Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Eddy 
Emmons 
Foster 
Golden Valley 
Grand Forks 
Grant 
Griggs 
Flettinger 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
331 
609 
310 
251 
970 
508 
456 
494 
2007 
366 
694 
310 
243 
973 
528 
479 
546 
$1,000, 2012 
67,961 
119,616 
108,537 
47,873 
289,561 
101,470 
79,507 
109,704 
2007 
32,534 
74,058 
65,803 
33,032 
181,638 
55,560 
43,817 
58,256 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
205,320 
196,414 
350,119 
190,730 
298,517 
199,745 
174,358 
222,072 
2007 
88,891 
106,711 
212,268 
135,933 
186,679 
105,227 
91,475 
106,697 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
137 
311 
177 
111 
445 
275 
203 
216 
2007 
148 
381 
179 
111 
460 
258 
194 
222 
$1,000, 2012 
10,792 
18,826 
13,990 
7,870 
52,024 
16,492 
13,327 
26,996 
2007 
4,467 
10,850 
8,659 
4,497 
26,048 
6,938 
6,451 
13,218 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
177 
349 
196 
132 
509 
308 
220 
255 
2007 
193 
357 
182 
103 
481 
243 
215 
228 
$1,000, 2012 
8,944 
10,863 
8,231 
7,010 
31,235 
7,917 
8,743 
14,954 
2007 
3,028 
6,997 
4,787 
2,518 
19,474 
4,022 
4,828 
7,301 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
149 
336 
178 
109 
466 
301 
215 
238 
2007 
142 
355 
176 
92 
442 
274 
189 
212 
$1,000, 2012 
10,025 
13,883 
15,646 
2,308 
39,231 
6,683 
12,704 
8,706 
2007 
3,208 
5,521 
6,767 
1,047 
18,214 
2,554 
5,658 
2,667 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
70 
197 
74 
98 
90 
222 
75 
112 
2007 
73 
188 
72 
76 
66 
202 
76 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
1,463 
8,751 
6,554 
3,174 
6,181 
10,188 
997 
1,809 
2007 
1,668 
6,642 
8,786 
5,215 
9,134 
4,019 
929 
1,458 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
61 
175 
64 
66 
66 
192 
63 
105 
2007 
63 
155 
51 
66 
54 
181 
67 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
1,250 
3,124 
(D) 
1,291 
1,348 
5,038 
860 
1,744 
2007 
695 
2,290 
(D) 
1,004 
877 
2,579 
640 
1,007 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
20 
56 
20 
55 
35 
67 
18 
16 
2007 
16 
66 
31 
32 
24 
56 
16 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
213 
5,626 
(D) 
1,884 
4,833 
5,151 
137 
65 
2007 
973 
4,352 
(D) 
4,211 
8,257 
1,440 
289 
451 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
127 
294 
113 
137 
158 
319 
134 
158 
2007 
113 
259 
104 
104 
107 
267 
124 
120 
$1,000, 2012 
2,607 
8,164 
12,196 
3,308 
7,175 
8,944 
2,679 
2,945 
2007 
1,154 
3,769 
5,098 
2,877 
4,424 
3,746 
958 
1,334 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
293 
557 
294 
236 
831 
469 
387 
414 
2007 
337 
665 
299 
229 
904 
512 
449 
503 
$1,000, 2012 
4,452 
8,754 
7,208 
3,328 
21,401 
7,382 
5,966 
8,358 
2007 
3,211 
5,903 
5,415 
2,865 
16,500 
5,687 
4,636 
4,831 
Utilities farms, 2012 
229 
462 
222 
202 
584 
370 
314 
324 
2007 
177 
415 
183 
146 
423 
318 
243 
229 
$1,000, 2012 
1,114 
2,441 
1,835 
891 
4,636 
1,747 
1,410 
1,322 
2007 
580 
1,649 
905 
446 
2,568 
1,040 
740 
691 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
246 
520 
231 
215 
728 
431 
351 
357 
2007 
297 
618 
272 
211 
812 
465 
392 
442 
$1,000, 2012 
5,156 
8,667 
7,720 
3,101 
21,319 
7,775 
5,976 
7,084 
2007 
3,396 
6,865 
4,523 
2,527 
13,739 
5,210 
3,714 
4,278 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
89 
170 
98 
74 
294 
129 
119 
139 
2007 
73 
164 
85 
63 
248 
142 
102 
120 
$1,000, 2012 
2,450 
3,023 
4,610 
1,942 
17,551 
2,714 
3,401 
3,194 
2007 
1,229 
1,597 
2,301 
1,108 
1 1 ,923 
1,612 
1,364 
1,384 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
27 
47 
16 
42 
63 
59 
27 
62 
2007 
13 
37 
28 
21 
43 
24 
24 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
161 
453 
387 
307 
561 
581 
402 
1,168 
2007 
70 
287 
237 
256 
269 
139 
121 
763 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
104 
251 
130 
75 
270 
160 
125 
163 
2007 
103 
224 
104 
55 
231 
152 
115 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
1,532 
4,861 
3,067 
1,098 
5,790 
2,658 
1,427 
5,456 
2007 
720 
2,049 
2,012 
689 
2,591 
1,306 
1,059 
2,721 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
127 
338 
183 
124 
412 
280 
183 
219 
2007 
137 
354 
167 
109 
383 
285 
160 
193 
$1,000, 2012 
9,870 
13,293 
12,199 
6,391 
41,107 
12,126 
10,258 
12,160 
2007 
3,859 
9,003 
7,142 
3,631 
28,045 
8,179 
5,431 
6,730 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
40 
83 
36 
23 
121 
52 
44 
39 
2007 
21 
58 
38 
20 
124 
41 
39 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
272 
1,672 
812 
184 
4,772 
570 
750 
701 
2007 
65 
358 
421 
125 
2,552 
132 
456 
459 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
187 
354 
183 
144 
489 
325 
237 
289 
2007 
152 
329 
155 
113 
388 
254 
210 
220 
$1,000, 2012 
3,324 
5,407 
3,626 
3,552 
10,760 
8,059 
3,140 
5,425 
2007 
2,156 
4,892 
2,739 
2,430 
8,988 
4,430 
2,362 
3,981 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
147 
265 
126 
97 
338 
265 
178 
222 
2007 
101 
251 
110 
84 
278 
206 
141 
170 
$1,000, 2012 
2,130 
3,483 
2,287 
2,137 
5,857 
5,155 
1,882 
3,245 
2007 
1,013 
2,753 
1,295 
1,309 
3,544 
2,404 
1,023 
2,407 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
125 
215 
113 
105 
363 
186 
163 
184 
2007 
110 
208 
115 
89 
287 
160 
156 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
1,194 
1,924 
1,339 
1,415 
4,903 
2,904 
1,258 
2,180 
2007 
1,143 
2,139 
1,445 
1,120 
5,444 
2,026 
1,339 
1,575 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
319 
562 
282 
229 
900 
454 
426 
472 
2007 
342 
626 
272 
222 
867 
477 
437 
504 
$1,000, 2012 
1,237 
2,407 
1,563 
777 
4,434 
1,947 
1,950 
1,782 
2007 
1,308 
2,164 
1,262 
912 
3,401 
1,875 
1,707 
1,885 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
191 
420 
211 
179 
543 
362 
289 
285 
2007 
208 
448 
224 
153 
467 
368 
250 
253 
$1,000, 2012 
4,559 
8,152 
8,894 
2,632 
21,383 
5,687 
6,377 
7,643 
2007 
2,415 
5,512 
4,750 
1,889 
13,770 
4,671 
3,404 
4,553 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
214 
393 
192 
174 
558 
328 
294 
283 
2007 
185 
446 
204 
149 
488 
337 
282 
251 
$1,000, 2012 
9,085 
16,340 
13,324 
7,339 
34,845 
14,430 
14,487 
14,055 
2007 
4,569 
1 1 ,358 
7,297 
4,516 
17,023 
6,706 
5,683 
6,921 
--continued 
254 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
