Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Codington 
Corson 
Custer 
Davison 
Day 
Deuel 
Dewey 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
713 
323 
446 
427 
693 
664 
342 
2007 
663 
392 
359 
406 
675 
583 
410 
$1,000, 2012 
136,384 
82,504 
22,959 
77,854 
121,208 
126,962 
52,887 
2007 
81,438 
46,422 
13,425 
54,184 
74,009 
82,302 
39,728 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
191,282 
255,431 
51,477 
182,328 
174,904 
191,207 
154,641 
2007 
122,832 
118,425 
37,396 
133,459 
109,643 
141,170 
96,899 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
346 
156 
42 
232 
302 
361 
79 
2007 
332 
168 
39 
222 
339 
308 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
16,958 
9,544 
288 
10,662 
17,338 
13,707 
4,721 
2007 
9,571 
4,775 
122 
6,617 
10,423 
6,952 
2,227 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
438 
168 
117 
265 
340 
392 
105 
2007 
367 
167 
80 
237 
357 
307 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
7,481 
5,769 
262 
5,595 
8,187 
5,027 
3,366 
2007 
3,899 
2,373 
98 
2,904 
5,084 
2,866 
1,605 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
349 
169 
58 
215 
309 
328 
90 
2007 
285 
176 
64 
194 
319 
271 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
13,217 
4,748 
294 
8,790 
17,236 
10,771 
2,036 
2007 
6,416 
1,908 
90 
4,984 
8,494 
5,191 
1,055 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
266 
191 
169 
137 
201 
250 
192 
2007 
184 
158 
111 
138 
169 
180 
187 
$1,000, 2012 
18,020 
8,379 
(D) 
7,601 
4,509 
15,425 
5,249 
2007 
15,683 
(D) 
1,011 
7,413 
(D) 
16,229 
4,642 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
150 
182 
114 
88 
150 
177 
152 
2007 
113 
144 
85 
98 
144 
130 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
2,034 
3,297 
1,480 
1,169 
2,501 
2,204 
3,015 
2007 
2,463 
3,814 
792 
921 
(D) 
4,332 
3,112 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
179 
52 
78 
85 
90 
104 
72 
2007 
106 
46 
45 
64 
57 
76 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
15,986 
5,082 
(D) 
6,432 
2,008 
13,221 
2,234 
2007 
13,220 
(D) 
220 
6,491 
2,127 
1 1 ,898 
1,530 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
411 
247 
386 
235 
342 
369 
260 
2007 
318 
228 
254 
231 
257 
301 
243 
$1,000, 2012 
19,592 
12,283 
4,833 
9,792 
8,696 
25,706 
8,103 
2007 
9,301 
(D) 
2,962 
6,293 
(D) 
16,626 
3,956 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
674 
317 
435 
418 
616 
610 
319 
2007 
649 
373 
350 
397 
654 
562 
397 
$1,000, 2012 
8,023 
6,466 
2,128 
4,043 
7,736 
5,925 
4,471 
2007 
5,348 
4,108 
1,328 
3,198 
5,746 
4,520 
4,023 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
518 
285 
317 
304 
534 
507 
260 
2007 
327 
280 
196 
250 
388 
315 
271 
$1,000, 2012 
2,801 
1,634 
(D) 
1,192 
2,678 
2,520 
1,513 
2007 
1,562 
977 
499 
1,100 
1,723 
1,695 
1,179 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
603 
294 
346 
358 
553 
546 
288 
2007 
594 
358 
335 
372 
613 
526 
366 
$1,000, 2012 
9,556 
5,583 
2,029 
4,136 
9,892 
6,788 
3,389 
2007 
6,224 
4,066 
1,352 
3,863 
6,211 
4,707 
3,693 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
163 
137 
78 
119 
215 
195 
127 
2007 
116 
139 
53 
109 
125 
130 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
5,687 
2,640 
1,152 
2,325 
5,947 
4,542 
1,621 
2007 
2,997 
1,806 
871 
1,487 
3,731 
3,000 
839 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
58 
36 
41 
19 
47 
22 
43 
2007 
31 
39 
30 
16 
26 
25 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
744 
160 
331 
98 
440 
227 
356 
2007 
311 
189 
93 
118 
128 
446 
211 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
183 
144 
94 
123 
208 
210 
133 
2007 
142 
136 
59 
104 
179 
146 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
1,698 
1,552 
296 
1,311 
2,661 
2,227 
1,401 
2007 
918 
961 
224 
628 
1,697 
1,685 
585 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
265 
230 
141 
175 
291 
272 
213 
2007 
221 
236 
125 
186 
245 
217 
235 
$1,000, 2012 
13,215 
10,758 
1,592 
12,063 
15,347 
13,797 
9,236 
2007 
7,521 
7,130 
1,272 
7,176 
8,189 
6,065 
8,956 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
65 
35 
8 
29 
85 
40 
33 
2007 
30 
34 
10 
41 
60 
42 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
655 
430 
(D) 
507 
707 
360 
149 
2007 
274 
223 
44 
262 
545 
292 
140 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
350 
198 
205 
229 
370 
364 
209 
2007 
241 
198 
108 
193 
289 
235 
201 
$1,000, 2012 
6,378 
5,504 
3,463 
3,494 
6,194 
6,945 
2,794 
2007 
4,694 
3,607 
1,279 
3,081 
5,380 
4,858 
2,969 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
261 
158 
140 
168 
285 
311 
141 
2007 
185 
146 
80 
155 
232 
183 
129 
$1,000, 2012 
3,956 
3,766 
2,918 
2,252 
4,065 
5,359 
1,920 
2007 
2,425 
2,193 
994 
1,707 
3,395 
2,598 
1,674 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
204 
124 
144 
131 
247 
186 
126 
2007 
169 
145 
64 
129 
197 
159 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
2,422 
1,738 
545 
1,242 
2,129 
1,586 
875 
2007 
2,269 
1,414 
285 
1,374 
1,985 
2,260 
1,295 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
667 
276 
414 
396 
641 
633 
256 
2007 
611 
330 
322 
376 
626 
533 
297 
$1,000, 2012 
3,196 
1,931 
1,554 
2,123 
3,489 
3,772 
1,513 
2007 
2,352 
1,582 
1,252 
1,701 
3,007 
2,098 
1,346 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
494 
283 
285 
288 
458 
450 
241 
2007 
372 
303 
195 
272 
400 
379 
273 
$1,000, 2012 
9,163 
5,126 
1,508 
4,120 
10,155 
9,221 
2,967 
2007 
4,366 
3,462 
927 
3,359 
5,059 
5,072 
2,302 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
407 
231 
228 
257 
403 
382 
209 
2007 
318 
242 
165 
253 
362 
333 
205 
$1,000, 2012 
13,331 
9,147 
3,456 
10,141 
13,603 
14,909 
7,193 
2007 
9,280 
8,208 
2,856 
5,823 
1 1 ,308 
10,120 
5,902 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 263 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
