Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Arizona 
Apache 
Cochise 
Coconino 
Gila 
Graham 
Greenlee 
La Paz 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
20,005 
5,591 
1,093 
2,239 
195 
412 
159 
125 
2007 
15,637 
4,243 
1,065 
1,597 
279 
343 
127 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
3,258,922 
43,682 
139,313 
36,323 
6,799 
179,576 
9,986 
152,145 
2007 
2,782,786 
30,127 
105,766 
28,445 
6,147 
144,314 
6,355 
115,982 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
162,905 
7,813 
127,460 
16,223 
34,868 
435,864 
62,806 
1,217,160 
2007 
177,962 
7,100 
99,310 
17,812 
22,031 
420,740 
50,036 
1,171,534 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
3,430 
414 
262 
133 
30 
158 
49 
68 
2007 
3,106 
423 
278 
158 
26 
118 
49 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
221,706 
307 
1 1 ,286 
54 
30 
10,220 
654 
19,978 
2007 
165,318 
(D) 
7,781 
114 
27 
7,545 
181 
13,377 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
3,407 
424 
266 
133 
29 
181 
57 
67 
2007 
2,525 
333 
210 
113 
25 
104 
39 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
133,675 
198 
5,667 
23 
27 
6,724 
71 
10,392 
2007 
133,265 
(D) 
2,865 
69 
64 
1,389 
60 
9,350 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
3,212 
488 
234 
141 
35 
142 
62 
57 
2007 
3,829 
1,183 
195 
331 
25 
111 
38 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
148,445 
258 
5,280 
89 
38 
10,651 
195 
6,264 
2007 
199,392 
161 
3,258 
80 
83 
9,322 
97 
5,658 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
3,226 
570 
324 
222 
64 
84 
38 
26 
2007 
2,283 
355 
247 
180 
55 
68 
31 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
166,502 
2,860 
2,276 
2,131 
734 
492 
300 
801 
2007 
315,343 
805 
2,513 
1,727 
357 
228 
618 
436 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1,817 
385 
162 
135 
34 
57 
20 
13 
2007 
1,374 
234 
152 
128 
36 
35 
19 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
20,253 
797 
1,253 
953 
549 
(D) 
260 
446 
2007 
46,303 
629 
1,032 
818 
295 
133 
542 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1,783 
225 
198 
111 
34 
46 
26 
18 
2007 
1,257 
174 
128 
78 
31 
45 
20 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
146,249 
2,063 
1,023 
1,179 
185 
(D) 
40 
355 
2007 
269,040 
176 
1,481 
909 
62 
95 
76 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
16,346 
5,157 
738 
2,070 
163 
223 
123 
50 
2007 
12,611 
3,919 
682 
1,489 
251 
216 
103 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
795,229 
18,814 
24,763 
12,948 
1,375 
(D) 
2,663 
(D) 
2007 
617,035 
12,211 
22,351 
9,981 
1,562 
1,577 
1,414 
(D) 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
18,575 
5,232 
1,021 
2,093 
177 
363 
153 
117 
2007 
15,143 
4,150 
1,027 
1,545 
274 
330 
126 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
189,338 
9,042 
8,144 
5,609 
730 
13,388 
839 
8,974 
2007 
146,118 
7,745 
6,970 
3,874 
565 
20,140 
683 
(D) 
Utilities farms, 2012 
8,986 
1,171 
810 
763 
121 
265 
122 
102 
2007 
7,559 
1,483 
579 
908 
92 
192 
97 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
156,545 
1,215 
16,168 
986 
309 
7,308 
625 
1 1 ,429 
2007 
104,463 
1,107 
12,163 
899 
200 
4,684 
401 
4,928 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
11,775 
2,854 
896 
917 
138 
301 
129 
107 
2007 
12,018 
2,912 
942 
1,230 
177 
271 
121 
87 
$1,000, 2012 
179,001 
3,429 
9,006 
2,457 
480 
7,312 
1,164 
11,116 
2007 
144,191 
3,247 
7,804 
2,313 
648 
5,754 
713 
8,073 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
4,851 
776 
330 
315 
65 
142 
38 
67 
2007 
3,200 
645 
237 
187 
49 
93 
36 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
459,771 
3,134 
16,195 
4,796 
1,293 
39,813 
1,391 
13,908 
2007 
380,491 
1,306 
10,359 
4,390 
1,449 
(D) 
950 
9,875 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
1,808 
124 
200 
56 
11 
41 
18 
24 
2007 
964 
51 
121 
51 
9 
30 
21 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
97,429 
823 
5,357 
523 
157 
901 
263 
9,475 
2007 
76,645 
199 
3,746 
412 
(D) 
(D) 
158 
16,757 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
2,126 
223 
142 
196 
14 
97 
23 
50 
2007 
894 
37 
98 
29 
11 
38 
22 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
86,103 
318 
5,723 
624 
30 
1,481 
216 
7,042 
2007 
51,758 
66 
3,258 
77 
20 
1,043 
242 
4,321 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
2,395 
119 
322 
85 
54 
108 
49 
85 
2007 
1,537 
67 
240 
40 
39 
68 
38 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
163,186 
732 
8,686 
1,270 
348 
(D) 
309 
16,602 
2007 
111,351 
540 
3,616 
904 
98 
1,800 
124 
14,826 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
833 
87 
44 
54 
13 
30 
6 
27 
2007 
482 
11 
32 
11 
9 
17 
11 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
43,684 
156 
945 
117 
16 
1,115 
50 
3,124 
2007 
27,822 
96 
621 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
89 
2,925 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
2,908 
168 
356 
76 
41 
101 
37 
30 
2007 
1,634 
42 
249 
49 
24 
54 
26 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
78,184 
610 
7,129 
856 
394 
14,268 
472 
(D) 
2007 
65,119 
606 
6,879 
876 
256 
2,506 
174 
1,459 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
1,881 
78 
258 
30 
31 
74 
29 
7 
2007 
1,139 
36 
189 
39 
20 
39 
13 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
47,629 
446 
5,082 
476 
353 
(D) 
440 
(D) 
2007 
35,257 
505 
5,574 
450 
196 
2,145 
97 
84 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
1,725 
118 
205 
61 
16 
55 
16 
24 
2007 
992 
19 
151 
25 
18 
29 
19 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
30,555 
164 
2,047 
380 
41 
(D) 
32 
1,692 
2007 
29,862 
101 
1,305 
426 
60 
361 
77 
1,374 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
8,853 
567 
1,029 
382 
155 
311 
155 
52 
2007 
6,446 
217 
951 
212 
172 
264 
118 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
42,014 
613 
3,731 
944 
338 
4,286 
197 
1,422 
2007 
32,745 
555 
2,496 
782 
423 
2,257 
218 
620 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
6,995 
726 
620 
594 
85 
169 
91 
93 
2007 
6,651 
1,684 
497 
385 
81 
140 
75 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
298,111 
1,172 
8,961 
2,897 
501 
(D) 
575 
18,146 
2007 
211,727 
1,054 
9,085 
1,917 
291 
(D) 
234 
7,761 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
3,993 
363 
492 
148 
65 
156 
74 
49 
2007 
2,549 
74 
367 
95 
49 
111 
51 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
211,368 
2,857 
13,273 
3,480 
955 
13,049 
1,380 
10,459 
2007 
160,562 
1,239 
9,040 
1,804 
3,036 
15,354 
837 
5,017 
--continued 
234 Arizona 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
