Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Johnson 
Jones 
Keokuk 
Kossuth 
Lee 
Linn 
Louisa 
Lucas 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,342 
1,061 
982 
1,349 
917 
1,402 
612 
648 
2007 
1,293 
1,117 
1,163 
1,395 
883 
1,413 
701 
699 
$1,000, 2012 
205,942 
231,368 
182,121 
498,959 
103,030 
217,431 
129,053 
50,029 
2007 
140,068 
159,976 
114,860 
348,628 
65,799 
135,183 
80,205 
28,533 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
153,459 
218,066 
185,460 
369,873 
112,356 
155,086 
210,871 
77,206 
2007 
108,328 
143,219 
98,762 
249,913 
74,518 
95,671 
114,415 
40,820 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
806 
692 
527 
994 
537 
868 
337 
282 
2007 
797 
739 
614 
1,017 
550 
939 
419 
307 
$1,000, 2012 
23,625 
30,535 
21,277 
66,592 
16,020 
34,413 
14,745 
5,151 
2007 
13,918 
15,068 
11,843 
33,632 
10,551 
17,962 
7,276 
2,546 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
782 
730 
549 
1,016 
519 
909 
373 
280 
2007 
673 
712 
538 
980 
422 
817 
411 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
11,846 
13,176 
10,613 
24,600 
6,700 
13,228 
7,054 
2,267 
2007 
7,717 
7,545 
5,549 
12,249 
4,184 
8,046 
4,532 
827 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
815 
681 
534 
1,011 
503 
862 
345 
267 
2007 
739 
660 
572 
961 
460 
829 
391 
219 
$1,000, 2012 
19,748 
20,315 
13,987 
47,450 
11,546 
22,072 
11,681 
3,407 
2007 
9,805 
10,316 
7,764 
24,149 
6,839 
1 1 ,785 
5,559 
1,469 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
411 
359 
256 
298 
213 
322 
135 
161 
2007 
340 
315 
245 
325 
162 
312 
141 
119 
$1,000, 2012 
17,531 
44,154 
25,355 
60,443 
8,797 
18,002 
16,261 
7,018 
2007 
19,077 
38,961 
18,028 
80,110 
5,154 
15,191 
12,920 
4,741 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
232 
216 
164 
122 
130 
211 
73 
133 
2007 
180 
141 
146 
112 
95 
179 
62 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
2,511 
3,863 
2,129 
1,348 
1,099 
2,837 
3,330 
1,480 
2007 
825 
2,047 
1,057 
2,557 
490 
1,901 
981 
687 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
260 
222 
148 
223 
96 
171 
90 
68 
2007 
219 
231 
137 
255 
87 
202 
98 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
15,019 
40,290 
23,226 
59,096 
7,698 
15,165 
12,931 
5,538 
2007 
18,252 
36,914 
16,971 
77,552 
4,664 
13,290 
11,940 
4,054 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
651 
538 
384 
402 
364 
563 
224 
299 
2007 
536 
490 
390 
472 
290 
504 
222 
297 
$1,000, 2012 
35,014 
32,100 
38,074 
116,309 
13,864 
22,317 
31,072 
12,612 
2007 
23,848 
19,539 
22,187 
69,178 
5,479 
15,209 
15,913 
5,873 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,222 
995 
879 
1,278 
840 
1,335 
551 
597 
2007 
1,268 
1,072 
1,100 
1,344 
863 
1,360 
656 
680 
$1,000, 2012 
10,052 
9,515 
8,162 
18,021 
6,079 
10,236 
4,495 
2,284 
2007 
8,612 
8,223 
6,154 
14,829 
5,025 
8,197 
3,399 
1,835 
Utilities farms, 2012 
891 
797 
698 
1,121 
579 
956 
414 
371 
2007 
703 
659 
541 
912 
455 
740 
357 
267 
$1,000, 2012 
4,864 
3,200 
2,744 
6,054 
2,083 
3,087 
2,129 
857 
2007 
2,212 
2,414 
2,069 
4,509 
1,498 
2,035 
1,495 
705 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,096 
907 
807 
1,184 
698 
1,169 
499 
474 
2007 
1,177 
975 
1,016 
1,271 
804 
1,261 
621 
619 
$1,000, 2012 
12,849 
12,669 
8,848 
22,348 
6,592 
11,468 
5,972 
3,205 
2007 
8,788 
8,998 
6,817 
16,020 
5,881 
8,072 
4,326 
2,474 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
385 
333 
260 
583 
273 
371 
178 
126 
2007 
319 
281 
206 
493 
191 
254 
148 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
7,379 
6,615 
4,863 
10,208 
3,651 
10,800 
4,854 
1,103 
2007 
5,714 
4,458 
2,521 
10,164 
2,452 
5,912 
3,524 
813 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
100 
81 
75 
79 
82 
84 
31 
38 
2007 
51 
68 
50 
87 
26 
60 
39 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
755 
398 
626 
1,248 
504 
506 
383 
194 
2007 
203 
775 
438 
747 
149 
307 
350 
143 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
539 
400 
309 
524 
237 
492 
227 
187 
2007 
423 
344 
274 
407 
182 
432 
176 
141 
$1,000, 2012 
3,669 
4,350 
2,523 
7,329 
1,458 
3,926 
2,021 
722 
2007 
4,581 
2,154 
1,316 
3,932 
897 
2,673 
963 
438 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
446 
451 
344 
713 
265 
502 
220 
148 
2007 
418 
440 
306 
677 
257 
512 
222 
120 
$1,000, 2012 
31,066 
29,349 
20,837 
72,552 
12,618 
35,932 
14,619 
3,683 
2007 
16,350 
19,257 
12,163 
39,286 
6,085 
18,860 
8,582 
1,538 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
93 
69 
75 
136 
62 
123 
60 
31 
2007 
78 
60 
53 
108 
30 
119 
47 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
461 
569 
1,230 
2,825 
189 
1,970 
690 
200 
2007 
455 
675 
744 
1,333 
161 
969 
849 
100 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
716 
572 
535 
851 
448 
676 
338 
331 
2007 
550 
529 
421 
758 
304 
563 
283 
218 
$1,000, 2012 
10,135 
10,511 
10,070 
17,524 
5,150 
10,481 
5,587 
3,023 
2007 
6,586 
10,325 
6,566 
16,098 
3,653 
7,482 
4,659 
1,810 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
574 
464 
407 
634 
385 
538 
251 
274 
2007 
411 
378 
331 
569 
248 
424 
212 
187 
$1,000, 2012 
6,992 
7,444 
7,865 
12,123 
3,616 
7,512 
3,955 
2,278 
2007 
4,540 
6,192 
4,516 
9,976 
2,688 
4,709 
2,970 
1,323 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
410 
326 
303 
542 
181 
393 
232 
160 
2007 
362 
359 
265 
521 
164 
364 
191 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
3,143 
3,067 
2,206 
5,400 
1,534 
2,969 
1,631 
745 
2007 
2,047 
4,132 
2,050 
6,122 
965 
2,773 
1,690 
487 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,248 
980 
899 
1,201 
862 
1,284 
562 
628 
2007 
1,169 
991 
1,041 
1,242 
784 
1,247 
620 
641 
$1,000, 2012 
6,048 
5,311 
4,872 
7,499 
3,539 
6,435 
2,807 
2,189 
2007 
5,361 
4,484 
4,455 
6,230 
3,000 
5,028 
2,534 
1,796 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
854 
725 
586 
1,037 
486 
853 
395 
344 
2007 
791 
711 
600 
1,013 
451 
855 
381 
331 
$1,000, 2012 
10,899 
8,602 
8,038 
17,957 
4,241 
12,557 
4,682 
2,113 
2007 
6,839 
6,785 
6,247 
16,162 
4,791 
7,457 
3,322 
1,427 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
789 
662 
576 
1,014 
486 
816 
351 
274 
2007 
661 
655 
622 
904 
442 
780 
367 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
21,099 
24,115 
14,654 
46,041 
10,375 
26,187 
10,211 
4,162 
2007 
15,930 
14,140 
10,675 
34,187 
7,273 
13,019 
8,044 
3,677 
-continued 
286 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
