Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Muscatine 
O'Brien 
Osceola 
Page 
Palo Alto 
Plymouth 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
592 
499 
786 
884 
555 
739 
874 
1,331 
2007 
660 
558 
838 
987 
663 
788 
849 
1,442 
$1,000, 2012 
57,140 
146,661 
138,129 
362,695 
299,830 
142,367 
361,610 
526,492 
2007 
36,351 
75,034 
91,824 
286,485 
208,292 
62,133 
261,195 
379,268 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
96,520 
293,911 
175,737 
410,288 
540,234 
192,648 
413,742 
395,561 
2007 
55,077 
134,470 
109,575 
290,258 
314,165 
78,849 
307,650 
263,015 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
312 
356 
467 
679 
414 
538 
552 
1,018 
2007 
337 
385 
523 
740 
490 
510 
564 
1,034 
$1,000, 2012 
6,592 
16,279 
18,346 
28,993 
21,864 
22,786 
35,317 
42,017 
2007 
4,909 
7,015 
11,069 
17,653 
12,640 
8,402 
21,004 
21,008 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
309 
380 
478 
714 
437 
562 
584 
1,052 
2007 
258 
375 
513 
729 
474 
453 
543 
929 
$1,000, 2012 
2,677 
9,071 
9,966 
12,379 
8,328 
1 1 ,447 
16,628 
20,075 
2007 
1,767 
4,517 
6,077 
7,552 
5,191 
4,764 
7,757 
9,115 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
280 
361 
449 
679 
409 
542 
556 
981 
2007 
265 
344 
472 
670 
466 
438 
537 
932 
$1,000, 2012 
4,809 
15,295 
12,708 
24,262 
19,441 
17,832 
26,824 
33,814 
2007 
2,522 
6,527 
7,750 
13,281 
9,903 
6,562 
14,949 
16,720 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
154 
136 
170 
317 
197 
201 
189 
483 
2007 
135 
116 
148 
365 
209 
168 
184 
484 
$1,000, 2012 
6,175 
13,933 
14,261 
75,839 
49,477 
14,455 
49,715 
110,914 
2007 
4,512 
6,683 
8,773 
96,607 
52,074 
6,400 
64,245 
126,896 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
108 
92 
98 
123 
69 
134 
64 
217 
2007 
103 
78 
90 
89 
46 
115 
64 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
1,719 
1,121 
1,430 
6,325 
4,206 
2,166 
1,008 
3,793 
2007 
1,037 
800 
523 
2,387 
2,022 
1,036 
760 
2,407 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
62 
59 
103 
229 
148 
87 
147 
333 
2007 
56 
64 
87 
311 
179 
73 
135 
392 
$1,000, 2012 
4,456 
12,812 
12,830 
69,513 
45,271 
12,289 
48,707 
107,122 
2007 
3,475 
5,883 
8,249 
94,220 
50,052 
5,363 
63,485 
124,489 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
298 
207 
317 
409 
230 
324 
274 
711 
2007 
267 
186 
296 
462 
283 
294 
244 
651 
$1,000, 2012 
9,786 
23,983 
21,674 
109,789 
98,102 
9,604 
110,406 
142,748 
2007 
3,741 
1 1 ,385 
1 1 ,445 
74,993 
61,092 
4,510 
70,695 
95,244 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
547 
455 
739 
828 
514 
670 
774 
1,271 
2007 
638 
540 
823 
954 
647 
764 
817 
1,417 
$1,000, 2012 
3,197 
5,843 
6,546 
10,513 
8,319 
6,539 
10,739 
15,295 
2007 
2,703 
4,115 
4,858 
7,818 
7,016 
3,761 
8,750 
10,570 
Utilities farms, 2012 
411 
354 
553 
734 
452 
550 
605 
1,085 
2007 
307 
279 
495 
751 
467 
414 
467 
879 
$1,000, 2012 
1,190 
1,677 
2,000 
5,192 
4,591 
2,027 
3,972 
6,270 
2007 
738 
1,245 
1,552 
3,237 
2,925 
1,204 
3,231 
4,185 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
472 
419 
641 
801 
485 
612 
703 
1,179 
2007 
573 
484 
750 
917 
591 
696 
756 
1,309 
$1,000, 2012 
2,900 
10,616 
7,479 
13,258 
10,130 
9,941 
13,233 
22,157 
2007 
2,987 
7,482 
5,886 
9,236 
8,165 
5,053 
9,363 
14,392 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
103 
155 
205 
367 
247 
257 
349 
472 
2007 
95 
118 
185 
349 
193 
189 
275 
370 
$1,000, 2012 
1,547 
8,128 
4,230 
8,060 
9,830 
4,751 
7,784 
11,691 
2007 
1,032 
6,047 
2,970 
4,641 
8,630 
2,307 
6,520 
7,144 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
25 
35 
44 
76 
61 
56 
67 
119 
2007 
37 
28 
33 
60 
49 
36 
54 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
193 
274 
250 
492 
1,296 
265 
1,116 
2,731 
2007 
178 
283 
191 
607 
1,782 
153 
1,729 
1,656 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
190 
176 
271 
430 
228 
327 
331 
643 
2007 
148 
151 
234 
348 
180 
236 
247 
455 
$1,000, 2012 
1,844 
2,806 
1,941 
5,782 
3,527 
3,331 
4,506 
8,741 
2007 
525 
1,035 
1,446 
3,023 
2,060 
1,686 
2,263 
3,271 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
137 
205 
288 
485 
300 
299 
390 
742 
2007 
130 
206 
305 
527 
352 
238 
350 
746 
$1,000, 2012 
7,048 
23,619 
20,426 
36,886 
38,150 
20,829 
44,011 
60,645 
2007 
3,506 
9,411 
13,968 
21,387 
16,141 
6,305 
25,196 
29,970 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
16 
44 
36 
73 
44 
69 
92 
116 
2007 
13 
40 
41 
68 
55 
42 
75 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
244 
820 
585 
1,000 
837 
672 
2,969 
2,136 
2007 
100 
181 
449 
630 
708 
182 
3,073 
950 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
309 
286 
408 
556 
334 
413 
524 
801 
2007 
223 
246 
339 
566 
337 
341 
396 
729 
$1,000, 2012 
4,242 
5,847 
6,916 
12,865 
8,944 
6,391 
10,919 
18,041 
2007 
2,939 
3,367 
6,974 
10,912 
7,454 
4,577 
9,845 
16,226 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
259 
214 
313 
415 
252 
314 
399 
598 
2007 
183 
171 
259 
421 
229 
259 
270 
523 
$1,000, 2012 
3,077 
4,060 
4,781 
8,038 
5,316 
4,165 
6,307 
13,004 
2007 
1,854 
1,809 
4,297 
6,694 
4,033 
2,832 
3,726 
9,723 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
188 
175 
256 
372 
215 
268 
289 
522 
2007 
143 
165 
232 
383 
239 
235 
282 
499 
$1,000, 2012 
1,165 
1,787 
2,135 
4,827 
3,628 
2,226 
4,612 
5,038 
2007 
1,085 
1,558 
2,676 
4,218 
3,421 
1,746 
6,119 
6,503 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
573 
445 
715 
801 
512 
677 
796 
1,194 
2007 
623 
486 
729 
893 
579 
714 
721 
1,277 
$1,000, 2012 
1,939 
3,217 
3,799 
4,581 
2,861 
3,993 
4,289 
7,815 
2007 
2,238 
2,203 
3,138 
4,058 
2,083 
2,513 
3,080 
5,278 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
355 
350 
481 
694 
422 
514 
566 
977 
2007 
348 
346 
486 
783 
499 
453 
546 
993 
$1,000, 2012 
2,758 
5,255 
7,004 
12,804 
14,134 
7,505 
19,181 
21,401 
2007 
1,953 
3,539 
5,278 
10,849 
10,427 
3,755 
9,496 
16,645 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
311 
315 
467 
663 
431 
463 
535 
919 
2007 
356 
329 
472 
634 
464 
439 
503 
841 
$1,000, 2012 
5,079 
13,637 
12,487 
29,512 
22,426 
15,304 
27,714 
37,857 
2007 
4,981 
7,620 
10,225 
17,042 
15,169 
7,577 
17,500 
23,840 
-continued 
288 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
