Selected Farm Production Expenditures
by Rank, Year-United States:2008-2011


Crop Year		2011	2010	2009	2008
			Mil. $	Mil. $	Mil. $	Mil. $

Feed			54,600	45,400	45,000	46,900
Farm Services		35,700	37,100	36,400	38,000
Labor			26,800	27,300	28,800	29,700
Rent			26,300	25,900	22,600	22,400
Livestock/Poultry	28,600	24,400	25,900	28,300
Fertilizer, etc.	25,100	21,000	20,100	22,500
Seed/Plants		17,800	16,300	15,500	15,100
Farm Supl. Rep.		16,300	15,900	15,500	15,900
Fuels			15,300	12,900	12,400	16,000
Farm Improvements	14,300	12,600	14,100	15,800
Tractors, etc.		12,500	10,900	9,300	11,400
Taxes			11,300	10,800	10,400	10,700
Ag Chemicals		11,800	10,700	11,500	11,700
Interest		9,800	10,200	11,000	12,000
Oth Farm Machinery	6,400	5,000	4,700	5,900
Trucks & Autos		4,370	3,860	4,000	4,500