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 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. 



Agncultural chemicals' 

 Petroleum products --_ 



Gasoline and gasofiol farms, 



Diesel fuel farms, 



Natural gas farms. 



LP gas, fuel oil. kerosene, motor oil. 

 grease, etc 



Electricity farms. 



Hired farm labor farms. 



Contract labor... farms. 



$1,000, 



Repair and maintenance _. ..farms, 



$1,000, 

 Customwork, macfiine hire, and rental of 

 macfiinery and equipment^ farms, 



$1,000, 



Interest paid^ farms. 



Not secured by real estate . 



Castl rent... 



Property taxes paid 



All other farm production expenses . 



..farms, 

 $1,000, 



..farms, 

 $1,000, 



.-farms, 

 $1,000, 



.-farms, 

 $1,000, 



-.farms. 

 $1,000, 



1982- 

 1987- 

 1982. 



1987- 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982- 

 1987- 



1987- 

 1982- 

 1987- 

 1982- 



1987- 

 1982. 

 1987- 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987- 

 1982- 

 1987- 



1987- 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982., 



1987- 

 1987. 

 1987- 



873 

 11 734 

 13 441 



560 

 2 127 

 2 259 



406 



440 



1 268 



1 473 



406 

 31 804 

 78 334 



327 



437 



1 932 



417 

 3 283 

 3 773 



353 

 434 

 3 480 

 3 938 

 402 

 512 



2 293 



3 526 



299 

 427 

 635 



1 084 

 340 

 418 

 920 



1 489 



343 

 (NA) 

 637 

 933 



337 

 389 

 462 

 480 

 221 

 269 

 2 769 

 2 354 



245 

 296 



2 037 

 2 754 



254 



3 161 



383 



305 

 6 329 



20 751 



217 

 1 410 

 1 239 



See footnotes at end of table. 



190 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



