Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Daviess 
Dearborn 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Delaware 
Dubois 
Elkhart 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
1,325 
561 
610 
924 
610 
720 
1,724 
2007 
969 
564 
639 
1,144 
659 
761 
1,617 
$1,000, 2012 
178,783 
14,436 
142,418 
87,777 
96,939 
205,893 
223,099 
2007 
125,521 
12,820 
113,895 
51,748 
55,093 
161,994 
161,750 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
134,931 
25,733 
233,471 
94,996 
158,916 
285,962 
129,408 
2007 
129,536 
22,731 
178,239 
45,234 
83,601 
212,870 
100,031 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
807 
228 
428 
406 
367 
470 
913 
2007 
642 
293 
442 
524 
409 
510 
896 
$1,000, 2012 
26,212 
2,016 
19,752 
13,058 
18,889 
16,226 
15,778 
2007 
15,778 
1,813 
1 1 ,973 
8,693 
9,828 
9,428 
9,245 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
658 
163 
409 
411 
380 
421 
822 
2007 
425 
213 
361 
435 
352 
363 
688 
$1,000, 2012 
8,483 
633 
9,835 
4,906 
8,520 
6,188 
6,692 
2007 
5,368 
535 
6,291 
3,012 
4,434 
3,111 
4,254 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
653 
183 
411 
381 
384 
386 
795 
2007 
472 
222 
404 
442 
372 
370 
659 
$1,000, 2012 
13,273 
1,143 
12,618 
8,699 
13,247 
8,867 
10,163 
2007 
8,356 
856 
6,559 
5,073 
6,473 
5,238 
5,928 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
448 
109 
145 
125 
100 
225 
737 
2007 
263 
91 
175 
143 
159 
244 
623 
$1,000, 2012 
15,570 
501 
8,869 
12,283 
1,895 
22,893 
37,869 
2007 
1 1 ,236 
548 
21,174 
6,163 
1,211 
24,362 
25,546 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
184 
69 
63 
45 
42 
110 
297 
2007 
93 
62 
53 
70 
61 
116 
243 
$1,000, 2012 
1,468 
165 
626 
(D) 
89 
1,548 
5,008 
2007 
406 
367 
398 
892 
282 
1,278 
2,641 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
322 
52 
98 
90 
80 
141 
555 
2007 
198 
44 
137 
91 
116 
168 
449 
$1,000, 2012 
14,102 
336 
8,243 
(D) 
1,806 
21,345 
32,861 
2007 
10,830 
181 
20,777 
5,271 
929 
23,084 
22,905 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
963 
356 
282 
270 
209 
428 
1,322 
2007 
508 
295 
299 
265 
256 
400 
1,139 
$1,000, 2012 
48,337 
1,421 
36,442 
16,284 
4,549 
85,117 
73,236 
2007 
41,187 
1,233 
28,355 
5,282 
2,874 
79,089 
55,664 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
1,231 
546 
580 
815 
566 
699 
1,547 
2007 
935 
552 
628 
1,060 
632 
745 
1,552 
$1,000, 2012 
8,291 
1,140 
5,968 
3,646 
5,277 
6,768 
11,410 
2007 
6,135 
1,185 
4,741 
2,874 
3,168 
6,046 
7,963 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
811 
360 
429 
466 
384 
510 
997 
2007 
428 
279 
339 
345 
301 
425 
760 
$1,000, 2012 
2,936 
472 
2,532 
913 
1,109 
4,471 
4,573 
2007 
2,316 
361 
1,444 
620 
643 
2,605 
3,025 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
1,000 
452 
499 
664 
471 
605 
1,327 
2007 
810 
519 
580 
979 
582 
704 
1,390 
$1,000, 2012 
7,607 
1,557 
7,226 
4,720 
6,832 
8,523 
13,817 
2007 
5,989 
1,675 
5,311 
4,074 
3,699 
6,340 
11,160 
Flired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
234 
109 
178 
209 
154 
184 
348 
2007 
132 
85 
146 
124 
113 
172 
291 
$1,000, 2012 
6,125 
1,194 
6,960 
3,351 
3,753 
10,921 
7,322 
2007 
4,449 
598 
3,243 
2,314 
1,938 
5,975 
6,706 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
55 
17 
36 
41 
42 
26 
93 
2007 
38 
21 
25 
39 
48 
26 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
668 
86 
261 
305 
431 
869 
652 
2007 
344 
141 
242 
201 
420 
243 
363 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
299 
89 
154 
170 
143 
195 
596 
2007 
171 
84 
109 
133 
112 
145 
360 
$1,000, 2012 
3,188 
102 
2,282 
952 
751 
2,797 
3,746 
2007 
1,313 
136 
1,055 
815 
421 
1,242 
1,927 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
247 
78 
247 
188 
193 
238 
470 
2007 
224 
95 
233 
184 
177 
229 
404 
$1,000, 2012 
15,223 
809 
15,534 
6,495 
18,200 
8,466 
1 1 ,704 
2007 
7,833 
836 
12,829 
4,027 
10,409 
5,654 
6,911 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
91 
12 
49 
45 
58 
53 
125 
2007 
42 
21 
46 
29 
51 
61 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
1,769 
13 
536 
766 
1,135 
626 
468 
2007 
1,449 
76 
481 
492 
844 
292 
272 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
521 
178 
291 
393 
289 
233 
981 
2007 
278 
119 
248 
312 
244 
226 
657 
$1,000, 2012 
7,807 
1,231 
4,025 
4,027 
4,500 
3,993 
9,634 
2007 
4,338 
1,075 
3,734 
2,965 
3,633 
3,098 
7,564 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
454 
153 
225 
349 
237 
179 
856 
2007 
223 
99 
185 
266 
214 
173 
559 
$1,000, 2012 
5,948 
1,051 
2,667 
3,410 
3,399 
3,227 
7,741 
2007 
2,823 
829 
2,399 
2,145 
2,486 
2,206 
5,719 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
242 
77 
180 
163 
162 
125 
519 
2007 
175 
59 
161 
143 
146 
138 
379 
$1,000, 2012 
1,859 
179 
1,358 
617 
1,101 
766 
1,893 
2007 
1,514 
246 
1,335 
820 
1,148 
892 
1,845 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
1,305 
546 
579 
907 
582 
689 
1,680 
2007 
923 
514 
586 
1,082 
598 
709 
1,521 
$1,000, 2012 
5,545 
1,339 
2,844 
3,122 
3,301 
3,183 
7,044 
2007 
3,817 
1,078 
2,073 
2,700 
2,178 
2,666 
5,394 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
667 
277 
378 
389 
328 
419 
1,028 
2007 
498 
252 
388 
374 
352 
432 
911 
$1,000, 2012 
7,750 
780 
6,734 
4,251 
4,551 
15,985 
8,990 
2007 
5,612 
675 
4,391 
2,445 
2,919 
6,605 
9,830 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
542 
254 
355 
411 
307 
386 
842 
2007 
439 
254 
379 
457 
320 
408 
793 
$1,000, 2012 
12,249 
1,539 
12,539 
7,537 
9,958 
15,870 
18,816 
2007 
8,442 
1,655 
10,045 
4,953 
5,284 
8,739 
16,549 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 271 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
