Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hickory 
Holt 
Howard 
Howell 
Iron 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
487 
408 
765 
1,535 
273 
701 
1,299 
705 
2007 
492 
462 
867 
1,590 
299 
838 
1,369 
697 
$1,000, 2012 
27,273 
71,750 
44,557 
57,057 
6,308 
32,254 
84,949 
16,398 
2007 
16,036 
56,669 
36,131 
54,725 
7,755 
25,343 
80,456 
13,794 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
56,003 
175,857 
58,244 
37,171 
23,107 
46,011 
65,396 
23,259 
2007 
32,593 
122,660 
41,673 
34,418 
25,936 
30,242 
58,770 
19,791 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
205 
283 
378 
806 
108 
259 
610 
289 
2007 
261 
331 
458 
961 
138 
362 
693 
339 
$1,000, 2012 
1,602 
13,926 
7,610 
4,824 
391 
3,190 
8,162 
1,933 
2007 
1,566 
11,902 
5,764 
4,877 
500 
3,014 
5,779 
1,164 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
138 
308 
379 
541 
52 
258 
537 
198 
2007 
136 
301 
337 
435 
50 
248 
485 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
458 
9,255 
4,216 
481 
19 
2,425 
2,729 
597 
2007 
143 
5,301 
2,845 
302 
23 
1,486 
1,457 
263 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
135 
293 
356 
374 
39 
258 
454 
214 
2007 
100 
300 
334 
229 
44 
246 
398 
218 
$1,000, 2012 
833 
10,588 
5,194 
419 
68 
3,512 
4,544 
787 
2007 
167 
7,164 
3,262 
190 
34 
3,260 
4,985 
656 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
181 
53 
174 
544 
94 
145 
343 
182 
2007 
158 
54 
171 
480 
75 
98 
327 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
4,593 
1,136 
2,432 
11,557 
1,130 
2,917 
9,126 
1,002 
2007 
2,356 
1,766 
2,596 
14,007 
2,291 
579 
11,719 
487 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
125 
32 
132 
341 
46 
73 
251 
101 
2007 
121 
38 
128 
322 
51 
45 
229 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
2,535 
200 
1,302 
3,587 
341 
376 
4,384 
391 
2007 
1,256 
223 
1,369 
3,104 
226 
118 
3,451 
299 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
71 
24 
60 
271 
55 
95 
146 
93 
2007 
58 
26 
65 
215 
41 
58 
138 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
2,058 
936 
1,130 
7,970 
789 
2,541 
4,741 
612 
2007 
1,100 
1,543 
1,227 
10,903 
2,065 
461 
8,268 
188 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
397 
106 
355 
1,287 
221 
410 
936 
484 
2007 
337 
127 
375 
1,171 
204 
400 
903 
371 
$1,000, 2012 
7,116 
1,731 
3,764 
18,000 
1,324 
3,837 
27,144 
2,905 
2007 
2,665 
1,739 
2,398 
13,027 
1,147 
(D) 
18,348 
1,828 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
473 
381 
725 
1,503 
269 
670 
1,239 
683 
2007 
485 
448 
856 
1,581 
293 
810 
1,357 
688 
$1,000, 2012 
1,782 
5,310 
3,749 
3,267 
557 
2,301 
4,215 
1,340 
2007 
1,578 
4,884 
3,089 
3,233 
492 
1,953 
4,523 
1,292 
Utilities farms, 2012 
353 
285 
500 
922 
157 
406 
801 
356 
2007 
284 
241 
409 
786 
114 
325 
700 
276 
$1,000, 2012 
598 
1,073 
846 
1,101 
145 
606 
1,838 
469 
2007 
401 
1,128 
591 
930 
104 
604 
1,829 
293 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
407 
319 
619 
1,221 
215 
531 
1,041 
561 
2007 
455 
399 
788 
1,478 
277 
718 
1,262 
656 
$1,000, 2012 
2,101 
5,632 
3,727 
3,283 
581 
2,132 
4,695 
1,461 
2007 
1,710 
4,283 
3,418 
3,886 
789 
2,529 
5,108 
1,993 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
121 
109 
151 
304 
49 
131 
222 
126 
2007 
118 
136 
133 
302 
45 
105 
230 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
1,740 
2,204 
2,314 
2,404 
269 
2,003 
6,553 
1,458 
2007 
1,336 
2,138 
1,749 
2,449 
199 
(D) 
6,824 
1,616 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
34 
41 
68 
113 
21 
69 
88 
33 
2007 
26 
26 
53 
116 
20 
50 
68 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
337 
684 
337 
445 
68 
556 
420 
82 
2007 
128 
436 
211 
390 
33 
232 
199 
128 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
104 
137 
236 
285 
26 
176 
274 
71 
2007 
71 
138 
193 
232 
25 
139 
193 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
389 
1,563 
1,396 
830 
29 
603 
1,541 
127 
2007 
264 
1,168 
553 
698 
15 
(D) 
892 
174 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
129 
122 
128 
320 
52 
131 
277 
114 
2007 
108 
127 
139 
255 
50 
111 
244 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
921 
7,459 
1,944 
1,588 
209 
2,784 
2,235 
1,057 
2007 
650 
6,041 
2,723 
939 
109 
2,323 
1,922 
731 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
20 
28 
31 
39 
14 
37 
34 
16 
2007 
11 
22 
16 
12 
4 
21 
58 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
50 
678 
432 
22 
16 
145 
303 
6 
2007 
61 
221 
85 
14 
1 
34 
241 
4 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
232 
213 
368 
569 
101 
264 
550 
188 
2007 
205 
198 
333 
610 
103 
164 
463 
141 
$1,000, 2012 
1,909 
5,518 
3,403 
4,064 
828 
2,113 
4,905 
1,144 
2007 
1,458 
3,968 
3,216 
5,377 
872 
1,778 
5,046 
951 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
189 
146 
303 
466 
75 
197 
413 
148 
2007 
162 
150 
285 
489 
87 
120 
387 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
1,506 
4,454 
2,506 
3,073 
712 
1,626 
3,590 
971 
2007 
1,099 
2,659 
2,271 
4,016 
672 
1,417 
4,116 
815 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
129 
132 
182 
315 
52 
124 
326 
87 
2007 
124 
136 
196 
336 
56 
94 
276 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
403 
1,064 
897 
991 
116 
488 
1,315 
173 
2007 
359 
1,309 
945 
1,361 
200 
362 
931 
136 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
479 
388 
743 
1,503 
268 
671 
1,259 
687 
2007 
474 
429 
811 
1,507 
282 
752 
1,299 
635 
$1,000, 2012 
833 
1,776 
1,438 
1,951 
393 
1,552 
2,031 
1,042 
2007 
601 
1,581 
1,541 
1,701 
377 
1,559 
1,956 
913 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
324 
223 
429 
792 
142 
353 
663 
344 
2007 
278 
273 
423 
831 
152 
369 
739 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
2,010 
3,218 
1,755 
2,823 
280 
1,578 
4,508 
986 
2007 
953 
2,950 
2,088 
2,704 
769 
1,833 
9,628 
1,303 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
228 
215 
393 
610 
107 
306 
512 
268 
2007 
241 
218 
414 
704 
102 
256 
573 
266 
$1,000, 2012 
2,532 
7,451 
5,959 
5,086 
713 
4,265 
6,289 
1,790 
2007 
2,238 
6,717 
4,728 
5,805 
590 
3,497 
6,560 
1,477 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Missouri 301 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
