Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fillmore 
Franklin 
Frontier 
Furnas 
Gage 
Garden 
Garfield 
Gosper 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
472 
338 
317 
389 
1,263 
261 
226 
260 
2007 
478 
312 
283 
365 
1,280 
297 
223 
218 
$1,000, 2012 
219,806 
84,494 
106,879 
158,664 
197,522 
99,282 
56,842 
109,987 
2007 
167,436 
58,728 
78,650 
112,531 
132,079 
58,630 
52,965 
58,456 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
465,691 
249,981 
337,159 
407,877 
156,391 
380,390 
251,514 
423,026 
2007 
350,284 
188,230 
277,916 
308,305 
103,187 
197,407 
237,510 
268,148 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
386 
242 
183 
247 
823 
122 
94 
186 
2007 
395 
215 
193 
260 
859 
161 
108 
164 
$1,000, 2012 
26,581 
15,506 
12,482 
17,157 
24,013 
6,602 
4,325 
17,628 
2007 
14,996 
9,063 
9,999 
12,398 
12,363 
4,646 
1,914 
8,348 
Chemicals purchased farms, 201 2 
395 
254 
204 
260 
830 
156 
120 
204 
2007 
358 
187 
183 
221 
799 
126 
123 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
16,710 
5,793 
5,826 
9,702 
13,232 
2,473 
1,676 
8,216 
2007 
9,267 
3,468 
3,557 
5,749 
7,844 
1,676 
551 
3,140 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
373 
215 
186 
242 
731 
131 
98 
183 
2007 
361 
194 
178 
236 
730 
122 
98 
145 
$1,000, 2012 
20,810 
8,917 
7,522 
10,322 
21,871 
3,240 
2,063 
9,884 
2007 
12,760 
4,497 
4,448 
5,199 
10,756 
1,779 
890 
4,519 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
100 
105 
151 
115 
348 
84 
100 
75 
2007 
120 
69 
111 
99 
283 
81 
104 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
25,305 
2,602 
18,877 
21,241 
20,049 
25,287 
15,622 
9,099 
2007 
36,972 
5,270 
16,706 
24,510 
18,270 
14,749 
24,954 
7,693 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
55 
83 
137 
81 
207 
54 
62 
56 
2007 
65 
52 
86 
79 
171 
64 
70 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
673 
1,177 
(D) 
5,604 
3,256 
2,188 
1,362 
1,935 
2007 
462 
510 
1,644 
2,597 
1,755 
2,363 
1,196 
704 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
57 
32 
39 
54 
190 
45 
58 
30 
2007 
71 
24 
40 
39 
148 
34 
62 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
24,632 
1,425 
(D) 
15,636 
16,793 
23,099 
14,260 
7,165 
2007 
36,509 
4,760 
15,062 
21,913 
16,514 
12,386 
23,759 
6,989 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
207 
185 
237 
183 
659 
136 
165 
157 
2007 
179 
129 
173 
148 
502 
121 
144 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
28,968 
5,269 
19,505 
36,693 
29,977 
15,616 
11,502 
8,667 
2007 
16,751 
3,679 
9,980 
19,833 
25,866 
6,040 
9,727 
4,632 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
467 
324 
309 
368 
1,174 
223 
220 
248 
2007 
473 
307 
279 
357 
1,261 
283 
221 
215 
$1,000, 2012 
16,006 
7,360 
6,991 
10,179 
12,307 
6,997 
3,443 
8,973 
2007 
10,435 
5,781 
5,714 
6,739 
8,314 
3,583 
2,116 
4,587 
Utilities farms, 2012 
404 
271 
271 
324 
898 
202 
186 
208 
2007 
389 
223 
198 
236 
738 
178 
172 
155 
$1,000, 2012 
5,417 
2,006 
2,993 
3,004 
3,393 
3,441 
1,092 
2,877 
2007 
3,897 
1,008 
1,474 
1,665 
2,385 
2,498 
554 
1,033 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
428 
291 
284 
350 
1,031 
222 
195 
240 
2007 
462 
287 
259 
326 
1,180 
249 
215 
194 
$1,000, 2012 
15,333 
7,485 
7,238 
9,478 
12,923 
6,606 
3,081 
7,001 
2007 
10,351 
4,387 
5,048 
7,018 
8,973 
3,880 
2,276 
3,887 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
218 
146 
134 
145 
383 
108 
94 
114 
2007 
211 
111 
95 
122 
322 
94 
96 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
6,826 
3,764 
3,143 
7,677 
5,345 
3,487 
1,870 
4,571 
2007 
6,227 
2,498 
2,294 
6,397 
3,662 
4,148 
1,370 
2,302 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
66 
40 
35 
47 
127 
39 
31 
55 
2007 
60 
39 
34 
50 
76 
38 
39 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
589 
350 
341 
762 
678 
658 
233 
691 
2007 
699 
317 
151 
345 
173 
424 
302 
462 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
145 
142 
120 
134 
416 
114 
78 
84 
2007 
132 
101 
85 
110 
319 
105 
55 
63 
$1,000, 2012 
3,512 
2,011 
1,573 
3,014 
3,149 
3,175 
612 
2,361 
2007 
2,300 
800 
1,107 
2,570 
1,896 
1,223 
372 
1,358 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
305 
180 
174 
196 
510 
115 
104 
173 
2007 
306 
168 
161 
153 
457 
118 
102 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
29,250 
11,031 
8,048 
8,163 
21,433 
6,648 
4,054 
14,926 
2007 
18,907 
7,391 
6,876 
5,900 
10,398 
3,955 
2,534 
6,555 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
101 
29 
51 
52 
120 
23 
30 
39 
2007 
81 
43 
26 
35 
101 
33 
14 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
2,099 
556 
268 
1,090 
860 
360 
96 
1,071 
2007 
1,817 
456 
286 
531 
635 
269 
49 
505 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
287 
211 
186 
257 
666 
139 
142 
178 
2007 
292 
154 
160 
191 
538 
134 
134 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
6,478 
3,234 
3,417 
6,612 
8,584 
3,117 
3,012 
3,344 
2007 
8,428 
3,187 
4,225 
4,161 
6,449 
2,502 
2,388 
3,153 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
187 
159 
130 
204 
537 
110 
112 
121 
2007 
200 
120 
117 
150 
424 
103 
103 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
3,958 
2,262 
2,252 
4,955 
5,817 
2,168 
2,320 
1,735 
2007 
4,951 
2,108 
2,522 
2,642 
4,104 
1,672 
1,260 
1,750 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
187 
127 
125 
135 
341 
88 
88 
133 
2007 
205 
100 
108 
128 
341 
97 
86 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
2,520 
972 
1,165 
1,658 
2,768 
949 
692 
1,609 
2007 
3,477 
1,079 
1,702 
1,518 
2,345 
830 
1,128 
1,403 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
423 
324 
291 
350 
1,186 
247 
212 
242 
2007 
420 
277 
249 
347 
1,179 
276 
211 
187 
$1,000, 2012 
5,327 
4,104 
3,320 
3,855 
10,428 
3,068 
2,304 
2,603 
2007 
4,089 
2,525 
2,371 
2,576 
7,011 
2,921 
1,342 
1,749 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
383 
276 
254 
275 
849 
178 
168 
220 
2007 
396 
233 
220 
261 
757 
212 
178 
164 
$1,000, 2012 
10,596 
4,506 
5,338 
9,716 
9,278 
8,508 
1,860 
8,073 
2007 
9,540 
4,401 
4,413 
6,939 
7,084 
4,335 
1,625 
4,531 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
355 
220 
215 
239 
709 
156 
151 
195 
2007 
337 
189 
186 
229 
714 
179 
141 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
20,616 
9,710 
7,023 
12,386 
18,061 
8,723 
3,364 
9,598 
2007 
11,537 
5,554 
6,825 
9,066 
11,687 
4,749 
3,020 
4,918 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 279 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
