Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hillsborough 
Holmes 
Indian River 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Lafayette 
Lake 
Lee 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
2,466 
801 
461 
1,160 
617 
221 
1,784 
844 
2007 
2,843 
1,037 
415 
1,321 
642 
236 
1,814 
944 
$1,000, 2012 
348,224 
28,065 
108,489 
86,647 
38,087 
76,812 
123,578 
78,911 
2007 
342,621 
28,073 
90,989 
69,479 
27,279 
110,513 
120,794 
102,325 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
141,210 
35,037 
235,334 
74,696 
61,729 
347,564 
69,270 
93,496 
2007 
120,514 
27,071 
219,251 
52,596 
42,491 
468,277 
66,590 
108,395 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
1,164 
399 
208 
610 
298 
114 
881 
326 
2007 
1,582 
529 
275 
683 
349 
112 
1,136 
473 
$1,000, 2012 
18,856 
2,902 
13,972 
13,643 
1,915 
3,854 
8,352 
5,290 
2007 
21,633 
2,399 
7,520 
12,089 
2,371 
1,726 
8,635 
6,290 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,204 
313 
259 
502 
269 
93 
903 
347 
2007 
1,351 
309 
233 
458 
223 
76 
936 
358 
$1,000, 2012 
29,506 
1,279 
17,851 
9,281 
1,381 
853 
8,169 
7,673 
2007 
25,647 
531 
12,051 
5,780 
517 
644 
5,017 
7,394 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
585 
281 
130 
430 
194 
71 
421 
227 
2007 
723 
262 
138 
446 
182 
49 
442 
232 
$1,000, 2012 
33,893 
1,581 
738 
7,432 
2,801 
973 
7,352 
2,891 
2007 
36,452 
632 
2,108 
4,794 
1,839 
540 
13,934 
4,346 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
511 
159 
75 
194 
103 
79 
269 
187 
2007 
558 
193 
63 
219 
88 
66 
276 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
13,862 
1,421 
479 
1,435 
1,033 
4,839 
1,304 
686 
2007 
6,446 
2,784 
801 
1,104 
444 
10,820 
1,439 
655 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
308 
71 
50 
143 
53 
54 
182 
117 
2007 
333 
118 
40 
148 
48 
41 
186 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
1,432 
663 
341 
1,154 
366 
2,547 
811 
462 
2007 
1,404 
1,041 
340 
605 
386 
2,877 
1,137 
327 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
271 
103 
34 
71 
63 
32 
139 
101 
2007 
291 
105 
37 
106 
46 
33 
149 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
12,430 
758 
138 
281 
667 
2,293 
492 
224 
2007 
5,042 
1,744 
461 
499 
58 
7,943 
302 
328 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
1,619 
510 
234 
651 
350 
168 
1,086 
533 
2007 
1,756 
529 
166 
653 
318 
173 
928 
580 
$1,000, 2012 
26,232 
8,058 
2,163 
7,526 
7,768 
41,121 
5,161 
2,928 
2007 
18,615 
9,027 
1,549 
5,560 
3,440 
64,576 
3,826 
3,751 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
2,255 
768 
401 
1,096 
571 
216 
1,577 
743 
2007 
2,752 
1,011 
399 
1,279 
625 
231 
1,746 
910 
$1,000, 2012 
13,288 
2,370 
3,762 
6,701 
2,769 
3,123 
5,978 
4,092 
2007 
15,555 
1,719 
4,244 
6,978 
1,474 
2,891 
5,475 
4,313 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,429 
434 
274 
748 
324 
130 
964 
495 
2007 
1,366 
337 
209 
519 
248 
111 
850 
417 
$1,000, 2012 
6,247 
753 
991 
1,618 
1,291 
2,203 
3,290 
2,080 
2007 
7,787 
479 
764 
1,650 
701 
1,940 
2,808 
2,164 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,886 
604 
343 
898 
434 
177 
1,240 
668 
2007 
2,536 
944 
366 
1,166 
558 
220 
1,592 
829 
$1,000, 2012 
15,205 
2,240 
3,771 
6,556 
2,480 
3,027 
7,859 
5,567 
2007 
21,379 
2,653 
4,506 
8,961 
2,448 
3,538 
12,845 
7,254 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
688 
144 
128 
264 
159 
68 
433 
243 
2007 
583 
123 
111 
193 
92 
77 
321 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
99,102 
1,258 
16,801 
9,625 
5,544 
6,053 
34,213 
16,845 
2007 
97,537 
1,307 
11,448 
5,521 
5,123 
7,923 
34,210 
36,687 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
355 
60 
139 
125 
72 
27 
288 
99 
2007 
378 
54 
101 
97 
68 
21 
283 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
19,869 
584 
25,577 
3,606 
645 
422 
1 1 ,923 
15,356 
2007 
19,948 
568 
26,847 
930 
456 
375 
8,264 
8,500 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
251 
92 
83 
174 
46 
51 
204 
102 
2007 
246 
81 
70 
160 
41 
37 
169 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
2,876 
532 
7,401 
1,676 
229 
2,174 
3,505 
1,947 
2007 
2,679 
184 
5,906 
918 
(D) 
3,355 
2,236 
2,636 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
346 
106 
59 
271 
49 
39 
130 
109 
2007 
315 
95 
32 
210 
43 
31 
103 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
9,806 
822 
1,323 
5,531 
967 
897 
1,406 
766 
2007 
9,283 
323 
819 
3,290 
1,027 
364 
930 
1,664 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
158 
59 
14 
50 
25 
17 
48 
43 
2007 
134 
18 
18 
27 
23 
9 
43 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
4,954 
119 
317 
410 
105 
250 
1,103 
1,183 
2007 
2,533 
39 
381 
435 
(D) 
67 
340 
743 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
530 
257 
125 
267 
166 
72 
400 
181 
2007 
598 
200 
99 
253 
126 
54 
387 
168 
$1,000, 2012 
8,821 
1,726 
4,417 
3,489 
3,122 
3,038 
7,025 
2,883 
2007 
11,189 
2,146 
3,833 
4,518 
3,327 
2,030 
4,622 
4,613 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
385 
199 
97 
198 
112 
60 
316 
142 
2007 
480 
177 
86 
203 
103 
44 
323 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
6,427 
1,416 
4,085 
2,538 
2,490 
2,830 
6,253 
2,585 
2007 
9,013 
1,585 
3,460 
2,744 
3,099 
1,750 
3,615 
4,221 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
272 
131 
57 
168 
106 
33 
191 
82 
2007 
336 
120 
66 
150 
79 
32 
227 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
2,395 
310 
331 
951 
631 
208 
772 
298 
2007 
2,177 
561 
373 
1,774 
228 
280 
1,007 
392 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
2,352 
779 
424 
1,108 
604 
215 
1,724 
784 
2007 
2,628 
951 
380 
1,216 
583 
228 
1,709 
891 
$1,000, 2012 
7,411 
1,038 
3,087 
2,428 
1,609 
736 
4,787 
2,387 
2007 
9,062 
1,417 
2,932 
2,046 
1,870 
605 
4,775 
3,145 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
1,064 
342 
229 
469 
238 
99 
773 
420 
2007 
1,294 
347 
246 
512 
227 
105 
833 
393 
$1,000, 2012 
38,296 
1,383 
5,839 
5,689 
4,429 
3,250 
12,151 
6,337 
2007 
36,873 
1,863 
5,282 
4,907 
1,387 
9,122 
1 1 ,440 
8,170 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
818 
280 
175 
409 
189 
89 
507 
277 
2007 
872 
264 
145 
405 
183 
109 
519 
225 
$1,000, 2012 
18,995 
2,874 
4,950 
7,290 
2,934 
4,898 
7,281 
5,433 
2007 
21,385 
2,478 
6,032 
5,069 
3,608 
8,357 
9,030 
6,692 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Florida 271 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
