Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Stewart 
Sumter 
Talbot 
Taliaferro 
Tattnall 
Taylor 
Telfair 
Terrell 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
108 
369 
90 
55 
565 
224 
300 
248 
2007 
94 
429 
149 
71 
589 
262 
301 
274 
$1,000, 2012 
11,135 
103,522 
2,238 
6,419 
184,118 
20,805 
7,304 
47,036 
2007 
6,187 
61,036 
2,352 
4,211 
153,829 
20,724 
8,477 
33,056 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
103,102 
280,547 
24,869 
116,716 
325,873 
92,878 
24,348 
189,660 
2007 
65,814 
142,274 
15,783 
59,311 
261,170 
79,101 
28,163 
120,641 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
43 
161 
46 
34 
310 
135 
136 
126 
2007 
48 
223 
98 
28 
376 
156 
154 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
1,717 
11,068 
234 
167 
7,338 
1,373 
1,137 
7,894 
2007 
401 
6,482 
208 
173 
6,764 
1,472 
1,579 
5,831 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
48 
162 
33 
27 
319 
125 
98 
129 
2007 
30 
183 
35 
9 
308 
119 
97 
133 
$1,000, 2012 
1,301 
10,438 
27 
(D) 
6,515 
1,141 
397 
6,035 
2007 
408 
5,359 
25 
36 
3,629 
1,447 
528 
4,865 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
52 
117 
26 
23 
182 
91 
95 
100 
2007 
34 
153 
36 
15 
207 
83 
79 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
1,217 
7,095 
32 
31 
3,966 
579 
417 
5,870 
2007 
254 
3,532 
49 
17 
2,661 
758 
495 
3,151 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
5 
55 
15 
13 
166 
41 
55 
18 
2007 
12 
44 
29 
5 
177 
41 
37 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,947 
85 
505 
17,340 
1,250 
283 
(D) 
2007 
296 
2,248 
40 
(D) 
30,443 
1,729 
98 
665 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
2 
29 
9 
5 
64 
21 
34 
12 
2007 
5 
28 
19 
4 
71 
22 
20 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
705 
74 
(D) 
2,876 
99 
119 
127 
2007 
13 
160 
14 
10 
342 
57 
72 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
4 
40 
8 
9 
114 
25 
27 
8 
2007 
8 
21 
10 
1 
127 
23 
19 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,241 
11 
(D) 
14,464 
1,150 
164 
(D) 
2007 
283 
2,088 
27 
(D) 
30,101 
1,671 
27 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
39 
144 
57 
38 
280 
115 
157 
61 
2007 
34 
140 
91 
42 
293 
120 
110 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
1,789 
19,342 
320 
3,716 
87,953 
6,185 
751 
997 
2007 
(D) 
10,964 
303 
2,260 
58,344 
5,559 
336 
281 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
101 
345 
85 
52 
541 
211 
277 
223 
2007 
90 
425 
145 
65 
585 
259 
289 
265 
$1,000, 2012 
980 
9,249 
147 
219 
6,481 
1,573 
661 
4,137 
2007 
545 
6,065 
338 
241 
8,588 
1,092 
1,083 
3,706 
Utilities farms, 2012 
67 
229 
51 
28 
369 
129 
160 
170 
2007 
39 
194 
56 
22 
322 
105 
116 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
315 
2,780 
61 
188 
3,995 
491 
317 
1,781 
2007 
150 
1,427 
50 
87 
3,611 
254 
219 
822 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
87 
278 
68 
46 
446 
169 
212 
186 
2007 
84 
403 
136 
62 
549 
239 
279 
245 
$1,000, 2012 
537 
5,792 
147 
305 
6,141 
1,561 
541 
2,926 
2007 
546 
4,738 
425 
197 
6,049 
1,953 
1,026 
2,763 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
32 
118 
25 
19 
209 
59 
63 
75 
2007 
18 
114 
30 
14 
163 
54 
50 
56 
$1,000, 2012 
418 
7,836 
199 
428 
20,195 
1,207 
497 
2,818 
2007 
704 
5,884 
119 
201 
11,945 
1,484 
715 
1,937 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
13 
54 
9 
5 
103 
11 
23 
32 
2007 
4 
47 
8 
6 
71 
13 
29 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
284 
1,761 
29 
133 
2,984 
(D) 
120 
(D) 
2007 
45 
972 
29 
(D) 
1,411 
(D) 
299 
279 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
22 
63 
13 
10 
232 
31 
35 
47 
2007 
10 
59 
12 
6 
96 
21 
22 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
215 
1,696 
24 
142 
6,566 
368 
216 
976 
2007 
(D) 
607 
14 
82 
492 
42 
33 
394 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
31 
84 
11 
12 
112 
46 
35 
62 
2007 
14 
80 
9 
6 
122 
44 
45 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
677 
7,850 
111 
49 
2,353 
1,056 
349 
4,107 
2007 
290 
4,388 
52 
30 
1,652 
(D) 
342 
3,417 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
8 
19 
5 
2 
41 
6 
8 
12 
2007 
- 
25 
6 
1 
43 
6 
5 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,769 
18 
(D) 
2,119 
(D) 
66 
1,045 
2007 
454 
29 
(D) 
550 
9 
71 
234 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
33 
156 
23 
8 
186 
65 
66 
91 
2007 
28 
131 
42 
11 
190 
73 
64 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
505 
4,970 
389 
149 
4,194 
542 
439 
1,880 
2007 
295 
2,642 
288 
31 
3,689 
695 
539 
1,846 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
30 
112 
21 
6 
157 
54 
33 
76 
2007 
20 
106 
35 
9 
157 
59 
49 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
484 
2,963 
342 
138 
2,807 
431 
297 
1,592 
2007 
218 
1,865 
253 
19 
2,901 
488 
473 
1,498 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
18 
85 
17 
4 
103 
29 
47 
29 
2007 
19 
78 
14 
5 
106 
28 
41 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
21 
2,007 
47 
11 
1,387 
111 
143 
288 
2007 
77 
777 
36 
12 
787 
208 
66 
348 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
106 
350 
90 
54 
536 
219 
285 
226 
2007 
82 
406 
142 
65 
548 
240 
289 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
453 
1,863 
299 
158 
1,517 
545 
763 
1,492 
2007 
411 
1,477 
310 
128 
1,963 
643 
895 
1,109 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
53 
171 
39 
28 
287 
79 
108 
146 
2007 
37 
191 
51 
18 
297 
103 
98 
124 
$1,000, 2012 
364 
7,064 
117 
191 
4,462 
1,403 
350 
3,936 
2007 
405 
3,795 
75 
366 
12,041 
1,782 
218 
1,756 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
52 
181 
33 
31 
281 
74 
115 
118 
2007 
40 
174 
48 
18 
274 
97 
112 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
640 
8,574 
193 
318 
9,925 
1,071 
715 
5,980 
2007 
820 
6,303 
347 
267 
6,442 
1,625 
859 
3,057 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 323 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
