Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hale 
Henry 
Houston 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Lamar 
Lauderdale 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
456 
498 
816 
1,376 
394 
353 
1,466 
2007 
479 
478 
841 
1,523 
470 
422 
1,697 
$1,000, 2012 
51,693 
62,822 
81,419 
96,495 
1 1 ,932 
8,583 
69,820 
2007 
53,126 
42,334 
59,771 
90,399 
19,197 
6,905 
44,227 
Average per farm 
doilars, 2012 
113,362 
126,148 
99,778 
70,127 
30,284 
24,315 
47,626 
2007 
110,909 
88,565 
71,071 
59,356 
40,845 
16,362 
26,062 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
202 
284 
455 
698 
193 
187 
758 
2007 
210 
276 
502 
914 
235 
234 
986 
$1,000, 2012 
900 
6,480 
12,979 
6,731 
490 
600 
1 1 ,323 
2007 
1,433 
3,324 
7,492 
5,783 
491 
565 
6,130 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
174 
254 
395 
619 
158 
130 
580 
2007 
145 
210 
378 
600 
172 
106 
554 
$1,000, 2012 
590 
5,610 
8,026 
3,115 
198 
132 
4,494 
2007 
708 
2,379 
5,770 
1,961 
82 
109 
2,161 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
134 
224 
317 
388 
115 
93 
428 
2007 
119 
196 
344 
411 
128 
118 
436 
$1,000, 2012 
427 
5,020 
7,593 
3,692 
89 
175 
4,825 
2007 
480 
2,304 
4,677 
2,192 
332 
184 
2,146 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
92 
102 
133 
414 
105 
70 
377 
2007 
103 
92 
140 
361 
81 
76 
366 
$1,000, 2012 
7,135 
4,274 
(D) 
10,605 
3,152 
596 
4,954 
2007 
6,562 
2,673 
(D) 
15,231 
(D) 
465 
4,333 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
52 
72 
77 
247 
65 
40 
266 
2007 
59 
71 
90 
201 
39 
44 
211 
$1,000, 2012 
1,607 
923 
490 
2,951 
200 
138 
3,109 
2007 
988 
236 
(D) 
1,923 
163 
130 
1,872 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
49 
41 
70 
228 
55 
33 
138 
2007 
59 
31 
64 
209 
55 
36 
198 
$1,000, 2012 
5,528 
3,350 
(D) 
7,654 
2,952 
458 
1,845 
2007 
5,573 
2,437 
(D) 
13,308 
(D) 
336 
2,462 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
321 
251 
402 
974 
285 
218 
1,057 
2007 
263 
226 
398 
953 
308 
240 
1,040 
$1,000, 2012 
22,219 
19,703 
6,388 
47,453 
3,487 
3,474 
19,476 
2007 
20,407 
12,198 
6,363 
37,662 
(D) 
2,541 
10,562 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
437 
459 
751 
1,356 
375 
343 
1,406 
2007 
458 
464 
824 
1,498 
464 
403 
1,662 
$1,000, 2012 
2,211 
3,898 
4,905 
4,414 
733 
696 
3,800 
2007 
2,680 
2,791 
4,426 
4,264 
909 
531 
2,856 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
268 
310 
475 
787 
214 
173 
729 
2007 
206 
212 
386 
647 
193 
138 
587 
$1,000, 2012 
2,010 
1,472 
1,620 
2,212 
377 
198 
1,429 
2007 
2,448 
688 
1,071 
2,080 
504 
133 
840 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
370 
389 
621 
1,069 
292 
271 
1,147 
2007 
420 
430 
770 
1,370 
412 
372 
1,575 
$1,000, 2012 
3,221 
3,486 
5,052 
4,497 
624 
713 
4,282 
2007 
4,103 
3,095 
5,331 
4,537 
866 
868 
3,429 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
158 
141 
231 
311 
80 
68 
312 
2007 
126 
94 
168 
261 
68 
67 
284 
$1,000, 2012 
4,996 
3,228 
4,715 
2,951 
1,198 
678 
2,996 
2007 
5,722 
2,718 
4,131 
2,333 
(D) 
228 
2,114 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
49 
50 
83 
92 
38 
16 
117 
2007 
66 
36 
72 
78 
27 
15 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
542 
500 
1,579 
1,121 
106 
101 
614 
2007 
1,429 
254 
803 
599 
266 
29 
288 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
66 
105 
117 
197 
23 
27 
175 
2007 
68 
56 
96 
124 
24 
25 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
537 
835 
1,305 
952 
59 
55 
753 
2007 
736 
325 
806 
657 
33 
30 
339 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
129 
146 
232 
289 
81 
73 
296 
2007 
110 
122 
209 
280 
53 
65 
275 
$1,000, 2012 
1,136 
3,238 
5,700 
1,563 
111 
192 
3,295 
2007 
1,043 
3,623 
3,558 
2,191 
117 
105 
2,032 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
14 
25 
18 
69 
18 
9 
38 
2007 
26 
24 
33 
42 
16 
11 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
158 
246 
(D) 
107 
29 
10 
493 
2007 
142 
168 
(D) 
126 
44 
3 
139 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
187 
209 
310 
433 
62 
79 
481 
2007 
126 
129 
215 
393 
61 
80 
384 
$1,000, 2012 
2,303 
2,328 
4,056 
3,391 
519 
236 
3,410 
2007 
2,063 
1,790 
2,515 
3,309 
681 
484 
2,783 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
141 
162 
211 
316 
45 
50 
369 
2007 
104 
104 
148 
310 
47 
54 
322 
$1,000, 2012 
1,750 
1,590 
2,582 
2,868 
417 
196 
2,710 
2007 
1,410 
1,217 
1,631 
2,642 
514 
369 
2,154 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
103 
105 
170 
229 
37 
38 
279 
2007 
67 
79 
142 
234 
47 
50 
211 
$1,000, 2012 
553 
738 
1,474 
523 
102 
40 
700 
2007 
653 
573 
885 
667 
166 
115 
629 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
425 
456 
767 
1,323 
359 
335 
1,420 
2007 
438 
436 
742 
1,410 
389 
381 
1,548 
$1,000, 2012 
654 
618 
807 
1,089 
426 
310 
1,372 
2007 
564 
571 
629 
947 
420 
261 
1,339 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
209 
218 
325 
696 
149 
132 
623 
2007 
213 
233 
341 
657 
204 
136 
690 
$1,000, 2012 
2,653 
1,887 
3,707 
2,604 
334 
418 
2,304 
2007 
2,606 
3,434 
2,868 
6,525 
470 
369 
2,737 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
204 
252 
343 
582 
125 
109 
558 
2007 
181 
209 
293 
630 
117 
115 
600 
$1,000, 2012 
3,661 
4,881 
7,424 
7,986 
667 
922 
7,346 
2007 
4,194 
3,859 
5,389 
6,411 
1,002 
602 
5,246 
--continued 
272 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
