Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sullivan 
Switzerland 
Tippecanoe 
Tipton 
Union 
Vanderburgh 
Vermillion 
Vigo 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
433 
702 
377 
242 
275 
270 
450 
2007 
447 
757 
458 
233 
335 
293 
518 
$1,000, 2012 
86,508 
129,881 
108,628 
34,992 
35,108 
61,506 
44,469 
2007 
52,338 
9,792 
83,641 
72,1 79 
23,668 
24,639 
42,664 
34,289 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
199,787 
35,043 
185,015 
288,137 
144,595 
127,665 
227,801 
98,820 
2007 
117,088 
26,181 
110,491 
157,597 
101,580 
73,548 
145,610 
66,194 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
269 
178 
375 
299 
164 
182 
157 
227 
2007 
305 
197 
432 
389 
178 
225 
191 
341 
$1,000, 2012 
19,574 
2,436 
23,179 
16,914 
7,723 
8,627 
10,229 
10,492 
2007 
13,197 
1,440 
13,833 
10,638 
4,708 
5,339 
7,092 
8,606 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
275 
141 
397 
314 
159 
188 
155 
221 
2007 
259 
120 
403 
349 
153 
197 
150 
216 
$1,000, 2012 
6,875 
765 
12,131 
7,719 
2,979 
2,987 
3,946 
3,924 
2007 
4,669 
556 
7,633 
5,273 
1,776 
1,904 
3,387 
3,139 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
263 
145 
385 
293 
149 
164 
156 
198 
2007 
270 
126 
392 
355 
141 
177 
158 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
10,132 
1,322 
16,385 
11,531 
4,666 
4,608 
7,938 
6,930 
2007 
6,786 
593 
9,231 
6,418 
2,177 
2,342 
4,748 
4,828 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
91 
85 
166 
58 
63 
39 
51 
82 
2007 
51 
67 
155 
54 
56 
40 
52 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
1,487 
199 
4,135 
3,079 
980 
598 
1,801 
270 
2007 
426 
138 
3,668 
7,525 
1,208 
1,074 
1,374 
689 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
41 
52 
90 
28 
43 
13 
27 
35 
2007 
28 
48 
85 
21 
35 
15 
29 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
701 
98 
423 
1,001 
208 
41 
677 
106 
2007 
126 
97 
330 
131 
293 
155 
134 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
61 
46 
102 
38 
33 
31 
29 
60 
2007 
28 
31 
94 
41 
35 
32 
34 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
786 
101 
3,712 
2,078 
771 
557 
1,124 
164 
2007 
301 
41 
3,338 
7,394 
915 
919 
1,240 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
158 
233 
349 
101 
120 
90 
89 
205 
2007 
119 
201 
305 
81 
91 
86 
88 
179 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,284 
889 
7,742 
15,573 
1,897 
2,089 
10,645 
799 
2007 
1,860 
921 
6,074 
7,307 
1,627 
1,023 
3,889 
1,199 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
404 
359 
626 
331 
230 
269 
236 
411 
2007 
430 
364 
735 
442 
227 
322 
279 
497 
$1,000, 2012 
5,463 
843 
8,263 
5,612 
2,029 
2,283 
3,187 
2,947 
2007 
3,520 
801 
5,894 
3,657 
1,486 
1,824 
2,801 
2,392 
Utilities farms, 2012 
304 
251 
450 
242 
180 
209 
136 
249 
2007 
210 
200 
324 
201 
139 
157 
110 
193 
$1,000, 2012 
1,250 
431 
2,245 
1,743 
574 
712 
729 
765 
2007 
658 
317 
1,193 
802 
479 
566 
412 
432 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
338 
292 
522 
287 
205 
237 
176 
331 
2007 
408 
348 
646 
379 
215 
298 
250 
447 
$1,000, 2012 
5,076 
934 
7,849 
6,033 
2,666 
2,780 
3,296 
4,005 
2007 
4,204 
1,169 
5,781 
4,333 
1,924 
2,056 
2,417 
2,502 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
136 
95 
217 
123 
55 
63 
64 
113 
2007 
96 
69 
174 
101 
59 
55 
63 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
3,726 
871 
8,777 
7,852 
751 
1,470 
2,778 
2,305 
2007 
2,300 
907 
5,463 
4,441 
527 
1,885 
2,532 
1,761 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
33 
22 
40 
23 
4 
21 
11 
22 
2007 
16 
12 
33 
21 
10 
20 
11 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
549 
(D) 
605 
631 
76 
113 
69 
117 
2007 
79 
112 
342 
84 
45 
110 
83 
149 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
79 
68 
142 
137 
46 
38 
60 
85 
2007 
85 
42 
109 
133 
54 
41 
43 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
475 
(D) 
1,233 
1,979 
198 
388 
673 
380 
2007 
415 
54 
464 
1,181 
285 
86 
631 
486 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
123 
54 
234 
177 
82 
102 
97 
88 
2007 
130 
34 
217 
181 
77 
95 
84 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
8,535 
1,560 
21,161 
15,898 
4,563 
3,545 
9,700 
4,514 
2007 
5,252 
738 
11,857 
10,911 
3,380 
2,655 
7,630 
3,078 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
52 
13 
65 
37 
21 
20 
15 
24 
2007 
28 
8 
64 
35 
15 
15 
20 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
1,110 
7 
1,073 
1,955 
555 
63 
470 
638 
2007 
497 
32 
1,082 
759 
188 
87 
309 
81 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
231 
152 
293 
188 
131 
129 
92 
178 
2007 
166 
108 
254 
192 
107 
103 
85 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
4,084 
1,061 
4,629 
3,145 
2,175 
1,141 
1,487 
2,218 
2007 
3,180 
862 
3,936 
3,759 
1,632 
1,224 
2,043 
1,603 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
195 
134 
225 
145 
103 
96 
78 
154 
2007 
128 
93 
201 
154 
87 
87 
80 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
2,963 
848 
3,398 
1,837 
1,699 
939 
985 
1,687 
2007 
1,941 
743 
2,516 
2,787 
1,247 
900 
1,538 
990 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
136 
72 
153 
128 
66 
73 
45 
99 
2007 
104 
49 
157 
108 
65 
68 
44 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
1,122 
213 
1,231 
1,308 
476 
203 
502 
532 
2007 
1,239 
119 
1,420 
972 
385 
323 
505 
614 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
425 
376 
657 
363 
227 
266 
262 
441 
2007 
427 
358 
695 
402 
210 
312 
259 
468 
$1,000, 2012 
2,567 
585 
3,441 
3,575 
1,579 
1,288 
1,416 
2,050 
2007 
2,528 
625 
2,492 
2,218 
1,110 
1,049 
1,349 
1,435 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
227 
173 
438 
230 
134 
150 
139 
239 
2007 
236 
161 
437 
243 
139 
170 
140 
233 
$1,000, 2012 
4,321 
647 
7,035 
5,389 
1,584 
2,415 
3,144 
2,114 
2007 
2,767 
528 
4,699 
2,872 
1,117 
1,415 
1,967 
1,908 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
224 
141 
338 
224 
129 
140 
115 
205 
2007 
205 
149 
342 
234 
143 
167 
130 
207 
$1,000, 2012 
7,716 
1,254 
12,152 
10,199 
4,547 
3,672 
4,911 
4,994 
2007 
5,485 
1,421 
8,552 
6,676 
3,242 
3,119 
4,295 
3,849 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Indiana 279 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
