Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
Jersey 
Jo Daviess 
Johnson 
Kane 
Kankakee 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
783 
910 
1,063 
509 
935 
558 
590 
818 
2007 
810 
882 
1,156 
519 
1,016 
568 
759 
835 
$1,000, 2012 
63,230 
143,100 
62,637 
65,1 65 
134,218 
15,725 
164,085 
214,825 
2007 
45,153 
83,337 
44,577 
54,627 
103,987 
12,610 
155,058 
147,602 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
80,754 
157,253 
58,924 
128,025 
143,548 
28,180 
278,110 
262,623 
2007 
55,745 
94,486 
38,562 
105,254 
102,350 
22,201 
204,293 
176,769 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
380 
559 
458 
319 
519 
208 
366 
644 
2007 
444 
572 
583 
359 
538 
230 
434 
675 
$1,000, 2012 
11,603 
19,743 
13,663 
14,916 
18,257 
2,872 
17,184 
43,200 
2007 
8,706 
1 1 ,867 
9,199 
10,532 
1 1 ,453 
1,668 
14,047 
23,824 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
395 
563 
420 
317 
533 
178 
372 
642 
2007 
371 
483 
414 
315 
514 
153 
386 
603 
$1,000, 2012 
5,875 
9,254 
5,033 
5,574 
10,214 
839 
7,827 
17,800 
2007 
3,768 
6,177 
3,585 
5,363 
6,888 
463 
6,228 
12,653 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
333 
535 
414 
299 
511 
160 
367 
608 
2007 
333 
494 
418 
290 
472 
161 
377 
633 
$1,000, 2012 
10,508 
15,064 
9,226 
10,174 
12,849 
1,414 
19,380 
30,634 
2007 
5,553 
7,687 
4,973 
7,356 
6,909 
982 
24,212 
18,251 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
119 
144 
162 
90 
261 
90 
95 
89 
2007 
114 
166 
155 
70 
243 
93 
106 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
475 
12,523 
1,707 
813 
7,662 
454 
6,648 
2,711 
2007 
288 
8,800 
2,473 
976 
15,586 
1,236 
4,841 
5,589 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
84 
64 
115 
62 
160 
60 
33 
36 
2007 
76 
77 
113 
45 
184 
62 
33 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
248 
3,168 
674 
396 
1,082 
280 
511 
709 
2007 
158 
991 
380 
183 
1,945 
294 
513 
232 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
47 
100 
75 
46 
137 
34 
70 
66 
2007 
51 
111 
78 
38 
110 
39 
76 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
228 
9,355 
1,033 
417 
6,579 
174 
6,137 
2,003 
2007 
130 
7,809 
2,093 
793 
13,640 
941 
4,328 
5,357 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
286 
291 
395 
183 
478 
258 
236 
171 
2007 
264 
261 
387 
201 
415 
240 
306 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
4,585 
39,925 
5,143 
1,692 
17,095 
1,679 
14,317 
13,121 
2007 
2,092 
13,360 
3,619 
1,134 
10,441 
1,606 
8,257 
7,568 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
711 
815 
979 
481 
880 
535 
556 
743 
2007 
784 
864 
1,111 
493 
992 
560 
740 
804 
$1,000, 2012 
4,783 
6,418 
4,183 
3,982 
7,616 
1,191 
7,516 
13,359 
2007 
3,499 
4,963 
3,754 
4,165 
6,297 
1,027 
8,044 
8,853 
Utilities farms, 2012 
433 
552 
554 
280 
630 
314 
448 
579 
2007 
328 
405 
406 
258 
495 
216 
440 
456 
$1,000, 2012 
1,313 
2,407 
1,079 
1,242 
2,714 
487 
2,868 
3,380 
2007 
665 
1,579 
824 
971 
1,758 
349 
2,972 
2,068 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
573 
716 
771 
397 
779 
440 
500 
664 
2007 
719 
804 
1,013 
465 
924 
533 
706 
740 
$1,000, 2012 
4,904 
7,932 
3,878 
4,546 
9,104 
1,580 
9,467 
1 7,884 
2007 
4,185 
5,553 
3,784 
3,896 
7,762 
1,693 
9,594 
10,118 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
161 
199 
165 
114 
276 
66 
220 
258 
2007 
126 
148 
158 
97 
214 
71 
231 
233 
$1,000, 2012 
4,333 
5,522 
2,564 
3,717 
7,178 
1,749 
22,378 
17,296 
2007 
2,392 
3,560 
(D) 
2,880 
6,514 
439 
29,931 
17,262 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
31 
20 
52 
23 
81 
37 
37 
39 
2007 
38 
28 
40 
20 
55 
37 
51 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
55 
89 
328 
220 
1,030 
66 
730 
674 
2007 
213 
138 
150 
66 
370 
113 
640 
958 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
150 
192 
138 
97 
317 
102 
176 
217 
2007 
109 
106 
121 
107 
245 
65 
170 
171 
$1,000, 2012 
750 
1,210 
270 
658 
3,046 
198 
4,677 
2,747 
2007 
596 
406 
193 
1,153 
1,722 
153 
3,518 
1,821 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
143 
248 
161 
153 
317 
60 
255 
367 
2007 
147 
249 
172 
156 
310 
63 
285 
344 
$1,000, 2012 
5,303 
8,792 
5,185 
8,504 
17,586 
720 
26,420 
25,359 
2007 
5,177 
6,517 
3,112 
6,434 
11,250 
465 
19,898 
18,957 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
21 
53 
46 
25 
69 
11 
42 
67 
2007 
39 
47 
37 
24 
50 
22 
45 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
30 
247 
2,022 
591 
1,098 
39 
763 
847 
2007 
203 
149 
151 
558 
628 
44 
937 
1,184 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
287 
412 
421 
227 
382 
205 
236 
365 
2007 
219 
348 
288 
206 
350 
143 
243 
309 
$1,000, 2012 
3,567 
4,236 
3,575 
2,944 
6,923 
1,077 
4,169 
5,863 
2007 
3,341 
4,358 
(D) 
3,334 
6,354 
1,096 
5,532 
3,683 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
223 
340 
349 
188 
307 
158 
155 
231 
2007 
167 
288 
225 
156 
277 
100 
154 
198 
$1,000, 2012 
2,539 
3,176 
2,588 
2,251 
5,097 
828 
2,838 
4,006 
2007 
2,194 
3,194 
1,980 
2,282 
4,168 
834 
2,628 
2,057 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
157 
200 
224 
124 
205 
100 
145 
248 
2007 
142 
197 
192 
113 
222 
83 
166 
208 
$1,000, 2012 
1,028 
1,060 
987 
693 
1,826 
249 
1,330 
1,856 
2007 
1,147 
1,165 
(D) 
1,052 
2,186 
262 
2,904 
1,626 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
750 
880 
1,033 
481 
874 
544 
485 
730 
2007 
733 
827 
1,050 
475 
892 
529 
637 
723 
$1,000, 2012 
1,864 
2,392 
1,729 
1,825 
3,533 
784 
4,517 
4,130 
2007 
1,516 
2,186 
1,761 
2,299 
3,669 
689 
3,893 
4,314 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
310 
458 
422 
274 
570 
246 
398 
530 
2007 
329 
420 
412 
296 
524 
228 
495 
536 
$1,000, 2012 
3,282 
7,346 
3,050 
3,768 
8,310 
576 
15,223 
15,821 
2007 
2,961 
6,037 
2,290 
3,510 
6,387 
586 
12,513 
10,497 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
366 
451 
460 
238 
539 
239 
323 
478 
2007 
359 
417 
423 
243 
542 
207 
367 
518 
$1,000, 2012 
10,386 
13,216 
7,990 
6,943 
13,054 
2,687 
16,215 
21,968 
2007 
6,919 
9,496 
5,351 
6,159 
12,542 
2,486 
12,596 
13,877 
--continued 
278 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
