Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Marion 
Marshall 
Meade 
Miami 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Morris 
Morton 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
981 
796 
439 
1,305 
415 
1,012 
454 
323 
2007 
974 
913 
448 
1,538 
396 
994 
479 
353 
$1,000, 2012 
143,835 
97,251 
234,532 
57,018 
125,929 
71,445 
100,515 
165,279 
2007 
96,896 
72,397 
153,843 
60,629 
90,570 
44,596 
76,469 
99,622 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
146,621 
122,175 
534,242 
43,692 
303,444 
70,597 
221,399 
511,699 
2007 
99,482 
79,295 
343,399 
39,421 
228,712 
44,865 
159,642 
282,215 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
708 
564 
213 
749 
304 
378 
267 
125 
2007 
689 
675 
224 
933 
312 
436 
310 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
17,123 
16,587 
17,140 
7,705 
14,785 
9,224 
5,293 
8,392 
2007 
12,367 
10,725 
10,521 
5,604 
10,638 
4,922 
4,210 
6,493 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
694 
585 
241 
636 
325 
405 
295 
151 
2007 
567 
587 
199 
592 
255 
360 
270 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
7,036 
9,054 
10,916 
3,946 
8,164 
4,116 
2,819 
6,005 
2007 
3,569 
4,710 
5,701 
1,812 
4,154 
1,484 
1,458 
2,481 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
625 
521 
220 
426 
295 
270 
262 
144 
2007 
503 
555 
189 
343 
255 
253 
227 
103 
$1,000, 2012 
9,355 
12,508 
10,630 
4,693 
7,591 
6,206 
4,723 
5,148 
2007 
3,971 
7,023 
5,628 
2,505 
2,951 
2,460 
2,500 
2,455 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
276 
183 
65 
338 
93 
290 
167 
50 
2007 
276 
241 
89 
333 
91 
257 
148 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
35,612 
7,899 
58,404 
3,408 
24,386 
4,418 
40,621 
19,314 
2007 
25,938 
7,933 
47,772 
13,778 
31,550 
3,817 
33,024 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
166 
133 
39 
213 
60 
195 
105 
28 
2007 
154 
144 
44 
202 
55 
180 
104 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
2,002 
1,210 
1,249 
1,480 
1,029 
1,349 
1,021 
(D) 
2007 
1,654 
772 
572 
1,775 
1,280 
1,341 
1,603 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
170 
88 
31 
193 
49 
127 
91 
38 
2007 
173 
144 
54 
171 
48 
89 
73 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
33,610 
6,689 
57,154 
1,927 
23,357 
3,069 
39,600 
(D) 
2007 
24,284 
7,161 
47,200 
12,003 
30,271 
2,476 
31,421 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
539 
349 
141 
835 
170 
750 
286 
66 
2007 
447 
400 
133 
914 
146 
673 
236 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
22,398 
5,917 
65,753 
5,495 
24,675 
15,389 
18,523 
65,204 
2007 
12,320 
5,093 
33,421 
10,672 
9,997 
8,427 
13,013 
(D) 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
917 
740 
384 
1,247 
382 
968 
444 
284 
2007 
948 
899 
426 
1,498 
382 
976 
463 
310 
$1,000, 2012 
8,685 
6,526 
14,759 
4,450 
7,609 
5,211 
3,887 
9,449 
2007 
5,776 
6,042 
11,965 
3,718 
5,288 
3,519 
2,858 
6,265 
Utilities farms, 2012 
648 
571 
300 
798 
302 
656 
324 
172 
2007 
543 
497 
229 
694 
243 
461 
245 
116 
$1,000, 2012 
1,784 
1,780 
3,960 
1,556 
1,433 
1,694 
991 
2,595 
2007 
1,554 
1,413 
2,737 
963 
1,144 
1,174 
656 
1,773 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
793 
664 
352 
1,002 
323 
785 
392 
238 
2007 
895 
836 
397 
1,390 
368 
904 
438 
281 
$1,000, 2012 
9,087 
8,403 
11,746 
4,302 
8,885 
5,294 
4,178 
8,841 
2007 
6,638 
7,007 
7,720 
4,338 
4,968 
4,299 
3,951 
8,016 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
253 
227 
167 
221 
172 
178 
116 
119 
2007 
236 
246 
132 
218 
130 
194 
98 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
3,438 
2,853 
10,247 
3,416 
4,477 
4,337 
2,828 
11,707 
2007 
2,830 
2,155 
6,248 
2,795 
3,307 
2,848 
3,164 
8,445 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
97 
67 
56 
92 
41 
92 
36 
44 
2007 
73 
61 
43 
86 
28 
77 
27 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
869 
400 
522 
819 
266 
427 
439 
599 
2007 
505 
206 
1,050 
307 
233 
308 
135 
429 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
320 
250 
149 
219 
122 
161 
151 
98 
2007 
257 
256 
120 
164 
105 
118 
102 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
2,744 
2,329 
3,963 
814 
1,709 
1,382 
1,219 
2,772 
2007 
1,827 
1,250 
1,945 
432 
1,146 
294 
438 
3,114 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
418 
362 
123 
357 
184 
300 
220 
94 
2007 
393 
355 
126 
278 
149 
235 
194 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
7,964 
7,146 
9,303 
4,218 
6,573 
3,248 
5,763 
6,994 
2007 
5,640 
5,807 
5,732 
1,926 
4,608 
2,433 
3,907 
4,318 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
104 
95 
55 
51 
53 
28 
16 
24 
2007 
47 
71 
47 
26 
44 
27 
12 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
709 
633 
957 
385 
567 
78 
89 
766 
2007 
265 
284 
1,006 
200 
813 
112 
101 
282 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
490 
437 
186 
425 
213 
432 
255 
162 
2007 
455 
424 
184 
425 
187 
378 
203 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
7,171 
5,443 
4,858 
5,571 
4,944 
3,248 
3,587 
3,570 
2007 
6,248 
5,693 
4,902 
5,243 
3,715 
3,461 
2,796 
2,537 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
380 
332 
122 
347 
152 
340 
201 
128 
2007 
340 
321 
126 
328 
140 
312 
164 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
4,663 
3,435 
2,692 
3,977 
2,655 
2,442 
2,432 
1,822 
2007 
3,493 
3,641 
2,255 
2,857 
2,067 
2,373 
1,397 
877 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
309 
276 
121 
218 
149 
270 
148 
127 
2007 
311 
276 
133 
260 
134 
221 
119 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
2,509 
2,008 
2,166 
1,594 
2,289 
805 
1,155 
1,748 
2007 
2,755 
2,052 
2,647 
2,387 
1,648 
1,088 
1,399 
1,660 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
926 
742 
404 
1,275 
377 
983 
424 
310 
2007 
894 
826 
415 
1,442 
367 
939 
432 
303 
$1,000, 2012 
3,949 
2,597 
1,975 
3,331 
2,387 
2,545 
1,865 
1,241 
2007 
2,543 
2,526 
1,982 
3,252 
1,994 
2,148 
1,446 
1,338 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
606 
529 
256 
684 
285 
619 
329 
178 
2007 
587 
593 
250 
740 
273 
518 
287 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
5,912 
7,177 
9,399 
2,907 
7,480 
4,628 
3,689 
12,683 
2007 
4,905 
4,532 
5,514 
3,083 
4,064 
2,891 
2,812 
7,098 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
546 
466 
247 
508 
252 
470 
257 
149 
2007 
509 
472 
228 
575 
215 
477 
244 
111 
$1,000, 2012 
12,164 
11,628 
11,028 
6,205 
10,370 
7,962 
6,273 
13,439 
2007 
7,818 
12,240 
9,173 
6,618 
7,109 
5,631 
4,345 
5,942 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 291 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
