Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Saunders 
Scotts Bluff 
Seward 
Sheridan 
Sherman 
Sioux 
Stanton 
Thayer 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,204 
966 
992 
536 
414 
354 
619 
432 
2007 
1,131 
730 
893 
574 
411 
366 
636 
483 
$1,000, 2012 
306,158 
323,827 
242,189 
122,297 
85,873 
125,946 
192,302 
166,600 
2007 
167,737 
186,605 
159,524 
75,069 
52,859 
95,927 
109,000 
126,407 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
254,284 
335,224 
244,142 
228,166 
207,422 
355,780 
310,666 
385,647 
2007 
148,309 
255,623 
178,639 
130,782 
128,610 
262,094 
171,384 
261,713 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
803 
505 
588 
167 
275 
112 
395 
309 
2007 
797 
421 
530 
220 
248 
150 
356 
372 
$1,000, 2012 
25,088 
18,841 
17,547 
10,557 
11,094 
3,666 
14,968 
22,642 
2007 
11,140 
8,809 
8,549 
5,051 
6,713 
3,273 
7,043 
13,598 
Chemicals purchased farms, 201 2 
848 
582 
615 
232 
292 
138 
412 
330 
2007 
713 
392 
491 
232 
228 
126 
362 
328 
$1,000, 2012 
15,187 
7,410 
10,725 
5,454 
5,200 
1,590 
6,642 
11,368 
2007 
6,540 
3,551 
6,405 
2,181 
2,437 
747 
3,415 
7,917 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
757 
454 
545 
218 
264 
153 
362 
318 
2007 
677 
354 
458 
220 
231 
149 
330 
345 
$1,000, 2012 
23,640 
14,992 
16,126 
6,779 
6,592 
3,200 
11,312 
15,479 
2007 
10,967 
5,835 
8,433 
2,483 
3,656 
1,754 
5,204 
8,757 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
267 
253 
241 
213 
170 
181 
182 
122 
2007 
202 
164 
182 
188 
143 
154 
187 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
86,342 
124,209 
41,353 
19,343 
9,379 
55,901 
58,709 
16,610 
2007 
48,944 
78,633 
51,260 
13,016 
10,421 
39,014 
34,544 
35,861 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
155 
133 
136 
161 
141 
121 
117 
90 
2007 
125 
96 
106 
142 
106 
106 
104 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
1,159 
1,292 
4,796 
4,344 
2,185 
2,357 
1,617 
1,272 
2007 
670 
1,716 
3,912 
2,342 
1,293 
2,540 
922 
967 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
133 
169 
144 
89 
68 
104 
99 
49 
2007 
105 
94 
97 
79 
55 
85 
112 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
85,182 
122,918 
36,557 
15,000 
7,194 
53,544 
57,091 
15,338 
2007 
48,274 
76,916 
47,349 
10,674 
9,128 
36,474 
33,622 
34,894 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
538 
482 
479 
386 
284 
269 
326 
220 
2007 
416 
286 
357 
306 
201 
232 
284 
180 
$1,000, 2012 
51,798 
76,561 
63,728 
13,852 
9,261 
25,216 
33,946 
32,362 
2007 
29,974 
46,377 
23,639 
8,756 
3,716 
19,300 
21,722 
11,976 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,146 
898 
929 
509 
399 
346 
578 
403 
2007 
1,116 
717 
879 
563 
406 
356 
620 
473 
$1,000, 2012 
13,208 
11,104 
13,846 
8,716 
8,326 
4,370 
9,018 
11,594 
2007 
7,811 
6,837 
8,611 
6,121 
4,430 
3,886 
4,552 
7,747 
Utilities farms, 2012 
902 
719 
670 
389 
345 
311 
493 
353 
2007 
662 
509 
508 
347 
287 
265 
367 
324 
$1,000, 2012 
4,404 
7,329 
3,764 
5,848 
2,486 
2,453 
3,939 
2,884 
2007 
2,524 
3,493 
2,215 
3,121 
1,496 
2,262 
1,762 
1,985 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,045 
796 
806 
428 
365 
313 
547 
376 
2007 
1,030 
673 
806 
529 
376 
342 
566 
435 
$1,000, 2012 
14,276 
15,367 
14,712 
9,672 
5,683 
6,347 
10,219 
10,252 
2007 
9,050 
6,858 
8,985 
6,946 
3,747 
4,299 
5,869 
7,318 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
336 
283 
287 
185 
120 
131 
181 
185 
2007 
287 
203 
251 
154 
96 
143 
156 
157 
$1,000, 2012 
9,991 
9,718 
6,711 
8,166 
2,467 
4,259 
3,289 
5,297 
2007 
6,820 
5,865 
6,445 
4,219 
1,150 
4,214 
2,242 
3,715 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
87 
156 
74 
70 
48 
71 
48 
43 
2007 
64 
107 
48 
56 
33 
70 
39 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
769 
2,066 
1,074 
946 
396 
491 
479 
306 
2007 
416 
542 
718 
571 
106 
426 
264 
95 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
348 
266 
320 
153 
180 
99 
193 
159 
2007 
255 
179 
234 
154 
121 
102 
152 
167 
$1,000, 2012 
5,199 
4,023 
2,733 
2,393 
1,321 
1,102 
1,824 
2,144 
2007 
1,163 
1,147 
1,644 
1,754 
992 
675 
929 
2,444 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
478 
279 
437 
232 
197 
185 
318 
233 
2007 
399 
162 
303 
236 
175 
180 
229 
237 
$1,000, 2012 
23,922 
7,618 
18,779 
1 1 ,444 
9,208 
5,784 
19,037 
15,648 
2007 
11,478 
3,123 
10,780 
6,849 
4,700 
5,239 
7,665 
10,425 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
95 
108 
76 
27 
52 
29 
43 
48 
2007 
90 
76 
87 
36 
47 
28 
42 
56 
$1,000, 2012 
1,745 
1,179 
1,523 
331 
365 
199 
935 
552 
2007 
744 
594 
808 
536 
314 
205 
1,267 
529 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
581 
532 
492 
299 
267 
193 
362 
268 
2007 
476 
348 
387 
264 
197 
193 
268 
249 
$1,000, 2012 
10,213 
7,413 
7,824 
7,125 
5,220 
3,779 
6,116 
7,692 
2007 
6,601 
5,924 
8,325 
4,290 
3,154 
4,100 
4,136 
5,199 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
460 
408 
377 
218 
193 
150 
289 
205 
2007 
378 
270 
292 
186 
149 
146 
202 
179 
$1,000, 2012 
6,717 
4,337 
4,800 
3,972 
3,777 
2,728 
3,224 
5,591 
2007 
4,397 
2,921 
4,128 
2,396 
1,968 
2,953 
2,205 
2,871 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
329 
344 
287 
212 
182 
119 
218 
185 
2007 
270 
229 
261 
180 
138 
134 
171 
183 
$1,000, 2012 
3,496 
3,075 
3,024 
3,152 
1,443 
1,052 
2,893 
2,101 
2007 
2,204 
3,002 
4,197 
1,894 
1,187 
1,146 
1,931 
2,328 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,145 
877 
912 
509 
388 
322 
574 
407 
2007 
1,063 
669 
834 
524 
379 
328 
574 
441 
$1,000, 2012 
10,303 
5,267 
7,500 
5,591 
3,673 
3,167 
4,619 
4,832 
2007 
6,065 
3,158 
5,192 
3,874 
2,365 
2,626 
3,331 
3,647 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
825 
614 
630 
390 
307 
256 
434 
356 
2007 
713 
474 
522 
392 
263 
274 
385 
336 
$1,000, 2012 
10,074 
10,730 
14,244 
6,079 
5,203 
4,423 
7,251 
6,937 
2007 
7,500 
5,859 
7,515 
5,301 
3,460 
3,905 
5,055 
5,192 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
736 
516 
578 
322 
299 
255 
370 
307 
2007 
661 
420 
537 
385 
241 
256 
353 
296 
$1,000, 2012 
21,126 
16,928 
21,423 
11,518 
8,983 
7,884 
12,026 
14,856 
2007 
13,618 
8,055 
12,523 
8,417 
5,052 
7,352 
6,148 
8,217 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 285 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
