Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms 
171 
118 
102 
92 
83 
60 
$1,000 
458 
252 
66 
75 
57 
32 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
69 
66 
80 
61 
54 
47 
$1,000 to $4,999 
71 
41 
22 
29 
29 
13 
$5,000 to $24,999 
31 
10 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Interest expense 
farms 
1,047 
1,322 
1,056 
927 
883 
895 
$1,000 
6,234 
7,020 
4,380 
3,195 
3,066 
4,171 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
606 
840 
764 
703 
644 
603 
$5,000 to $24,999 
409 
451 
288 
214 
236 
286 
$25,000 to $99,999 
32 
30 
2 
10 
3 
5 
$100,000 or more 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
737 
1,033 
764 
720 
667 
669 
$1,000 
4,492 
5,781 
3,619 
2,665 
2,299 
3,330 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
106 
176 
170 
244 
180 
180 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
331 
463 
349 
290 
318 
254 
$5,000 to $24,999 
278 
369 
241 
181 
166 
229 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
21 
1 
5 
3 
4 
$50,000 or more 
3 
4 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
700 
697 
622 
480 
501 
526 
$1,000 
1,742 
1,239 
761 
530 
767 
840 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
239 
339 
383 
298 
269 
202 
$1,000 to $4,999 
356 
315 
223 
173 
217 
317 
$5,000 to $24,999 
105 
43 
16 
9 
15 
7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
1,915 
3,097 
2,940 
2,722 
2,132 
2,276 
$1,000 
4,928 
7,664 
6,090 
4,992 
3,285 
3,844 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,680 
2,750 
2,730 
2,556 
2,034 
2,145 
$5,000 to $9,999 
192 
261 
175 
130 
90 
114 
$10,000 to $24,999 
43 
83 
31 
34 
6 
17 
$25,000 or more 
- 
3 
4 
2 
2 
- 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,376 
1,528 
1,115 
967 
740 
1,122 
$1,000 
4,000 
4,520 
2,334 
1,805 
1,546 
2,242 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,185 
1,330 
1,004 
876 
658 
1,049 
$5,000 to $24,999 
176 
174 
108 
91 
82 
67 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
13 
3 
- 
- 
6 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords ^ 
farms 
19 
19 
7 
4 
2 
11 
$1,000 
81 
67 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
1,115 
1,371 
1,141 
964 
667 
931 
$1,000 
11,152 
9,192 
5,592 
4,030 
3,470 
5,256 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
farms 
2,148 
3,284 
3,065 
2,820 
2,224 
2,449 
$1,000 
31,340 
28,026 
19,723 
12,101 
5,612 
-13,986 
Average per farm 
dollars 
14,590 
8,534 
6,435 
4,291 
2,523 
-5,711 
Farms with net gains ^ 
number 
1,636 
2,387 
2,086 
1,693 
1,102 
566 
Average net gain 
dollars 
26,983 
18,709 
14,668 
12,486 
13,364 
14,420 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
25 
71 
122 
172 
173 
98 
$1,000 to $4,999 
111 
278 
619 
770 
355 
164 
$5,000 to $9,999 
168 
526 
600 
202 
175 
81 
$10,000 to $24,999 
684 
1,078 
414 
309 
232 
129 
$25,000 to $49,999 
526 
289 
223 
146 
102 
67 
$50,000 or more 
122 
145 
108 
94 
65 
27 
Farms with net losses 
number 
512 
897 
979 
1,127 
1,122 
1,883 
Average net loss 
dollars 
25,007 
18,542 
11,107 
8,020 
8,124 
1 1 ,762 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
25 
58 
121 
129 
156 
177 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
82 
189 
284 
373 
372 
507 
$5,000 to $9,999 
98 
203 
244 
326 
269 
387 
$10,000 to $24,999 
146 
283 
250 
236 
285 
658 
$25,000 to $49,999 
87 
105 
56 
57 
29 
121 
$50,000 or more 
74 
59 
24 
6 
11 
33 
Net cash farm income of operators 
farms 
2,148 
3,284 
3,065 
2,820 
2,224 
2,449 
$1,000 
31,141 
28,005 
19,688 
12,107 
5,617 
-13,969 
Average per farm 
dollars 
14,498 
8,528 
6,423 
4,293 
2,526 
-5,704 
Operators reporting net gains ^ 
farms 
1,631 
2,385 
2,084 
1,691 
1,102 
566 
Average net gain 
dollars 
27,004 
18,707 
14,669 
12,500 
13,364 
14,429 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Dakota 113 
