Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Middlesex 
New Haven 
New London 
Tolland 
Windham 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
518 
695 
949 
578 
692 
2007 
393 
573 
793 
484 
594 
$1,000, 2012 
60,783 
84,459 
126,213 
59,436 
43,547 
2007 
59,834 
75,005 
90,348 
32,466 
37,918 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
117,342 
121,524 
132,996 
102,831 
62,930 
2007 
152,249 
130,899 
113,931 
67,079 
63,835 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
199 
311 
413 
260 
319 
2007 
194 
345 
421 
274 
330 
$1,000, 2012 
590 
3,301 
3,730 
3,331 
1,549 
2007 
545 
1,504 
3,025 
1,350 
1,065 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
145 
242 
319 
188 
237 
2007 
97 
178 
240 
158 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
405 
3,816 
1,930 
3,868 
504 
2007 
609 
1,124 
1,001 
868 
472 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
194 
264 
346 
205 
261 
2007 
135 
274 
278 
190 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
9,248 
11,256 
6,039 
1,905 
1,856 
2007 
9,822 
18,976 
5,885 
1,189 
1,512 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
99 
134 
214 
154 
199 
2007 
91 
99 
182 
126 
170 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
370 
1,776 
(D) 
1,065 
2007 
(D) 
220 
3,056 
591 
931 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
31 
46 
76 
62 
84 
2007 
27 
24 
76 
65 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
108 
452 
(D) 
218 
2007 
(D) 
31 
772 
169 
395 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
86 
117 
185 
118 
156 
2007 
79 
87 
139 
90 
124 
$1,000, 2012 
177 
262 
1,324 
175 
846 
2007 
300 
188 
2,284 
423 
537 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
337 
391 
624 
369 
434 
2007 
234 
248 
427 
250 
306 
$1,000, 2012 
2,715 
3,106 
27,977 
8,303 
9,301 
2007 
1,884 
2,399 
27,279 
4,064 
7,531 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
488 
651 
901 
545 
650 
2007 
384 
551 
749 
461 
569 
$1,000, 2012 
3,137 
6,463 
6,713 
2,950 
3,911 
2007 
2,972 
6,985 
3,415 
2,393 
2,685 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
311 
455 
613 
339 
367 
2007 
180 
321 
416 
269 
311 
$1,000, 2012 
1,178 
2,483 
2,702 
1,640 
1,341 
2007 
1,114 
1,948 
1,922 
942 
1,609 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
399 
560 
743 
466 
540 
2007 
349 
526 
694 
418 
507 
$1,000, 2012 
4,407 
7,422 
7,521 
4,334 
3,732 
2007 
4,028 
6,395 
6,317 
3,141 
3,642 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
124 
216 
236 
145 
159 
2007 
71 
145 
153 
107 
116 
$1,000, 2012 
18,084 
29,394 
27,946 
15,814 
8,529 
2007 
17,512 
22,842 
20,170 
9,213 
8,442 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
19 
40 
56 
58 
32 
2007 
14 
28 
50 
27 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
95 
683 
669 
1,787 
172 
2007 
150 
926 
337 
1,171 
312 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
33 
60 
85 
43 
95 
2007 
9 
28 
64 
27 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
342 
399 
1,004 
1,094 
932 
2007 
(D) 
179 
461 
119 
288 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
45 
89 
91 
80 
84 
2007 
34 
71 
93 
50 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
1,638 
839 
797 
996 
613 
2007 
1,049 
1,367 
632 
395 
475 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
15 
46 
20 
24 
13 
2007 
20 
23 
43 
10 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,309 
523 
(D) 
96 
2007 
788 
622 
835 
96 
93 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
125 
121 
179 
145 
194 
2007 
76 
101 
130 
117 
154 
$1,000, 2012 
1,644 
2,843 
2,845 
2,992 
2,150 
2007 
1,098 
1,868 
2,588 
2,012 
1,898 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
91 
82 
147 
96 
158 
2007 
56 
77 
104 
102 
122 
$1,000, 2012 
1,015 
2,436 
2,486 
2,758 
1,858 
2007 
507 
1,702 
2,259 
1,788 
1,619 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
65 
64 
89 
88 
96 
2007 
43 
46 
69 
62 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
629 
408 
359 
234 
292 
2007 
591 
166 
329 
224 
279 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
494 
658 
905 
556 
670 
2007 
361 
502 
723 
444 
551 
$1,000, 2012 
2,622 
3,713 
4,544 
2,994 
2,999 
2007 
1,819 
2,757 
3,386 
2,041 
2,920 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
276 
418 
561 
282 
412 
2007 
207 
300 
433 
280 
343 
$1,000, 2012 
13,413 
7,062 
29,498 
6,158 
4,797 
2007 
15,525 
4,893 
10,038 
2,881 
4,041 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
164 
278 
375 
223 
259 
2007 
132 
207 
302 
162 
221 
$1,000, 2012 
3,040 
7,794 
8,519 
4,447 
2,901 
2007 
3,137 
5,317 
5,022 
2,945 
2,951 
232 Connecticut 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
