Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lake 
LaPorte 
Lawrence 
Madison 
Marion 
Marshall 
Martin 
Miami 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
430 
731 
800 
737 
231 
878 
283 
666 
2007 
441 
869 
820 
870 
263 
866 
278 
682 
$1,000, 2012 
71,685 
161,830 
37,398 
112,458 
23,922 
126,118 
43,602 
115,668 
2007 
49,511 
124,479 
26,185 
84,789 
17,784 
71,680 
44,759 
80,027 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
166,710 
221,381 
46,748 
152,589 
103,559 
143,642 
154,072 
173,675 
2007 
112,270 
143,244 
31,933 
97,458 
67,621 
82,771 
161,005 
117,342 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
234 
456 
329 
435 
99 
516 
169 
379 
2007 
268 
534 
322 
588 
96 
551 
144 
410 
$1,000, 2012 
14,196 
27,038 
7,762 
21,563 
1,845 
25,491 
4,608 
17,768 
2007 
8,430 
15,772 
3,183 
12,963 
914 
1 1 ,938 
3,539 
10,889 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
221 
449 
252 
444 
89 
454 
130 
393 
2007 
229 
454 
209 
486 
91 
434 
107 
365 
$1,000, 2012 
6,115 
12,008 
1,748 
8,447 
772 
7,096 
1,457 
7,207 
2007 
4,993 
7,698 
804 
6,672 
481 
4,215 
1,086 
3,702 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
226 
426 
261 
423 
82 
489 
128 
379 
2007 
226 
447 
202 
492 
89 
450 
95 
353 
$1,000, 2012 
10,092 
15,342 
2,976 
16,231 
1,303 
14,499 
2,059 
11,570 
2007 
5,874 
8,458 
1,106 
9,842 
1,275 
5,739 
1,470 
6,157 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
56 
127 
198 
115 
49 
206 
75 
168 
2007 
42 
152 
137 
113 
35 
161 
84 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
475 
8,065 
2,077 
1,440 
766 
1,551 
5,730 
8,668 
2007 
289 
10,671 
2,599 
5,976 
113 
2,673 
7,011 
9,484 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
18 
54 
127 
60 
19 
107 
34 
49 
2007 
19 
70 
80 
63 
13 
75 
43 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
36 
1,582 
572 
326 
385 
440 
287 
919 
2007 
100 
3,674 
283 
2,786 
58 
760 
178 
339 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
43 
87 
108 
74 
38 
132 
47 
136 
2007 
30 
103 
76 
68 
26 
103 
56 
97 
$1,000, 2012 
439 
6,483 
1,505 
1,114 
381 
1,111 
5,444 
7,749 
2007 
189 
6,997 
2,316 
3,191 
56 
1,913 
6,832 
9,145 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
164 
290 
484 
296 
131 
444 
182 
294 
2007 
129 
289 
430 
278 
124 
329 
176 
248 
$1,000, 2012 
1,588 
17,510 
5,370 
7,988 
1,164 
18,479 
18,707 
21,556 
2007 
3,430 
15,802 
6,099 
2,160 
1,339 
1 1 ,863 
19,499 
14,602 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
394 
682 
767 
685 
211 
810 
269 
619 
2007 
424 
848 
802 
851 
244 
831 
266 
655 
$1,000, 2012 
3,814 
9,057 
2,408 
5,937 
989 
8,257 
1,639 
5,678 
2007 
3,153 
7,886 
2,155 
4,517 
881 
4,669 
1,886 
3,950 
Utilities farms, 2012 
288 
474 
447 
487 
145 
540 
151 
448 
2007 
184 
404 
335 
386 
96 
388 
147 
330 
$1,000, 2012 
1,301 
2,885 
808 
1,381 
491 
2,547 
722 
1,992 
2007 
924 
2,463 
394 
996 
610 
1,402 
830 
1,143 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
326 
576 
621 
572 
163 
672 
207 
540 
2007 
377 
777 
734 
770 
219 
771 
247 
598 
$1,000, 2012 
4,717 
12,035 
2,407 
6,601 
1,084 
7,967 
1,688 
6,057 
2007 
3,654 
9,054 
2,352 
5,214 
1,366 
5,660 
2,073 
4,546 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
121 
180 
123 
215 
64 
230 
46 
184 
2007 
122 
175 
112 
155 
46 
156 
47 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
3,722 
10,047 
1,713 
7,209 
4,959 
6,112 
858 
3,843 
2007 
3,862 
10,087 
821 
6,138 
4,111 
3,238 
690 
3,188 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
31 
46 
36 
49 
35 
59 
9 
32 
2007 
21 
57 
34 
46 
10 
33 
17 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
990 
995 
496 
550 
371 
206 
72 
416 
2007 
277 
1,407 
130 
779 
173 
233 
127 
122 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
85 
199 
115 
192 
21 
262 
68 
182 
2007 
61 
159 
100 
172 
20 
210 
38 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
981 
5,125 
270 
1,742 
213 
1,737 
428 
1,706 
2007 
488 
2,178 
181 
1,032 
41 
1,312 
158 
834 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
125 
281 
111 
242 
43 
274 
51 
225 
2007 
125 
297 
96 
279 
33 
272 
49 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
11,607 
21,470 
2,670 
17,472 
1,365 
15,771 
1,970 
15,439 
2007 
6,891 
14,087 
1,298 
13,882 
1,142 
7,340 
1,796 
10,211 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
35 
52 
18 
60 
15 
48 
18 
41 
2007 
33 
76 
16 
56 
9 
43 
15 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
789 
792 
289 
1,044 
750 
589 
101 
361 
2007 
280 
765 
94 
463 
252 
482 
85 
624 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
146 
287 
282 
317 
77 
434 
103 
377 
2007 
117 
280 
201 
326 
44 
303 
87 
280 
$1,000, 2012 
3,925 
5,509 
2,517 
4,362 
685 
5,681 
1,409 
5,869 
2007 
1,824 
5,385 
1,524 
5,076 
2,292 
3,975 
1,742 
4,446 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
107 
216 
241 
249 
50 
361 
90 
333 
2007 
86 
196 
171 
249 
28 
258 
74 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
3,393 
4,041 
1,973 
2,857 
313 
3,985 
1,125 
3,463 
2007 
1,130 
3,592 
1,125 
2,934 
(D) 
3,078 
1,404 
2,714 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
89 
168 
146 
171 
48 
255 
48 
190 
2007 
78 
205 
107 
224 
33 
176 
50 
165 
$1,000, 2012 
532 
1,469 
543 
1,505 
372 
1,696 
284 
2,405 
2007 
695 
1,794 
398 
2,142 
(D) 
897 
338 
1,732 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
415 
695 
784 
707 
211 
846 
276 
651 
2007 
403 
800 
778 
778 
227 
817 
250 
652 
$1,000, 2012 
3,186 
4,520 
1,983 
4,475 
750 
3,729 
901 
2,804 
2007 
2,412 
3,184 
1,849 
3,312 
925 
2,574 
961 
2,510 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
253 
403 
388 
428 
145 
507 
147 
365 
2007 
231 
472 
369 
439 
102 
414 
169 
357 
$1,000, 2012 
4,185 
9,431 
1,902 
6,016 
6,415 
6,406 
1,254 
4,735 
2007 
2,730 
9,582 
1,597 
5,767 
1,871 
4,366 
1,806 
3,620 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
209 
380 
336 
365 
94 
466 
132 
382 
2007 
172 
409 
321 
386 
99 
373 
148 
346 
$1,000, 2012 
8,254 
14,509 
3,976 
12,746 
2,105 
1 1 ,797 
2,419 
12,671 
2007 
3,456 
11,190 
2,426 
7,853 
1,327 
6,374 
2,823 
6,956 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 275 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
