Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morgan 
Murray 
Muscogee 
Newton 
Oconee 
Oglethorpe 
Paulding 
Peach 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
320 
22 
285 
375 
406 
142 
190 
2007 
308 
43 
306 
420 
477 
181 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
_ ■ . m 
62,609 
203 
10,791 
54,375 
145,665 
11,718 
20,648 
2007 
59,156 
42,716 
653 
8,817 
64,462 
129,331 
13,639 
17,246 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
160,247 
195,653 
9,212 
37,864 
145,000 
358,781 
82,519 
108,674 
2007 
90,040 
138,687 
15,184 
28,815 
153,480 
271,134 
75,355 
80,967 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
291 
133 
6 
151 
205 
175 
77 
89 
2007 
355 
124 
11 
160 
215 
196 
108 
133 
$1,000, 2012 
2,195 
1,501 
17 
596 
990 
728 
181 
1,880 
2007 
1,890 
441 
23 
746 
1,399 
1,037 
208 
1,813 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
255 
138 
3 
146 
212 
196 
60 
95 
2007 
252 
95 
9 
102 
178 
165 
68 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
971 
848 
1 
190 
437 
430 
28 
2,496 
2007 
528 
297 
8 
182 
392 
297 
62 
1,682 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
207 
97 
1 
82 
147 
119 
49 
73 
2007 
197 
59 
7 
57 
130 
118 
48 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
1,135 
562 
(D) 
141 
1,352 
1,413 
27 
1,077 
2007 
830 
137 
8 
(D) 
1,467 
1,187 
(D) 
441 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
168 
101 
4 
60 
110 
151 
40 
45 
2007 
120 
80 
- 
47 
96 
133 
38 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
13,893 
7,917 
8 
453 
5,815 
20,907 
1,652 
(D) 
2007 
7,999 
6,387 
- 
393 
7,612 
21,609 
1,563 
477 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
106 
57 
2 
35 
64 
60 
18 
18 
2007 
61 
37 
- 
28 
43 
55 
21 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
1,035 
836 
(D) 
192 
274 
3,379 
43 
(D) 
2007 
389 
144 
173 
170 
1,452 
46 
458 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
91 
59 
2 
31 
64 
110 
28 
39 
2007 
69 
48 
- 
27 
65 
96 
19 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
12,858 
7,081 
(D) 
261 
5,541 
17,528 
1,609 
198 
2007 
7,611 
6,243 
220 
7,442 
20,157 
1,517 
20 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
432 
229 
13 
233 
258 
319 
115 
121 
2007 
419 
206 
10 
212 
256 
328 
129 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
48,795 
40,297 
27 
1,613 
28,118 
94,350 
8,357 
1,143 
2007 
24,709 
24,809 
(D) 
1,743 
31,768 
76,635 
7,875 
480 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
541 
311 
20 
277 
363 
398 
140 
185 
2007 
646 
302 
43 
303 
411 
466 
178 
212 
$1,000, 2012 
3,052 
1,725 
20 
690 
1,689 
2,759 
296 
1,644 
2007 
2,171 
1,326 
77 
617 
1,766 
3,105 
429 
1,427 
Utilities farms, 2012 
324 
176 
7 
144 
249 
277 
80 
127 
2007 
272 
134 
6 
111 
184 
227 
73 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
2,134 
867 
(D) 
304 
1,095 
2,686 
122 
749 
2007 
1,208 
484 
5 
201 
972 
2,015 
124 
503 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
478 
244 
13 
217 
299 
309 
116 
159 
2007 
582 
287 
42 
264 
375 
429 
163 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
4,545 
2,407 
22 
689 
2,106 
2,953 
234 
1,818 
2007 
2,785 
1,563 
113 
903 
2,006 
3,419 
378 
1,429 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
180 
67 
6 
86 
112 
129 
34 
34 
2007 
138 
48 
4 
41 
87 
114 
46 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
4,884 
1,462 
11 
854 
5,485 
6,861 
94 
5,320 
2007 
4,280 
782 
8 
1,068 
7,690 
4,515 
459 
5,198 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
73 
32 
1 
28 
63 
48 
7 
16 
2007 
55 
20 
2 
14 
47 
30 
12 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
531 
429 
(D) 
247 
570 
610 
38 
326 
2007 
415 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
308 
187 
65 
137 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
117 
54 
25 
116 
115 
11 
14 
2007 
79 
22 
- 
33 
59 
45 
13 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
1,103 
547 
- 
57 
731 
1,894 
122 
111 
2007 
808 
139 
- 
40 
(D) 
195 
(D) 
291 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
125 
65 
- 
47 
63 
38 
9 
20 
2007 
87 
41 
2 
47 
50 
49 
13 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,220 
728 
- 
332 
622 
673 
(D) 
829 
2007 
549 
172 
(D) 
215 
606 
378 
192 
461 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
23 
7 
- 
8 
15 
8 
2 
3 
2007 
27 
2 
- 
- 
11 
8 
8 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
99 
93 
- 
32 
17 
136 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
98 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
43 
40 
25 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
186 
77 
2 
46 
116 
124 
23 
63 
2007 
177 
72 
4 
51 
91 
147 
28 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
2,830 
1,291 
(D) 
565 
2,252 
2,954 
186 
942 
2007 
2,334 
1,122 
16 
285 
1,600 
2,928 
241 
1,152 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
160 
60 
2 
29 
95 
112 
13 
55 
2007 
140 
64 
4 
31 
80 
131 
22 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
2,177 
1,162 
(D) 
284 
1,881 
2,757 
148 
849 
2007 
1,962 
1,071 
14 
228 
1,362 
2,456 
151 
1,029 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
87 
43 
- 
27 
73 
41 
17 
27 
2007 
87 
29 
3 
39 
42 
65 
19 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
653 
129 
- 
281 
371 
198 
38 
92 
2007 
372 
51 
2 
57 
238 
471 
90 
123 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
566 
306 
22 
271 
355 
390 
136 
184 
2007 
620 
283 
40 
270 
375 
442 
160 
202 
$1,000, 2012 
1,617 
804 
70 
796 
1,024 
1,520 
227 
769 
2007 
1,810 
710 
174 
856 
1,189 
1,510 
277 
795 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
305 
166 
1 
125 
202 
240 
54 
98 
2007 
297 
125 
6 
122 
206 
250 
76 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
2,657 
1,131 
(D) 
3,233 
2,071 
4,792 
129 
932 
2007 
6,742 
4,225 
(D) 
372 
5,105 
10,273 
1,490 
935 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
237 
156 
3 
99 
145 
181 
49 
65 
2007 
230 
106 
8 
84 
132 
171 
75 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
5,166 
2,917 
3 
1,095 
3,508 
6,159 
223 
2,646 
2007 
3,376 
1,794 
37 
509 
3,396 
7,323 
676 
2,189 
-continued 
320 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
