Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sutter 
Tehama 
Trinity 
Tulare 
Tuolumne 
Ventura 
Yolo 
Yuba 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,358 
1,743 
247 
4,931 
391 
2,150 
1,011 
795 
2007 
1,263 
1,752 
181 
5,240 
366 
2,437 
983 
828 
$1,000, 2012 
401,603 
213,326 
10,271 
3,419,642 
33,076 
1,162,843 
417,052 
161,744 
2007 
268,268 
125,090 
5,687 
2,574,837 
21,667 
1,020,310 
312,706 
106,951 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
295,731 
122,390 
41,585 
693,499 
84,594 
540,857 
412,514 
2007 
212,405 
71,398 
31,421 
491,381 
59,198 
418,674 
318,114 
129,168 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
934 
636 
81 
2,863 
73 
1,437 
543 
380 
2007 
971 
808 
70 
3,736 
91 
1,962 
583 
392 
$1,000, 2012 
39,021 
9,673 
57 
92,250 
147 
63,863 
34,063 
10,116 
2007 
22,857 
8,142 
47 
69,484 
110 
49,359 
27,594 
8,065 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,109 
788 
76 
3,651 
107 
1,491 
615 
436 
2007 
972 
739 
49 
3,894 
104 
1,651 
563 
395 
$1,000, 2012 
44,729 
1 1 ,429 
42 
146,988 
193 
71,434 
29,683 
10,737 
2007 
24,270 
6,988 
(D) 
91,474 
(D) 
49,805 
20,565 
10,103 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
662 
463 
104 
1,621 
68 
791 
492 
320 
2007 
596 
410 
62 
1,435 
71 
1,003 
387 
280 
$1,000, 2012 
19,241 
4,356 
65 
41,394 
46 
76,143 
25,398 
3,707 
2007 
10,466 
1,760 
44 
27,378 
(□) 
65,579 
17,871 
2,493 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
140 
483 
102 
522 
116 
108 
148 
212 
2007 
85 
409 
46 
528 
109 
99 
101 
165 
$1,000, 2012 
1,872 
17,433 
165 
149,681 
1,776 
799 
3,705 
1,923 
2007 
697 
5,731 
239 
171,850 
555 
1,151 
6,609 
1,252 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
68 
272 
50 
320 
71 
58 
75 
114 
2007 
46 
245 
25 
308 
61 
44 
60 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
308 
2,585 
100 
30,802 
423 
360 
2,231 
523 
2007 
96 
1,756 
62 
50,247 
323 
619 
1,618 
465 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
80 
260 
68 
269 
73 
72 
98 
125 
2007 
51 
223 
28 
300 
61 
66 
60 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
1,564 
14,848 
64 
118,879 
1,353 
439 
1,474 
1,400 
2007 
601 
3,975 
177 
121,604 
232 
532 
4,991 
787 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
261 
1,035 
187 
1,229 
299 
391 
348 
429 
2007 
177 
949 
102 
1,220 
277 
456 
282 
433 
$1,000, 2012 
3,682 
21,685 
3,310 
1,183,990 
17,443 
4,361 
12,037 
14,300 
2007 
1,094 
13,756 
570 
810,169 
9,980 
5,505 
8,264 
9,206 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,297 
1,654 
226 
4,469 
374 
1,766 
933 
748 
2007 
1,244 
1,710 
181 
5,036 
361 
2,280 
961 
803 
$1,000, 2012 
29,085 
12,465 
492 
117,353 
1,239 
40,635 
31,336 
8,999 
2007 
18,761 
8,488 
464 
86,433 
1,367 
34,549 
24,648 
6,480 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,207 
1,265 
129 
4,219 
243 
1,834 
793 
643 
2007 
1,000 
1,108 
81 
4,110 
171 
1,875 
670 
553 
$1,000, 2012 
21,000 
8,514 
304 
142,241 
859 
49,354 
19,481 
8,727 
2007 
13,756 
5,455 
205 
114,317 
420 
39,935 
13,027 
5,318 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,202 
1,312 
183 
4,120 
282 
1,714 
839 
692 
2007 
1,190 
1,600 
164 
4,885 
325 
2,243 
910 
741 
$1,000, 2012 
28,626 
13,321 
1,181 
167,971 
1,382 
56,965 
31,986 
12,323 
2007 
24,544 
9,662 
936 
147,667 
1,416 
54,776 
27,621 
7,985 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
703 
537 
62 
2,448 
75 
1,167 
438 
294 
2007 
559 
472 
42 
2,103 
58 
1,134 
368 
238 
$1,000, 2012 
64,896 
43,695 
1,566 
366,333 
2,334 
364,348 
83,137 
27,459 
2007 
48,347 
22,404 
1,036 
330,240 
1,182 
362,525 
61,746 
16,781 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
457 
304 
29 
2,382 
22 
939 
301 
146 
2007 
345 
307 
26 
2,217 
15 
959 
255 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
20,388 
21,617 
361 
316,466 
1,217 
137,750 
32,093 
7,776 
2007 
15,107 
7,124 
85 
198,953 
(D) 
107,315 
20,560 
3,511 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
580 
359 
13 
1,600 
38 
269 
383 
249 
2007 
455 
289 
11 
1,342 
21 
311 
238 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
23,730 
6,276 
50 
124,161 
74 
22,177 
24,369 
1 1 ,297 
2007 
12,352 
3,153 
35 
86,785 
(□) 
13,402 
15,713 
6,824 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
331 
361 
41 
705 
77 
291 
297 
176 
2007 
284 
231 
28 
652 
66 
304 
238 
138 
$1,000, 2012 
28,917 
8,348 
259 
57,624 
852 
88,085 
29,502 
7,952 
2007 
18,503 
6,133 
497 
52,669 
1,576 
46,136 
22,105 
5,931 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
229 
123 
11 
530 
16 
264 
154 
98 
2007 
191 
78 
1 
442 
11 
231 
105 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
8,640 
1,520 
16 
16,195 
457 
18,681 
6,241 
2,584 
2007 
4,272 
454 
(D) 
12,502 
(D) 
1 1 ,235 
2,978 
1,380 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
581 
522 
65 
1,903 
129 
654 
347 
243 
2007 
446 
513 
26 
1,809 
62 
644 
305 
258 
$1,000, 2012 
18,238 
12,004 
501 
101,641 
2,122 
22,899 
10,878 
8,683 
2007 
15,512 
9,607 
325 
108,343 
1,090 
38,182 
10,514 
6,838 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
433 
447 
51 
1,513 
103 
469 
237 
186 
2007 
336 
442 
23 
1,465 
48 
503 
215 
198 
$1,000, 2012 
13,542 
10,363 
450 
72,808 
1,687 
15,953 
7,309 
7,232 
2007 
12,648 
8,032 
290 
66,316 
628 
25,697 
7,556 
4,791 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
314 
229 
23 
944 
63 
309 
196 
124 
2007 
252 
260 
13 
940 
25 
326 
167 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
4,696 
1,641 
52 
28,833 
435 
6,946 
3,569 
1,450 
2007 
2,864 
1,575 
36 
42,027 
462 
12,485 
2,958 
2,046 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,200 
1,651 
226 
4,702 
369 
1,991 
867 
715 
2007 
1,101 
1,606 
156 
4,926 
344 
2,157 
839 
749 
$1,000, 2012 
14,068 
8,750 
674 
61,914 
1,321 
23,709 
9,975 
6,589 
2007 
12,050 
7,007 
347 
46,584 
1,120 
21,434 
8,638 
4,313 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
829 
936 
123 
2,733 
197 
1,042 
624 
530 
2007 
753 
928 
83 
3,132 
200 
1,320 
561 
507 
$1,000, 2012 
35,468 
12,242 
1,227 
333,437 
1,615 
121,640 
33,167 
18,573 
2007 
25,679 
9,227 
839 
219,989 
1,285 
119,423 
24,252 
10,471 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
868 
760 
76 
2,760 
144 
1,060 
595 
431 
2007 
749 
750 
66 
2,646 
144 
1,200 
547 
385 
$1,000, 2012 
37,260 
16,330 
786 
177,935 
1,479 
55,883 
33,758 
13,831 
2007 
18,313 
14,876 
737 
161,752 
1,192 
53,431 
22,826 
10,172 
278 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
