Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pierce 
Platte 
Polk 
Red Willow 
Richardson 
Rock 
Saline 
Sarpy 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
677 
942 
466 
405 
736 
247 
756 
396 
2007 
645 
882 
505 
386 
707 
237 
702 
360 
$1,000, 2012 
224,151 
535,807 
243,907 
148,277 
132,285 
74,729 
147,711 
53,648 
2007 
146,653 
311,953 
175,475 
119,225 
65,295 
69,237 
76,937 
57,911 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
331,095 
568,798 
523,406 
366,116 
179,735 
302,548 
195,385 
135,476 
2007 
227,369 
353,689 
347,475 
308,873 
92,355 
292,141 
109,596 
160,864 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
475 
659 
366 
208 
479 
78 
489 
243 
2007 
450 
685 
405 
242 
464 
90 
489 
261 
$1,000, 2012 
27,957 
32,043 
17,537 
14,625 
17,185 
5,155 
16,741 
5,357 
2007 
15,480 
19,250 
10,477 
10,699 
7,660 
2,945 
7,751 
3,480 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
499 
658 
378 
228 
497 
112 
524 
254 
2007 
403 
599 
362 
196 
432 
103 
438 
244 
$1,000, 2012 
9,556 
15,518 
8,232 
6,696 
9,504 
1,304 
11,617 
4,157 
2007 
4,955 
7,715 
5,276 
4,165 
4,558 
999 
6,131 
2,086 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
655 
359 
203 
467 
58 
492 
214 
2007 
614 
379 
217 
419 
69 
426 
222 
$1,000, 2012 
H 11 
22,662 
13,840 
7,476 
13,879 
2,927 
17,389 
5,893 
2007 
8,013 
12,142 
7,964 
4,725 
6,608 
1,637 
7,721 
4,405 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
256 
340 
160 
137 
150 
129 
187 
71 
2007 
229 
310 
134 
118 
140 
89 
144 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
40,849 
170,525 
58,905 
32,492 
19,528 
16,500 
12,931 
8,314 
2007 
46,066 
108,486 
57,486 
42,495 
13,608 
25,172 
8,411 
22,248 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
165 
151 
102 
92 
104 
103 
121 
28 
2007 
123 
104 
76 
83 
87 
69 
91 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
2,579 
8,984 
7,148 
2,013 
1,260 
2,388 
1,356 
(D) 
2007 
2,507 
3,991 
1,648 
2,297 
623 
1,442 
1,654 
482 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
142 
256 
83 
67 
76 
42 
90 
51 
2007 
140 
243 
70 
55 
67 
32 
76 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
38,270 
161,541 
51,757 
30,479 
18,268 
14,112 
11,574 
(D) 
2007 
43,559 
104,495 
55,838 
40,198 
12,985 
23,730 
6,757 
21,766 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
426 
511 
229 
261 
334 
192 
378 
192 
2007 
334 
381 
200 
193 
235 
129 
284 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
38,839 
147,382 
56,386 
35,400 
16,015 
12,806 
12,639 
4,361 
2007 
18,951 
69,646 
37,264 
14,059 
3,821 
9,886 
6,910 
7,414 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
656 
913 
457 
379 
667 
225 
711 
362 
2007 
637 
869 
498 
380 
697 
235 
687 
351 
$1,000, 2012 
13,240 
18,575 
1 1 ,286 
7,297 
6,749 
5,993 
13,079 
2,527 
2007 
7,541 
11,620 
8,156 
5,919 
3,700 
4,521 
6,962 
2,312 
Utilities farms, 2012 
539 
770 
405 
325 
510 
195 
556 
259 
2007 
472 
657 
388 
246 
361 
151 
449 
181 
$1,000, 2012 
4,579 
8,499 
4,754 
3,310 
1,803 
1,775 
2,890 
753 
2007 
2,500 
4,307 
2,719 
2,557 
982 
1,217 
1,530 
583 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
590 
831 
425 
336 
591 
205 
634 
308 
2007 
599 
830 
481 
348 
624 
221 
636 
323 
$1,000, 2012 
11,169 
18,872 
12,510 
7,401 
7,785 
5,209 
10,607 
3,123 
2007 
7,649 
15,043 
9,155 
6,688 
4,655 
4,100 
6,352 
2,640 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
243 
334 
201 
130 
203 
104 
272 
91 
2007 
196 
275 
187 
114 
164 
91 
185 
87 
$1,000, 2012 
4,889 
12,986 
5,999 
5,697 
3,260 
3,470 
5,692 
3,022 
2007 
3,350 
10,686 
4,266 
3,875 
2,047 
3,353 
2,979 
1,889 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
53 
85 
47 
52 
60 
43 
62 
34 
2007 
35 
70 
37 
50 
43 
39 
38 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
196 
1,102 
740 
1,131 
496 
464 
689 
310 
2007 
123 
666 
138 
372 
258 
349 
143 
121 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
216 
374 
208 
115 
269 
70 
218 
101 
2007 
176 
293 
155 
79 
192 
56 
170 
110 
$1,000, 2012 
2,407 
5,564 
4,238 
2,347 
3,660 
653 
1,764 
930 
2007 
1,381 
3,582 
3,655 
1,004 
1,623 
489 
766 
604 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
369 
560 
258 
203 
297 
159 
343 
120 
2007 
284 
446 
264 
163 
215 
133 
270 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
24,987 
30,837 
12,913 
7,661 
15,572 
9,049 
18,757 
7,704 
2007 
12,655 
19,820 
10,480 
6,637 
5,623 
6,096 
8,010 
3,866 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
87 
87 
42 
33 
52 
17 
73 
14 
2007 
63 
70 
34 
40 
39 
24 
52 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,015 
1,208 
1,181 
550 
291 
286 
1,187 
76 
2007 
751 
425 
678 
378 
320 
291 
417 
164 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
404 
550 
296 
242 
373 
132 
365 
156 
2007 
351 
470 
293 
185 
287 
122 
334 
124 
$1,000, 2012 
8,002 
12,278 
6,515 
5,399 
4,292 
3,079 
5,843 
1,801 
2007 
6,993 
10,009 
6,287 
4,808 
3,250 
3,149 
4,264 
2,030 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
302 
420 
227 
182 
290 
103 
269 
103 
2007 
273 
363 
216 
149 
233 
83 
241 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
4,489 
7,909 
4,162 
3,477 
3,117 
1,624 
3,978 
1,018 
2007 
3,869 
5,883 
3,650 
2,706 
2,254 
1,889 
2,402 
682 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
266 
391 
179 
159 
214 
103 
231 
93 
2007 
227 
313 
206 
121 
166 
86 
212 
87 
$1,000, 2012 
3,512 
4,369 
2,354 
1,922 
1,175 
1,455 
1,866 
783 
2007 
3,124 
4,126 
2,637 
2,103 
996 
1,260 
1,862 
1,347 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
599 
860 
421 
377 
688 
220 
694 
367 
2007 
592 
802 
468 
349 
642 
217 
639 
337 
$1,000, 2012 
5,615 
9,588 
5,290 
4,229 
6,701 
2,789 
6,216 
2,273 
2007 
3,809 
6,002 
3,590 
3,164 
3,102 
2,314 
3,816 
1,663 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
493 
727 
366 
279 
468 
202 
490 
236 
2007 
464 
648 
395 
283 
400 
177 
458 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
15,665 
28,168 
23,582 
6,565 
5,567 
3,271 
9,670 
3,046 
2007 
6,437 
12,552 
7,886 
7,681 
3,481 
2,719 
4,773 
2,407 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
432 
684 
356 
234 
432 
182 
436 
171 
2007 
411 
580 
371 
229 
324 
124 
421 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
16,894 
35,693 
17,528 
10,171 
11,346 
5,223 
17,211 
4,525 
2007 
10,681 
22,410 
12,094 
7,126 
6,441 
4,026 
7,606 
4,270 
-continued 
284 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
