Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Steele 
Stutsman 
Towner 
Traill 
Walsh 
Ward 
Wells 
Williams 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
355 
1,028 
529 
468 
962 
961 
543 
758 
2007 
342 
1,043 
496 
460 
968 
946 
618 
857 
$1,000, 2012 
129,204 
294,628 
143,205 
201,286 
306,394 
164,673 
155,059 
110,701 
2007 
72,758 
138,023 
76,209 
132,420 
174,595 
109,901 
88,910 
72,099 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
363,955 
286,604 
270,709 
430,098 
318,497 
171,356 
285,560 
146,044 
2007 
212,744 
132,332 
153,646 
287,870 
180,366 
116,174 
143,867 
84,130 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
221 
482 
295 
288 
453 
497 
272 
315 
2007 
219 
412 
313 
336 
441 
547 
328 
427 
$1,000, 2012 
25,215 
44,012 
28,408 
34,957 
48,153 
35,866 
26,645 
20,619 
2007 
13,112 
20,432 
15,196 
20,388 
24,129 
23,073 
14,969 
14,449 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
235 
564 
322 
329 
521 
559 
314 
375 
2007 
203 
453 
293 
312 
499 
519 
313 
376 
$1,000, 2012 
16,152 
30,785 
18,741 
21,182 
40,519 
24,412 
19,611 
17,987 
2007 
7,964 
1 1 ,584 
9,011 
14,023 
22,752 
15,092 
11,039 
8,972 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
225 
513 
311 
315 
497 
519 
280 
346 
2007 
202 
401 
290 
327 
431 
498 
302 
344 
$1,000, 2012 
22,729 
43,971 
16,849 
31,558 
40,117 
16,963 
27,936 
6,756 
2007 
11,190 
17,421 
6,443 
18,373 
18,178 
8,515 
10,865 
3,128 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
17 
245 
34 
53 
121 
203 
93 
131 
2007 
25 
208 
31 
24 
86 
172 
95 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
691 
1 1 ,235 
2,676 
596 
1,810 
2,955 
4,013 
1,609 
2007 
485 
4,837 
(D) 
(D) 
565 
2,468 
2,466 
1,778 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
14 
197 
25 
35 
92 
151 
80 
95 
2007 
24 
150 
23 
11 
63 
118 
80 
122 
$1,000, 2012 
78 
4,127 
1,395 
207 
898 
2,179 
2,317 
940 
2007 
265 
1,567 
(D) 
55 
352 
1,062 
853 
1,306 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
9 
94 
19 
23 
48 
73 
43 
53 
2007 
5 
83 
9 
15 
28 
67 
32 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
612 
7,108 
1,281 
389 
912 
776 
1,696 
669 
2007 
220 
3,270 
(D) 
(D) 
213 
1,406 
1,613 
472 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
46 
385 
99 
94 
192 
421 
164 
266 
2007 
38 
333 
86 
60 
161 
292 
150 
270 
$1,000, 2012 
789 
1 1 ,598 
9,317 
1,173 
2,285 
4,884 
3,773 
3,112 
2007 
385 
4,319 
2,702 
788 
628 
1,953 
1,374 
1,549 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
315 
943 
459 
436 
812 
901 
475 
702 
2007 
325 
952 
475 
451 
902 
915 
587 
823 
$1,000, 2012 
9,726 
18,975 
10,552 
15,351 
23,194 
12,450 
1 1 ,275 
9,859 
2007 
6,672 
1 1 ,305 
6,945 
10,547 
14,821 
9,036 
8,446 
7,204 
Utilities farms, 2012 
267 
735 
418 
345 
593 
774 
366 
517 
2007 
164 
513 
278 
273 
466 
531 
275 
436 
$1,000, 2012 
1,548 
4,688 
2,270 
2,774 
5,174 
2,854 
2,263 
2,355 
2007 
775 
2,153 
1,434 
1,291 
2,276 
1,567 
1,252 
1,139 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
285 
855 
447 
381 
714 
817 
432 
605 
2007 
292 
845 
427 
402 
828 
859 
527 
719 
$1,000, 2012 
8,268 
21,002 
1 1 ,677 
13,724 
23,796 
13,873 
1 1 ,896 
10,026 
2007 
5,538 
1 1 ,679 
5,733 
9,635 
14,374 
8,612 
7,883 
7,072 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
142 
344 
152 
202 
300 
257 
191 
173 
2007 
106 
241 
125 
200 
275 
209 
136 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
4,727 
1 1 ,741 
3,714 
9,928 
24,043 
5,180 
5,907 
3,255 
2007 
2,742 
5,209 
2,629 
7,294 
13,328 
3,191 
2,415 
1,798 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
18 
62 
34 
26 
59 
65 
51 
63 
2007 
14 
60 
26 
26 
47 
44 
23 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
378 
2,397 
472 
505 
1,845 
998 
692 
774 
2007 
128 
662 
(D) 
(D) 
821 
240 
230 
512 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
122 
312 
168 
154 
293 
290 
190 
194 
2007 
75 
264 
143 
138 
235 
258 
151 
202 
$1,000, 2012 
3,013 
6,671 
3,542 
4,010 
10,403 
4,661 
2,565 
5,103 
2007 
922 
3,564 
1,923 
1,978 
3,863 
2,887 
1,388 
2,520 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
188 
487 
287 
288 
426 
486 
268 
347 
2007 
174 
449 
247 
298 
385 
457 
296 
389 
$1,000, 2012 
17,576 
37,368 
13,514 
33,209 
39,152 
19,735 
20,600 
12,881 
2007 
10,605 
18,224 
8,242 
22,660 
26,445 
15,584 
12,457 
8,923 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
65 
171 
85 
101 
163 
96 
93 
65 
2007 
56 
139 
67 
110 
131 
99 
57 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
2,242 
5,171 
1,325 
4,189 
6,170 
946 
1,105 
1,466 
2007 
1,524 
2,917 
753 
2,600 
2,086 
596 
570 
763 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
209 
601 
301 
304 
457 
538 
265 
391 
2007 
156 
446 
250 
250 
386 
459 
255 
350 
$1,000, 2012 
4,730 
14,699 
5,276 
8,005 
15,489 
4,868 
5,025 
4,880 
2007 
3,355 
8,905 
5,103 
6,826 
9,577 
6,284 
5,183 
4,604 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
155 
433 
198 
240 
357 
347 
196 
286 
2007 
111 
324 
170 
172 
284 
356 
175 
251 
$1,000, 2012 
3,083 
8,992 
3,180 
4,646 
7,508 
2,741 
3,251 
2,389 
2007 
1,457 
4,128 
2,688 
3,219 
3,980 
3,501 
2,666 
2,383 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
137 
432 
234 
207 
296 
417 
200 
277 
2007 
127 
322 
198 
196 
286 
310 
203 
262 
$1,000, 2012 
1,647 
5,707 
2,096 
3,359 
7,981 
2,127 
1,774 
2,491 
2007 
1,898 
4,778 
2,415 
3,607 
5,597 
2,783 
2,516 
2,221 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
307 
942 
491 
423 
905 
887 
510 
709 
2007 
300 
954 
441 
386 
872 
847 
554 
756 
$1,000, 2012 
2,152 
4,998 
2,568 
3,143 
4,881 
3,052 
2,588 
2,543 
2007 
1,494 
4,004 
2,043 
2,561 
3,844 
2,786 
2,113 
2,589 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
262 
715 
366 
353 
530 
657 
376 
457 
2007 
210 
607 
320 
347 
495 
599 
348 
554 
$1,000, 2012 
9,267 
25,316 
12,305 
16,983 
19,365 
10,976 
9,166 
7,476 
2007 
5,867 
10,807 
5,638 
10,649 
16,911 
8,018 
6,263 
5,100 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
256 
678 
385 
336 
537 
640 
350 
447 
2007 
199 
536 
329 
333 
501 
560 
338 
551 
$1,000, 2012 
15,342 
37,517 
16,764 
22,352 
35,993 
25,835 
23,472 
17,735 
2007 
8,001 
16,890 
8,401 
13,405 
17,704 
15,702 
12,853 
15,765 
258 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
