Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Marquette 
Mason 
Mecosta 
Menominee 
Midland 
Missaukee 
Monroe 
Montcalm 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
168 
440 
779 
398 
555 
433 
1,144 
1,127 
2007 
144 
450 
845 
419 
571 
391 
1,119 
1,227 
$1,000, 2012 
3,686 
41,626 
97,829 
32,905 
49,935 
84,933 
153,590 
150,208 
2007 
3,931 
31,138 
67,551 
27,298 
43,046 
56,787 
111,301 
117,085 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
21,942 
94,606 
125,583 
82,676 
89,973 
196,151 
134,257 
133,282 
2007 
27,296 
69,196 
79,942 
65,150 
75,387 
145,234 
99,465 
95,424 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
64 
215 
361 
188 
276 
200 
715 
587 
2007 
51 
240 
420 
231 
267 
199 
778 
615 
$1,000, 2012 
139 
5,072 
7,515 
1,940 
6,404 
3,837 
28,562 
23,841 
2007 
224 
2,718 
3,148 
1,787 
3,999 
1,969 
15,662 
13,900 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
42 
212 
329 
159 
254 
178 
735 
533 
2007 
27 
196 
287 
150 
203 
147 
658 
470 
$1,000, 2012 
42 
2,540 
(D) 
1,170 
2,467 
1,779 
9,812 
1 1 ,863 
2007 
89 
2,055 
1,924 
481 
1,599 
1,085 
6,543 
8,243 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
42 
215 
361 
173 
258 
194 
717 
537 
2007 
33 
199 
325 
173 
211 
139 
692 
492 
$1,000, 2012 
126 
2,669 
4,488 
1,277 
4,494 
3,209 
22,613 
13,677 
2007 
187 
1,595 
1,973 
1,114 
2,199 
1,551 
14,187 
9,085 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
47 
94 
223 
113 
121 
120 
179 
271 
2007 
33 
75 
230 
77 
111 
99 
161 
240 
$1,000, 2012 
204 
2,200 
(D) 
1,380 
5,204 
1,025 
2,950 
6,295 
2007 
89 
1,475 
7,023 
1,584 
5,620 
3,015 
3,252 
5,745 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
15 
50 
157 
65 
55 
61 
41 
110 
2007 
16 
26 
147 
44 
59 
56 
52 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
28 
1,140 
(D) 
1,047 
(D) 
769 
90 
885 
2007 
43 
138 
1,053 
1,021 
(D) 
1,679 
713 
508 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
36 
57 
139 
69 
89 
84 
144 
200 
2007 
24 
57 
155 
50 
70 
57 
127 
177 
$1,000, 2012 
177 
1,060 
(D) 
332 
(D) 
257 
2,860 
5,410 
2007 
46 
1,337 
5,970 
563 
(D) 
1,336 
2,540 
5,237 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
117 
215 
449 
232 
256 
261 
364 
560 
2007 
97 
197 
387 
187 
230 
196 
344 
497 
$1,000, 2012 
866 
6,362 
21,412 
8,238 
6,841 
24,919 
3,073 
15,567 
2007 
894 
3,313 
26,438 
7,149 
11,097 
15,262 
2,244 
11,521 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
162 
424 
743 
382 
523 
404 
1,107 
1,067 
2007 
140 
446 
831 
411 
549 
376 
1,095 
1,179 
$1,000, 2012 
322 
3,039 
4,788 
1,925 
2,739 
4,729 
9,571 
10,218 
2007 
373 
2,004 
3,047 
2,174 
2,446 
3,760 
8,011 
7,750 
Utilities farms, 2012 
100 
300 
451 
256 
336 
281 
673 
687 
2007 
78 
244 
361 
215 
236 
180 
565 
564 
$1,000, 2012 
178 
928 
2,280 
921 
1,236 
1,885 
3,181 
4,124 
2007 
137 
788 
1,372 
785 
640 
1,246 
2,433 
3,855 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
124 
375 
615 
311 
411 
338 
951 
869 
2007 
131 
410 
752 
372 
506 
358 
1,031 
1,078 
$1,000, 2012 
298 
3,301 
5,357 
3,055 
4,246 
6,283 
10,937 
10,953 
2007 
481 
2,774 
3,491 
3,388 
3,963 
5,565 
9,669 
9,864 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
28 
125 
148 
100 
88 
127 
246 
285 
2007 
25 
113 
113 
95 
80 
94 
222 
206 
$1,000, 2012 
323 
5,160 
7,088 
2,673 
2,976 
15,888 
18,585 
15,760 
2007 
441 
6,614 
4,720 
2,586 
2,319 
9,698 
15,154 
12,969 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
15 
32 
37 
22 
21 
39 
46 
59 
2007 
8 
29 
24 
18 
28 
30 
60 
48 
$1,000, 2012 
63 
486 
209 
220 
186 
1,956 
1,534 
460 
2007 
50 
89 
462 
120 
95 
1,602 
1,534 
460 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
12 
90 
174 
77 
59 
112 
272 
283 
2007 
11 
71 
113 
84 
41 
72 
249 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
13 
625 
4,758 
725 
350 
3,535 
1,926 
6,695 
2007 
(D) 
512 
(D) 
791 
269 
1,561 
1,290 
3,870 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
22 
134 
202 
113 
100 
122 
389 
318 
2007 
11 
107 
179 
104 
96 
101 
356 
263 
$1,000, 2012 
69 
1,910 
3,621 
2,032 
3,894 
3,096 
15,261 
9,091 
2007 
33 
1,064 
1,720 
521 
1,515 
1,504 
1 1 ,282 
7,757 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
6 
52 
55 
30 
39 
44 
93 
78 
2007 
2 
35 
33 
20 
24 
26 
73 
61 
$1,000, 2012 
7 
466 
338 
224 
483 
572 
2,007 
1,062 
2007 
(D) 
506 
(D) 
149 
113 
343 
978 
1,057 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
51 
182 
296 
125 
203 
169 
446 
461 
2007 
27 
148 
211 
122 
137 
110 
380 
351 
$1,000, 2012 
338 
2,092 
3,339 
1,649 
1,817 
3,737 
5,213 
6,735 
2007 
330 
1,861 
2,300 
1,787 
1,632 
3,510 
5,498 
7,104 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
39 
147 
245 
92 
174 
142 
336 
384 
2007 
25 
126 
172 
98 
113 
102 
308 
276 
$1,000, 2012 
290 
1,676 
2,111 
1,336 
1,380 
2,530 
3,128 
4,477 
2007 
285 
1,531 
1,751 
1,162 
1,015 
2,085 
3,543 
3,956 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
31 
86 
166 
79 
78 
73 
256 
207 
2007 
17 
83 
104 
83 
75 
61 
223 
211 
$1,000, 2012 
47 
416 
1,229 
313 
436 
1,207 
2,085 
2,259 
2007 
45 
330 
549 
625 
617 
1,425 
1,955 
3,147 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
159 
430 
763 
389 
540 
417 
1,074 
1,091 
2007 
133 
430 
778 
401 
539 
369 
1,049 
1,158 
$1,000, 2012 
389 
1,543 
2,769 
1,265 
2,029 
1,883 
4,590 
4,617 
2007 
341 
1,487 
1,941 
1,125 
1,829 
1,291 
3,941 
4,074 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
86 
226 
364 
201 
259 
228 
577 
535 
2007 
63 
243 
396 
206 
263 
199 
595 
574 
$1,000, 2012 
309 
3,234 
4,618 
4,213 
4,571 
6,599 
13,776 
9,248 
2007 
171 
2,283 
3,323 
1,756 
3,710 
3,825 
9,624 
9,831 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
68 
210 
367 
180 
231 
201 
605 
482 
2007 
52 
220 
351 
188 
251 
155 
593 
501 
$1,000, 2012 
528 
5,093 
8,234 
3,013 
4,803 
7,519 
16,079 
17,422 
2007 
525 
3,789 
5,782 
3,964 
4,257 
6,955 
11,369 
12,767 
-continued 
280 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
