Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Polk 
Portage 
Price 
Racine 
Richland 
Rock 
Rusk 
St. Croix 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,313 
969 
472 
575 
1,260 
1,509 
529 
1,417 
2007 
1,582 
1,066 
545 
652 
1,545 
1,556 
651 
1,808 
$1,000, 2012 
133,377 
225,696 
25,890 
75,797 
93,602 
247,072 
48,740 
166,519 
2007 
93,357 
159,440 
17,149 
81,729 
70,604 
158,384 
39,173 
125,694 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
101,582 
232,916 
54,853 
131,822 
74,287 
163,732 
92,137 
117,515 
2007 
59,012 
149,569 
31,466 
125,351 
45,698 
101,789 
60,174 
69,521 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
632 
632 
189 
316 
575 
880 
317 
704 
2007 
735 
682 
205 
363 
641 
906 
370 
807 
$1,000, 2012 
15,284 
37,779 
1,168 
9,964 
8,080 
32,182 
4,152 
19,937 
2007 
7,540 
17,712 
883 
6,400 
4,407 
19,456 
2,103 
9,397 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
615 
572 
144 
305 
542 
877 
281 
686 
2007 
565 
516 
117 
325 
552 
855 
248 
645 
$1,000, 2012 
4,445 
19,781 
377 
4,017 
2,777 
14,933 
1,002 
6,382 
2007 
2,909 
14,895 
361 
3,703 
2,115 
10,165 
947 
4,079 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
595 
605 
168 
333 
607 
829 
288 
650 
2007 
643 
593 
158 
323 
558 
777 
322 
661 
$1,000, 2012 
9,272 
25,244 
769 
8,684 
5,529 
22,869 
2,655 
12,472 
2007 
4,388 
15,257 
398 
5,958 
2,644 
12,304 
1,612 
7,035 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
386 
271 
121 
134 
350 
348 
179 
388 
2007 
404 
269 
132 
138 
381 
384 
203 
413 
$1,000, 2012 
3,491 
12,590 
1,728 
1,518 
6,931 
13,152 
1,673 
7,184 
2007 
3,263 
5,072 
517 
3,227 
3,984 
9,536 
1,354 
5,398 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
204 
119 
80 
53 
196 
163 
117 
220 
2007 
230 
144 
60 
53 
208 
177 
126 
216 
$1,000, 2012 
1,249 
1,320 
1,057 
267 
4,951 
3,916 
650 
2,931 
2007 
1,858 
1,247 
360 
385 
1,575 
1,294 
749 
2,610 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
238 
192 
60 
101 
196 
224 
102 
200 
2007 
231 
158 
83 
97 
207 
265 
110 
241 
$1,000, 2012 
2,242 
1 1 ,270 
671 
1,251 
1,980 
9,236 
1,023 
4,252 
2007 
1,405 
3,825 
158 
2,842 
2,410 
8,242 
605 
2,788 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
707 
556 
243 
264 
701 
757 
378 
816 
2007 
792 
510 
258 
265 
746 
714 
382 
850 
$1,000, 2012 
31,645 
20,744 
7,553 
6,297 
22,297 
37,812 
12,285 
35,017 
2007 
17,406 
9,104 
3,550 
8,831 
1 1 ,336 
13,007 
7,853 
21,612 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,230 
941 
443 
546 
1,169 
1,407 
513 
1,353 
2007 
1,531 
1,048 
526 
631 
1,467 
1,496 
631 
1,697 
$1,000, 2012 
7,069 
1 1 ,746 
1,857 
4,337 
6,810 
12,241 
3,621 
8,885 
2007 
6,202 
9,120 
1,553 
4,839 
5,331 
8,862 
2,826 
8,407 
Utilities farms, 2012 
863 
716 
297 
407 
799 
1,019 
402 
972 
2007 
855 
669 
263 
366 
750 
875 
403 
910 
$1,000, 2012 
3,653 
7,543 
971 
2,299 
2,855 
6,129 
1,707 
4,837 
2007 
3,000 
4,760 
689 
2,414 
2,500 
3,257 
1,464 
3,659 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,080 
812 
362 
462 
968 
1,155 
468 
1,160 
2007 
1,451 
974 
481 
595 
1,331 
1,371 
592 
1,614 
$1,000, 2012 
9,831 
16,180 
2,166 
5,891 
8,119 
15,633 
5,128 
12,161 
2007 
8,299 
13,855 
2,056 
5,836 
8,480 
12,300 
3,855 
12,087 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
289 
286 
101 
149 
292 
391 
148 
389 
2007 
277 
257 
79 
144 
287 
348 
147 
355 
$1,000, 2012 
13,272 
26,077 
2,706 
9,652 
7,245 
18,935 
3,878 
13,537 
2007 
11,124 
25,298 
1,825 
14,141 
6,728 
14,246 
4,187 
14,123 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
69 
36 
15 
38 
65 
63 
14 
79 
2007 
64 
53 
20 
17 
53 
60 
25 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
718 
512 
52 
534 
414 
501 
104 
720 
2007 
291 
690 
87 
885 
295 
397 
118 
832 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
403 
303 
124 
169 
373 
507 
244 
467 
2007 
352 
271 
87 
147 
340 
401 
210 
415 
$1,000, 2012 
3,673 
4,602 
1,193 
2,115 
1,871 
5,785 
1,713 
3,984 
2007 
1,896 
2,212 
406 
1,644 
1,740 
3,237 
857 
2,390 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
351 
367 
98 
196 
297 
488 
177 
413 
2007 
354 
332 
93 
203 
275 
451 
171 
395 
$1,000, 2012 
6,827 
15,803 
647 
8,325 
4,713 
28,242 
1,802 
10,923 
2007 
3,940 
10,369 
535 
6,499 
3,302 
18,853 
1,478 
6,118 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
81 
80 
17 
53 
88 
108 
41 
70 
2007 
63 
66 
20 
39 
59 
87 
42 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
549 
2,706 
44 
921 
293 
1,598 
204 
810 
2007 
604 
2,169 
111 
604 
669 
1,078 
260 
574 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
528 
385 
164 
202 
545 
653 
263 
636 
2007 
548 
388 
120 
192 
514 
651 
280 
603 
$1,000, 2012 
6,379 
6,910 
1,715 
2,960 
5,038 
13,135 
3,491 
8,322 
2007 
7,964 
9,999 
1,247 
4,253 
5,747 
12,422 
3,978 
1 1 ,053 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
465 
303 
135 
156 
461 
507 
214 
524 
2007 
458 
296 
87 
151 
444 
540 
231 
501 
$1,000, 2012 
4,921 
4,546 
1,284 
2,112 
3,949 
10,213 
2,406 
6,434 
2007 
6,186 
6,003 
953 
2,718 
4,254 
8,748 
3,100 
8,114 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
276 
227 
80 
111 
278 
366 
181 
326 
2007 
322 
239 
71 
111 
290 
367 
174 
346 
$1,000, 2012 
1,458 
2,364 
431 
847 
1,089 
2,922 
1,085 
1,888 
2007 
1,778 
3,996 
293 
1,536 
1,493 
3,674 
878 
2,939 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,285 
932 
459 
533 
1,227 
1,412 
510 
1,361 
2007 
1,500 
1,000 
518 
583 
1,458 
1,433 
617 
1,708 
$1,000, 2012 
4,916 
4,589 
1,405 
2,799 
4,442 
8,030 
1,624 
5,762 
2007 
5,554 
4,885 
1,280 
3,164 
4,725 
6,467 
2,065 
6,718 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
712 
588 
229 
354 
679 
833 
345 
877 
2007 
812 
631 
221 
359 
759 
908 
377 
872 
$1,000, 2012 
12,352 
12,892 
1,542 
5,485 
6,189 
15,895 
3,701 
15,588 
2007 
8,976 
14,045 
1,653 
9,330 
6,600 
12,796 
4,215 
12,211 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
684 
531 
178 
300 
657 
783 
296 
713 
2007 
730 
583 
191 
325 
664 
781 
330 
822 
$1,000, 2012 
11,824 
19,620 
2,694 
7,963 
9,704 
21,742 
5,897 
17,437 
2007 
10,419 
15,039 
2,034 
6,858 
9,163 
16,848 
5,688 
12,843 
--continued 
274 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
