Table 73. Organic Production Expenses - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Oklahoma 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
Total organic production expenses 
...farms 
10 
70 
26 
1 
12 
$1,000 
28 
275 
134 
(D) 
52 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
2,783 
3,924 
5,161 
(D) 
4,310 
Organic certification expense 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners .... 
...farms 
7 
45 
14 
- 
7 
$1 ,000 
Agricultural chemicals, beneficial insects, 
and other organic materials for pest 
2 
18 
7 
2 
control 
...farms 
4 
20 
11 
- 
6 
Gasoline, diesel, fuels, and oils 
$1 ,000 
(Z) 
8 
2 
- 
(Z) 
purchased for the farm business 
...farms 
7 
61 
14 
- 
7 
Seed, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
$1 ,000 
2 
19 
10 
- 
2 
purchased 
...farms 
7 
46 
10 
1 
7 
Hired agricultural labor including 
contract labor (include wages 
$1,000 
3 
18 
7 
(D) 
5 
and benefit expenses) 
...farms 
3 
21 
- 
- 
4 
Livestock purchased or leased 
$1 ,000 
2 
29 
” 
” 
1 
(see text) 
...farms 
3 
7 
8 
- 
10 
Feed purchased for livestock and 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
1 
2 
- 
3 
poultry 
...farms 
2 
12 
10 
- 
10 
Interest paid on all debt related to the 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
15 
14 
- 
11 
farm business 
...farms 
2 
11 
9 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
- 
- 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
...farms 
7 
60 
21 
- 
7 
Rent and lease expenses for land, 
buildings, machinery, etc. - including 
$1,000 
3 
44 
38 
7 
grazing fees 
...farms 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Customwork such as custom 
hauling, custom planting, custom 
$1 ,000 
15 
harvesting, etc 
...farms 
3 
13 
8 
1 
- 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance 
$1,000 
1 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
” 
costs 
...farms 
5 
64 
21 
1 
7 
Utilities expense (including water 
$1 ,000 
7 
48 
32 
(D) 
20 
purchased) 
...farms 
5 
38 
15 
- 
7 
All other production expenses - Include 
animal health cost, storage, marketing 
$1 ,000 
4 
23 
7 
1 
expenses, etc. (see text) 
...farms 
8 
27 
18 
- 
7 
$1,000 
2 
29 
7 
- 
2 
--continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 523 
