Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ripley 
Rush 
St. Joseph 
Scott 
Shelby 
Spencer 
Starke 
Steuben 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
876 
601 
691 
321 
569 
597 
511 
562 
2007 
873 
607 
712 
394 
636 
632 
640 
719 
$1,000, 2012 
73,551 
128,378 
90,767 
20,090 
118,039 
76,799 
54,618 
50,178 
2007 
50,689 
95,676 
67,516 
17,105 
63,364 
48,420 
42,911 
34,372 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
83,963 
213,607 
131,356 
62,585 
207,450 
128,641 
106,884 
89,285 
2007 
58,063 
157,621 
94,826 
43,413 
99,628 
76,614 
67,049 
47,805 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
536 
435 
393 
142 
419 
400 
203 
219 
2007 
593 
475 
465 
196 
472 
420 
273 
263 
$1,000, 2012 
15,215 
20,641 
19,664 
5,350 
21,697 
14,517 
14,209 
6,906 
2007 
8,660 
14,465 
12,016 
4,015 
11,267 
8,597 
9,738 
3,989 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
502 
441 
384 
122 
418 
355 
199 
233 
2007 
431 
400 
382 
112 
437 
306 
210 
227 
$1,000, 2012 
5,213 
8,021 
5,600 
2,001 
9,277 
5,863 
4,323 
2,581 
2007 
3,222 
5,164 
4,479 
1,511 
5,976 
2,913 
3,920 
1,540 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
484 
441 
349 
100 
412 
342 
195 
210 
2007 
459 
436 
384 
126 
445 
322 
228 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
8,468 
13,144 
9,778 
2,428 
14,950 
8,275 
7,421 
5,501 
2007 
4,698 
7,105 
6,781 
1,541 
6,406 
3,517 
4,584 
2,758 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
185 
176 
157 
64 
97 
134 
46 
118 
2007 
156 
139 
106 
59 
96 
122 
58 
127 
$1,000, 2012 
2,943 
1 1 ,772 
1,615 
182 
1,390 
3,521 
640 
4,032 
2007 
3,173 
14,929 
1,387 
107 
975 
1,874 
257 
4,127 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
97 
95 
72 
31 
43 
89 
20 
48 
2007 
88 
66 
54 
34 
57 
93 
28 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
368 
672 
445 
122 
798 
520 
49 
589 
2007 
276 
408 
315 
72 
382 
(D) 
83 
1,143 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
109 
100 
107 
42 
67 
70 
32 
82 
2007 
83 
80 
59 
34 
51 
43 
44 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
2,575 
11,100 
1,170 
60 
592 
3,000 
590 
3,443 
2007 
2,897 
14,520 
1,071 
35 
593 
(D) 
174 
2,984 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
395 
295 
307 
155 
210 
323 
91 
211 
2007 
346 
241 
254 
181 
210 
265 
103 
220 
$1,000, 2012 
7,064 
22,330 
7,174 
588 
5,504 
15,680 
1,422 
5,441 
2007 
4,261 
13,474 
4,238 
472 
3,224 
9,454 
449 
3,571 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
846 
582 
654 
300 
545 
569 
449 
507 
2007 
858 
592 
682 
383 
625 
622 
610 
682 
$1,000, 2012 
4,562 
6,775 
6,114 
1,295 
6,329 
4,344 
4,278 
2,807 
2007 
3,544 
4,610 
4,925 
971 
4,024 
3,377 
3,591 
1,878 
Utilities farms, 2012 
605 
441 
431 
196 
416 
433 
310 
318 
2007 
412 
313 
326 
131 
350 
327 
204 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
1,547 
2,153 
1,844 
328 
1,673 
1,393 
893 
1,064 
2007 
1,133 
1,012 
1,465 
179 
909 
1,122 
730 
558 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
726 
482 
566 
259 
470 
491 
378 
411 
2007 
814 
546 
627 
360 
576 
587 
576 
632 
$1,000, 2012 
5,657 
7,502 
7,402 
1,021 
6,512 
4,457 
4,248 
3,750 
2007 
4,468 
5,775 
5,382 
1,056 
4,181 
4,232 
4,015 
2,863 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
181 
203 
150 
83 
159 
138 
98 
95 
2007 
159 
152 
140 
69 
125 
97 
109 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
4,089 
4,529 
5,532 
1,029 
5,689 
3,418 
2,187 
2,479 
2007 
3,452 
2,635 
5,043 
916 
3,192 
2,467 
2,591 
2,535 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
39 
36 
62 
20 
46 
14 
26 
30 
2007 
36 
23 
41 
24 
28 
34 
29 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
105 
163 
533 
92 
315 
78 
281 
138 
2007 
128 
192 
289 
97 
116 
223 
134 
80 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
172 
210 
148 
32 
135 
158 
75 
103 
2007 
153 
153 
108 
38 
120 
118 
56 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
804 
1,479 
1,147 
113 
3,510 
672 
416 
914 
2007 
280 
955 
549 
301 
797 
425 
164 
381 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
252 
241 
237 
64 
275 
146 
104 
134 
2007 
240 
263 
215 
53 
251 
152 
134 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
7,249 
15,471 
12,534 
2,286 
23,343 
4,559 
6,784 
5,184 
2007 
5,806 
12,850 
9,397 
2,350 
12,812 
3,335 
4,321 
3,369 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
62 
39 
50 
17 
46 
60 
29 
30 
2007 
47 
40 
43 
20 
24 
54 
35 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
273 
472 
802 
190 
897 
377 
740 
280 
2007 
120 
201 
273 
46 
569 
266 
225 
194 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
384 
338 
286 
113 
282 
272 
218 
239 
2007 
287 
249 
246 
120 
235 
228 
170 
194 
$1,000, 2012 
3,406 
5,054 
3,791 
866 
4,148 
3,334 
2,334 
3,099 
2007 
2,689 
4,988 
4,284 
1,110 
3,215 
2,501 
4,055 
2,330 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
314 
273 
230 
95 
219 
229 
174 
194 
2007 
229 
193 
204 
111 
196 
193 
136 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
2,413 
3,783 
2,633 
608 
3,017 
2,637 
1,702 
2,399 
2007 
1,860 
3,265 
3,296 
809 
2,021 
1,740 
3,263 
1,647 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
223 
210 
144 
63 
180 
144 
100 
132 
2007 
163 
183 
147 
62 
160 
139 
92 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
992 
1,271 
1,157 
257 
1,130 
696 
631 
700 
2007 
829 
1,723 
988 
301 
1,194 
761 
793 
683 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
854 
568 
663 
306 
512 
575 
502 
552 
2007 
820 
545 
655 
359 
546 
601 
595 
672 
$1,000, 2012 
2,757 
2,947 
3,300 
1,023 
2,912 
2,646 
1,821 
1,570 
2007 
2,061 
2,603 
3,322 
991 
2,196 
2,047 
2,059 
1,467 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
444 
391 
358 
161 
340 
354 
226 
251 
2007 
389 
385 
362 
179 
351 
329 
215 
229 
$1,000, 2012 
4,199 
5,924 
3,937 
1,299 
9,893 
3,666 
2,622 
4,432 
2007 
2,995 
4,719 
3,687 
1,443 
3,504 
2,070 
2,079 
2,732 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
447 
411 
338 
122 
320 
340 
208 
286 
2007 
390 
337 
331 
143 
279 
347 
238 
248 
$1,000, 2012 
6,949 
13,351 
10,011 
2,754 
1 1 ,857 
8,697 
7,340 
5,362 
2007 
6,329 
8,959 
6,733 
1,301 
6,923 
5,988 
4,858 
4,056 
--continued 
278 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
