Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor 
farms 
30 
859 
1,953 
3 
96 
22 
137 
91 
550 
$1,000 
670 
2,502 
6,675 
(D) 
1,270 
(D) 
2,439 
(D) 
2,934 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
3 
332 
743 
- 
11 
9 
26 
44 
202 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3 
397 
869 
2 
36 
3 
50 
40 
191 
$5,000 to $24,999 
13 
115 
311 
- 
33 
8 
47 
7 
139 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
13 
26 
- 
11 
- 
7 
- 
12 
$50,000 or more 
5 
2 
4 
1 
5 
2 
7 
- 
6 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
57 
1,120 
5,038 
12 
193 
31 
417 
89 
417 
$1,000 
1,431 
2,106 
8,197 
77 
3,119 
261 
5,029 
188 
922 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
4 
516 
3,221 
3 
15 
13 
49 
52 
242 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7 
531 
1,489 
3 
43 
6 
127 
29 
151 
$5,000 to $24,999 
27 
69 
292 
6 
105 
8 
207 
7 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
3 
28 
- 
21 
4 
22 
1 
2 
$50,000 or more 
5 
1 
8 
- 
9 
" 
12 
" 
5 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms 
134 
1,057 
8,606 
17 
276 
27 
157 
121 
573 
$1,000 
12,005 
3,507 
21,563 
39 
3,303 
195 
1,008 
176 
1,314 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
15 
923 
7,666 
15 
90 
16 
108 
111 
528 
$5,000 to $9,999 
16 
81 
621 
1 
78 
6 
19 
10 
31 
$10,000 to $24,999 
24 
39 
254 
1 
87 
3 
21 
- 
9 
$25,000 or more 
79 
14 
65 
“ 
21 
2 
9 
- 
5 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles ... 
farms 
40 
297 
1,276 
4 
56 
2 
81 
42 
215 
$1,000 
1,309 
(D) 
1,029 
(D) 
521 
(D) 
557 
(D) 
349 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
2 
211 
990 
1 
6 
- 
44 
37 
116 
$1,000 to $4,999 
17 
74 
250 
1 
21 
1 
26 
5 
85 
$5,000 to $24,999 
7 
12 
36 
2 
23 
1 
9 
- 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
" 
- 
Interest expense 
farms 
148 
3,858 
9,170 
12 
272 
86 
569 
514 
2,114 
$1,000 
3,217 
22,165 
50,180 
66 
3,861 
972 
9,449 
2,294 
14,190 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
45 
2,370 
6,082 
6 
113 
40 
225 
342 
1,163 
$5,000 to $24,999 
66 
1,398 
2,844 
6 
108 
33 
226 
168 
895 
$25,000 to $99,999 
33 
89 
235 
- 
48 
13 
108 
4 
54 
$100,000 or more 
4 
1 
9 
3 
" 
10 
" 
2 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
101 
3,288 
6,895 
8 
202 
74 
528 
437 
1,833 
$1,000 
1,736 
19,422 
40,424 
47 
2,800 
911 
8,629 
2,028 
12,002 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
5 
473 
1,076 
- 
16 
21 
32 
66 
233 
$1,000 to $4,999 
31 
1,470 
3,250 
4 
65 
10 
180 
221 
789 
$5,000 to $24,999 
48 
1,260 
2,374 
4 
83 
31 
206 
146 
761 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
74 
143 
- 
27 
11 
63 
4 
40 
$50,000 or more 
6 
11 
52 
- 
11 
1 
47 
- 
10 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
102 
1,510 
4,793 
9 
182 
41 
203 
208 
876 
$1,000 
1,480 
2,744 
9,756 
19 
1,060 
61 
820 
265 
2,188 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
5 
678 
2,408 
5 
39 
10 
55 
122 
316 
$1,000 to $4,999 
38 
758 
2,038 
2 
99 
30 
94 
75 
470 
$5,000 to $24,999 
34 
72 
323 
2 
35 
1 
53 
11 
88 
$25,000 to $49,999 
21 
2 
9 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
4 
- 
15 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
195 
14,871 
33,381 
37 
450 
237 
1,459 
2,074 
6,565 
$1,000 
897 
18,292 
46,366 
65 
1,392 
400 
2,636 
2,029 
9,048 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
142 
14,639 
32,587 
35 
379 
227 
1,376 
2,059 
6,368 
$5,000 to $9,999 
26 
176 
585 
2 
49 
6 
60 
14 
161 
$10,000 to $24,999 
22 
49 
195 
- 
19 
3 
21 
1 
35 
$25,000 or more 
5 
7 
14 
- 
3 
1 
2 
- 
1 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
154 
3,659 
18,990 
27 
384 
112 
901 
1,143 
3,652 
$1,000 
4,197 
5,865 
33,823 
63 
6,338 
1,440 
6,981 
1,307 
10,075 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
44 
3,456 
17,684 
22 
170 
88 
640 
1,092 
3,229 
$5,000 to $24,999 
63 
186 
1,180 
5 
135 
15 
209 
50 
373 
$25,000 to $49,999 
21 
13 
82 
- 
50 
6 
34 
- 
40 
$50,000 to $99,999 
19 
3 
38 
- 
23 
1 
9 
1 
6 
$100,000 or more 
7 
1 
6 
" 
6 
2 
9 
4 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
farms 
69 
79 
292 
- 
13 
3 
8 
5 
28 
$1,000 
3,059 
133 
1,020 
- 
465 
37 
23 
8 
426 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
165 
4,350 
15,165 
28 
329 
82 
706 
639 
2,064 
$1,000 
11,685 
23,904 
112,306 
239 
11,465 
1,962 
18,288 
2,780 
15,348 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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