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. 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased 
farms 
1,152 
798 
534 
361 
269 
323 
$1,000 
6,757 
3,341 
1,138 
615 
438 
545 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
236 
281 
313 
247 
193 
210 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
335 
152 
84 
41 
82 
$5,000 to $24,999 
423 
163 
63 
27 
34 
29 
$25,000 to $49,999 
32 
9 
6 
3 
1 
2 
$50,000 or more 
7 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms 
945 
897 
537 
354 
342 
545 
$1,000 
9,383 
5,546 
3,161 
1,262 
1,329 
2,389 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
444 
540 
346 
276 
295 
424 
$5,000 to $24,999 
415 
344 
173 
72 
39 
104 
$25,000 to $99,999 
83 
12 
18 
6 
2 
17 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms 
708 
593 
310 
179 
181 
257 
$1,000 
6,658 
3,186 
1,839 
662 
686 
1,296 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) 
farms 
371 
444 
313 
232 
235 
417 
$1,000 
2,725 
2,359 
1,323 
600 
643 
1,093 
Feed purchased 
farms 
1,647 
1,822 
1,080 
815 
681 
1,567 
$1,000 
17,387 
11,924 
6,373 
3,069 
2,027 
7,044 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
692 
942 
661 
615 
548 
1,165 
$5,000 to $24,999 
753 
824 
377 
197 
128 
371 
$25,000 to $99,999 
202 
56 
42 
3 
5 
31 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms 
2,398 
3,172 
2,290 
1,846 
1,641 
2,600 
$1,000 
9,711 
7,222 
3,120 
2,102 
1,717 
2,999 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,763 
2,772 
2,163 
1,781 
1,595 
2,515 
$5,000 to $24,999 
618 
388 
126 
65 
46 
83 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Utilities 
farms 
1,829 
2,295 
1,570 
1,108 
1,006 
1,586 
$1,000 
4,258 
4,379 
2,340 
1,521 
1,267 
2,035 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
473 
829 
786 
510 
574 
755 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,187 
1,309 
727 
559 
412 
801 
$5,000 to $24,999 
168 
157 
57 
39 
20 
30 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs 
farms 
2,122 
2,695 
1,861 
1,476 
1,267 
1,891 
$1,000 
9,977 
9,226 
3,598 
2,275 
2,394 
2,659 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,399 
2,175 
1,691 
1,390 
1,152 
1,799 
$5,000 to $24,999 
694 
489 
170 
85 
107 
92 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
19 
- 
1 
5 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
12 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Flired farm labor 
farms 
525 
575 
412 
248 
201 
359 
$1,000 
2,589 
3,196 
1,664 
1,146 
621 
2,303 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
400 
445 
349 
205 
179 
257 
$5,000 to $24,999 
107 
106 
49 
35 
19 
85 
$25,000 to $99,999 
17 
23 
14 
8 
3 
17 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Contract labor 
farms 
179 
190 
135 
90 
88 
167 
$1,000 
923 
976 
673 
143 
150 
407 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
51 
76 
72 
56 
61 
61 
$1,000 to $4,999 
87 
78 
47 
30 
16 
96 
$5,000 to $24,999 
34 
31 
2 
4 
10 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
1 
13 
- 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
768 
694 
442 
252 
225 
375 
$1,000 
2,844 
2,364 
1,121 
459 
615 
953 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
230 
289 
255 
152 
110 
122 
$1,000 to $4,999 
388 
300 
140 
81 
94 
213 
$5,000 to $24,999 
135 
77 
38 
17 
12 
38 
$25,000 to $49,999 
15 
28 
8 
2 
9 
2 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms 
1,141 
1,002 
386 
236 
216 
467 
$1,000 
11,109 
8,270 
1,409 
1,031 
906 
4,442 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
507 
625 
302 
181 
167 
315 
$5,000 to $9,999 
258 
178 
46 
18 
18 
65 
$10,000 to $24,999 
289 
150 
36 
30 
26 
54 
$25,000 or more 
87 
49 
2 
7 
5 
33 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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