Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Phillips 
Pitkin 
Prowers 
Pueblo 
Rio Blanco 
Rio Grande 
Routt 
Saguache 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
319 
82 
553 
894 
313 
377 
799 
277 
2007 
334 
82 
636 
881 
285 
390 
610 
242 
$1,000, 2012 
179,785 
4,600 
272,937 
51,085 
24,237 
79,429 
48,131 
89,212 
2007 
110,765 
2,953 
218,430 
44,409 
15,299 
57,782 
35,541 
69,505 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
563,589 
56,096 
493,556 
57,142 
77,433 
210,686 
60,240 
322,064 
2007 
331,633 
36,018 
343,443 
50,407 
53,681 
148,159 
58,264 
287,213 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
202 
18 
185 
145 
101 
150 
169 
84 
2007 
200 
26 
217 
172 
99 
149 
145 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
21,466 
27 
6,768 
1,825 
736 
1 1 ,582 
612 
11,671 
2007 
9,427 
35 
4,280 
1,108 
528 
7,880 
619 
8,140 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
225 
25 
253 
196 
108 
176 
266 
77 
2007 
164 
22 
233 
215 
105 
174 
235 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
10,019 
23 
5,599 
1,011 
209 
6,381 
259 
4,772 
2007 
4,699 
34 
2,916 
792 
103 
4,621 
290 
3,021 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
219 
25 
231 
162 
47 
118 
153 
86 
2007 
173 
14 
198 
186 
43 
127 
85 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
10,352 
24 
5,083 
1,080 
75 
5,295 
330 
4,213 
2007 
5,166 
27 
3,317 
867 
50 
4,018 
113 
3,435 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
50 
35 
126 
189 
104 
73 
189 
70 
2007 
45 
13 
113 
210 
77 
81 
124 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
31,427 
382 
93,938 
7,430 
3,515 
1,186 
7,815 
4,590 
2007 
27,020 
316 
112,543 
6,815 
1,460 
1,149 
7,338 
4,064 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
33 
11 
81 
108 
65 
48 
90 
48 
2007 
25 
5 
77 
119 
51 
62 
69 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
1,300 
318 
1,200 
1,507 
1,313 
912 
1,123 
886 
2007 
1,098 
102 
1,216 
590 
676 
468 
1,074 
611 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
21 
25 
74 
108 
61 
43 
122 
28 
2007 
26 
8 
53 
121 
45 
33 
65 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
30,126 
64 
92,738 
5,923 
2,202 
274 
6,692 
3,704 
2007 
25,922 
214 
111,326 
6,225 
785 
681 
6,264 
3,453 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
94 
54 
259 
565 
223 
197 
480 
159 
2007 
93 
50 
228 
493 
156 
163 
286 
119 
$1,000, 2012 
39,257 
592 
102,180 
11,737 
4,864 
2,100 
9,081 
5,253 
2007 
23,904 
381 
44,388 
8,060 
2,189 
1,065 
9,041 
1,774 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
289 
81 
481 
790 
299 
352 
727 
260 
2007 
325 
82 
628 
857 
274 
378 
584 
238 
$1,000, 2012 
9,171 
225 
10,395 
3,701 
1,906 
7,018 
3,425 
6,240 
2007 
5,652 
233 
9,942 
4,088 
1,695 
4,491 
2,311 
4,029 
Utilities farms, 2012 
247 
54 
362 
516 
216 
277 
433 
194 
2007 
185 
53 
310 
464 
175 
280 
279 
159 
$1,000, 2012 
7,269 
161 
4,780 
1,930 
888 
6,501 
1,300 
6,553 
2007 
4,466 
139 
2,766 
1,470 
606 
4,748 
793 
4,241 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
266 
68 
421 
594 
235 
301 
528 
223 
2007 
286 
76 
585 
773 
241 
357 
539 
224 
$1,000, 2012 
10,451 
221 
8,604 
3,086 
2,322 
8,419 
3,396 
6,631 
2007 
7,003 
329 
8,893 
5,118 
1,952 
5,828 
3,032 
5,741 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
143 
42 
185 
156 
86 
130 
190 
109 
2007 
107 
34 
151 
149 
66 
135 
117 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
7,878 
1,481 
9,858 
6,128 
3,186 
11,101 
4,039 
9,578 
2007 
3,834 
724 
7,782 
4,232 
1,981 
7,260 
3,258 
9,892 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
55 
23 
78 
91 
50 
61 
123 
59 
2007 
35 
10 
79 
84 
26 
64 
72 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
2,036 
87 
1,792 
874 
372 
1,735 
820 
5,951 
2007 
911 
111 
1,966 
714 
162 
1,393 
587 
5,339 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
109 
16 
141 
123 
47 
127 
105 
91 
2007 
82 
6 
110 
129 
26 
99 
56 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
3,947 
36 
2,244 
715 
421 
1,817 
683 
1,807 
2007 
3,056 
(D) 
1,672 
505 
180 
1,480 
280 
1,036 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
134 
11 
173 
223 
118 
129 
221 
121 
2007 
105 
10 
117 
201 
69 
121 
123 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
7,139 
246 
6,241 
4,139 
1,261 
4,820 
2,685 
6,784 
2007 
3,783 
48 
3,747 
3,620 
1,065 
4,014 
1,433 
5,198 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
39 
3 
56 
24 
7 
22 
42 
23 
2007 
37 
1 
36 
30 
5 
39 
30 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
1,079 
25 
763 
135 
61 
703 
148 
1,090 
2007 
436 
(D) 
792 
189 
77 
619 
129 
1,267 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
174 
24 
264 
283 
96 
170 
245 
125 
2007 
150 
9 
237 
227 
93 
169 
112 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
5,629 
410 
5,756 
2,104 
1,755 
3,964 
4,148 
4,717 
2007 
3,643 
92 
4,814 
3,027 
1,377 
4,084 
2,113 
4,613 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
128 
22 
185 
212 
68 
119 
169 
89 
2007 
110 
8 
173 
177 
72 
135 
85 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
3,271 
355 
3,295 
1,586 
1,302 
2,651 
3,031 
3,075 
2007 
2,111 
(D) 
2,848 
2,135 
1,011 
2,426 
1,739 
2,538 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
120 
7 
175 
134 
62 
114 
127 
85 
2007 
106 
3 
162 
154 
63 
93 
76 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
2,358 
56 
2,461 
518 
454 
1,312 
1,117 
1,642 
2007 
1,532 
(D) 
1,966 
891 
366 
1,658 
374 
2,075 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
283 
80 
511 
855 
293 
362 
755 
258 
2007 
293 
73 
546 
784 
256 
367 
563 
212 
$1,000, 2012 
2,356 
350 
1,747 
1,862 
893 
2,012 
2,165 
1,598 
2007 
1,589 
258 
2,107 
1,589 
595 
1,305 
2,026 
832 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
217 
44 
286 
391 
172 
241 
372 
188 
2007 
207 
30 
306 
424 
152 
242 
270 
151 
$1,000, 2012 
10,310 
310 
7,187 
3,332 
1,770 
4,794 
7,226 
7,763 
2007 
6,175 
213 
6,505 
2,215 
1,279 
3,827 
2,177 
6,883 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
210 
38 
268 
309 
120 
207 
287 
146 
2007 
175 
31 
282 
311 
128 
198 
281 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
11,328 
461 
10,017 
4,171 
2,771 
10,927 
4,796 
10,123 
2007 
9,577 
366 
9,372 
5,183 
2,359 
6,705 
6,457 
7,517 
-continued 
270 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
