Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morrill 
Nance 
Nemaha 
Nuckolls 
Otoe 
Pawnee 
Perkins 
Phelps 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
512 
355 
451 
435 
897 
540 
394 
405 
2007 
495 
362 
449 
405 
804 
489 
446 
420 
$1,000, 2012 
298,589 
125,615 
82,280 
115,176 
125,079 
64,937 
173,764 
623,875 
2007 
185,660 
74,099 
45,103 
85,143 
66,660 
29,134 
96,923 
389,846 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
583,181 
353,844 
182,439 
264,773 
139,442 
120,254 
441,027 
1,540,432 
2007 
375,070 
204,695 
100,453 
210,229 
82,910 
59,579 
217,316 
928,205 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
278 
231 
303 
311 
592 
292 
288 
326 
2007 
285 
261 
287 
318 
541 
243 
305 
343 
$1,000, 2012 
16,830 
12,673 
13,689 
19,940 
17,869 
9,322 
33,976 
27,314 
2007 
11,255 
7,631 
5,736 
10,372 
7,608 
3,690 
17,859 
16,933 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
299 
232 
313 
352 
610 
338 
297 
332 
2007 
236 
241 
259 
291 
462 
243 
281 
316 
$1,000, 2012 
8,455 
4,898 
7,236 
9,918 
10,911 
6,151 
12,166 
11,606 
2007 
3,552 
2,937 
3,787 
4,849 
5,212 
2,077 
7,275 
6,420 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
279 
230 
292 
318 
549 
290 
299 
320 
2007 
263 
224 
253 
286 
439 
206 
279 
324 
$1,000, 2012 
10,880 
8,205 
11,846 
12,957 
18,102 
8,076 
16,511 
20,306 
2007 
5,482 
4,377 
5,250 
6,170 
7,429 
2,889 
7,954 
11,370 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
187 
122 
113 
140 
225 
153 
78 
125 
2007 
170 
122 
89 
120 
150 
98 
84 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
99,654 
12,432 
2,794 
7,063 
3,982 
2,877 
20,019 
265,664 
2007 
87,997 
14,926 
5,027 
17,190 
4,140 
2,321 
8,657 
199,638 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
111 
87 
64 
126 
157 
118 
53 
71 
2007 
108 
93 
63 
86 
102 
80 
56 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
2,929 
6,620 
418 
1,858 
1,504 
517 
3,766 
1,569 
2007 
1,961 
2,823 
554 
782 
746 
691 
687 
748 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
103 
59 
60 
42 
107 
46 
39 
83 
2007 
97 
51 
46 
56 
65 
28 
46 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
96,724 
5,811 
2,376 
5,205 
2,478 
2,360 
16,252 
264,096 
2007 
86,036 
12,103 
4,473 
16,408 
3,393 
1,630 
7,970 
198,891 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
315 
225 
192 
275 
453 
265 
124 
176 
2007 
237 
188 
146 
219 
311 
187 
119 
155 
$1,000, 2012 
80,970 
27,978 
5,251 
9,299 
13,188 
6,157 
15,376 
175,727 
2007 
21,306 
10,972 
2,800 
10,213 
7,876 
2,248 
5,023 
76,576 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
479 
348 
431 
431 
846 
514 
359 
386 
2007 
491 
360 
439 
403 
788 
478 
435 
418 
$1,000, 2012 
8,990 
7,732 
5,594 
7,964 
7,511 
4,377 
10,020 
20,672 
2007 
6,818 
5,357 
3,537 
5,625 
4,696 
2,607 
7,727 
1 1 ,323 
Utilities farms, 2012 
401 
305 
349 
349 
658 
394 
313 
367 
2007 
362 
264 
235 
297 
426 
237 
275 
349 
$1,000, 2012 
7,316 
3,106 
1,524 
2,293 
2,000 
1,733 
8,650 
6,892 
2007 
4,509 
1,598 
701 
1,491 
1,245 
789 
5,200 
3,738 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
419 
324 
388 
397 
723 
445 
341 
372 
2007 
463 
335 
388 
389 
705 
438 
372 
397 
$1,000, 2012 
11,460 
7,532 
5,844 
10,317 
10,705 
5,238 
9,795 
15,758 
2007 
7,812 
4,493 
3,933 
7,136 
6,412 
2,850 
6,046 
9,294 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
185 
151 
136 
149 
273 
137 
148 
217 
2007 
165 
123 
107 
147 
175 
91 
137 
196 
$1,000, 2012 
9,856 
5,879 
2,371 
3,287 
5,111 
1,410 
5,029 
14,011 
2007 
7,087 
3,836 
1,204 
2,122 
2,791 
438 
2,622 
8,051 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
72 
29 
41 
36 
75 
67 
76 
68 
2007 
68 
32 
33 
27 
52 
33 
46 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
1,391 
200 
294 
264 
341 
721 
1,495 
1,679 
2007 
2,011 
195 
93 
134 
245 
205 
411 
1,137 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
206 
125 
153 
219 
243 
170 
210 
171 
2007 
154 
116 
124 
141 
169 
110 
186 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
5,647 
1,370 
2,718 
2,692 
3,003 
1,355 
5,737 
5,162 
2007 
1,721 
1,199 
730 
995 
718 
680 
4,208 
2,461 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
178 
169 
207 
260 
377 
235 
188 
239 
2007 
172 
159 
133 
232 
253 
135 
162 
230 
$1,000, 2012 
9,626 
10,074 
10,296 
1 1 ,094 
11,718 
6,110 
11,864 
23,704 
2007 
8,628 
7,682 
4,396 
7,790 
6,309 
2,140 
7,400 
12,914 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
63 
33 
48 
42 
86 
40 
64 
78 
2007 
44 
36 
28 
43 
35 
20 
69 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
3,183 
354 
285 
503 
891 
425 
1,597 
2,689 
2007 
1,148 
273 
285 
507 
235 
135 
788 
2,125 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
322 
210 
219 
292 
469 
258 
273 
271 
2007 
242 
183 
177 
240 
329 
161 
250 
265 
$1,000, 2012 
7,516 
5,086 
4,262 
5,750 
5,980 
3,981 
7,076 
8,734 
2007 
6,127 
3,021 
2,469 
4,146 
4,170 
1,820 
4,849 
1 1 ,493 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
250 
169 
174 
215 
358 
212 
183 
189 
2007 
185 
138 
144 
184 
251 
134 
169 
190 
$1,000, 2012 
4,334 
3,986 
3,161 
3,937 
4,155 
3,217 
4,649 
4,902 
2007 
3,931 
1,711 
1,737 
2,514 
2,774 
1,130 
2,326 
4,202 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
211 
130 
120 
190 
265 
152 
215 
192 
2007 
157 
135 
107 
166 
222 
102 
172 
197 
$1,000, 2012 
3,182 
1,100 
1,102 
1,814 
1,825 
764 
2,427 
3,831 
2007 
2,196 
1,311 
733 
1,632 
1,396 
691 
2,523 
7,291 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
474 
322 
424 
386 
837 
502 
363 
357 
2007 
463 
333 
421 
375 
724 
458 
412 
377 
$1,000, 2012 
5,770 
3,117 
4,452 
4,355 
6,705 
4,109 
4,223 
5,645 
2007 
3,384 
2,023 
2,610 
2,621 
3,689 
2,571 
3,168 
3,901 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
375 
272 
301 
349 
591 
352 
299 
365 
2007 
339 
264 
264 
320 
477 
264 
304 
355 
$1,000, 2012 
11,043 
14,979 
3,823 
7,481 
7,062 
2,896 
10,232 
18,312 
2007 
6,824 
3,579 
2,546 
3,781 
3,883 
1,674 
7,736 
12,474 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
312 
235 
257 
279 
530 
310 
283 
331 
2007 
301 
236 
212 
259 
494 
258 
263 
322 
$1,000, 2012 
17,761 
13,939 
10,189 
11,451 
13,731 
6,789 
12,392 
22,295 
2007 
9,780 
9,427 
4,111 
6,947 
7,230 
3,733 
7,348 
13,820 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 283 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
