Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Harris 
Hart 
Heard 
Henry 
Houston 
Irwin 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
252 
584 
168 
254 
226 
373 
774 
239 
2007 
371 
657 
187 
298 
298 
387 
892 
333 
$1,000, 2012 
4,696 
178,469 
34,336 
5,721 
21,085 
84,112 
159,522 
19,914 
2007 
6,963 
158,605 
24,859 
7,744 
16,002 
42,061 
140,779 
17,816 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
18,634 
305,598 
204,383 
22,524 
93,296 
225,500 
206,100 
83,321 
2007 
18,769 
241,408 
132,936 
25,988 
53,697 
108,684 
157,824 
53,502 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
119 
280 
85 
128 
130 
233 
372 
124 
2007 
200 
328 
119 
187 
168 
263 
433 
167 
$1,000, 2012 
399 
1,165 
273 
363 
2,480 
14,018 
1,104 
568 
2007 
535 
1,311 
381 
582 
1,241 
7,789 
1,029 
405 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
98 
281 
86 
89 
114 
237 
409 
106 
2007 
106 
266 
90 
107 
124 
216 
384 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
84 
686 
210 
62 
2,083 
11,030 
1,057 
93 
2007 
70 
408 
100 
103 
905 
6,127 
514 
106 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
85 
165 
58 
78 
78 
183 
214 
63 
2007 
94 
186 
47 
103 
91 
196 
177 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
175 
701 
67 
334 
1,539 
7,642 
696 
118 
2007 
164 
533 
23 
494 
659 
3,495 
351 
52 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
58 
246 
64 
46 
30 
54 
284 
61 
2007 
46 
229 
52 
39 
47 
38 
298 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
164 
25,593 
4,680 
168 
613 
1,847 
31,002 
1,447 
2007 
151 
27,278 
3,284 
310 
821 
970 
30,376 
1,736 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
31 
128 
42 
23 
14 
31 
154 
39 
2007 
30 
97 
32 
25 
33 
22 
107 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
103 
5,308 
546 
61 
26 
155 
3,631 
547 
2007 
120 
404 
247 
83 
119 
82 
467 
280 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
32 
155 
39 
30 
23 
23 
184 
35 
2007 
17 
166 
39 
23 
25 
16 
223 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
61 
20,285 
4,134 
107 
587 
1,692 
27,370 
900 
2007 
31 
26,874 
3,038 
227 
702 
888 
29,909 
1,456 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
189 
453 
139 
159 
115 
153 
617 
176 
2007 
208 
458 
122 
180 
153 
129 
618 
189 
$1,000, 2012 
803 
121,737 
22,702 
824 
3,645 
9,510 
95,715 
7,938 
2007 
656 
94,620 
14,228 
858 
3,518 
3,037 
72,998 
8,411 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
240 
555 
167 
240 
215 
362 
750 
236 
2007 
363 
651 
185 
291 
289 
374 
872 
325 
$1,000, 2012 
312 
4,255 
1,003 
383 
2,085 
6,990 
3,277 
773 
2007 
687 
3,717 
1,248 
642 
1,483 
4,424 
3,861 
770 
Utilities farms, 2012 
129 
403 
99 
151 
136 
244 
465 
137 
2007 
125 
326 
83 
130 
136 
192 
402 
120 
$1,000, 2012 
158 
3,947 
575 
373 
430 
2,625 
2,868 
427 
2007 
137 
2,814 
404 
235 
541 
993 
2,801 
515 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
189 
473 
130 
216 
164 
290 
626 
169 
2007 
339 
604 
175 
276 
265 
372 
815 
298 
$1,000, 2012 
321 
3,807 
722 
521 
1,687 
5,778 
3,377 
706 
2007 
1,147 
3,942 
658 
821 
1,490 
3,293 
4,715 
2,513 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
51 
169 
46 
52 
68 
135 
222 
57 
2007 
61 
148 
49 
64 
74 
105 
190 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
689 
3,814 
794 
1,091 
1,515 
6,051 
7,577 
1,227 
2007 
675 
2,510 
668 
1,638 
1,173 
1,762 
2,857 
658 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
20 
72 
16 
32 
20 
61 
90 
25 
2007 
23 
41 
19 
31 
27 
32 
71 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
81 
789 
87 
60 
353 
1,318 
1,951 
213 
2007 
(D) 
218 
79 
83 
86 
287 
597 
100 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
31 
148 
43 
9 
28 
96 
196 
30 
2007 
24 
64 
7 
24 
29 
76 
75 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
107 
1,848 
522 
18 
731 
1,736 
1,354 
310 
2007 
33 
228 
32 
86 
221 
553 
137 
108 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
31 
106 
35 
29 
30 
135 
132 
29 
2007 
11 
130 
18 
39 
41 
139 
117 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
58 
439 
962 
173 
893 
5,633 
859 
184 
2007 
(D) 
1,439 
162 
262 
763 
4,650 
899 
352 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
4 
15 
8 
10 
14 
18 
37 
13 
2007 
1 
24 
11 
8 
11 
15 
31 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
9 
54 
4 
10 
16 
407 
200 
19 
2007 
(D) 
79 
31 
37 
57 
187 
32 
- 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
55 
222 
57 
45 
79 
189 
189 
62 
2007 
62 
189 
58 
41 
70 
148 
236 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
491 
4,727 
572 
508 
1,352 
4,680 
2,184 
858 
2007 
777 
4,727 
864 
372 
910 
1,840 
4,109 
656 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
44 
201 
47 
34 
70 
142 
160 
46 
2007 
55 
173 
49 
35 
54 
105 
190 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
396 
4,405 
484 
377 
1,193 
3,831 
1,901 
728 
2007 
714 
4,337 
736 
270 
774 
1,210 
3,377 
554 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
22 
94 
21 
23 
35 
99 
89 
30 
2007 
30 
81 
33 
26 
25 
71 
122 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
95 
321 
89 
131 
159 
849 
283 
131 
2007 
63 
390 
128 
102 
136 
630 
732 
102 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
245 
577 
165 
247 
207 
348 
756 
237 
2007 
348 
618 
175 
273 
279 
358 
823 
321 
$1,000, 2012 
511 
1,208 
374 
483 
757 
1,690 
2,085 
704 
2007 
881 
1,417 
354 
687 
781 
975 
2,665 
872 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
124 
357 
80 
108 
88 
201 
453 
112 
2007 
146 
348 
84 
120 
124 
175 
424 
119 
$1,000, 2012 
336 
3,701 
788 
352 
906 
3,155 
4,215 
4,329 
2007 
450 
13,364 
2,342 
535 
1,354 
1,677 
12,839 
563 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
73 
282 
81 
98 
100 
197 
355 
81 
2007 
85 
286 
50 
116 
120 
188 
330 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
367 
8,456 
1,450 
560 
1,927 
10,906 
5,882 
1,648 
2007 
618 
7,726 
831 
601 
1,614 
5,620 
5,254 
881 
-continued 
316 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
