Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Bartow 
Ben Hill 
Berrien 
Bibb 
Bleckley 
Brantley 
Brooks 
Bryan 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
458 
209 
380 
113 
219 
215 
364 
60 
2007 
501 
227 
417 
123 
308 
225 
457 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
81,222 
21,450 
81,513 
10,180 
19,542 
9,059 
80,448 
6,009 
2007 
76,521 
17,147 
43,819 
6,410 
18,058 
7,800 
57,975 
1,966 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
177,340 
102,632 
214,509 
90,087 
89,235 
42,135 
221,010 
100,148 
2007 
152,737 
75,537 
105,083 
52,117 
58,631 
34,665 
126,859 
25,535 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
234 
111 
264 
68 
109 
143 
186 
28 
2007 
268 
136 
315 
79 
186 
149 
293 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
1,997 
3,655 
10,072 
431 
4,404 
842 
1 1 ,727 
(D) 
2007 
2,070 
3,144 
5,000 
296 
3,727 
637 
7,909 
200 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
221 
108 
258 
51 
102 
123 
191 
28 
2007 
191 
83 
259 
41 
139 
119 
243 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
1,295 
2,246 
9,801 
135 
2,935 
480 
9,967 
(D) 
2007 
741 
1,493 
4,190 
86 
1,411 
385 
7,606 
139 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
149 
88 
202 
42 
71 
62 
126 
14 
2007 
126 
75 
197 
23 
116 
62 
167 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
1,344 
2,533 
6,515 
105 
2,294 
267 
6,500 
(D) 
2007 
446 
1,432 
2,372 
38 
1,822 
61 
5,027 
(D) 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
161 
22 
82 
29 
32 
55 
45 
11 
2007 
145 
34 
61 
17 
47 
28 
54 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
15,610 
457 
3,648 
1,019 
186 
455 
1,496 
19 
2007 
12,387 
457 
4,036 
438 
216 
(D) 
2,141 
44 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
87 
15 
58 
13 
18 
38 
26 
2 
2007 
57 
18 
27 
4 
39 
21 
31 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
1,021 
65 
1,633 
34 
133 
421 
905 
(D) 
2007 
205 
63 
542 
5 
196 
42 
113 
3 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
98 
8 
31 
23 
17 
24 
27 
9 
2007 
107 
16 
41 
13 
16 
15 
28 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
14,589 
392 
2,014 
984 
54 
34 
591 
(D) 
2007 
12,182 
394 
3,494 
433 
20 
(D) 
2,028 
41 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
365 
76 
178 
75 
96 
127 
144 
47 
2007 
356 
92 
163 
67 
113 
120 
160 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
42,629 
2,161 
12,537 
6,219 
623 
2,601 
10,034 
(D) 
2007 
38,014 
2,262 
8,232 
2,790 
433 
2,050 
3,906 
219 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
440 
193 
368 
110 
216 
213 
348 
56 
2007 
491 
223 
414 
123 
304 
225 
447 
75 
$1,000, 2012 
2,593 
1,916 
6,164 
270 
1,563 
558 
5,182 
243 
2007 
2,535 
1,690 
3,857 
388 
2,393 
581 
3,922 
226 
Utilities farms, 2012 
302 
130 
286 
71 
130 
149 
232 
37 
2007 
252 
89 
192 
69 
130 
96 
223 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,329 
733 
5,174 
242 
888 
304 
2,343 
77 
2007 
1,445 
380 
888 
154 
688 
174 
1,248 
61 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
384 
155 
304 
91 
163 
168 
263 
42 
2007 
456 
205 
393 
120 
290 
210 
423 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
2,484 
1,207 
4,676 
376 
1,495 
576 
4,611 
217 
2007 
2,681 
1,301 
2,828 
437 
1,881 
1,009 
3,551 
254 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
133 
62 
136 
29 
72 
48 
166 
12 
2007 
122 
50 
99 
20 
50 
36 
144 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
3,292 
2,010 
5,471 
274 
797 
1,093 
8,194 
353 
2007 
4,142 
1,136 
2,871 
149 
615 
473 
5,585 
157 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
46 
29 
50 
6 
13 
26 
43 
4 
2007 
33 
24 
38 
3 
21 
15 
49 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
407 
379 
1,616 
10 
68 
210 
3,760 
29 
2007 
400 
181 
1,141 
12 
117 
73 
3,473 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
65 
24 
76 
24 
26 
29 
63 
9 
2007 
43 
9 
49 
5 
34 
14 
54 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
1,261 
322 
1,075 
187 
400 
121 
1,316 
27 
2007 
316 
51 
261 
(D) 
330 
83 
1,035 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
102 
37 
143 
26 
49 
42 
90 
8 
2007 
83 
52 
108 
23 
63 
38 
108 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
1,357 
958 
4,724 
182 
1,251 
401 
3,235 
112 
2007 
923 
748 
2,360 
496 
1,203 
84 
2,358 
54 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
25 
14 
39 
7 
8 
7 
27 
3 
2007 
19 
6 
16 
2 
4 
7 
28 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
135 
116 
138 
17 
143 
77 
266 
(D) 
2007 
53 
44 
125 
(D) 
53 
36 
272 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
126 
80 
182 
36 
80 
69 
131 
15 
2007 
117 
70 
128 
24 
81 
53 
150 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
2,074 
962 
3,512 
132 
1,069 
311 
2,318 
191 
2007 
1,692 
771 
1,999 
80 
1,019 
288 
3,010 
160 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
99 
60 
136 
31 
59 
57 
110 
15 
2007 
100 
62 
102 
20 
62 
48 
113 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
1,658 
661 
2,937 
121 
739 
266 
1,863 
159 
2007 
1,379 
514 
1,446 
65 
840 
263 
2,468 
131 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
69 
48 
97 
10 
36 
43 
56 
7 
2007 
60 
34 
77 
16 
36 
22 
84 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
416 
301 
574 
11 
330 
44 
455 
32 
2007 
313 
258 
553 
15 
179 
25 
542 
29 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
445 
204 
359 
107 
203 
209 
349 
54 
2007 
465 
195 
385 
102 
265 
212 
429 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
1,096 
957 
1,746 
225 
642 
500 
1,995 
131 
2007 
1,339 
715 
1,255 
293 
777 
352 
2,030 
183 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
255 
99 
216 
63 
84 
101 
185 
21 
2007 
263 
93 
208 
45 
122 
83 
219 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
2,319 
839 
4,646 
354 
783 
263 
7,503 
162 
2007 
7,340 
1,341 
2,406 
745 
1,373 
(D) 
4,901 
89 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
190 
80 
217 
50 
77 
97 
168 
21 
2007 
204 
89 
179 
50 
119 
72 
198 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
4,299 
1,924 
7,313 
473 
1,885 
604 
9,649 
545 
2007 
7,232 
2,336 
6,808 
426 
1,402 
560 
6,562 
247 
-continued 
308 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
