Table 73. Organic Production Expenses - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Jersey 
New Mexico 
New York 
North Carolina 
North Dakota 
Ohio 
Total organic production expenses 
...farms 
27 
11 
62 
64 
- 
42 
$1 ,000 
202 
24 
333 
152 
- 
163 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
7,498 
2,140 
5,366 
2,370 
- 
3,887 
Organic certification expense 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
...farms 
16 
11 
41 
48 
- 
24 
Agricultural chemicals, beneficial insects, 
and other organic materials for pest 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
1 
22 
12 
8 
control 
...farms 
12 
2 
16 
21 
- 
7 
Gasoline, diesel, fuels, and oils 
$1 ,000 
3 
(D) 
4 
3 
- 
5 
purchased for the farm business 
...farms 
25 
6 
56 
58 
- 
36 
Seed, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
(Z) 
21 
25 
- 
13 
purchased 
...farms 
19 
6 
48 
58 
- 
21 
Hired agricultural labor including 
contract labor (include wages 
$1 ,000 
6 
3 
25 
17 
7 
and benefit expenses) 
...farms 
6 
5 
8 
19 
- 
18 
Livestock purchased or leased 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
2 
12 
8 
” 
14 
(see text) 
...farms 
4 
- 
12 
7 
- 
12 
Feed purchased for livestock and 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
- 
13 
1 
- 
6 
poultry 
...farms 
8 
- 
12 
11 
- 
15 
Interest paid on all debt related to the 
$1 ,000 
12 
” 
21 
9 
” 
21 
farm business 
...farms 
5 
5 
10 
2 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 
(Z) 
(Z) 
20 
(D) 
- 
- 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
...farms 
26 
11 
47 
50 
- 
34 
Rent and lease expenses for land, 
buildings, machinery, etc. - including 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
12 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
grazing fees 
...farms 
2 
- 
4 
5 
- 
1 
Customwork such as custom 
hauling, custom planting, custom 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
2 
3 
(D) 
harvesting, etc 
...farms 
- 
2 
11 
5 
- 
15 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance 
$1 ,000 
” 
(D) 
14 
(Z) 
10 
costs 
...farms 
19 
9 
56 
55 
- 
39 
Utilities expense (including water 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
2 
66 
34 
- 
20 
purchased) 
...farms 
12 
11 
29 
29 
- 
16 
All other production expenses - Include 
animal health cost, storage, marketing 
$1 ,000 
7 
1 
15 
7 
8 
expenses, etc. (see text) 
...farms 
10 
2 
32 
19 
- 
20 
$1 ,000 
10 
(D) 
14 
7 
- 
8 
--continued 
522 2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
