Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Livingston 
McDonald 
Macon 
Madison 
Maries 
Marion 
Mercer 
Miller 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
847 
926 
1,291 
373 
836 
704 
567 
1,013 
2007 
913 
996 
1,451 
376 
898 
749 
553 
1,080 
$1,000, 2012 
64,810 
149,649 
70,261 
19,399 
33,403 
80,521 
98,095 
77,765 
2007 
43,856 
101,874 
53,552 
10,900 
27,035 
60,184 
(D) 
79,944 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
76,517 
161,608 
54,423 
52,008 
39,956 
114,376 
173,007 
76,767 
2007 
48,035 
102,283 
36,907 
28,990 
30,106 
80,352 
(D) 
74,022 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
415 
341 
553 
188 
506 
412 
236 
550 
2007 
471 
418 
658 
192 
597 
427 
217 
605 
$1,000, 2012 
9,365 
1,598 
9,176 
902 
4,206 
11,466 
3,074 
3,133 
2007 
5,888 
1,543 
6,580 
795 
2,968 
8,510 
1,860 
2,747 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
445 
366 
479 
101 
305 
363 
191 
312 
2007 
373 
338 
391 
81 
272 
331 
148 
293 
$1,000, 2012 
5,225 
637 
4,652 
60 
319 
4,630 
1,682 
610 
2007 
2,471 
355 
1,914 
44 
168 
3,715 
672 
247 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
428 
223 
477 
92 
269 
381 
180 
304 
2007 
372 
147 
404 
75 
233 
339 
158 
225 
$1,000, 2012 
8,023 
454 
6,578 
123 
790 
8,100 
2,194 
652 
2007 
4,694 
145 
3,542 
88 
291 
4,690 
1,077 
305 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
163 
273 
300 
128 
278 
144 
130 
364 
2007 
138 
294 
323 
87 
277 
153 
102 
351 
$1,000, 2012 
6,029 
30,309 
7,277 
3,100 
3,596 
4,925 
4,748 
11,151 
2007 
5,280 
25,907 
7,707 
1,619 
4,906 
6,324 
3,830 
20,701 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
116 
173 
227 
90 
196 
95 
107 
257 
2007 
89 
163 
223 
61 
211 
90 
85 
228 
$1,000, 2012 
849 
1,710 
2,366 
554 
1,174 
1,104 
3,622 
2,225 
2007 
2,792 
962 
1,828 
332 
1,451 
691 
3,022 
2,519 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
64 
142 
126 
49 
114 
65 
47 
173 
2007 
66 
180 
150 
37 
119 
84 
28 
173 
$1,000, 2012 
5,180 
28,599 
4,911 
2,546 
2,422 
3,821 
1,126 
8,925 
2007 
2,488 
24,944 
5,879 
1,287 
3,454 
5,633 
808 
18,182 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
371 
765 
661 
304 
696 
305 
275 
859 
2007 
335 
709 
669 
232 
647 
318 
221 
741 
$1,000, 2012 
7,899 
83,872 
12,454 
8,369 
10,947 
17,917 
43,060 
42,616 
2007 
3,022 
44,381 
8,055 
3,552 
6,829 
11,153 
(D) 
37,878 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
772 
895 
1,183 
367 
823 
659 
508 
986 
2007 
888 
991 
1,426 
375 
889 
732 
536 
1,070 
$1,000, 2012 
4,299 
4,259 
4,764 
913 
2,290 
4,351 
5,233 
3,253 
2007 
3,803 
4,254 
3,848 
673 
2,096 
3,610 
5,546 
3,559 
Utilities farms, 2012 
527 
598 
754 
204 
591 
478 
353 
675 
2007 
448 
517 
635 
156 
496 
381 
243 
559 
$1,000, 2012 
1,040 
3,426 
1,412 
265 
736 
1,429 
1,578 
1,398 
2007 
788 
2,460 
1,192 
170 
541 
830 
2,429 
1,226 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
659 
731 
952 
307 
731 
559 
426 
829 
2007 
815 
932 
1,336 
349 
836 
676 
503 
1,006 
$1,000, 2012 
5,034 
3,641 
4,927 
1,121 
2,681 
4,347 
2,995 
2,983 
2007 
3,653 
4,821 
4,944 
875 
2,404 
3,727 
4,144 
3,388 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
165 
209 
217 
73 
187 
144 
106 
162 
2007 
158 
195 
190 
62 
166 
111 
69 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
2,381 
4,176 
2,288 
(□) 
1,024 
3,228 
(D) 
1,779 
2007 
1,827 
3,648 
2,418 
816 
595 
1,758 
(D) 
1,519 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
79 
90 
66 
23 
38 
44 
47 
69 
2007 
56 
63 
56 
21 
47 
25 
32 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
392 
(D) 
305 
684 
170 
346 
867 
333 
2007 
230 
390 
230 
115 
156 
525 
672 
229 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
181 
199 
239 
39 
151 
179 
133 
214 
2007 
155 
132 
194 
41 
167 
160 
111 
145 
$1,000, 2012 
1,056 
1,270 
728 
134 
556 
1,517 
1,180 
1,067 
2007 
585 
353 
489 
116 
311 
871 
1,110 
232 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
150 
191 
232 
74 
202 
164 
123 
227 
2007 
158 
164 
229 
62 
163 
176 
91 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
6,001 
963 
4,607 
213 
864 
8,554 
3,161 
1,127 
2007 
3,883 
674 
2,832 
207 
1,176 
4,890 
2,110 
864 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
37 
43 
53 
16 
45 
40 
22 
25 
2007 
33 
28 
39 
11 
16 
33 
17 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
311 
(D) 
516 
13 
56 
502 
68 
37 
2007 
242 
1,054 
83 
5 
14 
1,455 
84 
48 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
403 
376 
554 
130 
365 
288 
245 
481 
2007 
342 
324 
485 
96 
327 
278 
212 
398 
$1,000, 2012 
3,441 
3,195 
5,673 
(D) 
2,397 
3,633 
(D) 
3,833 
2007 
3,474 
3,584 
4,676 
631 
2,333 
3,663 
1,769 
3,033 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
322 
309 
469 
104 
287 
224 
207 
394 
2007 
270 
278 
400 
77 
262 
228 
179 
322 
$1,000, 2012 
2,502 
2,594 
4,218 
(□) 
2,045 
2,557 
(D) 
3,118 
2007 
2,399 
2,877 
3,183 
540 
1,722 
2,514 
1,410 
2,334 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
236 
182 
267 
68 
205 
178 
135 
265 
2007 
220 
183 
293 
59 
196 
173 
106 
242 
$1,000, 2012 
938 
602 
1,455 
119 
352 
1,076 
401 
714 
2007 
1,075 
708 
1,492 
91 
611 
1,149 
359 
699 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
819 
905 
1,264 
369 
820 
690 
557 
987 
2007 
867 
942 
1,380 
350 
860 
699 
532 
1,036 
$1,000, 2012 
1,715 
1,318 
2,236 
582 
1,160 
1,742 
2,419 
1,569 
2007 
1,732 
1,322 
2,221 
496 
1,050 
1,220 
1,997 
1,499 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
444 
486 
655 
179 
553 
374 
310 
587 
2007 
449 
535 
648 
190 
541 
401 
254 
591 
$1,000, 2012 
2,600 
8,698 
2,667 
783 
1,612 
3,835 
9,513 
2,223 
2007 
2,284 
6,983 
2,821 
699 
1,199 
3,244 
8,086 
2,470 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
349 
396 
574 
183 
440 
398 
237 
500 
2007 
367 
455 
617 
164 
435 
374 
203 
541 
$1,000, 2012 
5,569 
12,309 
7,960 
1,527 
3,700 
6,733 
9,725 
5,669 
2007 
4,926 
6,673 
7,535 
1,900 
3,580 
7,110 
10,265 
5,594 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Missouri 303 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
