Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Brow/n 
Carroll 
Cass 
Clark 
Clay 
Clinton 
Crawford 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
173 
491 
688 
515 
579 
597 
338 
2007 
169 
581 
868 
585 
666 
693 
354 
$1,000, 2012 
4,303 
163,102 
116,520 
27,956 
60,782 
190,834 
8,968 
2007 
3,176 
115,111 
94,672 
21,640 
43,100 
127,061 
5,959 
Average per farm 
doilars, 2012 
24,871 
332,183 
169,361 
54,283 
104,978 
319,655 
26,532 
2007 
18,792 
198,126 
109,069 
36,992 
64,715 
183,349 
16,832 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
71 
347 
417 
247 
289 
386 
136 
2007 
65 
402 
537 
321 
437 
467 
162 
$1,000, 2012 
399 
22,719 
20,674 
4,784 
15,861 
27,046 
804 
2007 
250 
14,581 
13,958 
3,486 
10,509 
19,378 
481 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
49 
346 
413 
224 
272 
403 
91 
2007 
27 
350 
466 
206 
290 
374 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
241 
9,538 
8,833 
1,750 
5,535 
11,556 
326 
2007 
116 
6,144 
6,716 
1,400 
4,169 
8,179 
133 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
54 
331 
402 
203 
280 
395 
76 
2007 
45 
340 
456 
201 
291 
395 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
288 
15,559 
12,775 
2,919 
10,303 
19,591 
493 
2007 
233 
7,647 
9,973 
1,872 
5,470 
10,407 
144 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
28 
128 
144 
117 
84 
150 
72 
2007 
21 
152 
152 
112 
90 
152 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
15,651 
4,083 
891 
731 
13,519 
676 
2007 
28 
15,632 
6,795 
484 
348 
8,781 
1,051 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
14 
65 
71 
68 
42 
71 
47 
2007 
10 
65 
67 
83 
50 
89 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,720 
711 
192 
150 
1,304 
154 
2007 
17 
813 
353 
213 
219 
1,527 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
16 
81 
92 
59 
53 
101 
36 
2007 
13 
99 
96 
41 
46 
87 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
24 
13,931 
3,372 
699 
581 
12,216 
522 
2007 
11 
14,819 
6,442 
271 
129 
7,254 
(D) 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
93 
204 
261 
285 
217 
244 
215 
2007 
84 
247 
304 
330 
206 
282 
171 
$1,000, 2012 
535 
29,577 
9,983 
3,474 
1,939 
39,156 
2,154 
2007 
342 
22,497 
10,604 
2,152 
2,276 
20,867 
824 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
163 
447 
616 
501 
535 
563 
331 
2007 
167 
564 
825 
570 
631 
670 
344 
$1,000, 2012 
270 
7,513 
6,131 
1,791 
4,902 
7,760 
667 
2007 
310 
5,905 
5,666 
1,545 
3,300 
5,719 
517 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
84 
332 
440 
332 
393 
415 
181 
2007 
59 
289 
378 
273 
247 
339 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
130 
2,914 
1,839 
753 
1,076 
2,492 
297 
2007 
90 
1,668 
1,267 
531 
597 
1,859 
122 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
107 
391 
524 
411 
436 
480 
256 
2007 
150 
510 
748 
538 
584 
628 
318 
$1,000, 2012 
279 
8,404 
6,349 
2,128 
4,179 
11,592 
674 
2007 
359 
6,314 
5,700 
1,975 
3,431 
7,670 
766 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
18 
194 
203 
116 
180 
210 
49 
2007 
22 
165 
176 
97 
113 
186 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
6,060 
4,500 
1,891 
1,784 
9,443 
477 
2007 
(D) 
5,000 
2,920 
1,666 
1,877 
6,384 
141 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
12 
50 
50 
43 
42 
41 
13 
2007 
2 
27 
29 
24 
20 
28 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
83 
583 
306 
267 
370 
516 
68 
2007 
(D) 
398 
436 
164 
300 
88 
28 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
16 
149 
150 
95 
115 
178 
36 
2007 
15 
111 
131 
70 
71 
137 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
159 
3,461 
2,150 
185 
573 
2,337 
125 
2007 
24 
833 
1,537 
139 
304 
1,651 
48 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
14 
205 
253 
88 
127 
265 
40 
2007 
10 
210 
242 
93 
127 
283 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
400 
25,361 
17,241 
2,893 
5,598 
26,657 
470 
2007 
276 
14,963 
16,392 
2,402 
3,439 
17,575 
129 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
6 
39 
81 
15 
36 
69 
14 
2007 
1 
47 
69 
18 
27 
55 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
10 
863 
1,017 
68 
424 
1,266 
12 
2007 
(D) 
1,320 
609 
102 
304 
1,456 
12 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
40 
236 
313 
179 
302 
318 
98 
2007 
35 
222 
306 
154 
219 
293 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
443 
5,449 
4,069 
1,395 
3,083 
5,866 
689 
2007 
256 
4,424 
4,272 
1,255 
2,697 
7,584 
568 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
38 
165 
257 
157 
254 
233 
82 
2007 
29 
155 
246 
122 
172 
223 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
428 
3,734 
2,911 
1,203 
2,289 
3,964 
617 
2007 
(D) 
2,377 
2,870 
1,014 
1,963 
4,196 
466 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
13 
146 
173 
78 
165 
213 
47 
2007 
21 
152 
212 
94 
143 
189 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
15 
1,715 
1,158 
193 
794 
1,902 
72 
2007 
(D) 
2,048 
1,402 
241 
734 
3,388 
101 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
167 
469 
662 
504 
559 
551 
335 
2007 
151 
557 
810 
519 
619 
632 
337 
$1,000, 2012 
204 
2,804 
5,870 
1,477 
2,312 
3,757 
715 
2007 
322 
2,663 
3,266 
1,192 
1,903 
3,334 
782 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
63 
328 
375 
268 
281 
406 
152 
2007 
59 
340 
420 
265 
284 
428 
150 
$1,000, 2012 
316 
6,648 
10,701 
1,290 
2,115 
8,281 
321 
2007 
200 
5,122 
4,561 
1,276 
2,176 
6,129 
214 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
54 
283 
386 
244 
285 
348 
141 
2007 
57 
361 
449 
248 
251 
373 
140 
$1,000, 2012 
323 
12,544 
13,044 
3,091 
7,612 
17,341 
880 
2007 
432 
8,723 
8,004 
3,291 
4,965 
12,165 
758 
--continued 
270 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
