Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morton 
Mountrail 
Nelson 
Oliver 
Pembina 
Pierce 
Ramsey 
Ransom 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
887 
670 
603 
290 
584 
521 
573 
548 
2007 
836 
659 
651 
273 
521 
530 
629 
560 
$1,000, 2012 
142,749 
104,906 
94,874 
65,162 
300,118 
96,636 
148,477 
124,539 
2007 
79,848 
74,041 
57,770 
37,473 
164,748 
51 ,656 
88,658 
68,262 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
160,935 
156,576 
157,337 
224,698 
513,901 
185,483 
259,122 
227,261 
2007 
95,511 
112,354 
88,740 
137,263 
316,215 
97,465 
140,951 
121,897 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
434 
276 
198 
140 
311 
261 
272 
225 
2007 
403 
352 
227 
131 
316 
259 
303 
252 
$1,000, 2012 
21,410 
21,796 
14,598 
8,144 
48,787 
18,648 
28,082 
18,187 
2007 
7,938 
16,500 
9,488 
3,498 
23,718 
9,213 
17,390 
9,249 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
492 
315 
233 
176 
347 
300 
298 
269 
2007 
373 
307 
220 
129 
309 
290 
316 
272 
$1,000, 2012 
15,670 
13,653 
9,470 
3,563 
38,537 
1 1 ,896 
18,766 
1 1 ,299 
2007 
4,832 
9,064 
5,607 
1,840 
23,350 
5,897 
12,565 
4,557 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
451 
315 
214 
146 
326 
263 
271 
221 
2007 
398 
283 
213 
131 
306 
260 
284 
237 
$1,000, 2012 
11,020 
7,668 
13,531 
4,031 
35,379 
12,592 
22,637 
17,559 
2007 
3,189 
4,261 
6,516 
1,195 
17,402 
4,244 
10,172 
7,643 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
369 
152 
45 
122 
74 
99 
46 
135 
2007 
285 
128 
42 
107 
41 
103 
39 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
10,085 
3,481 
1,063 
11,757 
1,301 
2,348 
1,270 
5,285 
2007 
7,034 
2,192 
1,036 
9,327 
2,951 
2,408 
556 
2,842 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
272 
128 
40 
104 
57 
77 
30 
104 
2007 
237 
109 
34 
94 
27 
91 
26 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
3,836 
1,619 
975 
1,972 
334 
1,156 
1,131 
2,241 
2007 
3,666 
1,733 
938 
1,137 
202 
622 
136 
1,315 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
146 
49 
9 
45 
39 
36 
17 
50 
2007 
98 
36 
8 
27 
21 
25 
15 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
6,249 
1,863 
87 
9,784 
968 
1,192 
140 
3,044 
2007 
3,368 
459 
98 
8,191 
2,749 
1,786 
420 
1,527 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
605 
265 
94 
192 
118 
176 
101 
202 
2007 
421 
192 
95 
143 
88 
162 
74 
188 
$1,000, 2012 
13,618 
4,432 
3,529 
9,968 
2,185 
4,541 
4,040 
9,679 
2007 
9,354 
1,416 
1,710 
4,667 
646 
1,749 
559 
3,935 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
873 
608 
479 
282 
523 
453 
494 
487 
2007 
812 
635 
588 
265 
497 
505 
583 
533 
$1,000, 2012 
10,440 
8,624 
1 1 ,008 
4,045 
22,214 
7,947 
12,899 
8,366 
2007 
7,277 
6,216 
6,115 
2,435 
13,592 
4,956 
8,731 
6,494 
Utilities farms, 2012 
704 
495 
368 
237 
421 
363 
372 
344 
2007 
526 
339 
241 
181 
305 
283 
321 
269 
$1,000, 2012 
3,359 
1,824 
1,579 
1,029 
4,543 
1,663 
2,344 
2,036 
2007 
2,176 
995 
822 
546 
1,824 
966 
1,472 
1,389 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
793 
553 
395 
256 
468 
411 
436 
423 
2007 
754 
568 
502 
252 
473 
451 
512 
480 
$1,000, 2012 
11,449 
7,605 
7,319 
4,869 
18,688 
8,253 
10,698 
9,291 
2007 
8,220 
6,075 
5,040 
3,375 
1 1 ,526 
5,173 
7,456 
5,641 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
226 
159 
144 
76 
251 
154 
169 
138 
2007 
178 
145 
105 
70 
206 
113 
148 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
5,460 
2,990 
3,628 
1,741 
18,166 
2,555 
5,228 
5,941 
2007 
3,003 
1,934 
2,460 
1,281 
13,475 
1,016 
2,644 
3,386 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
56 
34 
36 
23 
71 
41 
33 
17 
2007 
52 
38 
24 
10 
40 
38 
32 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
806 
570 
466 
356 
1,748 
254 
659 
108 
2007 
294 
242 
123 
114 
639 
134 
144 
77 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
278 
180 
153 
103 
171 
162 
144 
146 
2007 
218 
175 
101 
82 
138 
135 
121 
141 
$1,000, 2012 
2,765 
2,810 
1,398 
1,553 
7,301 
1,886 
4,330 
2,868 
2007 
2,331 
1,874 
857 
774 
2,834 
943 
1,708 
825 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
447 
331 
183 
171 
300 
248 
240 
210 
2007 
392 
339 
178 
146 
279 
221 
251 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
14,234 
15,607 
10,507 
5,997 
44,075 
9,464 
14,840 
14,551 
2007 
9,374 
10,016 
7,008 
2,989 
24,330 
5,363 
10,806 
9,939 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
77 
79 
84 
27 
106 
101 
74 
65 
2007 
60 
62 
37 
11 
88 
63 
71 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
1,289 
995 
1,536 
533 
12,718 
2,566 
1,743 
2,620 
2007 
261 
460 
434 
66 
3,681 
785 
954 
1,285 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
506 
320 
298 
168 
328 
305 
271 
309 
2007 
384 
291 
208 
139 
261 
230 
256 
251 
$1,000, 2012 
8,841 
4,114 
3,878 
2,450 
16,946 
3,631 
6,530 
6,137 
2007 
5,235 
4,941 
2,862 
2,559 
9,687 
3,407 
5,170 
4,267 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
374 
196 
212 
122 
228 
216 
189 
236 
2007 
304 
230 
150 
102 
173 
181 
199 
163 
$1,000, 2012 
5,425 
2,186 
1,965 
1,440 
9,900 
2,034 
3,662 
4,366 
2007 
3,005 
3,040 
1,386 
1,288 
4,168 
2,161 
2,893 
2,151 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
348 
234 
183 
118 
235 
209 
217 
202 
2007 
252 
208 
149 
107 
200 
157 
185 
180 
$1,000, 2012 
3,416 
1,928 
1,913 
1,010 
7,046 
1,598 
2,868 
1,771 
2007 
2,230 
1,901 
1,476 
1,271 
5,519 
1,246 
2,278 
2,116 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
814 
609 
578 
280 
523 
501 
532 
514 
2007 
765 
593 
585 
254 
464 
475 
569 
499 
$1,000, 2012 
3,245 
2,093 
2,348 
992 
4,951 
2,151 
2,641 
2,345 
2007 
2,606 
2,048 
2,134 
720 
2,966 
1,885 
2,448 
1,943 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
656 
456 
291 
212 
421 
322 
326 
333 
2007 
566 
402 
255 
182 
331 
316 
330 
316 
$1,000, 2012 
9,060 
6,642 
9,019 
4,136 
22,578 
6,240 
1 1 ,769 
8,267 
2007 
6,723 
5,806 
5,557 
2,086 
12,128 
3,518 
5,881 
4,793 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
585 
414 
291 
162 
399 
325 
366 
334 
2007 
529 
391 
303 
170 
338 
315 
335 
267 
$1,000, 2012 
19,330 
17,310 
13,440 
6,464 
32,662 
14,313 
22,362 
12,157 
2007 
10,838 
12,288 
7,272 
4,307 
17,248 
8,703 
10,619 
8,081 
--continued 
256 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
