Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Santa Clara 
Santa Cruz 
Shasta 
Sierra 
Siskiyou 
Solano 
Sonoma 
Stanislaus 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,003 
667 
1,544 
48 
929 
860 
3,579 
4,143 
2007 
1,068 
682 
1,473 
50 
846 
890 
3,429 
4,114 
$1,000, 2012 
210,201 
456,027 
71,609 
4,186 
219,792 
269,439 
810,713 
1,864,904 
2007 
208,106 
326,508 
54,304 
1,960 
138,844 
194,960 
587,568 
1,375,986 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
209,573 
683,698 
46,379 
87,199 
236,590 
313,302 
226,519 
450,134 
2007 
194,856 
478,751 
36,867 
39,200 
164,119 
219,057 
171,353 
334,464 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
454 
380 
475 
7 
281 
326 
1,667 
2,344 
2007 
505 
446 
550 
9 
323 
409 
2,084 
2,703 
$1,000, 2012 
15,281 
26,946 
2,703 
(D) 
15,431 
19,557 
12,060 
71,073 
2007 
10,265 
13,919 
1,806 
64 
10,852 
13,459 
12,381 
56,217 
Chemicals purchased farms, 201 2 
544 
398 
535 
11 
286 
452 
1,866 
2,816 
2007 
509 
408 
431 
12 
266 
419 
1,829 
2,743 
$1,000, 2012 
6,750 
40,689 
1,220 
(D) 
17,564 
17,632 
22,351 
103,526 
2007 
9,384 
21,678 
1,071 
13 
8,715 
10,355 
15,746 
56,623 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
417 
327 
391 
7 
256 
278 
1,246 
1,625 
2007 
401 
319 
288 
9 
237 
264 
1,230 
1,464 
$1,000, 2012 
18,926 
22,024 
625 
24 
6,370 
13,343 
10,081 
29,780 
2007 
21,487 
25,570 
600 
(□) 
3,530 
7,251 
12,994 
19,981 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
158 
59 
447 
16 
275 
197 
546 
732 
2007 
144 
44 
431 
12 
205 
141 
391 
715 
$1,000, 2012 
3,889 
1,360 
3,167 
221 
2,077 
10,166 
8,778 
53,899 
2007 
3,722 
2,533 
2,941 
(D) 
3,157 
7,724 
12,306 
83,697 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
110 
17 
254 
14 
148 
102 
324 
391 
2007 
75 
13 
230 
11 
123 
79 
205 
353 
$1,000, 2012 
1,181 
(D) 
1,162 
158 
1,483 
2,333 
4,142 
10,349 
2007 
506 
147 
1,096 
(□) 
1,426 
1,196 
2,283 
18,788 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
73 
47 
253 
7 
172 
120 
319 
450 
2007 
77 
36 
280 
1 
106 
82 
244 
445 
$1,000, 2012 
2,707 
(D) 
2,005 
64 
594 
7,833 
4,636 
43,550 
2007 
3,216 
2,387 
1,845 
(D) 
1,731 
6,529 
10,023 
64,909 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
382 
183 
1,097 
37 
642 
424 
1,414 
1,686 
2007 
413 
165 
969 
27 
504 
399 
1,168 
1,608 
$1,000, 2012 
4,429 
3,581 
10,813 
(D) 
8,768 
28,849 
171,998 
635,294 
2007 
4,052 
2,045 
8,228 
(D) 
6,119 
14,105 
109,369 
433,955 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
914 
635 
1,437 
48 
857 
815 
3,230 
3,872 
2007 
1,007 
668 
1,441 
50 
838 
865 
3,290 
4,051 
$1,000, 2012 
8,966 
15,832 
5,593 
310 
13,706 
15,404 
22,637 
71,553 
2007 
8,983 
12,623 
3,660 
244 
9,386 
11,771 
16,918 
49,511 
Utilities farms, 2012 
721 
475 
1,032 
36 
675 
660 
2,515 
3,411 
2007 
590 
427 
858 
26 
558 
587 
2,120 
2,975 
$1,000, 2012 
8,654 
17,991 
3,739 
172 
14,032 
12,673 
15,832 
64,064 
2007 
9,383 
11,512 
2,471 
155 
8,213 
8,702 
12,915 
48,617 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
826 
562 
1,144 
39 
708 
698 
2,827 
3,464 
2007 
957 
640 
1,331 
45 
783 
811 
3,118 
3,831 
$1,000, 2012 
11,871 
21,664 
4,970 
257 
14,086 
14,509 
41,537 
1 1 1 ,336 
2007 
14,363 
19,666 
5,859 
173 
11,105 
15,662 
33,692 
94,309 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
453 
346 
282 
19 
247 
376 
1,616 
1,724 
2007 
374 
359 
231 
7 
205 
280 
1,260 
1,490 
$1,000, 2012 
68,224 
169,555 
11,947 
296 
57,877 
52,281 
199,305 
221,868 
2007 
68,403 
146,599 
8,390 
(D) 
33,797 
40,145 
153,613 
190,323 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
229 
196 
116 
5 
98 
206 
1,440 
1,399 
2007 
197 
170 
99 
4 
88 
190 
1,159 
1,135 
$1,000, 2012 
22,315 
36,164 
1,004 
108 
15,747 
16,994 
92,558 
90,880 
2007 
13,730 
15,380 
1,538 
70 
7,547 
16,513 
58,611 
48,279 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
117 
79 
160 
14 
201 
204 
640 
1,866 
2007 
91 
58 
113 
8 
147 
172 
498 
1,278 
$1,000, 2012 
3,761 
1,293 
1,379 
387 
8,487 
13,566 
12,929 
82,022 
2007 
5,627 
2,008 
715 
16 
4,074 
6,686 
13,078 
49,667 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
197 
163 
222 
27 
190 
203 
533 
844 
2007 
178 
181 
196 
8 
182 
167 
424 
755 
$1,000, 2012 
8,912 
27,160 
7,105 
546 
17,737 
14,555 
51,597 
43,761 
2007 
5,539 
9,642 
2,414 
262 
9,474 
9,203 
15,077 
49,077 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
74 
78 
49 
- 
61 
73 
319 
397 
2007 
71 
71 
43 
- 
52 
70 
234 
338 
$1,000, 2012 
2,236 
7,521 
144 
- 
6,050 
2,802 
4,483 
12,723 
2007 
2,248 
2,128 
305 
2,858 
1,686 
3,021 
7,705 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
220 
209 
381 
23 
320 
321 
1,101 
1,661 
2007 
188 
180 
308 
12 
300 
258 
895 
1,425 
$1,000, 2012 
4,313 
5,424 
3,611 
480 
4,836 
13,117 
48,177 
70,529 
2007 
5,195 
7,864 
3,623 
(D) 
7,021 
9,014 
39,555 
61,446 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
132 
138 
296 
18 
258 
258 
870 
1,336 
2007 
132 
110 
252 
11 
244 
201 
733 
1,175 
$1,000, 2012 
3,034 
3,961 
3,133 
(□) 
3,688 
9,479 
43,872 
56,197 
2007 
4,116 
4,974 
2,990 
144 
4,316 
6,708 
34,994 
44,740 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
126 
116 
148 
8 
170 
172 
488 
775 
2007 
127 
129 
152 
5 
178 
140 
414 
683 
$1,000, 2012 
1,279 
1,463 
478 
(D) 
1,148 
3,638 
4,304 
14,332 
2007 
1,079 
2,890 
634 
(D) 
2,705 
2,305 
4,562 
16,706 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
882 
559 
1,473 
48 
884 
770 
3,324 
3,865 
2007 
903 
515 
1,353 
48 
765 
761 
3,070 
3,750 
$1,000, 2012 
6,233 
13,803 
5,550 
392 
5,004 
8,028 
38,963 
41,855 
2007 
5,447 
4,339 
5,208 
269 
3,907 
5,939 
30,409 
29,147 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 201 2 
486 
391 
769 
41 
594 
503 
1,864 
2,467 
2007 
457 
402 
765 
24 
503 
465 
1,710 
2,364 
$1,000, 2012 
15,443 
45,020 
8,038 
380 
12,021 
15,963 
57,427 
160,741 
2007 
20,278 
29,001 
5,475 
139 
9,090 
16,745 
47,881 
97,433 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
438 
346 
543 
13 
426 
443 
1,817 
2,225 
2007 
404 
335 
554 
26 
437 
396 
1,673 
2,061 
$1,000, 2012 
7,788 
25,689 
6,211 
(D) 
12,682 
18,929 
89,491 
117,358 
2007 
14,491 
12,458 
6,835 
242 
11,751 
13,963 
81,339 
102,571 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data California 277 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
