Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fremont 
Greene 
Grundy 
Guthrie 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harrison 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
533 
780 
737 
829 
761 
889 
819 
819 
2007 
497 
820 
800 
987 
882 
949 
943 
817 
$1,000, 2012 
124,450 
243,404 
260,885 
202,766 
426,824 
355,563 
381,236 
205,061 
2007 
56,749 
164,805 
184,561 
135,954 
265,074 
212,199 
305,253 
97,083 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
233,489 
312,057 
353,982 
244,591 
560,873 
399,959 
465,490 
250,379 
2007 
114,183 
200,982 
230,701 
137,744 
300,538 
223,603 
323,704 
118,829 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
351 
534 
483 
468 
472 
623 
574 
573 
2007 
348 
570 
563 
526 
581 
675 
643 
546 
$1,000, 2012 
20,720 
32,363 
30,923 
19,700 
30,417 
38,664 
31,093 
39,016 
2007 
7,776 
17,640 
16,189 
11,360 
17,821 
21,221 
16,206 
14,432 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
355 
542 
516 
515 
487 
641 
579 
579 
2007 
332 
513 
533 
513 
542 
647 
593 
488 
$1,000, 2012 
11,599 
14,414 
18,793 
9,608 
14,089 
14,989 
13,233 
14,352 
2007 
4,498 
7,902 
10,630 
5,211 
7,895 
8,368 
7,748 
6,746 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
359 
534 
501 
478 
473 
627 
557 
557 
2007 
318 
519 
523 
495 
549 
637 
616 
483 
$1,000, 2012 
16,506 
26,133 
25,115 
15,409 
25,888 
28,565 
24,918 
27,589 
2007 
6,829 
13,425 
11,918 
9,429 
13,480 
15,781 
13,175 
10,878 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
74 
180 
173 
206 
164 
175 
227 
172 
2007 
59 
174 
220 
179 
192 
191 
265 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
5,194 
28,581 
23,383 
23,740 
53,230 
40,355 
55,693 
10,995 
2007 
2,126 
45,518 
30,104 
28,375 
49,305 
35,546 
71,187 
8,478 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
53 
84 
88 
140 
63 
51 
112 
120 
2007 
43 
75 
69 
124 
69 
75 
103 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
780 
1,437 
1,473 
2,525 
6,921 
2,627 
3,046 
3,119 
2007 
308 
570 
579 
928 
7,496 
1,020 
4,610 
1,528 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
30 
121 
123 
94 
119 
138 
155 
93 
2007 
24 
133 
169 
75 
141 
140 
185 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
4,414 
27,145 
21,910 
21,214 
46,309 
37,727 
52,648 
7,875 
2007 
1,818 
44,948 
29,525 
27,446 
41,808 
34,526 
66,576 
6,951 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
143 
261 
263 
338 
256 
259 
327 
262 
2007 
125 
243 
331 
324 
296 
270 
335 
254 
$1,000, 2012 
6,500 
40,944 
37,167 
54,149 
161,585 
103,835 
126,286 
13,314 
2007 
2,417 
18,034 
28,855 
21,912 
74,752 
46,801 
103,101 
5,930 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
488 
693 
657 
750 
679 
792 
730 
756 
2007 
492 
792 
775 
952 
857 
894 
909 
797 
$1,000, 2012 
7,143 
8,974 
9,407 
6,957 
12,611 
10,274 
10,562 
11,008 
2007 
3,524 
6,496 
7,803 
6,266 
10,859 
8,249 
9,042 
5,706 
Utilities farms, 2012 
359 
572 
556 
583 
580 
637 
579 
602 
2007 
287 
434 
483 
428 
513 
604 
509 
439 
$1,000, 2012 
1,447 
2,814 
2,406 
3,108 
6,394 
4,716 
5,258 
3,154 
2007 
922 
1,643 
2,571 
2,854 
5,062 
2,894 
5,836 
1,436 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
434 
621 
634 
669 
631 
730 
662 
669 
2007 
468 
706 
708 
856 
784 
863 
824 
733 
$1,000, 2012 
9,028 
13,247 
11,581 
11,161 
15,291 
13,151 
13,958 
10,694 
2007 
4,825 
8,721 
8,697 
9,263 
12,973 
9,859 
12,591 
6,827 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
199 
290 
240 
242 
255 
338 
297 
249 
2007 
126 
243 
215 
183 
239 
328 
251 
203 
$1,000, 2012 
6,097 
6,693 
7,763 
7,028 
15,658 
1 1 ,292 
10,639 
4,904 
2007 
2,391 
3,623 
6,468 
6,512 
10,853 
6,263 
9,713 
2,583 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
37 
77 
49 
100 
52 
75 
74 
86 
2007 
30 
55 
29 
39 
47 
71 
54 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
329 
571 
760 
602 
758 
752 
1,028 
603 
2007 
151 
483 
680 
308 
494 
592 
754 
344 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
192 
288 
269 
236 
279 
326 
325 
294 
2007 
169 
219 
270 
196 
212 
264 
251 
228 
$1,000, 2012 
2,118 
6,392 
9,266 
2,357 
5,019 
4,042 
6,000 
4,047 
2007 
1,380 
2,382 
4,213 
1,358 
2,231 
2,054 
2,390 
2,017 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
200 
352 
395 
288 
334 
451 
395 
348 
2007 
165 
319 
418 
286 
362 
468 
450 
268 
$1,000, 2012 
21,976 
35,270 
55,726 
25,616 
47,505 
45,052 
49,661 
39,242 
2007 
8,500 
19,305 
32,954 
14,174 
31,836 
25,807 
24,900 
14,573 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
57 
79 
72 
68 
72 
95 
73 
68 
2007 
46 
49 
71 
41 
66 
104 
64 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
1,057 
2,650 
1,305 
907 
2,861 
1,983 
904 
1,507 
2007 
733 
769 
971 
956 
1,419 
999 
627 
691 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
271 
454 
449 
441 
449 
510 
507 
484 
2007 
237 
381 
414 
348 
410 
500 
421 
376 
$1,000, 2012 
4,582 
9,502 
10,641 
8,358 
11,211 
16,116 
12,039 
10,719 
2007 
3,816 
8,090 
9,074 
7,456 
10,291 
7,598 
10,225 
7,218 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
189 
340 
325 
365 
339 
376 
379 
399 
2007 
176 
255 
263 
287 
312 
322 
283 
263 
$1,000, 2012 
2,977 
6,275 
7,463 
5,917 
6,781 
11,007 
8,044 
7,275 
2007 
2,234 
4,367 
5,047 
4,967 
5,814 
3,895 
5,941 
4,600 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
158 
271 
313 
255 
261 
306 
316 
289 
2007 
148 
273 
320 
217 
285 
338 
314 
255 
$1,000, 2012 
1,605 
3,227 
3,178 
2,442 
4,430 
5,108 
3,994 
3,444 
2007 
1,582 
3,723 
4,026 
2,489 
4,477 
3,703 
4,284 
2,618 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
482 
721 
672 
793 
702 
775 
744 
760 
2007 
442 
726 
658 
920 
772 
795 
786 
712 
$1,000, 2012 
3,018 
4,456 
4,713 
3,668 
4,893 
4,396 
4,592 
5,048 
2007 
2,110 
3,493 
3,461 
3,768 
3,859 
3,198 
3,843 
3,651 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
351 
544 
531 
537 
565 
638 
535 
551 
2007 
305 
537 
582 
505 
578 
643 
643 
521 
$1,000, 2012 
7,136 
10,401 
11,937 
10,398 
19,414 
17,382 
15,375 
8,870 
2007 
4,752 
7,282 
9,975 
6,753 
1 1 ,944 
16,968 
13,915 
5,574 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
345 
529 
539 
510 
488 
602 
526 
501 
2007 
258 
488 
473 
492 
514 
547 
557 
414 
$1,000, 2012 
14,873 
23,756 
27,458 
16,247 
35,503 
30,965 
34,341 
23,747 
2007 
6,536 
13,271 
17,724 
12,726 
23,285 
17,063 
24,812 
10,570 
-continued 
284 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
