Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Coosa 
Covington 
Crenshaw 
Cullman 
Dale 
Dallas 
DeKalb 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
152 
1,051 
575 
2,007 
487 
506 
2,035 
2007 
207 
1,096 
638 
2,465 
528 
555 
2,426 
$1,000, 2012 
2,595 
103,818 
115,545 
346,948 
91,584 
59,562 
394,777 
2007 
2,561 
80,429 
92,436 
338,851 
66,362 
43,402 
340,185 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
17,069 
98,780 
200,948 
172,869 
188,058 
117,711 
193,994 
2007 
12,371 
73,384 
144,884 
137,465 
125,685 
78,201 
140,225 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
53 
538 
248 
1,081 
211 
231 
1,088 
2007 
91 
544 
286 
1,463 
281 
254 
1,406 
$1,000, 2012 
159 
5,911 
1,739 
4,504 
3,369 
4,564 
5,760 
2007 
219 
4,227 
1,127 
4,814 
2,411 
2,432 
5,683 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
44 
476 
226 
1,211 
218 
203 
1,076 
2007 
50 
424 
214 
1,294 
229 
190 
1,186 
$1,000, 2012 
45 
3,222 
548 
1,835 
3,164 
2,521 
2,465 
2007 
38 
2,156 
252 
1,349 
1,693 
1,850 
1,739 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
30 
359 
181 
523 
166 
156 
454 
2007 
42 
337 
168 
609 
160 
169 
519 
$1,000, 2012 
14 
3,491 
621 
1,588 
1,961 
3,124 
2,266 
2007 
(D) 
1,881 
347 
1,292 
1,167 
1,613 
1,655 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
36 
246 
166 
799 
127 
114 
774 
2007 
44 
219 
160 
900 
128 
90 
820 
$1,000, 2012 
228 
10,983 
16,967 
65,481 
11,100 
4,244 
104,405 
2007 
307 
13,164 
13,395 
72,339 
8,036 
4,154 
92,183 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
23 
168 
88 
438 
69 
70 
419 
2007 
27 
107 
75 
369 
70 
61 
385 
$1,000, 2012 
70 
5,159 
1,616 
10,360 
1,636 
671 
9,123 
2007 
58 
2,606 
755 
5,355 
828 
377 
6,309 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
17 
93 
104 
449 
77 
52 
456 
2007 
20 
125 
103 
629 
88 
34 
521 
$1,000, 2012 
158 
5,825 
15,351 
55,121 
9,464 
3,574 
95,282 
2007 
249 
10,558 
12,640 
66,984 
7,208 
3,777 
85,874 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
113 
624 
367 
1,670 
259 
308 
1,638 
2007 
130 
533 
348 
1,831 
265 
283 
1,723 
$1,000, 2012 
482 
54,865 
78,273 
218,744 
54,878 
18,345 
212,044 
2007 
440 
33,338 
56,198 
179,309 
34,747 
11,956 
158,873 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
149 
980 
534 
1,995 
467 
480 
1,988 
2007 
204 
1,074 
628 
2,405 
514 
535 
2,398 
$1,000, 2012 
257 
3,765 
2,828 
7,630 
2,723 
3,339 
10,396 
2007 
281 
3,235 
2,865 
9,553 
2,362 
2,659 
10,412 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
75 
619 
338 
1,325 
289 
312 
1,304 
2007 
72 
424 
289 
1,300 
239 
245 
1,210 
$1,000, 2012 
136 
2,418 
2,348 
9,107 
1,801 
2,519 
9,587 
2007 
55 
1,799 
1,841 
8,396 
1,170 
2,119 
7,747 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
122 
792 
436 
1,712 
380 
410 
1,661 
2007 
195 
1,012 
581 
2,256 
480 
491 
2,271 
$1,000, 2012 
286 
4,073 
2,473 
8,647 
2,252 
3,261 
1 1 ,095 
2007 
412 
3,832 
2,944 
10,038 
2,464 
3,369 
11,205 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
34 
238 
152 
559 
143 
189 
604 
2007 
27 
170 
109 
581 
121 
150 
550 
$1,000, 2012 
326 
4,156 
1,334 
8,275 
1,866 
7,323 
1 1 ,440 
2007 
69 
2,505 
959 
8,557 
1,284 
5,517 
9,315 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
16 
120 
54 
193 
66 
48 
229 
2007 
8 
82 
36 
234 
54 
48 
176 
$1,000, 2012 
47 
774 
356 
1,150 
216 
800 
1,187 
2007 
13 
607 
259 
1,337 
172 
567 
939 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
12 
155 
142 
492 
89 
59 
530 
2007 
5 
110 
50 
257 
55 
47 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
14 
1,201 
1,341 
2,972 
888 
890 
4,146 
2007 
3 
1,207 
318 
938 
246 
331 
910 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
25 
151 
135 
465 
103 
179 
496 
2007 
27 
143 
106 
462 
101 
145 
414 
$1,000, 2012 
115 
1,846 
1,282 
1,856 
2,056 
2,361 
2,529 
2007 
89 
1,803 
562 
1,893 
1,508 
1,403 
1,736 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
3 
39 
33 
89 
18 
47 
99 
2007 
1 
25 
12 
90 
18 
46 
97 
$1,000, 2012 
1 
107 
249 
615 
102 
1,211 
263 
2007 
(D) 
495 
10 
672 
94 
860 
790 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
32 
352 
192 
776 
174 
149 
775 
2007 
49 
264 
148 
688 
155 
126 
718 
$1,000, 2012 
215 
3,041 
2,884 
7,601 
3,079 
2,559 
8,182 
2007 
349 
3,320 
2,091 
6,813 
2,581 
2,305 
7,652 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
24 
275 
160 
633 
148 
103 
616 
2007 
37 
217 
125 
572 
125 
93 
596 
$1,000, 2012 
191 
2,514 
2,621 
6,253 
2,692 
2,019 
6,925 
2007 
308 
2,351 
1,719 
5,814 
2,236 
1,658 
6,596 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
14 
170 
107 
386 
85 
87 
427 
2007 
36 
157 
88 
383 
73 
86 
406 
$1,000, 2012 
24 
527 
263 
1,348 
387 
540 
1,257 
2007 
41 
968 
372 
999 
346 
647 
1,056 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
146 
1,009 
552 
1,931 
459 
458 
1,962 
2007 
181 
978 
590 
2,260 
482 
477 
2,233 
$1,000, 2012 
191 
1,009 
672 
1,724 
527 
801 
2,359 
2007 
164 
839 
648 
1,782 
473 
778 
2,008 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
54 
455 
287 
1,186 
228 
227 
1,062 
2007 
66 
390 
240 
1,347 
231 
217 
1,146 
$1,000, 2012 
78 
2,955 
1,632 
5,220 
1,601 
1,700 
6,653 
2007 
91 
6,020 
8,618 
29,770 
5,954 
1,488 
27,335 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
51 
504 
275 
1,108 
239 
191 
1,021 
2007 
85 
348 
211 
1,019 
230 
184 
979 
$1,000, 2012 
311 
7,755 
5,660 
15,851 
6,366 
5,179 
16,467 
2007 
695 
5,270 
3,655 
13,396 
3,802 
5,181 
15,922 
--continued 
270 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
