Table 73. Organic Production Expenses - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Dakota 
Tennessee 
Texas 
Utah 
Vermont 
Total organic production expenses 
...farms 
2 
24 
56 
- 
36 
$1,000 
(D) 
64 
246 
- 
272 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
(D) 
2,647 
4,392 
- 
7,554 
Organic certification expense 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
...farms 
1 
14 
34 
- 
19 
$1,000 
(D) 
2 
16 
- 
13 
Agricultural chemicals, beneficial insects, 
and other organic materials for pest 
control 
...farms 
10 
33 
16 
$1,000 
- 
1 
6 
- 
(D) 
Gasoline, diesel, fuels, and oils 
purchased for the farm business 
...farms 
1 
18 
50 
- 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
28 
- 
7 
Seed, plants, vines, trees, etc. 
purchased 
...farms 
- 
11 
38 
- 
20 
$1,000 
- 
2 
12 
- 
12 
Hired agricultural labor including 
contract labor (include wages 
and benefit expenses) 
...farms 
2 
9 
11 
- 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
3 
1 
- 
112 
Livestock purchased or leased 
(see text) 
...farms 
- 
2 
6 
- 
8 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(Z) 
- 
11 
Feed purchased for livestock and 
poultry 
...farms 
- 
3 
14 
- 
15 
$1,000 
- 
9 
19 
- 
34 
Interest paid on all debt related to the 
farm business 
...farms 
- 
- 
12 
- 
6 
$1,000 
- 
- 
22 
- 
2 
Property taxes paid in 2014 
...farms 
2 
20 
47 
- 
24 
$1,000 
(D) 
7 
59 
- 
38 
Rent and lease expenses for land, 
buildings, machinery, etc. - including 
grazing fees 
...farms 
1 
2 
3 
_ 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
- 
4 
Customwork such as custom 
hauling, custom planting, custom 
harvesting, etc 
...farms 
1 
2 
11 
. 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
- 
(D) 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance 
costs 
...farms 
1 
20 
48 
- 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
12 
38 
- 
25 
Utilities expense (including water 
purchased) 
...farms 
1 
8 
36 
- 
16 
$1,000 
(D) 
1 
25 
- 
5 
All other production expenses - Include 
animal health cost, storage, marketing 
expenses, etc. (see text) 
...farms 
1 
9 
17 
_ 
18 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
14 
- 
6 
--continued 
524 2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
