 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
241 
609 
851 
144 
244 
2007 
(D) 
61 
639 
130 
65 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
38 
20 
110 
15 
20 
2007 
20 
12 
71 
19 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
79 
436 
1,750 
68 
106 
2007 
35 
21 
680 
86 
25 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
89 
30 
112 
41 
39 
2007 
51 
27 
120 
23 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
155 
1,344 
3,086 
314 
75 
2007 
348 
446 
1,711 
91 
(□) 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
12 
7 
62 
9 
5 
2007 
2 
4 
19 
3 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
12 
105 
1,246 
52 
8 
2007 
(D) 
96 
175 
2 
(D) 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
108 
39 
225 
37 
33 
2007 
73 
20 
168 
26 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
464 
581 
2,881 
554 
200 
2007 
416 
245 
1,447 
216 
363 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
77 
21 
172 
23 
24 
2007 
62 
14 
130 
18 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
388 
203 
2,046 
460 
174 
2007 
359 
92 
944 
177 
316 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
57 
33 
157 
23 
15 
2007 
38 
10 
102 
12 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
76 
378 
835 
95 
26 
2007 
56 
153 
503 
40 
47 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
406 
90 
690 
149 
163 
2007 
365 
111 
927 
152 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
374 
769 
527 
285 
95 
2007 
257 
123 
551 
167 
114 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
229 
75 
263 
87 
94 
2007 
186 
66 
237 
90 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
590 
3,452 
3,450 
522 
268 
2007 
600 
2,018 
1,999 
342 
1,193 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
203 
41 
228 
59 
75 
2007 
142 
50 
189 
56 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
1,468 
3,772 
5,976 
1,167 
763 
2007 
1,543 
1,225 
3,184 
509 
860 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data Louisiana 291 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
