Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hooker 
Howard 
Jefferson 
Johnson 
Kearney 
Keith 
Keya Paha 
Kimball 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
82 
682 
627 
587 
344 
388 
244 
402 
2007 
88 
564 
601 
541 
381 
398 
206 
372 
$1,000, 2012 
13,540 
219,501 
168,164 
65,026 
310,920 
178,554 
88,194 
51,512 
2007 
10,426 
125,476 
97,831 
33,347 
208,008 
112,890 
40,094 
29,473 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
165,122 
321,848 
268,205 
110,776 
903,837 
460,191 
361,449 
128,139 
2007 
118,476 
222,474 
162,780 
61,639 
545,952 
283,643 
194,632 
79,228 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
8 
405 
390 
337 
275 
201 
106 
128 
2007 
14 
324 
380 
293 
306 
218 
88 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
16,725 
5,715 
27,412 
23,973 
3,942 
5,186 
2007 
108 
10,543 
8,992 
2,756 
16,314 
12,418 
1,279 
3,525 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
7 
432 
353 
287 
218 
115 
201 
2007 
20 
287 
367 
287 
287 
192 
87 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
7,644 
9,826 
3,353 
12,868 
8,524 
2,433 
4,310 
2007 
123 
5,476 
1,660 
7,595 
5,406 
631 
2,221 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
6 
380 
384 
315 
280 
210 
96 
199 
2007 
11 
294 
346 
246 
296 
181 
85 
123 
$1,000, 2012 
74 
10,900 
13,846 
6,128 
17,538 
11,276 
2,142 
4,668 
2007 
46 
4,905 
7,079 
2,375 
11,166 
5,959 
821 
1,737 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
39 
248 
171 
150 
78 
122 
97 
71 
2007 
47 
181 
127 
96 
88 
73 
100 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
1,259 
63,640 
21,781 
4,599 
96,762 
33,403 
34,202 
1,418 
2007 
1,450 
51,455 
14,752 
3,530 
77,506 
21,598 
1 1 ,686 
1,960 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
38 
174 
125 
104 
48 
96 
73 
60 
2007 
37 
112 
94 
73 
45 
45 
92 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
659 
2,749 
3,910 
1,265 
858 
2,695 
1,949 
933 
2007 
730 
1,433 
2,976 
575 
954 
1,233 
2,396 
802 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
12 
112 
64 
73 
38 
60 
52 
29 
2007 
20 
90 
51 
35 
53 
45 
26 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
600 
60,891 
17,871 
3,333 
95,904 
30,708 
32,253 
485 
2007 
720 
50,021 
11,776 
2,955 
76,553 
20,366 
9,290 
1,159 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
68 
423 
340 
268 
147 
211 
197 
158 
2007 
68 
286 
250 
181 
147 
131 
146 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
4,191 
36,154 
32,499 
19,982 
67,237 
31,852 
16,916 
2,096 
2007 
2,238 
17,461 
17,402 
7,665 
27,556 
18,589 
6,481 
1,273 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
82 
643 
588 
543 
339 
358 
235 
310 
2007 
84 
556 
584 
527 
379 
382 
204 
356 
$1,000, 2012 
1,028 
12,341 
10,446 
3,852 
12,719 
9,304 
3,214 
5,057 
2007 
737 
5,351 
6,452 
2,150 
1 1 ,342 
7,483 
2,985 
2,853 
Utilities farms, 2012 
65 
546 
496 
427 
302 
313 
184 
269 
2007 
54 
384 
387 
283 
319 
245 
141 
182 
$1,000, 2012 
590 
4,998 
3,011 
1,294 
5,627 
8,275 
1,782 
3,859 
2007 
224 
2,134 
1,962 
569 
3,465 
4,361 
671 
1,741 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
68 
588 
541 
474 
324 
332 
203 
304 
2007 
82 
531 
560 
475 
363 
344 
194 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
810 
14,534 
9,737 
4,491 
13,771 
9,724 
3,348 
5,910 
2007 
826 
6,490 
6,507 
2,637 
10,017 
5,325 
2,636 
3,020 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
30 
194 
186 
169 
188 
149 
104 
133 
2007 
30 
145 
173 
120 
197 
130 
87 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
895 
4,955 
8,465 
1,462 
9,277 
6,988 
2,312 
2,586 
2007 
450 
3,222 
5,431 
573 
8,070 
4,546 
1,590 
1,368 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
12 
74 
50 
50 
55 
63 
18 
67 
2007 
15 
54 
49 
24 
47 
68 
31 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
123 
675 
527 
257 
671 
806 
291 
565 
2007 
78 
615 
444 
155 
420 
1,087 
332 
325 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
15 
288 
176 
176 
123 
169 
84 
134 
2007 
21 
161 
141 
111 
126 
119 
53 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
128 
3,425 
1,757 
1,136 
2,945 
3,830 
1,189 
2,831 
2007 
155 
1,124 
952 
443 
2,093 
2,380 
728 
1,500 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
45 
331 
295 
207 
206 
193 
134 
100 
2007 
53 
208 
248 
134 
215 
155 
112 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
1,718 
16,571 
15,716 
3,900 
19,423 
12,444 
8,523 
3,864 
2007 
1,374 
6,032 
7,898 
1,891 
10,568 
9,516 
3,747 
1,987 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
7 
63 
64 
47 
66 
39 
19 
30 
2007 
8 
41 
57 
21 
76 
34 
14 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
82 
1,063 
672 
213 
1,877 
868 
350 
235 
2007 
13 
247 
537 
61 
1,372 
810 
89 
343 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
48 
353 
342 
245 
209 
266 
141 
211 
2007 
47 
273 
291 
211 
237 
191 
117 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
1,157 
5,789 
6,157 
2,624 
5,484 
6,398 
2,868 
2,997 
2007 
826 
4,392 
4,511 
1,865 
8,334 
4,252 
2,719 
2,235 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
40 
252 
272 
198 
141 
195 
106 
158 
2007 
31 
208 
227 
175 
167 
137 
93 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
891 
3,228 
4,664 
2,035 
3,434 
4,405 
2,150 
2,070 
2007 
555 
2,651 
2,833 
1,393 
3,465 
2,253 
1,290 
1,443 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
22 
221 
188 
136 
141 
165 
83 
136 
2007 
35 
173 
180 
107 
177 
129 
85 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
266 
2,561 
1,493 
589 
2,050 
1,993 
718 
927 
2007 
271 
1,741 
1,677 
472 
4,869 
1,999 
1,430 
791 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
68 
630 
581 
551 
310 
347 
227 
391 
2007 
76 
523 
547 
503 
349 
345 
188 
331 
$1,000, 2012 
674 
4,847 
6,378 
3,528 
4,845 
3,682 
2,092 
2,440 
2007 
844 
3,056 
3,848 
2,501 
3,434 
2,526 
1,411 
1,704 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
58 
487 
485 
363 
304 
290 
180 
260 
2007 
63 
380 
393 
264 
321 
262 
161 
177 
$1,000, 2012 
694 
12,117 
10,623 
2,491 
12,465 
7,205 
2,590 
3,492 
2007 
934 
4,918 
5,589 
2,515 
8,756 
6,635 
2,289 
1,679 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
43 
405 
390 
285 
282 
258 
144 
211 
2007 
53 
318 
347 
227 
287 
226 
137 
157 
$1,000, 2012 
1,486 
11,127 
15,146 
5,053 
17,496 
11,006 
4,795 
6,407 
2007 
1,091 
6,177 
11,061 
2,434 
13,062 
7,083 
3,856 
3,051 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 281 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
