Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Thomas 
Tift 
Toombs 
Towns 
Treutlen 
Troup 
Turner 
Twiggs 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
407 
285 
268 
109 
149 
212 
262 
108 
2007 
485 
404 
341 
116 
151 
241 
278 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
77,929 
49,668 
45,349 
4,769 
5,367 
5,269 
41,772 
7,642 
2007 
63,523 
56,295 
32,171 
3,953 
6,965 
5,949 
38,933 
4,626 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
191,473 
174,274 
169,214 
43,756 
36,018 
24,854 
159,436 
70,763 
2007 
130,974 
139,344 
94,342 
34,075 
46,123 
24,685 
140,047 
38,228 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
206 
211 
153 
63 
57 
122 
152 
48 
2007 
339 
302 
197 
79 
71 
163 
181 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
11,596 
8,679 
4,328 
335 
699 
206 
5,278 
1,695 
2007 
7,317 
8,016 
3,563 
250 
879 
572 
5,120 
853 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
228 
189 
149 
41 
55 
80 
146 
46 
2007 
259 
271 
150 
40 
42 
85 
130 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
8,526 
7,004 
3,784 
135 
320 
46 
5,690 
1,059 
2007 
5,487 
7,413 
1,950 
66 
305 
56 
4,773 
769 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
174 
138 
103 
32 
43 
86 
116 
42 
2007 
203 
196 
101 
17 
32 
70 
132 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
5,610 
4,890 
2,537 
186 
470 
152 
3,411 
835 
2007 
3,258 
4,088 
1,429 
115 
482 
103 
2,131 
279 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
55 
38 
40 
31 
16 
53 
56 
28 
2007 
75 
59 
47 
31 
17 
81 
38 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
2,767 
216 
3,251 
187 
17 
242 
1,053 
129 
2007 
5,443 
288 
2,147 
1,479 
28 
341 
2,681 
37 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
39 
31 
27 
22 
8 
35 
34 
17 
2007 
31 
34 
25 
25 
7 
37 
29 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
586 
190 
2,656 
94 
6 
94 
265 
122 
2007 
119 
199 
281 
(D) 
12 
228 
297 
26 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
29 
10 
18 
16 
12 
24 
25 
13 
2007 
52 
29 
26 
8 
10 
57 
16 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
2,182 
27 
595 
93 
10 
149 
788 
7 
2007 
5,324 
89 
1,867 
(D) 
16 
113 
2,384 
11 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
165 
128 
124 
75 
59 
164 
123 
70 
2007 
195 
151 
134 
73 
52 
175 
134 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
10,017 
1,839 
7,706 
777 
275 
1,682 
4,898 
360 
2007 
12,784 
1,146 
3,404 
258 
153 
1,151 
4,058 
199 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
377 
280 
243 
109 
140 
209 
242 
104 
2007 
473 
402 
340 
115 
142 
241 
265 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
6,775 
4,365 
2,516 
412 
520 
431 
3,127 
742 
2007 
3,931 
5,303 
1,965 
251 
920 
375 
3,212 
574 
Utilities farms, 2012 
244 
198 
131 
59 
90 
135 
160 
64 
2007 
243 
230 
158 
40 
46 
102 
141 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
1,731 
1,998 
1,669 
158 
276 
190 
1,480 
233 
2007 
1,138 
1,532 
858 
134 
303 
178 
1,148 
83 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
291 
219 
184 
80 
120 
182 
218 
79 
2007 
445 
390 
325 
111 
133 
225 
258 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
5,511 
3,657 
2,231 
464 
635 
449 
3,743 
564 
2007 
4,101 
4,546 
2,815 
306 
702 
660 
2,584 
468 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
159 
89 
68 
27 
35 
45 
68 
25 
2007 
164 
115 
74 
18 
22 
57 
71 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
7,556 
5,225 
6,504 
582 
614 
306 
2,119 
327 
2007 
7,146 
10,254 
5,665 
262 
1,154 
607 
2,870 
(D) 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
72 
49 
32 
12 
10 
7 
21 
13 
2007 
70 
46 
22 
9 
8 
14 
22 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
715 
1,419 
4,439 
364 
17 
14 
924 
37 
2007 
546 
1,791 
844 
86 
260 
39 
237 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
68 
75 
48 
18 
14 
19 
55 
12 
2007 
58 
85 
28 
12 
8 
31 
60 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
1,286 
1,035 
429 
31 
147 
53 
976 
54 
2007 
762 
730 
666 
(D) 
(D) 
61 
684 
78 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
109 
83 
39 
37 
11 
24 
62 
18 
2007 
117 
128 
43 
15 
13 
26 
99 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
4,534 
3,203 
935 
194 
216 
64 
2,244 
359 
2007 
2,420 
3,404 
1,207 
28 
158 
233 
3,570 
310 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
34 
18 
16 
10 
5 
11 
13 
5 
2007 
18 
33 
8 
6 
2 
6 
25 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
329 
416 
121 
13 
2 
22 
505 
181 
2007 
146 
498 
66 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
450 
11 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
142 
96 
76 
28 
38 
53 
107 
25 
2007 
157 
108 
79 
20 
19 
58 
111 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
2,632 
1,823 
1,624 
147 
538 
458 
2,075 
280 
2007 
2,890 
2,806 
2,117 
283 
578 
509 
2,019 
231 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
108 
67 
63 
20 
26 
40 
77 
19 
2007 
131 
73 
67 
16 
18 
45 
85 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
1,889 
1,314 
1,254 
131 
467 
419 
1,648 
168 
2007 
2,199 
2,057 
1,491 
203 
532 
418 
1,040 
158 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
65 
49 
42 
17 
20 
25 
66 
14 
2007 
78 
66 
47 
15 
12 
28 
67 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
744 
509 
370 
16 
71 
39 
427 
112 
2007 
691 
749 
626 
80 
46 
90 
978 
73 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
381 
261 
257 
103 
139 
202 
240 
105 
2007 
442 
354 
317 
108 
132 
221 
254 
113 
$1,000, 2012 
2,063 
1,166 
957 
147 
293 
551 
796 
324 
2007 
2,078 
1,258 
1,158 
165 
351 
689 
996 
359 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
207 
147 
78 
42 
46 
94 
122 
44 
2007 
242 
219 
120 
54 
36 
122 
145 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
6,280 
2,734 
2,318 
638 
326 
404 
3,454 
462 
2007 
4,075 
3,223 
2,315 
242 
669 
373 
2,402 
243 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
205 
131 
76 
45 
35 
91 
114 
45 
2007 
220 
184 
110 
46 
40 
81 
107 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
7,200 
5,557 
3,357 
319 
803 
732 
4,871 
586 
2007 
5,119 
4,274 
1,740 
387 
1,174 
624 
3,424 
531 
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324 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
