Table 39. Horticultural Production Expenses, Returns and Allowances, and of Number Hired 
Workers: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iowa 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Maine 
Maryland 
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
All horticultural production expenses 
operations 
289 
169 
473 
259 
320 
313 
$1,000 
81,509 
48,639 
62,367 
75,119 
66,699 
158,618 
Seeds, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
purchased 
operations 
270 
156 
466 
214 
295 
279 
$1,000 
11,531 
11,663 
18,131 
11,683 
6,821 
25,338 
Potting soils and growing media purchased 
operations 
170 
105 
343 
169 
197 
175 
$1,000 
3,352 
1,507 
3,827 
5,281 
1,561 
6,148 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioner 
purchased 
operations 
250 
139 
453 
242 
290 
270 
$1,000 
2,159 
1,089 
1,926 
4,451 
1,913 
6,933 
Chemicals purchased 
operations 
262 
148 
434 
247 
241 
272 
$1,000 
1,944 
783 
1,257 
2,444 
1,873 
3,932 
Containers purchased 
operations 
177 
88 
385 
172 
207 
192 
$1,000 
4,920 
1,414 
5,917 
4,708 
1,250 
9,180 
Plastic 
operations 
172 
69 
337 
160 
191 
175 
$1,000 
4,711 
1,326 
5,255 
4,263 
987 
7,645 
Styrofoam or other foam containers 
operations 
5 
2 
53 
11 
7 
4 
$1,000 
23 
(D) 
459 
12 
3 
(D) 
Naturally based containers (wood, peat, straw, 
rice hulls, etc.) 
operations 
17 
4 
13 
14 
35 
18 
$1,000 
59 
10 
52 
(D) 
34 
704 
Clay pots 
operations 
6 
8 
11 
9 
26 
13 
$1,000 
3 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
Glazed pottery 
operations 
20 
7 
12 
11 
14 
11 
$1,000 
69 
14 
91 
35 
11 
78 
Other containers 
operations 
13 
24 
34 
17 
37 
27 
$1,000 
54 
54 
49 
109 
196 
(D) 
Hired labor expenses, all 
operations 
214 
139 
308 
177 
218 
234 
$1,000 
32,535 
16,578 
15,089 
27,444 
21,254 
59,744 
Worked 1 50 days or more 
operations 
124 
97 
160 
128 
115 
171 
$1,000 
24,899 
13,371 
10,475 
24,485 
17,166 
49,590 
Worked less than 150 days 
operations 
190 
100 
234 
109 
182 
168 
$1,000 
7,636 
3,207 
4,613 
2,959 
4,088 
10,154 
Contract labor expenses 
operations 
65 
46 
114 
74 
62 
67 
$1,000 
433 
1,508 
857 
1,528 
836 
3,844 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
operations 
281 
164 
464 
249 
306 
305 
$1,000 
6,366 
3,120 
4,095 
4,197 
8,341 
9,604 
Utilities purchased 
operations 
265 
159 
451 
246 
277 
253 
$1,000 
3,555 
2,378 
2,093 
2,092 
8,300 
3,740 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
operations 
279 
163 
434 
245 
295 
286 
$1,000 
4,598 
2,709 
2,517 
3,559 
5,078 
8,250 
Rent and lease expenses for land, buildings, 
machinery, etc 
operations 
69 
59 
128 
59 
80 
93 
$1,000 
2,176 
1,470 
993 
1,548 
1,231 
4,639 
Interest paid on all debt related to the horticultural 
operation 
operations 
132 
70 
140 
98 
92 
114 
$1,000 
1,704 
403 
1,218 
1,132 
469 
2,224 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
operations 
278 
162 
442 
257 
316 
297 
$1,000 
1,784 
1,074 
799 
418 
1,514 
1,683 
Marketing expenses 
operations 
163 
105 
216 
119 
207 
177 
$1,000 
902 
576 
403 
534 
2,098 
3,139 
Packaging expenses 
operations 
65 
39 
50 
39 
63 
58 
$1,000 
1,553 
328 
704 
1,367 
1,527 
1,911 
All other production expenses 
operations 
122 
97 
192 
132 
165 
150 
$1,000 
1,997 
2,038 
2,545 
2,733 
2,634 
8,311 
RETURNS AND ALLOWANCES (SEE TEXT) 
Total returns and allowances 
operations 
21 
13 
26 
28 
29 
34 
$1,000 
GREENHOUSE, NURSERY, AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL 
335 
235 
406 
783 
119 
5,160 
LABOR 
Hired workers 
operations 
214 
139 
308 
177 
218 
234 
workers 
2,679 
2,021 
2,129 
1,672 
1,828 
3,433 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
operations 
124 
97 
160 
128 
115 
171 
workers 
935 
738 
802 
1,174 
746 
2,101 
Less than 150 days 
operations 
190 
100 
234 
109 
182 
168 
workers 
1,744 
1,283 
1,327 
498 
1,082 
1,332 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 CHS - State Data 501 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
