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



[Data are based on a sample ot farms. For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Item 



Total farm production expenses 



Average per farm 



Livestock and poultry purctiased . 



Feed for livestock and poultry ,_. 

 Commercially mixed formula fee 



-.farms. 1987. 

 $1,000. 1987. 

 .dollars. 1987. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms, 



Commercial fertilizer' farms, 



Agricultural chemicals' 

 Petroleum products _._ 



Gasoline and gasotiol 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. 

 1982- 



1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982.. 



1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982. 

 1987. 



1987. 

 1962. 

 1967. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 



1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 

 1987. 



1 431 

 8 063 

 5 634 



935 

 30 360 

 32 470 



664 

 2 839 



2 559 

 367 

 282 



1 597 

 1 307 



450 

 387 

 856 

 906 

 456 

 436 

 1 835 



3 249 



499 



360 



1 365 



1 678 



878 



286 



<NA) 



(D) 



382 

 1 464 

 1 729 



673 



400 



1 241 



See footnotes at end of table. 



186 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



