Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lincoln 
Manitowoc 
Marathon 
Marinette 
Marquette 
Menominee 
Milwaukee 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
449 
1,224 
2,266 
535 
478 
5 
82 
2007 
575 
1,444 
2,545 
746 
626 
4 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
27,317 
258,568 
300,298 
80,524 
66,632 
35 
5,242 
2007 
26,791 
167,770 
233,501 
52,814 
45,616 
9 
8,145 
Average per farm 
doilars, 2012 
60,839 
211,248 
132,524 
150,512 
139,397 
6,942 
63,929 
2007 
46,592 
116,184 
91,749 
70,796 
72,869 
2,192 
84,841 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
194 
683 
1,502 
302 
273 
- 
57 
2007 
279 
744 
1,665 
376 
320 
- 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
1,442 
14,004 
20,691 
6,839 
9,533 
- 
326 
2007 
1,113 
7,556 
13,647 
3,552 
4,014 
- 
401 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
162 
671 
1,436 
275 
279 
- 
64 
2007 
180 
659 
1,312 
257 
244 
- 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
556 
9,149 
8,751 
2,270 
3,703 
- 
193 
2007 
465 
4,781 
5,943 
1,736 
2,394 
- 
299 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
201 
716 
1,439 
291 
250 
- 
62 
2007 
219 
720 
1,426 
298 
276 
- 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
1,126 
11,086 
16,938 
4,652 
6,321 
- 
759 
2007 
1,151 
7,738 
9,143 
2,843 
3,356 
- 
1,357 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
138 
314 
704 
179 
121 
2 
11 
2007 
135 
349 
726 
186 
164 
1 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
1,044 
7,407 
10,797 
2,493 
1,181 
(D) 
14 
2007 
606 
7,295 
12,600 
2,054 
1,119 
(D) 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
69 
171 
444 
95 
68 
2 
2 
2007 
53 
181 
487 
81 
66 
- 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
746 
2,448 
7,898 
1,077 
934 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
329 
3,182 
7,279 
1,004 
611 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
89 
194 
363 
107 
70 
2 
10 
2007 
95 
209 
335 
126 
118 
1 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
297 
4,959 
2,899 
1,415 
247 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
277 
4,113 
5,321 
1,050 
508 
(D) 
15 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
263 
669 
1,421 
333 
248 
4 
16 
2007 
250 
732 
1,415 
396 
263 
1 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
6,781 
75,233 
75,961 
20,324 
8,973 
11 
67 
2007 
4,068 
35,377 
46,478 
8,230 
4,207 
(D) 
(D) 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
437 
1,161 
2,212 
521 
455 
5 
81 
2007 
562 
1,387 
2,494 
719 
586 
4 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
1,851 
12,149 
19,057 
4,561 
4,238 
7 
554 
2007 
2,357 
9,268 
13,944 
3,809 
3,168 
2 
895 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
319 
890 
1,760 
401 
330 
5 
53 
2007 
276 
812 
1,726 
358 
306 
3 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
767 
6,284 
9,896 
1,977 
1,663 
4 
253 
2007 
932 
5,250 
8,046 
1,600 
1,264 
(D) 
302 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
364 
1,028 
1,971 
434 
395 
3 
71 
2007 
526 
1,304 
2,362 
659 
547 
3 
91 
$1,000, 2012 
2,470 
18,361 
28,361 
7,875 
5,393 
6 
419 
2007 
3,056 
14,920 
24,232 
5,317 
4,853 
1 
617 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
96 
386 
682 
141 
109 
2 
34 
2007 
100 
353 
732 
143 
106 
1 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
3,552 
29,867 
31,306 
9,062 
6,933 
(D) 
1,541 
2007 
4,845 
23,150 
31,104 
6,771 
6,821 
(D) 
2,270 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
24 
58 
146 
30 
19 
_ 
5 
2007 
27 
68 
162 
18 
19 
- 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
95 
615 
2,381 
485 
534 
- 
32 
2007 
89 
784 
1,130 
113 
134 
- 
28 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
133 
576 
1,059 
141 
125 
- 
8 
2007 
86 
504 
918 
147 
124 
- 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
777 
1 1 ,644 
11,897 
5,090 
1,499 
- 
19 
2007 
553 
6,605 
7,052 
1,677 
804 
- 
185 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
121 
471 
881 
153 
125 
2 
32 
2007 
106 
475 
822 
138 
135 
1 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
1,088 
9,001 
12,203 
2,595 
4,100 
(D) 
185 
2007 
833 
7,278 
6,944 
2,546 
2,684 
(D) 
282 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
21 
116 
215 
25 
23 
- 
7 
2007 
29 
128 
222 
21 
30 
- 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
143 
1,992 
1,998 
396 
467 
- 
10 
2007 
245 
1,379 
1,694 
367 
294 
- 
31 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
184 
525 
1,068 
208 
177 
_ 
27 
2007 
172 
520 
1,045 
198 
167 
- 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
1,747 
12,239 
14,867 
3,705 
3,010 
- 
221 
2007 
1,986 
12,914 
15,868 
3,884 
2,967 
- 
254 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
165 
457 
878 
168 
157 
_ 
22 
2007 
144 
438 
861 
166 
132 
- 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,454 
9,095 
10,915 
2,633 
2,368 
- 
135 
2007 
1,393 
9,415 
11,801 
2,844 
2,188 
- 
162 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
91 
250 
606 
122 
99 
- 
17 
2007 
107 
278 
605 
120 
98 
- 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
294 
3,144 
3,953 
1,072 
643 
- 
86 
2007 
593 
3,498 
4,067 
1,040 
779 
- 
93 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
436 
1,177 
2,186 
524 
461 
3 
54 
2007 
543 
1,352 
2,405 
719 
584 
3 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
1,460 
5,814 
8,814 
2,286 
2,200 
2 
233 
2007 
1,909 
6,027 
10,069 
2,440 
2,573 
1 
297 
Ali other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
279 
798 
1,483 
287 
271 
1 
27 
2007 
276 
793 
1,639 
356 
303 
1 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
2,417 
33,723 
26,381 
5,916 
6,885 
(D) 
416 
2007 
2,582 
1 7,448 
25,608 
5,873 
4,962 
(D) 
840 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
206 
689 
1,275 
282 
248 
1 
36 
2007 
232 
703 
1,483 
271 
256 
- 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
2,657 
23,259 
30,631 
7,676 
5,210 
(D) 
684 
2007 
3,613 
20,408 
32,639 
5,535 
6,221 
415 
--continued 
272 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
