Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Clinch 
Cobb 
Coffee 
Colquitt 
Columbia 
Cook 
Coweta 
Crawford 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
80 
110 
587 
484 
145 
234 
357 
155 
2007 
109 
129 
605 
644 
186 
253 
445 
188 
$1,000, 2012 
15,819 
6,462 
169,685 
211,974 
4,276 
65,516 
14,066 
37,524 
2007 
9,276 
6,261 
130,383 
200,486 
4,313 
79,923 
14,099 
26,059 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
197,733 
58,748 
289,071 
437,963 
29,491 
279,982 
39,401 
242,091 
2007 
85,098 
48,536 
215,510 
311,313 
23,187 
315,902 
31,683 
138,609 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
59 
50 
345 
312 
76 
155 
184 
83 
2007 
49 
78 
369 
403 
115 
181 
213 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
768 
100 
16,519 
23,071 
201 
7,216 
626 
1,246 
2007 
340 
170 
8,417 
16,224 
258 
5,684 
725 
839 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
63 
48 
358 
305 
73 
145 
148 
82 
2007 
61 
59 
335 
345 
71 
149 
132 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
1,437 
29 
13,409 
19,571 
39 
6,123 
332 
1,402 
2007 
859 
54 
5,643 
15,316 
37 
4,998 
161 
1,252 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
28 
44 
248 
224 
51 
109 
116 
69 
2007 
23 
39 
223 
277 
49 
105 
98 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
786 
(D) 
8,915 
14,953 
79 
(D) 
264 
447 
2007 
751 
(D) 
4,594 
12,096 
32 
2,619 
397 
343 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
14 
28 
165 
102 
42 
59 
66 
41 
2007 
18 
22 
141 
133 
50 
49 
59 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
162 
(D) 
27,791 
9,983 
256 
(D) 
428 
3,168 
2007 
377 
(D) 
23,203 
13,960 
174 
15,309 
186 
1,968 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
12 
10 
79 
50 
17 
46 
35 
18 
2007 
11 
12 
67 
66 
35 
24 
32 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,272 
1,629 
38 
188 
302 
269 
2007 
(D) 
48 
276 
492 
93 
169 
101 
53 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
2 
25 
112 
61 
29 
24 
39 
32 
2007 
9 
14 
86 
83 
28 
26 
32 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
68 
26,519 
8,355 
218 
(D) 
126 
2,899 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
22,927 
13,469 
81 
15,140 
85 
1,916 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
31 
70 
321 
233 
102 
116 
254 
84 
2007 
43 
87 
318 
320 
137 
112 
268 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
439 
718 
54,431 
53,082 
442 
6,994 
2,582 
15,088 
2007 
735 
480 
42,048 
58,486 
833 
15,654 
2,112 
9,731 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
80 
105 
547 
463 
141 
221 
340 
154 
2007 
109 
127 
600 
640 
184 
242 
433 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
912 
316 
6,800 
12,448 
393 
3,701 
1,054 
1,671 
2007 
703 
424 
9,047 
10,829 
332 
3,960 
909 
1,077 
Utilities farms, 2012 
71 
75 
377 
332 
72 
161 
206 
110 
2007 
56 
66 
325 
336 
71 
111 
178 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
439 
328 
4,045 
5,235 
229 
1,763 
471 
843 
2007 
243 
438 
3,009 
4,459 
108 
1,768 
563 
596 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
69 
92 
467 
395 
114 
183 
273 
133 
2007 
99 
113 
573 
605 
164 
204 
400 
177 
$1,000, 2012 
1,577 
247 
7,079 
12,372 
308 
4,306 
941 
1,367 
2007 
905 
497 
6,320 
10,492 
517 
4,485 
1,599 
1,350 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
44 
27 
218 
208 
42 
84 
73 
41 
2007 
41 
16 
170 
199 
41 
67 
80 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
3,634 
2,641 
8,525 
22,295 
1,396 
5,569 
3,466 
5,252 
2007 
1,593 
1,977 
6,444 
15,744 
910 
9,481 
2,388 
4,817 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
34 
12 
91 
82 
6 
28 
42 
9 
2007 
25 
20 
60 
68 
7 
30 
40 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
1,751 
109 
1,965 
6,861 
8 
1,419 
354 
(D) 
2007 
1,193 
188 
665 
8,939 
17 
1,794 
180 
130 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
13 
8 
149 
95 
12 
38 
26 
39 
2007 
7 
2 
84 
103 
8 
31 
24 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
278 
6 
2,972 
2,589 
8 
1,741 
91 
(D) 
2007 
19 
(D) 
768 
1,145 
4 
(D) 
27 
38 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
4 
6 
144 
153 
22 
75 
36 
27 
2007 
11 
6 
143 
163 
27 
68 
38 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
14 
9 
4,280 
8,402 
39 
(D) 
162 
1,558 
2007 
48 
13 
3,963 
5,910 
54 
2,270 
244 
344 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
11 
4 
59 
48 
5 
25 
12 
13 
2007 
6 
- 
35 
43 
5 
22 
15 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
340 
5 
2,498 
2,501 
4 
(D) 
14 
375 
2007 
69 
- 
413 
1,578 
4 
(D) 
64 
118 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
48 
36 
218 
196 
43 
96 
91 
54 
2007 
30 
31 
219 
201 
44 
93 
104 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
986 
607 
4,131 
5,944 
364 
(D) 
1,197 
865 
2007 
363 
255 
4,490 
6,961 
251 
3,136 
1,279 
864 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
45 
32 
205 
148 
33 
66 
77 
44 
2007 
23 
27 
189 
169 
38 
84 
93 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
918 
567 
2,979 
4,319 
331 
1,335 
1,075 
734 
2007 
223 
147 
3,520 
5,752 
227 
2,443 
984 
673 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
14 
19 
88 
96 
18 
59 
51 
31 
2007 
17 
20 
108 
106 
15 
47 
53 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
68 
39 
1,152 
1,625 
33 
(D) 
122 
131 
2007 
140 
108 
970 
1,208 
24 
693 
296 
191 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
80 
108 
556 
461 
130 
221 
343 
147 
2007 
104 
111 
567 
576 
167 
239 
421 
181 
$1,000, 2012 
348 
208 
1,749 
2,190 
287 
1,052 
1,134 
543 
2007 
265 
230 
2,179 
2,544 
349 
1,461 
1,335 
547 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
42 
53 
327 
274 
69 
120 
166 
75 
2007 
52 
62 
298 
375 
79 
130 
184 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
1,949 
308 
4,576 
10,477 
225 
3,079 
951 
3,167 
2007 
811 
657 
9,181 
15,802 
434 
3,973 
1,930 
2,043 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
45 
34 
313 
238 
30 
118 
119 
77 
2007 
32 
53 
252 
305 
66 
122 
160 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
2,076 
331 
12,127 
16,359 
233 
4,862 
1,066 
1,974 
2007 
1,738 
377 
5,550 
13,375 
475 
3,505 
1,897 
1,795 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 311 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
