Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Connecticut 
Fairfield 
Hartford 
Litchfield 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
5,977 
439 
899 
1,207 
2007 
4,916 
310 
790 
979 
$1,000, 2012 
586,466 
40,128 
108,495 
63,405 
2007 
469,319 
24,854 
100,574 
48,320 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
98,120 
91,408 
120,684 
52,531 
2007 
95,468 
80,173 
127,309 
49,357 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
2,577 
188 
451 
436 
2007 
2,746 
177 
515 
490 
$1,000, 2012 
22,350 
641 
5,931 
3,277 
2007 
15,142 
737 
5,150 
1,765 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,987 
178 
353 
325 
2007 
1,545 
108 
323 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
15,783 
319 
2,239 
2,703 
2007 
7,711 
237 
2,809 
591 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
2,242 
194 
390 
388 
2007 
1,952 
134 
383 
324 
$1,000, 2012 
37,456 
1,319 
4,227 
1,606 
2007 
45,871 
1,523 
3,862 
3,102 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1,487 
129 
221 
337 
2007 
1,077 
71 
131 
207 
$1,000, 2012 
6,536 
784 
995 
1,030 
2007 
7,164 
(D) 
962 
860 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
527 
27 
62 
139 
2007 
392 
19 
41 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
1,583 
86 
109 
445 
2007 
2,058 
(D) 
223 
369 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1,190 
121 
174 
233 
2007 
846 
59 
104 
164 
$1,000, 2012 
4,953 
698 
886 
585 
2007 
5,106 
143 
739 
491 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
3,617 
265 
472 
725 
2007 
2,458 
151 
313 
529 
$1,000, 2012 
66,754 
2,289 
4,498 
8,566 
2007 
55,295 
1,169 
3,391 
7,578 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
5,617 
407 
844 
1,131 
2007 
4,709 
291 
753 
951 
$1,000, 2012 
37,338 
2,294 
6,787 
5,083 
2007 
29,508 
1,356 
6,433 
3,269 
Utilities farms, 2012 
3,613 
278 
540 
710 
2007 
2,608 
171 
420 
520 
$1,000, 2012 
15,898 
1,385 
2,954 
2,215 
2007 
12,894 
925 
2,437 
1,995 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
4,590 
313 
671 
898 
2007 
4,326 
265 
690 
877 
$1,000, 2012 
45,733 
3,842 
8,958 
5,518 
2007 
39,671 
2,904 
7,699 
5,546 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
1,704 
175 
308 
341 
2007 
1,140 
111 
226 
211 
$1,000, 2012 
177,047 
17,862 
43,480 
15,939 
2007 
141,360 
8,138 
45,747 
9,297 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
407 
29 
85 
88 
2007 
274 
25 
40 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
6,030 
261 
1,754 
608 
2007 
8,744 
758 
4,619 
472 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
437 
28 
42 
51 
2007 
289 
18 
36 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
4,131 
86 
143 
130 
2007 
2,501 
(D) 
368 
456 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
756 
48 
157 
162 
2007 
624 
30 
147 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
9,636 
955 
2,481 
1,317 
2007 
7,820 
1,100 
1,819 
983 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
244 
22 
51 
53 
2007 
203 
17 
35 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
5,621 
128 
975 
570 
2007 
3,204 
83 
300 
387 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
1,290 
68 
209 
249 
2007 
975 
48 
176 
173 
$1,000, 2012 
20,412 
695 
4,098 
3,145 
2007 
16,913 
634 
4,221 
2,594 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
965 
47 
155 
189 
2007 
747 
33 
130 
123 
$1,000, 2012 
16,880 
513 
3,311 
2,504 
2007 
13,823 
386 
3,646 
1,916 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
682 
45 
120 
115 
2007 
516 
28 
94 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
3,532 
181 
787 
642 
2007 
3,089 
248 
575 
678 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
5,643 
393 
829 
1,138 
2007 
4,420 
258 
698 
883 
$1,000, 2012 
29,547 
2,340 
4,908 
5,428 
2007 
23,053 
1,460 
4,132 
4,538 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
3,244 
253 
469 
573 
2007 
2,698 
167 
433 
535 
$1,000, 2012 
86,195 
4,929 
14,067 
6,270 
2007 
52,470 
3,577 
6,626 
4,889 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
2,181 
145 
318 
419 
2007 
1,823 
107 
326 
366 
$1,000, 2012 
41,018 
2,569 
4,581 
7,167 
2007 
29,707 
2,292 
4,453 
3,590 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Connecticut 231 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
