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Clinton Bailey Farmers’ Market, Buffalo NY
Elmwood­Bidwell Farmers’ Market, Buffalo NY
Table 2.5 – Farm Expenditures, Erie County
1997 2002 2007
$1,000 % $1,000 % $1,000 %
Hired labor 13,472 17.78 18,486 22.25 17,515 18.34
Animal feed 15,930 21.02 14,680 17.67 15,787 16.53
Supplies &
repairs 5,702 7.53 10,542 12.69 11,316 11.85
Depreciation 7,195 8.66 9,878 10.34
Seeds &
plants 2,778 3.67 3,008 3.62 5,794 6.07
Fuels 4,145 5.47 2,994 3.60 5,593 5.86
Real estate &
property
taxes
4,496 5.93 5,253 6.32 4,797 5.02
Utilities 3,027 3.64 4,415 4.62
Interest 3,366 4.05 4,370 4.57
Fertilizers 2,867 3.78 2,819 3.39 4,106 4.30
Rent, cash,
buildings,
etc.
1,740 2.30 2,500 3.01 3,031 3.17
Chemicals
Animal
expenditures
(excluding
breeding)
1,824 2.41 1,972
356
2.37
0.43
1,731
1,345
1.81
1.41
Breeding 1,663 2.00 1,179 1.23
Contract
labor 319 0.42 798 0.96 1,141 1.19
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costs 22,494 29.69 4,409 5.31 3,523 3.69
Total
Expenses 75,767 100 83,068 100 95,521 100
(Source: USDA Agricultural Census, 1997, 2002, 2007)