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 
Massachusetts 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Mississippi 
Missouri 
Montana 
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
All horticultural production expenses 
operations 
583 
940 
487 
180 
291 
128 
$1,000 
116,602 
537,359 
229,136 
40,027 
72,961 
23,179 
Seeds, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
purchased 
operations 
546 
874 
443 
148 
267 
115 
$1,000 
20,233 
120,053 
30,676 
5,088 
12,412 
4,089 
Potting soils and growing media purchased 
operations 
406 
609 
279 
119 
191 
93 
$1,000 
7,822 
21,520 
6,712 
1,403 
2,610 
818 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioner 
purchased 
operations 
504 
870 
396 
174 
269 
116 
$1,000 
2,194 
9,116 
5,181 
2,248 
2,413 
711 
Chemicals purchased 
operations 
468 
853 
380 
173 
265 
116 
$1,000 
1,937 
8,463 
3,836 
1,111 
2,764 
324 
Containers purchased 
operations 
445 
667 
287 
124 
223 
98 
$1,000 
8,754 
39,698 
11,803 
2,306 
3,153 
909 
Plastic 
operations 
420 
634 
271 
120 
204 
93 
$1,000 
8,121 
35,646 
11,137 
1,758 
2,520 
712 
Styrofoam or other foam containers 
operations 
16 
25 
8 
22 
5 
3 
$1,000 
87 
188 
75 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
Naturally based containers (wood, peat, straw, 
rice hulls, etc.) 
operations 
66 
98 
34 
21 
14 
12 
$1,000 
273 
2,270 
135 
(D) 
122 
30 
Clay pots 
operations 
17 
56 
15 
11 
15 
9 
$1,000 
36 
107 
39 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
Glazed pottery 
operations 
20 
61 
24 
5 
14 
13 
$1,000 
88 
91 
161 
(D) 
65 
43 
Other containers 
operations 
31 
130 
29 
7 
24 
15 
$1,000 
150 
1,397 
256 
89 
(D) 
101 
Hired labor expenses, all 
operations 
396 
712 
390 
154 
229 
91 
$1,000 
41,665 
174,328 
93,536 
15,593 
26,064 
8,911 
Worked 1 50 days or more 
operations 
245 
478 
247 
123 
140 
68 
$1,000 
30,373 
118,852 
69,787 
12,960 
18,100 
5,395 
Worked less than 150 days 
operations 
298 
613 
350 
99 
182 
82 
$1,000 
11,291 
55,476 
23,750 
2,633 
7,964 
3,515 
Contract labor expenses 
operations 
125 
222 
111 
45 
57 
24 
$1,000 
1,935 
15,807 
943 
401 
2,103 
222 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
operations 
518 
924 
472 
176 
282 
120 
$1,000 
8,196 
30,986 
12,045 
3,158 
4,790 
1,529 
Utilities purchased 
operations 
532 
891 
459 
165 
275 
124 
$1,000 
4,178 
22,168 
10,513 
1,531 
2,751 
927 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
operations 
540 
911 
475 
160 
281 
124 
$1,000 
6,192 
22,303 
11,724 
2,103 
4,156 
1,326 
Rent and lease expenses for land, buildings, 
machinery, etc 
operations 
161 
327 
167 
31 
86 
47 
$1,000 
2,698 
14,750 
8,946 
945 
4,161 
905 
Interest paid on all debt related to the horticultural 
operation 
operations 
205 
426 
212 
49 
108 
70 
$1,000 
1,583 
12,165 
2,543 
816 
925 
589 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
operations 
566 
911 
472 
170 
283 
122 
$1,000 
2,738 
6,980 
3,432 
492 
1,156 
407 
Marketing expenses 
operations 
346 
538 
321 
122 
139 
91 
$1,000 
1,608 
7,512 
7,265 
585 
1,111 
465 
Packaging expenses 
operations 
97 
207 
104 
36 
62 
34 
$1,000 
358 
6,848 
4,381 
301 
890 
244 
All other production expenses 
operations 
251 
550 
277 
99 
105 
58 
$1,000 
4,511 
24,661 
15,600 
1,944 
1,502 
804 
RETURNS AND ALLOWANCES (SEE TEXT) 
Total returns and allowances 
operations 
61 
76 
46 
21 
17 
11 
$1,000 
(D) 
4,091 
7,794 
(□) 
745 
185 
GREENHOUSE, NURSERY, AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL 
LABOR 
Hired workers 
operations 
396 
712 
390 
154 
229 
91 
workers 
3,302 
14,620 
6,580 
1,115 
2,283 
1,113 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
operations 
245 
478 
247 
123 
140 
68 
workers 
1,796 
5,515 
2,985 
641 
1,149 
355 
Less than 150 days 
operations 
298 
613 
350 
99 
182 
82 
workers 
1,506 
9,105 
3,595 
474 
1,134 
758 
-continued 
502 2014 CHS -State Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
