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 
297 
437 
414 
312 
253 
371 
$1,000 
717 
472 
316 
220 
211 
312 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
126 
293 
334 
252 
220 
329 
$1,000 to $4,999 
125 
134 
72 
56 
21 
37 
$5,000 to $24,999 
44 
10 
8 
4 
12 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms 
202 
369 
326 
358 
391 
506 
$1,000 
947 
1,029 
473 
455 
451 
788 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
138 
312 
304 
341 
373 
450 
$5,000 to $24,999 
58 
53 
21 
17 
17 
54 
$25,000 to $99,999 
6 
4 
1 
- 
1 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms 
59 
127 
151 
152 
167 
116 
$1,000 
241 
301 
153 
185 
229 
282 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) 
farms 
165 
313 
268 
295 
322 
432 
$1,000 
706 
727 
319 
270 
222 
505 
Feed purchased 
farms 
349 
625 
580 
650 
684 
1,239 
$1,000 
2,713 
3,012 
2,828 
1,979 
1,859 
4,660 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
197 
437 
400 
500 
577 
969 
$5,000 to $24,999 
119 
169 
172 
150 
98 
260 
$25,000 to $99,999 
32 
19 
8 
- 
9 
10 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms 
604 
1,084 
1,013 
984 
1,013 
1,794 
$1,000 
1,850 
2,054 
1,072 
989 
824 
1,625 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
504 
996 
997 
961 
990 
1,754 
$5,000 to $24,999 
97 
83 
16 
23 
23 
40 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Utilities 
farms 
441 
717 
610 
547 
540 
879 
$1,000 
937 
842 
470 
390 
393 
765 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
174 
451 
461 
408 
392 
595 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
230 
241 
143 
136 
146 
272 
$5,000 to $24,999 
35 
25 
6 
3 
2 
12 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs 
farms 
530 
932 
806 
736 
813 
1,337 
$1,000 
2,477 
2,572 
1,106 
968 
1,013 
1,611 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
361 
822 
778 
719 
790 
1,317 
$5,000 to $24,999 
158 
98 
28 
17 
23 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flired farm labor 
farms 
284 
337 
222 
183 
183 
258 
$1,000 
4,039 
3,592 
1,650 
1,642 
834 
3,991 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
145 
210 
139 
120 
136 
144 
$5,000 to $24,999 
110 
91 
62 
53 
39 
71 
$25,000 to $99,999 
25 
27 
21 
4 
7 
34 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2 
8 
- 
6 
1 
6 
$250,000 or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Contract labor 
farms 
98 
105 
74 
50 
72 
149 
$1,000 
774 
320 
185 
151 
332 
618 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
19 
36 
22 
20 
21 
58 
$1,000 to $4,999 
34 
52 
47 
22 
28 
56 
$5,000 to $24,999 
36 
17 
5 
8 
23 
32 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
78 
145 
91 
83 
71 
79 
$1,000 
261 
188 
63 
61 
93 
90 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
29 
83 
72 
65 
45 
42 
$1,000 to $4,999 
39 
60 
18 
18 
22 
37 
$5,000 to $24,999 
9 
2 
1 
- 
4 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms 
143 
141 
118 
81 
65 
64 
$1,000 
618 
476 
243 
115 
157 
80 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
112 
116 
109 
80 
52 
62 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8 
11 
8 
1 
9 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
22 
10 
1 
- 
4 
- 
$25,000 or more 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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