Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Columbia 
Conway 
Craighead 
Crawford 
Crittenden 
Cross 
Dallas 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
278 
816 
583 
886 
263 
325 
90 
2007 
306 
994 
736 
1,026 
266 
364 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
35,349 
137,761 
151,896 
55,214 
142,155 
144,989 
1,442 
2007 
37,503 
112,318 
108,552 
54,281 
88,292 
100,159 
1,387 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
127,156 
168,825 
260,541 
62,318 
540,513 
446,120 
16,022 
2007 
122,558 
112,996 
147,489 
52,906 
331,925 
275,161 
13,089 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
128 
386 
356 
344 
165 
190 
27 
2007 
156 
425 
423 
395 
189 
236 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
443 
3,847 
31,583 
1,323 
15,887 
22,587 
62 
2007 
588 
2,191 
20,124 
1,214 
12,373 
15,855 
78 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
129 
346 
345 
342 
209 
204 
18 
2007 
122 
337 
407 
308 
194 
215 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
124 
1,471 
24,984 
981 
24,192 
20,250 
13 
2007 
166 
930 
16,351 
402 
14,066 
12,253 
11 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
67 
223 
305 
231 
195 
196 
19 
2007 
63 
151 
312 
157 
198 
219 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
847 
2,254 
26,392 
1,806 
23,370 
17,979 
10 
2007 
(D) 
1,084 
15,864 
1,090 
11,241 
9,393 
4 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
92 
229 
80 
227 
12 
29 
32 
2007 
103 
304 
79 
208 
12 
12 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
4,449 
23,408 
490 
11,542 
22 
234 
101 
2007 
5,246 
19,368 
330 
13,594 
26 
183 
112 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
48 
110 
49 
134 
6 
19 
24 
2007 
49 
144 
52 
120 
7 
8 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
1,074 
1,987 
385 
1,093 
14 
218 
85 
2007 
255 
1,367 
241 
462 
14 
(D) 
94 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
57 
160 
45 
115 
9 
10 
10 
2007 
68 
214 
39 
118 
9 
8 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
3,375 
21,421 
105 
10,449 
8 
16 
16 
2007 
4,991 
18,000 
89 
13,132 
12 
(D) 
19 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
230 
630 
233 
690 
31 
51 
70 
2007 
226 
627 
236 
684 
23 
56 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
21,687 
77,939 
1,094 
17,917 
146 
226 
341 
2007 
18,148 
57,829 
976 
18,660 
72 
188 
262 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
275 
786 
565 
863 
259 
304 
86 
2007 
306 
973 
706 
1,006 
262 
355 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
781 
5,278 
18,410 
3,057 
18,206 
15,452 
274 
2007 
1,187 
3,837 
13,164 
2,472 
9,215 
12,238 
191 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
153 
497 
405 
442 
188 
229 
47 
2007 
146 
397 
377 
354 
158 
190 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
1,022 
2,696 
3,542 
1,445 
2,559 
6,265 
55 
2007 
1,133 
2,766 
2,772 
1,544 
1,687 
3,242 
76 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
232 
686 
480 
682 
232 
259 
73 
2007 
285 
931 
660 
918 
252 
331 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
1,019 
4,194 
10,212 
3,574 
10,455 
11,319 
166 
2007 
1,284 
6,011 
8,609 
3,188 
6,024 
8,575 
153 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
55 
173 
241 
161 
133 
163 
13 
2007 
66 
141 
213 
136 
130 
138 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,657 
2,712 
8,831 
5,174 
8,466 
8,565 
90 
2007 
2,919 
2,571 
7,252 
3,029 
7,011 
7,396 
(D) 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
33 
81 
83 
62 
40 
51 
7 
2007 
38 
73 
65 
66 
24 
62 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
268 
1,540 
967 
566 
1,444 
1,007 
21 
2007 
149 
511 
567 
400 
329 
1,173 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
45 
179 
119 
106 
137 
119 
4 
2007 
23 
97 
111 
72 
100 
88 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
337 
2,243 
2,709 
910 
6,561 
5,846 
8 
2007 
36 
428 
1,816 
262 
3,568 
2,723 
5 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
60 
183 
150 
145 
150 
133 
24 
2007 
47 
154 
181 
130 
153 
136 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
277 
1,783 
5,982 
1,292 
16,109 
15,051 
28 
2007 
201 
1,116 
5,749 
880 
13,486 
11,191 
18 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
8 
29 
26 
30 
57 
55 
3 
2007 
10 
24 
39 
15 
34 
50 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
15 
164 
1,939 
186 
2,665 
5,269 
1 
2007 
(D) 
53 
1,462 
137 
965 
4,510 
- 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
100 
305 
294 
282 
141 
183 
30 
2007 
92 
297 
240 
260 
124 
166 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
1,157 
3,144 
5,540 
2,131 
4,732 
4,171 
105 
2007 
842 
3,387 
4,724 
2,408 
3,082 
4,756 
135 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
82 
240 
175 
234 
59 
108 
25 
2007 
64 
243 
125 
212 
53 
90 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
974 
2,519 
2,190 
1,692 
1,306 
1,587 
(D) 
2007 
560 
2,574 
1,830 
1,981 
1,075 
1,487 
98 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
52 
162 
206 
158 
117 
126 
21 
2007 
59 
179 
188 
159 
99 
116 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
183 
625 
3,351 
439 
3,426 
2,585 
(D) 
2007 
283 
813 
2,894 
427 
2,007 
3,269 
37 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
270 
790 
524 
865 
208 
269 
88 
2007 
284 
914 
628 
945 
208 
314 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
446 
1,405 
1,842 
1,183 
1,258 
1,186 
97 
2007 
339 
1,214 
1,826 
995 
966 
1,221 
86 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
162 
494 
362 
434 
180 
207 
53 
2007 
188 
463 
372 
432 
181 
188 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
820 
3,683 
7,378 
2,128 
6,084 
9,581 
69 
2007 
3,669 
9,021 
6,964 
4,006 
4,181 
5,261 
52 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
137 
398 
346 
365 
160 
208 
46 
2007 
120 
415 
345 
401 
159 
185 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
2,339 
7,627 
12,525 
3,851 
10,830 
9,434 
313 
2007 
1,426 
7,987 
10,764 
4,362 
7,478 
8,117 
286 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Arkansas 267 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
