Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Union 
Upson 
Walker 
Walton 
Ware 
Warren 
Washington 
Wayne 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
249 
296 
528 
477 
280 
134 
408 
287 
2007 
281 
348 
538 
490 
280 
188 
425 
313 
$1,000, 2012 
13,474 
23,089 
93,750 
29,790 
27,863 
5,511 
25,062 
33,167 
2007 
15,051 
24,707 
74,513 
31,197 
17,275 
5,524 
11,701 
22,036 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
54,113 
78,002 
177,558 
62,452 
99,511 
41,129 
61,428 
115,565 
2007 
53,562 
70,998 
138,500 
63,668 
61,698 
29,382 
27,532 
70,401 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
147 
157 
272 
259 
171 
78 
202 
183 
2007 
161 
186 
292 
298 
179 
112 
234 
207 
$1,000, 2012 
489 
376 
1,321 
1,403 
2,779 
641 
3,895 
3,573 
2007 
381 
575 
876 
1,020 
1,418 
629 
2,325 
1,639 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
112 
138 
275 
248 
183 
57 
184 
184 
2007 
70 
102 
219 
205 
152 
86 
139 
149 
$1,000, 2012 
206 
180 
853 
262 
2,096 
189 
1,589 
2,170 
2007 
211 
72 
171 
177 
1,228 
94 
702 
924 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
72 
116 
164 
125 
107 
36 
163 
131 
2007 
47 
77 
171 
142 
80 
60 
130 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
120 
379 
980 
749 
1,991 
293 
1,545 
1,975 
2007 
(D) 
258 
263 
1,492 
618 
143 
590 
874 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
72 
93 
186 
107 
52 
29 
59 
79 
2007 
45 
59 
178 
90 
41 
25 
63 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,579 
13,239 
5,674 
1,230 
153 
756 
2,349 
2007 
(D) 
2,787 
9,145 
5,603 
2,104 
123 
230 
2,927 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
37 
48 
115 
58 
27 
18 
35 
57 
2007 
27 
31 
96 
39 
16 
12 
37 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
179 
192 
1,246 
578 
327 
128 
366 
1,344 
2007 
105 
58 
334 
574 
56 
53 
129 
127 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
39 
59 
112 
58 
32 
15 
31 
30 
2007 
19 
35 
108 
61 
26 
17 
28 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,388 
11,993 
5,096 
904 
26 
390 
1,005 
2007 
(D) 
2,728 
8,811 
5,028 
2,048 
70 
101 
2,800 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
173 
216 
413 
311 
143 
99 
198 
152 
2007 
155 
212 
404 
283 
130 
105 
189 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
2,499 
11,913 
58,900 
1 1 ,523 
3,542 
1,075 
3,259 
10,006 
2007 
1,059 
13,450 
44,805 
10,713 
3,397 
1,402 
909 
5,538 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
246 
280 
526 
452 
275 
134 
386 
286 
2007 
273 
333 
538 
483 
273 
182 
420 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
657 
747 
2,576 
1,098 
1,724 
530 
2,301 
2,374 
2007 
1,236 
904 
2,056 
1,151 
1,134 
500 
1,138 
1,602 
Utilities farms, 2012 
133 
148 
345 
267 
171 
93 
227 
184 
2007 
98 
116 
305 
213 
104 
86 
152 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
445 
534 
1,391 
639 
918 
154 
1,250 
638 
2007 
613 
565 
1,151 
440 
442 
131 
243 
422 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
189 
203 
432 
370 
238 
110 
324 
249 
2007 
246 
313 
507 
443 
264 
175 
396 
298 
$1,000, 2012 
727 
1,044 
2,482 
1,361 
2,469 
540 
2,470 
1,494 
2007 
1,554 
1,178 
1,842 
1,496 
1,274 
685 
1,362 
1,668 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
61 
62 
172 
116 
80 
39 
108 
84 
2007 
39 
39 
108 
88 
60 
45 
62 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,920 
3,268 
3,111 
2,941 
517 
1,105 
1,413 
2007 
1,036 
1,021 
1,339 
2,413 
1,636 
642 
576 
1,688 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
26 
16 
76 
31 
25 
14 
40 
39 
2007 
33 
10 
82 
32 
21 
12 
23 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
545 
365 
351 
222 
781 
113 
200 
785 
2007 
182 
107 
569 
161 
222 
22 
147 
831 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
28 
36 
116 
59 
42 
19 
66 
61 
2007 
26 
22 
60 
35 
12 
24 
51 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
44 
212 
1,099 
323 
181 
73 
513 
381 
2007 
36 
18 
131 
236 
132 
46 
408 
312 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
58 
33 
114 
91 
36 
22 
79 
83 
2007 
48 
22 
79 
49 
31 
23 
68 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
132 
132 
1,356 
327 
1,001 
295 
1,556 
2,138 
2007 
52 
109 
504 
224 
422 
239 
333 
335 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
10 
6 
24 
8 
8 
10 
26 
22 
2007 
6 
12 
24 
9 
8 
7 
9 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
9 
51 
70 
21 
84 
19 
386 
363 
2007 
69 
68 
26 
15 
49 
23 
44 
53 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
63 
75 
177 
105 
99 
38 
125 
102 
2007 
62 
72 
172 
103 
53 
32 
107 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
628 
752 
2,309 
834 
1,151 
319 
2,364 
1,168 
2007 
915 
719 
3,073 
1,249 
564 
180 
1,002 
1,744 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
52 
64 
150 
81 
70 
33 
111 
83 
2007 
46 
63 
142 
84 
42 
26 
77 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
534 
631 
2,178 
685 
1,004 
231 
1,871 
1,018 
2007 
628 
562 
2,814 
1,013 
490 
150 
624 
1,620 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
37 
42 
85 
48 
58 
18 
58 
51 
2007 
42 
34 
88 
58 
30 
15 
69 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
93 
121 
131 
149 
147 
88 
493 
150 
2007 
287 
157 
259 
235 
73 
30 
377 
124 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
239 
287 
514 
457 
267 
127 
394 
272 
2007 
245 
325 
506 
456 
260 
165 
384 
279 
$1,000, 2012 
459 
603 
1,415 
1,328 
777 
323 
1,139 
752 
2007 
663 
661 
1,067 
1,725 
598 
377 
941 
749 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
114 
127 
297 
240 
112 
73 
165 
139 
2007 
113 
121 
282 
220 
87 
82 
149 
119 
$1,000, 2012 
862 
1,300 
2,138 
915 
4,200 
275 
735 
1,589 
2007 
904 
2,215 
7,496 
3,082 
2,038 
287 
751 
728 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
80 
71 
249 
156 
98 
33 
141 
126 
2007 
86 
84 
241 
203 
94 
45 
143 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
878 
966 
5,991 
1,569 
2,136 
292 
2,052 
1,805 
2007 
1,372 
1,218 
3,440 
1,824 
912 
430 
1,517 
1,269 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Georgia 325 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
