Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



(Data are based on a sample of farms- For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Total farm production expenses 



Average per farm 



Livestock and poultry purchased . 



..farms, 1987. 

 $1,000, 1987. 

 .dollars, 1987. 



Feed for livestock and poultry , 



Commercially mixed formula feeds . 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ___ farms. 



Commercial fertilizer' farms. 



Agricultural chemicals' 

 Petroleum products 



Gasoline and gasohol farms. 



Diesel fuel farms, 



Natural gas farms. 



Electricity farms. 



Hired farm labor farms, 



Contract labor farms, 



$1,000, 



Repair and maintenance farms, 



$1,000, 

 Customwork, machine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment^ farms, 



$1,000, 



Interest paid= -_ farms, 



$1,000, 



Interest paid on debt: 

 Secured by real estate farms, 



$1,000, 

 Not secured by real estate farms, 



$1,000, 



Cash rent farms, 



$1,000, 



Property taxes paid , .farms, 



$1,000, 



All other farm production expenses farms, 



$1,000, 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1982- 

 1987. 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982- 

 1987- 



1987. 

 1982- 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987.. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982.. 



1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982- 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987- 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987- 



346 

 2 940 

 8 497 



(NA) 

 (D) 

 (D) 



865 



10 052 



11 621 



660 

 1 906 

 1 954 



244 



225 

 1 218 

 1 821 



210 

 1 138 

 1 629 



1 252 

 15 349 

 12 259 



234 

 254 

 498 

 658 



424 

 484 

 863 



1 436 



1 837 



2 545 



716 

 1 227 



1 625 



2 165 



3 728 



1 050 

 460 

 619 



420 

 294 

 339 



525 

 565 



1 440 

 1 867 



333 



1 059 



302 



See footnotes at end of table. 



184 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



