Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ^ - Con. 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
241 
3 
18 
29 
82 
67 
42 
$1,000 
1,115 
(Z) 
18 
52 
463 
455 
127 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
177 
3 
8 
24 
54 
53 
35 
$1,000 to $4,999 
36 
- 
9 
3 
12 
11 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
21 
- 
1 
2 
12 
1 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
196 
- 
6 
31 
78 
46 
35 
$1,000 
540 
- 
19 
34 
235 
88 
166 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
163 
- 
3 
31 
69 
39 
21 
$5,000 to $24,999 
31 
- 
3 
- 
7 
7 
14 
$25,000 to $99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
80 
- 
- 
2 
44 
10 
24 
$1,000 
227 
- 
- 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
145 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
163 
- 
6 
30 
71 
40 
16 
$1,000 
314 
- 
19 
(D) 
176 
(D) 
20 
Feed purchased farms 
369 
_ 
4 
45 
142 
87 
91 
$1,000 
2,177 
- 
7 
148 
824 
653 
545 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
280 
- 
4 
35 
116 
60 
65 
$5,000 to $24,999 
73 
- 
- 
10 
19 
20 
24 
$25,000 to $99,999 
16 
- 
- 
- 
7 
7 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
579 
3 
26 
61 
212 
140 
137 
$1,000 
1,308 
(Z) 
52 
116 
399 
385 
356 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
532 
3 
22 
54 
200 
125 
128 
$5,000 to $24,999 
37 
- 
4 
7 
8 
13 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Utilities farms 
329 
_ 
9 
43 
103 
97 
77 
$1,000 
734 
- 
13 
53 
168 
292 
207 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
211 
- 
5 
28 
79 
55 
44 
$1,000 to $4,999 
83 
- 
4 
13 
15 
30 
21 
$5,000 to $24,999 
31 
- 
- 
2 
8 
10 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance costs farms 
471 
_ 
25 
45 
166 
118 
117 
$1,000 
1,523 
- 
36 
149 
426 
449 
463 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
415 
- 
24 
38 
153 
99 
101 
$5,000 to $24,999 
44 
- 
1 
5 
11 
17 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
5 
$50,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Flired farm labor farms 
152 
_ 
8 
16 
41 
45 
42 
$1,000 
6,183 
- 
417 
386 
1,615 
2,059 
1,706 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
44 
- 
1 
7 
15 
13 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
46 
- 
2 
5 
14 
11 
14 
$25,000 to $99,999 
49 
- 
4 
4 
8 
15 
18 
$100,000 to $249,999 
9 
- 
1 
- 
3 
4 
1 
$250,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Contract labor farms 
30 
_ 
_ 
6 
7 
8 
9 
$1,000 
192 
- 
- 
(D) 
24 
21 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
8 
$1,000 to $4,999 
13 
- 
- 
6 
4 
3 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Customwork and custom hauling farms 
30 
_ 
2 
3 
7 
12 
6 
$1,000 
320 
- 
(D) 
1 
152 
58 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
17 
- 
1 
3 
4 
6 
3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms 
41 
- 
- 
1 
20 
13 
7 
$1,000 
223 
- 
- 
(D) 
110 
77 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
34 
- 
- 
1 
17 
12 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
$25,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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