Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Phillips 
Pottawatomie 
Pratt 
Rawlins 
Reno 
Republic 
Rice 
Riley 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
441 
890 
543 
307 
1,633 
575 
532 
493 
2007 
507 
843 
538 
339 
1,749 
682 
580 
532 
$1,000, 2012 
92,575 
103,229 
224,204 
86,957 
234,586 
149,661 
217,553 
40,517 
2007 
56,209 
74,504 
161,675 
54,396 
165,375 
120,125 
174,258 
38,158 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
209,922 
115,988 
412,898 
283,247 
143,653 
260,280 
408,934 
82,186 
2007 
110,866 
88,380 
300,511 
160,459 
94,554 
176,137 
300,445 
71,725 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
291 
459 
297 
231 
824 
395 
309 
301 
2007 
315 
472 
278 
261 
920 
476 
351 
351 
$1,000, 2012 
10,445 
9,813 
20,591 
15,263 
24,303 
15,711 
15,066 
4,044 
2007 
7,371 
5,644 
14,892 
8,910 
16,939 
12,233 
11,587 
3,393 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
305 
507 
336 
253 
922 
438 
362 
325 
2007 
304 
435 
219 
207 
770 
427 
309 
295 
$1,000, 2012 
5,643 
4,549 
9,965 
9,261 
12,111 
8,941 
8,731 
1,964 
2007 
3,388 
2,271 
4,892 
4,135 
5,779 
5,505 
4,816 
1,551 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
268 
369 
291 
247 
848 
402 
313 
254 
2007 
251 
331 
204 
211 
683 
411 
274 
250 
$1,000, 2012 
5,061 
7,381 
(D) 
7,322 
13,624 
9,969 
8,285 
3,764 
2007 
2,584 
3,252 
5,188 
2,901 
6,378 
5,541 
4,624 
2,345 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
175 
273 
79 
108 
379 
143 
147 
141 
2007 
133 
251 
78 
89 
298 
135 
124 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
15,334 
26,326 
(D) 
6,664 
45,376 
29,813 
64,851 
2,768 
2007 
8,902 
19,741 
72,883 
5,312 
57,855 
(D) 
76,555 
5,630 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
141 
200 
40 
76 
240 
117 
91 
98 
2007 
102 
172 
37 
71 
187 
88 
70 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
5,609 
1,983 
670 
2,146 
2,049 
1,295 
1,496 
793 
2007 
1,039 
1,671 
409 
1,346 
1,454 
438 
774 
691 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
71 
114 
48 
50 
194 
59 
84 
64 
2007 
50 
110 
52 
30 
160 
60 
65 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
9,725 
24,343 
(D) 
4,518 
43,327 
28,517 
63,355 
1,975 
2007 
7,863 
18,071 
72,474 
3,966 
56,401 
(D) 
75,781 
4,939 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
242 
575 
187 
161 
796 
279 
253 
272 
2007 
237 
472 
167 
144 
680 
270 
218 
262 
$1,000, 2012 
16,213 
14,357 
40,525 
5,141 
51,162 
33,047 
63,087 
5,997 
2007 
7,661 
13,717 
23,217 
2,801 
22,989 
13,727 
34,570 
5,807 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
422 
822 
452 
295 
1,461 
525 
486 
468 
2007 
495 
819 
506 
334 
1,678 
658 
561 
522 
$1,000, 2012 
5,060 
6,064 
10,290 
7,222 
15,163 
8,613 
8,599 
3,184 
2007 
3,882 
4,089 
6,971 
4,658 
9,762 
6,289 
6,260 
2,687 
Utilities farms, 2012 
327 
603 
325 
248 
1,029 
435 
345 
329 
2007 
271 
432 
227 
219 
775 
416 
305 
273 
$1,000, 2012 
1,944 
2,537 
2,407 
1,479 
3,824 
2,219 
3,012 
914 
2007 
1,083 
1,430 
1,728 
936 
2,127 
(D) 
1,665 
756 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
382 
698 
395 
286 
1,300 
470 
414 
409 
2007 
449 
759 
441 
301 
1,498 
603 
513 
496 
$1,000, 2012 
6,781 
5,982 
8,828 
5,514 
18,732 
7,834 
9,778 
3,028 
2007 
4,914 
5,513 
6,879 
4,709 
10,020 
6,307 
6,864 
3,669 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
170 
206 
181 
146 
452 
195 
168 
139 
2007 
143 
170 
113 
122 
354 
172 
152 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
4,036 
3,841 
8,067 
3,181 
8,623 
6,168 
7,930 
4,895 
2007 
1,827 
3,842 
4,134 
2,802 
5,952 
4,292 
5,398 
4,329 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
57 
39 
54 
59 
154 
65 
54 
36 
2007 
27 
42 
38 
39 
110 
42 
53 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
459 
637 
778 
542 
1,969 
665 
365 
306 
2007 
254 
389 
756 
481 
399 
167 
308 
224 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
149 
207 
159 
160 
426 
196 
171 
130 
2007 
133 
162 
118 
138 
335 
201 
133 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
2,928 
1,398 
5,159 
6,036 
3,941 
2,145 
3,257 
781 
2007 
1,251 
811 
2,633 
2,478 
2,904 
1,768 
1,775 
398 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
211 
343 
180 
175 
541 
284 
196 
166 
2007 
210 
277 
135 
160 
458 
280 
178 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
6,940 
5,235 
6,771 
8,061 
10,183 
7,438 
5,282 
2,046 
2007 
3,723 
3,629 
4,256 
4,589 
6,168 
7,634 
5,621 
1,780 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
32 
71 
38 
39 
119 
32 
33 
44 
2007 
22 
53 
29 
38 
95 
60 
34 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
199 
181 
1,490 
1,097 
900 
1,241 
321 
330 
2007 
134 
251 
519 
581 
709 
794 
874 
262 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
273 
408 
262 
193 
784 
313 
280 
236 
2007 
236 
321 
185 
169 
589 
291 
246 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
4,350 
4,568 
3,132 
3,354 
9,227 
4,920 
3,905 
2,338 
2007 
3,507 
4,027 
4,093 
3,560 
7,104 
4,778 
3,972 
2,211 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
200 
331 
196 
134 
593 
229 
179 
172 
2007 
182 
249 
138 
116 
459 
224 
184 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
3,139 
2,921 
1,670 
1,974 
5,752 
2,488 
1,859 
1,422 
2007 
1,912 
2,042 
1,743 
2,159 
3,688 
2,434 
1,393 
1,186 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
167 
231 
185 
143 
457 
196 
206 
155 
2007 
171 
211 
124 
125 
378 
201 
162 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
1,211 
1,647 
1,462 
1,380 
3,475 
2,432 
2,045 
915 
2007 
1,595 
1,985 
2,350 
1,401 
3,416 
2,344 
2,579 
1,025 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
399 
857 
518 
265 
1,562 
525 
496 
463 
2007 
464 
764 
498 
310 
1,616 
615 
531 
485 
$1,000, 2012 
2,080 
2,397 
2,168 
1,261 
5,150 
3,180 
2,579 
1,219 
2007 
1,779 
1,937 
2,171 
1,235 
4,454 
2,350 
2,099 
1,051 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
294 
542 
299 
246 
987 
394 
336 
299 
2007 
313 
463 
248 
231 
814 
412 
347 
317 
$1,000, 2012 
5,103 
7,963 
9,117 
5,558 
10,299 
7,756 
12,504 
2,940 
2007 
3,951 
3,962 
6,463 
4,308 
5,835 
5,088 
7,271 
2,065 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
248 
460 
290 
231 
853 
332 
303 
250 
2007 
274 
431 
218 
208 
740 
355 
290 
276 
$1,000, 2012 
6,982 
8,296 
11,711 
9,598 
19,708 
12,114 
19,665 
5,516 
2007 
5,872 
6,642 
9,517 
6,371 
11,555 
8,039 
9,153 
4,299 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 293 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
