Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sweet Grass 
Teton 
Toole 
Treasure 
Valley 
Wheatland 
Wibaux 
Yellowstone 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
332 
742 
423 
109 
654 
154 
172 
1,330 
2007 
355 
770 
428 
101 
770 
137 
208 
1,407 
$1,000, 2012 
39,764 
122,032 
79,286 
31,345 
107,681 
35,463 
22,711 
185,949 
2007 
24,440 
85,949 
46,744 
21,360 
68,112 
22,133 
14,787 
146,764 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
119,770 
164,464 
187,437 
287,568 
164,651 
230,281 
132,041 
139,812 
2007 
68,846 
111,622 
109,215 
211,487 
88,458 
161,552 
71,090 
104,310 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
90 
376 
215 
59 
297 
44 
66 
436 
2007 
98 
390 
188 
45 
286 
53 
75 
482 
$1,000, 2012 
917 
20,065 
11,472 
3,380 
18,194 
2,016 
2,402 
11,779 
2007 
810 
11,111 
5,416 
1,806 
8,725 
1,744 
1,492 
7,321 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
148 
419 
244 
59 
325 
59 
87 
442 
2007 
127 
369 
206 
55 
272 
49 
90 
425 
$1,000, 2012 
288 
8,423 
9,223 
999 
10,890 
1,010 
1,540 
4,434 
2007 
355 
4,815 
5,447 
835 
5,013 
881 
959 
2,685 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
73 
334 
238 
57 
339 
40 
76 
315 
2007 
59 
280 
177 
40 
271 
44 
63 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
233 
4,234 
3,577 
1,197 
5,128 
761 
686 
5,089 
2007 
149 
2,115 
1,773 
783 
1,479 
339 
264 
2,748 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
155 
177 
80 
49 
176 
67 
76 
402 
2007 
114 
154 
64 
35 
139 
60 
68 
344 
$1,000, 2012 
9,029 
15,332 
1,862 
2,568 
7,645 
2,186 
2,099 
49,928 
2007 
2,010 
9,473 
986 
4,850 
3,774 
2,011 
918 
60,419 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
108 
137 
68 
35 
141 
59 
69 
236 
2007 
78 
114 
52 
27 
128 
53 
59 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,815 
1,460 
589 
2,428 
1,569 
1,839 
4,356 
2007 
1,150 
1,059 
644 
1,474 
1,628 
1,316 
698 
2,378 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
63 
60 
36 
23 
61 
22 
17 
211 
2007 
53 
77 
22 
14 
37 
21 
20 
176 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
13,517 
402 
1,979 
5,218 
617 
259 
45,572 
2007 
860 
8,413 
342 
3,376 
2,146 
695 
220 
58,041 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
253 
350 
136 
68 
270 
107 
114 
895 
2007 
196 
260 
104 
54 
230 
77 
86 
754 
$1,000, 2012 
7,951 
17,492 
7,501 
4,497 
5,400 
7,061 
1,962 
50,641 
2007 
2,276 
14,276 
3,740 
1,468 
4,724 
2,907 
1,100 
16,928 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
298 
685 
372 
102 
593 
143 
164 
1,225 
2007 
342 
742 
406 
99 
726 
127 
203 
1,360 
$1,000, 2012 
2,177 
8,787 
6,299 
1,630 
9,639 
2,878 
2,297 
8,890 
2007 
3,031 
6,680 
5,033 
1,788 
7,672 
1,942 
1,857 
9,398 
Utilities farms, 2012 
237 
560 
314 
86 
485 
125 
128 
898 
2007 
184 
428 
243 
68 
400 
86 
106 
768 
$1,000, 2012 
1,022 
3,620 
1,827 
1,250 
2,360 
1,406 
518 
4,317 
2007 
835 
2,440 
1,403 
503 
1,696 
838 
324 
2,963 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
252 
597 
342 
94 
533 
130 
151 
995 
2007 
319 
692 
361 
94 
650 
117 
183 
1,232 
$1,000, 2012 
2,716 
7,713 
7,557 
1,966 
9,412 
2,755 
2,335 
9,504 
2007 
2,724 
6,348 
4,572 
1,404 
7,029 
2,176 
1,424 
9,266 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
92 
208 
149 
39 
135 
50 
41 
222 
2007 
81 
175 
114 
34 
150 
33 
41 
219 
$1,000, 2012 
3,270 
5,358 
4,098 
2,385 
3,795 
3,988 
1,246 
9,265 
2007 
3,315 
3,652 
1,811 
1,352 
2,803 
2,069 
802 
7,390 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
41 
79 
47 
19 
42 
18 
27 
93 
2007 
33 
63 
40 
15 
45 
26 
18 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
327 
1,106 
574 
171 
725 
143 
727 
1,227 
2007 
136 
273 
401 
71 
395 
199 
104 
1,015 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
47 
198 
180 
40 
173 
47 
48 
200 
2007 
33 
138 
131 
27 
120 
23 
44 
181 
$1,000, 2012 
287 
1,981 
3,787 
566 
2,355 
859 
488 
2,421 
2007 
170 
1,358 
1,469 
474 
987 
395 
212 
1,710 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
134 
304 
170 
73 
333 
78 
96 
364 
2007 
108 
259 
143 
49 
317 
59 
86 
345 
$1,000, 2012 
4,548 
8,086 
5,976 
6,336 
11,179 
3,071 
2,353 
7,969 
2007 
2,337 
7,094 
3,977 
2,930 
9,395 
1,697 
1,474 
5,624 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
25 
69 
58 
21 
86 
11 
8 
93 
2007 
18 
54 
47 
12 
51 
11 
14 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
133 
914 
2,242 
851 
1,900 
139 
219 
1,170 
2007 
63 
562 
767 
356 
820 
86 
242 
258 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
117 
406 
194 
60 
349 
67 
79 
551 
2007 
107 
299 
180 
43 
292 
58 
89 
433 
$1,000, 2012 
2,356 
5,821 
4,186 
909 
6,515 
1,407 
1,513 
7,446 
2007 
2,722 
6,125 
3,352 
1,167 
4,640 
1,366 
1,467 
7,426 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
86 
312 
131 
32 
263 
47 
51 
413 
2007 
89 
228 
131 
27 
231 
42 
67 
344 
$1,000, 2012 
1,878 
4,104 
2,823 
526 
4,200 
993 
992 
4,747 
2007 
2,302 
3,452 
2,402 
834 
2,989 
1,017 
915 
5,095 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
71 
248 
138 
45 
247 
43 
61 
341 
2007 
67 
215 
121 
28 
200 
37 
60 
268 
$1,000, 2012 
478 
1,716 
1,363 
383 
2,315 
414 
521 
2,699 
2007 
420 
2,674 
950 
333 
1,651 
349 
552 
2,331 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
309 
698 
388 
96 
593 
141 
160 
1,265 
2007 
321 
707 
372 
90 
662 
128 
189 
1,271 
$1,000, 2012 
1,348 
4,644 
2,380 
1,246 
4,014 
1,151 
644 
4,398 
2007 
1,400 
3,567 
2,105 
499 
4,013 
900 
997 
4,103 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
218 
438 
292 
82 
418 
110 
128 
777 
2007 
186 
426 
244 
75 
420 
85 
117 
736 
$1,000, 2012 
3,161 
8,456 
6,725 
1,392 
8,530 
4,632 
1,683 
7,471 
2007 
2,107 
6,060 
4,491 
1,074 
4,947 
2,583 
1,149 
7,508 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
185 
387 
267 
69 
375 
87 
116 
565 
2007 
151 
395 
211 
58 
358 
72 
125 
562 
$1,000, 2012 
4,278 
10,584 
8,520 
3,349 
13,621 
4,597 
3,441 
13,363 
2007 
4,475 
9,757 
4,920 
2,539 
8,096 
2,626 
2,669 
1 1 ,346 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Montana 263 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
