Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ripley 
St. Charles 
St. Clair 
Ste. Genevieve 
St. Francois 
St. Louis 
Saline 
Schuyler 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
439 
566 
728 
608 
627 
217 
959 
516 
2007 
471 
644 
844 
717 
719 
276 
995 
544 
$1,000, 2012 
18,071 
47,433 
31,607 
30,350 
15,511 
18,418 
159,688 
31,173 
2007 
12,546 
32,708 
29,468 
23,949 
12,379 
19,579 
124,907 
16,979 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
41,164 
83,805 
43,417 
49,918 
24,739 
84,874 
166,515 
60,412 
2007 
26,637 
50,789 
34,914 
33,401 
17,217 
70,937 
125,535 
31,210 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
202 
379 
338 
346 
268 
107 
662 
212 
2007 
247 
456 
473 
446 
327 
144 
677 
221 
$1,000, 2012 
3,240 
8,592 
3,938 
4,639 
1,048 
894 
26,746 
3,049 
2007 
2,131 
5,025 
4,567 
3,865 
1,149 
932 
17,576 
1,454 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
139 
344 
289 
238 
169 
112 
668 
182 
2007 
120 
334 
272 
232 
135 
87 
560 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
554 
4,049 
1,064 
1,736 
169 
638 
14,503 
1,346 
2007 
415 
2,650 
1,039 
883 
106 
484 
7,149 
404 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
108 
331 
230 
218 
165 
98 
613 
192 
2007 
78 
340 
219 
245 
150 
115 
567 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
925 
6,789 
2,103 
2,233 
511 
3,201 
19,364 
1,810 
2007 
649 
3,895 
1,372 
1,273 
534 
3,482 
10,234 
543 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
131 
84 
257 
162 
166 
33 
219 
148 
2007 
96 
74 
226 
161 
149 
13 
223 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
1,196 
983 
2,653 
2,461 
1,557 
118 
10,750 
5,373 
2007 
483 
387 
2,425 
1,781 
968 
77 
22,020 
3,934 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
91 
45 
209 
103 
111 
10 
156 
103 
2007 
66 
38 
179 
112 
98 
7 
141 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
796 
286 
2,235 
893 
799 
36 
3,218 
1,159 
2007 
360 
198 
1,292 
899 
353 
30 
2,267 
748 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
57 
51 
92 
79 
75 
28 
88 
74 
2007 
37 
45 
84 
71 
62 
7 
109 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
399 
697 
418 
1,567 
759 
82 
7,531 
4,214 
2007 
123 
189 
1,134 
882 
615 
48 
19,753 
3,186 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
326 
239 
542 
408 
477 
98 
399 
292 
2007 
292 
229 
544 
426 
430 
75 
409 
281 
$1,000, 2012 
3,121 
3,607 
6,727 
3,687 
4,131 
541 
25,772 
5,838 
2007 
1,890 
2,599 
4,730 
3,297 
2,526 
724 
22,276 
2,361 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
424 
521 
697 
587 
611 
203 
877 
478 
2007 
469 
625 
834 
709 
715 
261 
968 
538 
$1,000, 2012 
1,720 
3,871 
2,581 
2,255 
1,041 
907 
9,649 
2,190 
2007 
1,409 
2,811 
2,710 
2,071 
1,056 
876 
7,365 
1,608 
Utilities farms, 2012 
223 
374 
477 
367 
366 
146 
616 
329 
2007 
179 
318 
429 
343 
278 
100 
479 
264 
$1,000, 2012 
430 
813 
772 
571 
304 
1,043 
2,523 
714 
2007 
263 
587 
625 
550 
289 
1,107 
1,555 
430 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
349 
449 
610 
506 
475 
166 
765 
388 
2007 
434 
578 
777 
645 
661 
228 
897 
495 
$1,000, 2012 
1,717 
3,573 
2,575 
3,009 
1,418 
1,167 
10,504 
2,235 
2007 
1,345 
3,013 
3,030 
2,765 
1,463 
1,424 
7,524 
1,702 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
87 
144 
182 
107 
113 
84 
262 
100 
2007 
76 
150 
159 
102 
118 
64 
193 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
766 
4,676 
1,581 
3,416 
1,165 
5,504 
8,754 
674 
2007 
609 
2,878 
815 
2,152 
882 
5,284 
4,828 
515 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
31 
38 
53 
19 
50 
11 
86 
47 
2007 
25 
37 
43 
17 
34 
16 
75 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
200 
237 
302 
80 
122 
178 
667 
243 
2007 
101 
150 
138 
45 
125 
288 
541 
111 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
75 
137 
88 
94 
55 
33 
334 
114 
2007 
68 
128 
114 
78 
57 
23 
255 
90 
$1,000, 2012 
258 
644 
405 
401 
127 
171 
2,832 
382 
2007 
177 
637 
307 
140 
84 
77 
1,959 
212 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
90 
122 
164 
146 
105 
33 
245 
122 
2007 
82 
107 
191 
138 
83 
34 
235 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
1,010 
3,606 
1,404 
1,809 
366 
632 
8,556 
1,880 
2007 
644 
2,621 
1,683 
1,460 
347 
586 
6,570 
671 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
28 
29 
19 
30 
23 
17 
63 
12 
2007 
9 
24 
19 
28 
23 
8 
54 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
45 
414 
78 
72 
32 
169 
922 
58 
2007 
44 
240 
71 
33 
49 
107 
505 
14 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
165 
165 
329 
190 
222 
55 
488 
223 
2007 
142 
157 
294 
176 
177 
53 
407 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
1,596 
1,558 
2,604 
1,011 
1,938 
571 
7,438 
3,028 
2007 
1,328 
2,106 
3,525 
1,091 
1,322 
674 
6,941 
1,488 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
130 
124 
259 
138 
176 
37 
377 
190 
2007 
115 
111 
230 
130 
151 
45 
312 
161 
$1,000, 2012 
1,071 
1,035 
2,067 
801 
1,662 
455 
5,256 
2,507 
2007 
1,000 
1,563 
2,581 
786 
1,057 
528 
4,649 
1,071 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
98 
96 
203 
110 
123 
33 
319 
116 
2007 
93 
113 
192 
110 
103 
25 
284 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
525 
523 
537 
209 
276 
116 
2,182 
521 
2007 
328 
543 
944 
305 
266 
145 
2,292 
418 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
434 
547 
718 
597 
612 
196 
933 
498 
2007 
425 
600 
795 
670 
697 
243 
931 
524 
$1,000, 2012 
502 
1,485 
1,210 
1,145 
930 
714 
3,068 
1,131 
2007 
526 
1,457 
1,229 
1,171 
890 
599 
2,129 
808 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
207 
264 
449 
322 
329 
118 
586 
270 
2007 
222 
330 
459 
357 
324 
122 
583 
283 
$1,000, 2012 
790 
2,537 
1,609 
1,824 
652 
1,970 
7,638 
1,221 
2007 
531 
1,651 
1,201 
1,372 
588 
2,858 
5,735 
724 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
180 
259 
338 
270 
264 
82 
526 
242 
2007 
218 
293 
334 
328 
260 
98 
488 
237 
$1,000, 2012 
2,111 
5,929 
3,985 
3,413 
2,380 
1,333 
15,705 
2,533 
2007 
1,938 
4,840 
5,108 
3,108 
2,199 
1,362 
13,416 
2,269 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Missouri 307 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
