Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sauk 
Sawyer 
Shawano 
Sheboygan 
Taylor 
Trempealeau 
Vernon 
Vilas 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,665 
172 
1,278 
986 
967 
1,436 
2,228 
47 
2007 
1,923 
231 
1,450 
1,059 
1,208 
1,721 
2,492 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
193,258 
21,990 
197,587 
193,312 
106,191 
218,348 
168,714 
5,154 
2007 
145,334 
12,608 
145,434 
120,403 
69,145 
144,756 
126,147 
6,642 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
116,071 
127,849 
154,607 
196,057 
109,815 
152,053 
75,724 
109,663 
2007 
75,577 
54,579 
100,299 
113,695 
57,239 
84,112 
50,621 
93,550 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
895 
78 
816 
577 
493 
810 
1,153 
16 
2007 
1,002 
105 
929 
683 
645 
790 
1,340 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
20,932 
1,326 
14,921 
13,279 
7,991 
18,117 
13,164 
457 
2007 
9,312 
879 
8,581 
7,373 
3,850 
8,776 
6,579 
298 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
891 
67 
774 
608 
412 
816 
1,043 
10 
2007 
835 
74 
767 
572 
425 
665 
922 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
7,333 
569 
4,875 
6,551 
2,370 
6,414 
5,434 
266 
2007 
5,743 
380 
3,284 
3,864 
1,372 
4,168 
3,291 
218 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
913 
63 
784 
597 
489 
753 
1,159 
13 
2007 
891 
79 
811 
587 
519 
703 
1,220 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
13,047 
956 
10,488 
9,418 
5,327 
1 1 ,334 
9,654 
(D) 
2007 
6,869 
561 
5,317 
5,652 
2,512 
5,543 
5,948 
339 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
471 
63 
367 
293 
293 
380 
769 
13 
2007 
538 
46 
436 
270 
317 
416 
726 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
5,677 
724 
11,581 
8,829 
5,565 
26,789 
11,219 
37 
2007 
7,542 
187 
10,087 
4,584 
3,700 
14,645 
6,012 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
266 
38 
230 
166 
180 
210 
450 
4 
2007 
276 
19 
247 
141 
179 
220 
376 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
2,494 
475 
7,609 
7,591 
2,899 
3,241 
3,179 
2 
2007 
1,974 
110 
5,835 
1,974 
1,749 
2,725 
2,654 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
271 
34 
198 
158 
140 
225 
464 
13 
2007 
340 
32 
258 
153 
174 
260 
444 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
3,184 
248 
3,972 
1,237 
2,666 
23,547 
8,040 
35 
2007 
5,568 
77 
4,253 
2,610 
1,951 
1 1 ,920 
3,357 
21 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
954 
105 
814 
611 
679 
728 
1,498 
24 
2007 
1,014 
120 
811 
552 
687 
736 
1,320 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
42,028 
4,999 
51,007 
48,255 
25,320 
70,718 
32,011 
88 
2007 
25,793 
1,592 
28,319 
21,908 
14,560 
39,554 
19,211 
113 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,543 
169 
1,230 
938 
934 
1,334 
2,132 
45 
2007 
1,828 
221 
1,425 
1,038 
1,167 
1,653 
2,393 
69 
$1,000, 2012 
12,271 
1,675 
10,833 
10,703 
6,695 
10,089 
9,249 
420 
2007 
9,123 
1,019 
8,937 
6,685 
4,686 
7,797 
10,477 
471 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,120 
127 
962 
748 
677 
984 
1,416 
36 
2007 
1,033 
129 
981 
673 
661 
904 
1,323 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
5,670 
814 
5,645 
4,639 
2,940 
4,909 
4,907 
187 
2007 
4,766 
428 
4,531 
3,477 
2,497 
3,882 
4,144 
174 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,333 
140 
1,066 
846 
826 
1,162 
1,838 
38 
2007 
1,687 
207 
1,318 
977 
1,083 
1,551 
2,137 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
16,195 
2,060 
17,429 
15,870 
10,548 
14,118 
13,575 
341 
2007 
14,677 
1,373 
13,811 
12,046 
8,435 
11,108 
13,771 
477 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
390 
60 
425 
327 
274 
392 
555 
21 
2007 
419 
48 
417 
290 
246 
350 
451 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
16,867 
2,224 
17,172 
24,701 
9,088 
1 1 ,088 
1 1 ,907 
1,601 
2007 
15,037 
2,043 
15,871 
18,249 
6,177 
10,469 
1 1 ,579 
1,783 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
102 
12 
64 
67 
56 
73 
137 
9 
2007 
83 
17 
67 
47 
54 
66 
113 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
699 
282 
421 
980 
317 
758 
1,124 
38 
2007 
760 
95 
378 
425 
344 
338 
620 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
643 
34 
613 
424 
397 
581 
852 
4 
2007 
564 
42 
517 
328 
331 
464 
673 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
6,187 
663 
11,580 
6,560 
3,480 
6,248 
4,734 
(D) 
2007 
3,552 
171 
5,878 
3,988 
1,934 
3,291 
3,074 
37 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
521 
52 
482 
384 
319 
406 
609 
5 
2007 
493 
52 
477 
404 
294 
375 
566 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,958 
774 
8,653 
8,408 
3,732 
10,840 
9,220 
(D) 
2007 
8,648 
530 
4,417 
5,384 
1,941 
4,942 
5,612 
72 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
155 
15 
162 
97 
78 
88 
183 
4 
2007 
162 
9 
150 
101 
72 
81 
172 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
866 
196 
683 
736 
642 
570 
636 
(D) 
2007 
1,292 
50 
1,084 
813 
587 
668 
638 
41 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
755 
68 
619 
428 
474 
690 
1,045 
20 
2007 
742 
64 
604 
403 
421 
678 
913 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,493 
1,357 
10,679 
9,411 
6,097 
7,754 
10,303 
458 
2007 
1 1 ,869 
951 
12,260 
8,604 
5,070 
8,654 
1 1 ,889 
627 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
619 
52 
528 
381 
396 
583 
805 
14 
2007 
570 
55 
524 
341 
343 
580 
742 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
8,706 
1,060 
8,161 
7,961 
4,582 
5,728 
7,741 
387 
2007 
8,905 
638 
9,555 
6,210 
3,696 
6,411 
8,821 
(D) 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
423 
50 
297 
184 
272 
356 
675 
13 
2007 
450 
41 
365 
213 
239 
334 
555 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
2,788 
296 
2,518 
1,450 
1,515 
2,026 
2,563 
71 
2007 
2,964 
312 
2,705 
2,394 
1,374 
2,243 
3,068 
(D) 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,588 
161 
1,245 
948 
939 
1,380 
2,156 
44 
2007 
1,770 
218 
1,394 
996 
1,156 
1,651 
2,352 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
7,702 
737 
5,387 
4,579 
4,059 
6,964 
8,281 
288 
2007 
7,370 
735 
5,579 
4,204 
3,984 
7,591 
8,102 
336 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
995 
110 
830 
648 
623 
808 
1,336 
27 
2007 
1,025 
106 
914 
675 
676 
867 
1,349 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
14,333 
2,633 
16,235 
20,392 
12,019 
11,637 
23,294 
531 
2007 
12,981 
1,614 
17,099 
13,147 
7,496 
13,327 
15,203 
1,621 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
874 
87 
754 
570 
497 
785 
1,046 
24 
2007 
935 
99 
853 
566 
526 
793 
1,127 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
19,209 
1,929 
20,962 
18,730 
1 1 ,955 
17,144 
15,508 
986 
2007 
18,840 
1,897 
18,723 
17,767 
10,183 
14,763 
13,619 
1,309 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Wisconsin 275 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
