Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sully 
Todd 
Tripp 
Turner 
Union 
Walworth 
Yankton 
Ziebach 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
191 
231 
629 
794 
527 
256 
692 
240 
2007 
195 
258 
624 
722 
521 
279 
658 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
168,157 
48,071 
189,015 
185,145 
144,610 
85,582 
127,703 
44,960 
2007 
85,640 
27,900 
112,946 
125,168 
101,466 
44,095 
90,965 
30,380 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
880,402 
208,099 
300,500 
233,181 
274,403 
334,303 
184,542 
187,334 
2007 
439,180 
108,140 
181,003 
173,364 
194,752 
158,045 
138,244 
129,829 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
122 
47 
384 
528 
372 
134 
462 
58 
2007 
134 
48 
340 
517 
389 
127 
438 
69 
$1,000, 2012 
33,835 
2,640 
16,628 
26,867 
23,863 
14,393 
16,832 
3,180 
2007 
16,370 
1,934 
8,130 
13,997 
13,234 
6,754 
8,913 
2,377 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
140 
64 
423 
580 
386 
149 
507 
76 
2007 
134 
51 
334 
529 
392 
135 
458 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
23,276 
1,432 
8,336 
10,293 
8,974 
8,624 
7,529 
2,755 
2007 
10,190 
655 
4,577 
6,310 
5,110 
3,459 
4,493 
1,824 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
140 
80 
416 
524 
389 
135 
425 
70 
2007 
133 
70 
347 
469 
360 
121 
387 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
19,397 
1,293 
10,470 
20,519 
16,125 
9,503 
13,629 
1,238 
2007 
7,860 
731 
4,701 
10,073 
8,677 
3,704 
7,929 
940 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
57 
94 
293 
277 
122 
95 
220 
134 
2007 
45 
89 
250 
229 
121 
110 
219 
87 
$1,000, 2012 
15,826 
7,155 
45,044 
19,937 
24,516 
7,622 
21,134 
4,453 
2007 
6,738 
2,661 
31,020 
25,477 
20,070 
5,279 
23,265 
3,033 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
45 
78 
224 
182 
80 
74 
133 
115 
2007 
32 
75 
194 
130 
67 
90 
146 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
1,698 
1,373 
5,213 
2,143 
1,129 
2,163 
2,119 
2,030 
2007 
1,026 
960 
2,397 
1,537 
668 
2,084 
2,069 
1,385 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
20 
35 
140 
151 
68 
55 
126 
47 
2007 
21 
30 
106 
140 
73 
46 
125 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
14,128 
5,782 
39,831 
1 7,793 
23,387 
5,459 
19,015 
2,423 
2007 
5,711 
1,701 
28,622 
23,940 
19,403 
3,195 
21,196 
1,648 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
71 
187 
394 
454 
199 
147 
359 
196 
2007 
52 
153 
319 
373 
191 
136 
331 
151 
$1,000, 2012 
12,301 
8,104 
39,457 
33,561 
16,277 
4,551 
20,059 
7,394 
2007 
6,045 
3,256 
17,060 
18,996 
1 1 ,726 
2,924 
9,406 
3,274 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
186 
220 
587 
771 
488 
251 
656 
233 
2007 
188 
253 
609 
716 
509 
268 
640 
221 
$1,000, 2012 
7,817 
4,161 
9,489 
8,044 
6,550 
6,202 
6,449 
3,666 
2007 
4,229 
2,586 
6,793 
6,024 
5,019 
2,697 
5,157 
2,526 
Utilities farms, 2012 
161 
182 
495 
622 
409 
215 
523 
215 
2007 
139 
144 
401 
501 
360 
171 
414 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
2,809 
1,399 
3,003 
2,946 
1,914 
1,758 
2,226 
1,111 
2007 
1,124 
715 
1,566 
2,393 
1,724 
835 
1,685 
690 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
174 
195 
528 
671 
443 
218 
590 
223 
2007 
185 
230 
578 
687 
472 
247 
598 
214 
$1,000, 2012 
7,888 
4,510 
10,763 
8,938 
6,192 
6,353 
8,173 
3,023 
2007 
4,277 
3,121 
8,514 
6,893 
5,001 
3,298 
5,637 
2,030 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
92 
81 
231 
222 
193 
111 
178 
91 
2007 
83 
77 
196 
192 
190 
78 
167 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
6,115 
1,994 
6,095 
6,459 
4,883 
2,276 
2,584 
1,521 
2007 
4,077 
1,670 
3,595 
4,305 
4,081 
1,183 
1,950 
1,136 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
28 
38 
65 
41 
37 
39 
45 
28 
2007 
27 
27 
51 
32 
32 
19 
46 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
1,591 
398 
937 
371 
181 
1,161 
393 
468 
2007 
837 
230 
751 
126 
134 
433 
346 
557 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
106 
65 
284 
280 
208 
92 
226 
77 
2007 
82 
46 
224 
214 
172 
89 
199 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
8,834 
1,268 
4,844 
2,719 
2,011 
2,655 
1,685 
1,133 
2007 
4,631 
370 
2,212 
1,571 
1,598 
1,343 
1,488 
1,007 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
103 
157 
335 
398 
283 
141 
319 
180 
2007 
103 
153 
299 
331 
259 
128 
261 
141 
$1,000, 2012 
10,149 
7,584 
13,150 
23,475 
16,900 
9,630 
12,234 
7,778 
2007 
7,057 
5,276 
8,031 
1 1 ,497 
10,710 
5,266 
6,481 
5,065 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
37 
19 
38 
73 
51 
47 
75 
16 
2007 
33 
14 
29 
76 
45 
31 
75 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
1,896 
391 
424 
893 
454 
550 
437 
221 
2007 
548 
183 
193 
835 
521 
236 
1,877 
472 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
122 
126 
410 
431 
318 
148 
418 
139 
2007 
111 
106 
313 
381 
295 
119 
305 
113 
$1,000, 2012 
6,310 
2,373 
8,573 
7,480 
6,069 
3,591 
5,691 
3,223 
2007 
4,691 
1,229 
6,265 
6,891 
6,430 
2,362 
5,217 
2,328 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
84 
95 
310 
329 
252 
107 
319 
91 
2007 
95 
59 
221 
286 
237 
79 
236 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
4,090 
1,285 
5,294 
4,902 
4,210 
2,464 
3,208 
1,972 
2007 
3,402 
702 
3,843 
3,499 
3,703 
1,200 
2,320 
1,351 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
88 
73 
282 
266 
192 
89 
243 
107 
2007 
74 
86 
209 
250 
223 
89 
221 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
2,221 
1,088 
3,279 
2,578 
1,859 
1,127 
2,483 
1,250 
2007 
1,289 
526 
2,423 
3,392 
2,727 
1,162 
2,897 
977 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
167 
178 
591 
730 
489 
235 
653 
171 
2007 
179 
178 
575 
668 
468 
253 
601 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
2,980 
1,166 
4,100 
4,279 
3,819 
1,824 
3,448 
1,252 
2007 
2,093 
954 
3,200 
3,341 
2,898 
1,223 
3,009 
926 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
158 
173 
484 
541 
340 
193 
464 
200 
2007 
154 
161 
446 
509 
363 
186 
446 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
7,132 
2,204 
7,702 
8,366 
5,880 
4,889 
5,201 
2,544 
2007 
4,873 
2,328 
6,338 
6,440 
4,532 
3,099 
4,112 
2,196 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
149 
141 
436 
484 
333 
165 
444 
146 
2007 
136 
117 
401 
440 
328 
160 
408 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
13,418 
4,958 
16,262 
19,621 
15,094 
8,917 
14,234 
4,752 
2007 
6,916 
2,810 
11,391 
11,616 
7,476 
6,670 
8,473 
3,800 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data South Dakota 269 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
