Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor 
farms 
101 
874 
685 
- 
53 
388 
732 
72 
509 
$1,000 
2,376 
20,953 
2,908 
- 
1,157 
14,510 
14,212 
211 
3,247 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
3 
186 
301 
- 
10 
30 
52 
33 
123 
$1,000 to $4,999 
42 
350 
246 
- 
4 
111 
243 
31 
211 
$5,000 to $24,999 
42 
211 
114 
- 
23 
156 
314 
6 
151 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
30 
18 
- 
12 
47 
72 
2 
16 
$50,000 or more 
9 
97 
6 
- 
4 
44 
51 
- 
8 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
203 
976 
1,607 
- 
135 
856 
2,265 
60 
366 
$1,000 
4,855 
10,697 
2,662 
- 
5,013 
27,572 
42,008 
42 
3,848 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
7 
392 
1,065 
- 
3 
2 
33 
47 
162 
$1,000 to $4,999 
42 
352 
438 
- 
27 
81 
433 
13 
144 
$5,000 to $24,999 
103 
149 
98 
- 
54 
440 
1,417 
- 
34 
$25,000 to $49,999 
30 
33 
1 
- 
29 
181 
246 
- 
15 
$50,000 or more 
21 
50 
5 
- 
22 
152 
136 
- 
11 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms 
377 
1,724 
3,429 
5 
176 
316 
881 
125 
594 
$1,000 
22,657 
46,343 
7,740 
(D) 
3,277 
13,494 
22,267 
(D) 
4,787 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
42 
1,208 
3,131 
2 
48 
110 
362 
119 
493 
$5,000 to $9,999 
52 
79 
196 
1 
42 
33 
87 
6 
36 
$10,000 to $24,999 
94 
95 
75 
2 
47 
67 
188 
- 
36 
$25,000 or more 
189 
342 
27 
- 
39 
106 
244 
- 
29 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles ... 
farms 
48 
352 
417 
2 
29 
132 
228 
33 
155 
$1,000 
2,337 
5,682 
794 
(D) 
459 
3,026 
4,334 
(D) 
504 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
3 
162 
250 
- 
4 
20 
48 
20 
56 
$1,000 to $4,999 
10 
93 
102 
- 
7 
44 
76 
13 
74 
$5,000 to $24,999 
12 
50 
65 
2 
15 
47 
78 
- 
22 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9 
15 
- 
- 
1 
8 
13 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
14 
32 
- 
" 
2 
13 
13 
" 
- 
Interest expense 
farms 
314 
2,380 
2,781 
3 
163 
651 
1,882 
319 
1,481 
$1,000 
5,071 
28,958 
17,536 
12 
5,189 
20,329 
46,947 
1,935 
1 1 ,362 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
135 
1,307 
1,784 
3 
45 
209 
494 
167 
803 
$5,000 to $24,999 
127 
834 
888 
- 
69 
244 
745 
146 
607 
$25,000 to $99,999 
43 
206 
100 
- 
37 
148 
587 
6 
67 
$100,000 or more 
9 
33 
9 
- 
12 
50 
56 
- 
4 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
167 
1,726 
2,026 
3 
123 
583 
1,705 
238 
1,152 
$1,000 
2,509 
21,708 
12,617 
(D) 
3,966 
17,693 
40,421 
(D) 
9,447 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
13 
238 
374 
- 
2 
26 
78 
11 
163 
$1,000 to $4,999 
65 
563 
925 
3 
31 
160 
346 
88 
377 
$5,000 to $24,999 
61 
760 
647 
- 
51 
228 
716 
133 
556 
$25,000 to $49,999 
20 
108 
51 
- 
16 
79 
351 
- 
39 
$50,000 or more 
8 
57 
29 
- 
23 
90 
214 
6 
17 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
240 
1,243 
1,503 
1 
108 
304 
861 
159 
721 
$1,000 
2,563 
7,250 
4,919 
(D) 
1,223 
2,636 
6,526 
(D) 
1,915 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
38 
457 
612 
- 
8 
57 
188 
117 
184 
$1,000 to $4,999 
87 
572 
668 
1 
50 
150 
342 
29 
461 
$5,000 to $24,999 
91 
145 
193 
- 
39 
83 
267 
13 
71 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
47 
11 
- 
3 
9 
52 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
5 
22 
19 
- 
8 
5 
12 
- 
3 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
486 
10,133 
13,320 
10 
255 
1,160 
3,361 
1,856 
4,932 
$1,000 
3,535 
24,776 
21,303 
32 
1,484 
15,905 
17,769 
2,619 
10,734 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
319 
9,417 
12,784 
6 
156 
510 
2,282 
1,818 
4,616 
$5,000 to $9,999 
78 
455 
440 
4 
60 
297 
704 
36 
235 
$10,000 to $24,999 
68 
179 
88 
- 
32 
250 
300 
2 
63 
$25,000 or more 
21 
82 
8 
- 
7 
103 
75 
" 
18 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
377 
3,038 
6,143 
8 
217 
1,045 
2,926 
981 
3,207 
$1,000 
10,625 
33,672 
13,737 
26 
10,608 
107,481 
108,415 
1,026 
18,515 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
117 
2,444 
5,667 
5 
62 
177 
1,290 
956 
2,551 
$5,000 to $24,999 
146 
290 
386 
3 
78 
400 
1,086 
23 
561 
$25,000 to $49,999 
50 
104 
57 
- 
28 
206 
225 
2 
46 
$50,000 to $99,999 
40 
123 
23 
- 
28 
102 
133 
- 
30 
$100,000 or more 
24 
77 
10 
" 
21 
160 
192 
- 
19 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
farms 
57 
166 
216 
- 
17 
37 
171 
11 
51 
$1,000 
1,657 
3,384 
441 
- 
192 
516 
2,233 
3 
168 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
378 
3,505 
4,796 
3 
195 
1,009 
2,693 
453 
1,740 
$1,000 
16,391 
62,641 
32,383 
85 
9,298 
91,713 
146,426 
2,022 
21,281 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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