Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Douglas 
Early 
Echols 
Effingham 
Elbert 
Emanuel 
Evans 
Fannin 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
117 
334 
40 
186 
411 
438 
202 
198 
2007 
136 
418 
59 
203 
507 
511 
212 
243 
$1,000, 2012 
2,190 
63,962 
7,507 
13,958 
69,683 
43,091 
30,669 
16,541 
2007 
4,616 
54,242 
14,451 
7,467 
44,307 
25,135 
25,537 
15,600 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
18,716 
191,502 
187,669 
75,044 
169,544 
98,382 
151,828 
83,540 
2007 
33,938 
129,766 
244,935 
36,781 
87,391 
49,188 
120,456 
64,198 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
67 
186 
19 
117 
183 
237 
102 
82 
2007 
76 
261 
34 
155 
261 
254 
127 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
170 
10,863 
1,344 
2,866 
707 
7,616 
1,781 
171 
2007 
152 
10,435 
948 
1,514 
881 
4,712 
1,683 
227 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
54 
178 
26 
97 
178 
209 
120 
66 
2007 
51 
218 
27 
104 
171 
189 
98 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
88 
10,711 
765 
1,965 
297 
5,645 
1,363 
284 
2007 
82 
7,249 
1,763 
428 
349 
3,120 
783 
98 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
44 
173 
14 
83 
95 
181 
77 
35 
2007 
34 
212 
15 
67 
116 
165 
69 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
241 
6,430 
452 
1,344 
359 
5,359 
1,146 
79 
2007 
220 
4,283 
1,004 
531 
432 
1,987 
847 
15 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
23 
50 
12 
36 
141 
87 
53 
45 
2007 
20 
66 
12 
60 
120 
80 
38 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
49 
882 
80 
112 
9,438 
755 
2,828 
1,754 
2007 
439 
1,756 
169 
149 
6,326 
453 
3,282 
2,726 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
9 
31 
8 
16 
82 
48 
19 
21 
2007 
8 
42 
9 
24 
49 
54 
15 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
15 
517 
53 
67 
2,337 
219 
267 
528 
2007 
29 
472 
(D) 
50 
165 
229 
98 
85 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
15 
23 
4 
22 
77 
52 
35 
28 
2007 
13 
38 
4 
39 
79 
30 
24 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
34 
365 
26 
45 
7,101 
535 
2,562 
1,226 
2007 
410 
1,283 
(D) 
99 
6,160 
224 
3,184 
2,641 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
76 
147 
23 
120 
323 
207 
83 
132 
2007 
88 
186 
28 
138 
316 
228 
73 
161 
$1,000, 2012 
393 
2,998 
258 
858 
47,243 
2,347 
13,877 
9,476 
2007 
1,183 
1,272 
(D) 
687 
23,031 
2,052 
9,042 
7,378 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
114 
309 
40 
179 
394 
407 
184 
189 
2007 
125 
409 
59 
196 
502 
502 
206 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
132 
5,881 
681 
1,166 
1,318 
3,503 
1,202 
523 
2007 
221 
5,622 
732 
630 
1,305 
2,196 
1,181 
734 
Utilities farms, 2012 
72 
235 
34 
115 
209 
281 
124 
89 
2007 
65 
217 
29 
86 
159 
212 
92 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
89 
1,731 
318 
220 
1,336 
1,153 
733 
322 
2007 
179 
1,192 
336 
131 
806 
517 
467 
313 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
92 
262 
31 
150 
314 
323 
155 
136 
2007 
125 
389 
57 
176 
476 
480 
198 
219 
$1,000, 2012 
125 
4,596 
526 
1,193 
1,279 
2,996 
1,430 
748 
2007 
285 
4,100 
1,260 
754 
1,488 
2,267 
1,084 
761 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
18 
101 
12 
61 
97 
115 
55 
40 
2007 
32 
127 
12 
44 
75 
84 
48 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
261 
4,467 
1,231 
1,030 
1,414 
2,635 
2,647 
1,216 
2007 
586 
3,596 
3,360 
469 
733 
1,657 
1,686 
826 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
4 
42 
3 
21 
23 
54 
32 
12 
2007 
9 
30 
7 
11 
21 
37 
32 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
19 
686 
(D) 
537 
87 
550 
302 
222 
2007 
69 
493 
(D) 
110 
38 
405 
596 
116 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
11 
91 
6 
31 
86 
94 
63 
13 
2007 
6 
68 
10 
18 
53 
62 
25 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
63 
1,198 
84 
209 
654 
819 
457 
91 
2007 
2 
509 
23 
111 
94 
385 
83 
76 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
8 
126 
10 
41 
79 
108 
36 
15 
2007 
11 
147 
9 
47 
69 
77 
45 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
35 
4,955 
245 
654 
1,155 
1,803 
743 
109 
2007 
83 
5,762 
260 
297 
(D) 
965 
1,944 
102 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
5 
27 
2 
9 
11 
28 
15 
12 
2007 
4 
23 
3 
8 
11 
22 
11 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
2 
852 
(D) 
6 
15 
386 
61 
19 
2007 
8 
623 
(D) 
109 
(D) 
79 
44 
2 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
32 
163 
16 
67 
118 
138 
51 
35 
2007 
20 
176 
14 
59 
98 
104 
55 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
158 
2,820 
728 
820 
2,325 
2,568 
508 
305 
2007 
189 
2,932 
626 
442 
1,760 
2,065 
773 
474 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
24 
112 
12 
48 
111 
108 
40 
32 
2007 
17 
117 
14 
45 
85 
81 
42 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
150 
2,059 
666 
674 
2,225 
1,795 
400 
274 
2007 
144 
1,681 
565 
336 
1,623 
1,371 
523 
369 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
13 
95 
8 
35 
62 
76 
26 
13 
2007 
9 
130 
5 
28 
58 
60 
39 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
9 
761 
63 
146 
100 
773 
109 
31 
2007 
45 
1,252 
61 
107 
137 
695 
250 
105 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
117 
311 
40 
183 
402 
422 
195 
182 
2007 
134 
376 
50 
193 
484 
469 
197 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
279 
1,604 
284 
513 
945 
1,646 
618 
325 
2007 
379 
1,994 
183 
610 
1,138 
1,044 
499 
404 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
46 
194 
16 
68 
224 
206 
79 
71 
2007 
61 
217 
28 
106 
184 
164 
82 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
86 
3,288 
337 
465 
1,109 
3,310 
973 
895 
2007 
540 
2,423 
2,027 
495 
3,489 
1,231 
1,541 
1,347 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
39 
185 
20 
87 
165 
172 
70 
56 
2007 
55 
161 
25 
61 
152 
158 
75 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
162 
5,123 
579 
1,008 
3,801 
3,075 
1,547 
434 
2007 
838 
3,803 
703 
548 
2,176 
2,126 
1,109 
983 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 313 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
