Table 73. Organic Production Expenses - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Idaho 
Illinois 
Indiana 
Iowa 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Total organic production expenses 
.. farms 
10 
34 
31 
19 
6 
21 
$1 ,000 
18 
197 
90 
47 
19 
144 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
1,809 
5,783 
2,918 
2,493 
3,128 
6,835 
Organic certification expense 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
.. farms 
2 
24 
19 
6 
2 
8 
Agricultural chemicals, beneficial insects, 
and other organic materials for pest 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
11 
9 
2 
(D) 
1 
control 
.. farms 
4 
24 
9 
8 
4 
11 
Gasoline, diesel, fuels, and oils 
$1 ,000 
(Z) 
8 
1 
1 
(D) 
1 
purchased for the farm business 
.. farms 
8 
32 
25 
16 
4 
17 
Seed, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
$1 ,000 
2 
22 
6 
3 
(Z) 
4 
purchased 
.. farms 
4 
31 
14 
17 
4 
18 
Hired agricultural labor including 
contract labor (include wages 
$1 ,000 
1 
13 
4 
5 
(Z) 
3 
and benefit expenses) 
.. farms 
4 
11 
9 
2 
2 
6 
Livestock purchased or leased 
$1 ,000 
(Z) 
7 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
(see text) 
.. farms 
2 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Feed purchased for livestock and 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
” 
” 
” 
poultry 
.. farms 
2 
3 
8 
2 
4 
4 
Interest paid on all debt related to the 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
(Z) 
4 
(D) 
2 
2 
farm business 
.. farms 
2 
11 
8 
3 
- 
7 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
6 
2 
7 
- 
20 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
.. farms 
10 
31 
24 
18 
4 
15 
Rent and lease expenses for land, 
buildings, machinery, etc. - including 
$1,000 
5 
(D) 
20 
5 
6 
5 
grazing fees 
.. farms 
- 
8 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Customwork such as custom 
hauling, custom planting, custom 
$1 ,000 
4 
3 
harvesting, etc 
.. farms 
- 
11 
6 
- 
4 
- 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance 
$1 ,000 
” 
(D) 
7 
” 
4 
” 
costs 
.. farms 
8 
27 
22 
14 
4 
17 
Utilities expense (including water 
$1 ,000 
4 
40 
11 
11 
(Z) 
33 
purchased) 
.. farms 
2 
22 
8 
6 
4 
17 
All other production expenses - Include 
animal health cost, storage, marketing 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
5 
7 
3 
2 
9 
expenses, etc. (see text) 
.. farms 
6 
10 
13 
6 
4 
12 
$1 ,000 
(Z) 
(D) 
3 
2 
1 
61 
--continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 519 
