Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pinellas 
Polk 
Putnam 
St. Johns 
St. Lucie 
Santa Rosa 
Sarasota 
Seminole 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
118 
2,415 
430 
188 
406 
666 
283 
312 
2007 
134 
2,768 
469 
194 
365 
594 
305 
395 
$1,000, 2012 
5,714 
269,167 
35,815 
58,600 
136,672 
50,542 
21,892 
24,823 
2007 
4,083 
292,995 
25,092 
37,936 
119,626 
25,013 
27,416 
14,392 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
48,425 
111,456 
83,291 
311,703 
336,629 
75,889 
77,358 
79,560 
2007 
30,468 
105,851 
53,501 
195,546 
327,743 
42,109 
89,888 
36,436 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
48 
1,233 
204 
105 
199 
366 
88 
160 
2007 
73 
1,995 
278 
130 
264 
332 
120 
239 
$1,000, 2012 
43 
25,105 
3,260 
7,123 
17,001 
9,017 
804 
871 
2007 
95 
26,236 
1,955 
4,372 
10,904 
3,025 
1,237 
762 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
50 
1,378 
195 
105 
238 
326 
94 
159 
2007 
71 
1,880 
159 
107 
220 
218 
103 
184 
$1,000, 2012 
68 
36,799 
3,497 
7,616 
30,025 
8,130 
440 
683 
2007 
63 
27,311 
941 
3,352 
18,150 
2,467 
694 
656 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
32 
626 
115 
81 
114 
284 
53 
83 
2007 
48 
1,195 
100 
83 
95 
228 
76 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
132 
8,198 
2,361 
7,114 
2,914 
6,292 
719 
839 
2007 
188 
8,851 
2,675 
5,724 
4,595 
2,993 
1,837 
869 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
19 
396 
97 
40 
88 
112 
74 
60 
2007 
16 
383 
116 
45 
52 
98 
62 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
160 
3,386 
570 
118 
1,676 
444 
656 
191 
2007 
(D) 
6,315 
413 
178 
861 
1,927 
286 
356 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
10 
297 
64 
20 
75 
45 
47 
32 
2007 
9 
248 
75 
29 
26 
58 
44 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
55 
2,050 
244 
64 
1,310 
106 
556 
133 
2007 
32 
2,834 
251 
148 
439 
1,471 
237 
282 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
13 
160 
47 
22 
24 
77 
44 
34 
2007 
10 
181 
64 
17 
34 
57 
31 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
104 
1,336 
325 
54 
366 
338 
100 
58 
2007 
(D) 
3,482 
162 
30 
421 
456 
49 
74 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
53 
1,376 
267 
124 
241 
393 
217 
184 
2007 
67 
1,105 
300 
121 
177 
315 
212 
232 
$1,000, 2012 
1,177 
11,076 
3,360 
959 
6,368 
1,711 
4,479 
1,861 
2007 
499 
9,797 
2,159 
1,115 
3,567 
1,832 
5,503 
1,791 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
104 
2,111 
404 
183 
374 
627 
251 
280 
2007 
127 
2,671 
455 
185 
346 
582 
288 
366 
$1,000, 2012 
241 
13,137 
2,125 
2,885 
4,546 
4,019 
1,070 
864 
2007 
189 
13,136 
1,400 
1,804 
5,377 
1,792 
1,136 
810 
Utilities farms, 2012 
85 
1,446 
263 
137 
262 
411 
158 
167 
2007 
84 
1,625 
218 
131 
176 
243 
142 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
297 
5,263 
1,335 
1,177 
1,484 
932 
637 
666 
2007 
230 
4,388 
611 
890 
1,245 
532 
886 
500 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
84 
1,839 
331 
165 
323 
474 
219 
242 
2007 
112 
2,521 
402 
175 
319 
532 
255 
336 
$1,000, 2012 
263 
13,941 
2,207 
3,628 
4,272 
4,055 
2,015 
1,662 
2007 
269 
15,320 
1,875 
3,553 
7,489 
2,193 
2,731 
1,661 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
48 
657 
133 
79 
150 
128 
87 
102 
2007 
29 
548 
93 
84 
98 
114 
72 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
1,821 
39,582 
8,543 
12,526 
15,009 
3,507 
5,716 
9,093 
2007 
1,127 
31,511 
6,471 
7,373 
14,676 
2,566 
5,632 
2,949 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
25 
732 
42 
41 
127 
39 
53 
39 
2007 
20 
1,185 
42 
42 
101 
46 
21 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
430 
56,838 
988 
3,482 
26,966 
354 
958 
520 
2007 
365 
72,939 
1,262 
2,290 
22,927 
408 
522 
308 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
7 
531 
23 
24 
76 
72 
25 
13 
2007 
3 
1,022 
22 
28 
63 
47 
15 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
69 
16,730 
783 
870 
7,538 
695 
270 
51 
2007 
(D) 
22,891 
192 
635 
7,044 
368 
765 
12 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
6 
330 
55 
27 
85 
119 
46 
38 
2007 
17 
220 
22 
31 
53 
81 
33 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
15 
3,012 
1,250 
1,842 
1,666 
2,699 
521 
299 
2007 
118 
4,417 
279 
1,153 
2,964 
1,167 
601 
383 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
10 
111 
9 
25 
18 
33 
7 
15 
2007 
10 
209 
10 
22 
19 
27 
6 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
20 
1,145 
98 
932 
384 
299 
28 
251 
2007 
66 
951 
39 
411 
763 
131 
66 
39 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
25 
558 
121 
72 
102 
160 
59 
74 
2007 
32 
1,157 
101 
64 
87 
118 
50 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
201 
9,514 
1,658 
2,272 
4,443 
1,850 
754 
1,701 
2007 
261 
16,061 
1,279 
1,887 
4,666 
1,553 
1,088 
823 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
17 
435 
100 
60 
86 
132 
41 
57 
2007 
28 
1,058 
91 
58 
81 
86 
42 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
130 
8,382 
1,429 
1,753 
3,926 
1,451 
568 
1,564 
2007 
207 
13,165 
970 
1,552 
4,345 
1,207 
863 
657 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
21 
263 
57 
38 
42 
72 
34 
36 
2007 
14 
912 
56 
28 
39 
73 
25 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
71 
1,132 
229 
519 
517 
399 
186 
136 
2007 
53 
2,896 
309 
335 
321 
346 
224 
166 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
104 
2,273 
419 
178 
362 
648 
263 
300 
2007 
115 
2,617 
451 
182 
331 
539 
272 
360 
$1,000, 2012 
285 
7,680 
1,365 
1,110 
3,129 
1,825 
1,205 
827 
2007 
285 
7,561 
1,378 
982 
3,234 
1,127 
2,382 
870 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
58 
1,156 
186 
124 
247 
284 
140 
153 
2007 
63 
1,751 
198 
135 
236 
235 
145 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
492 
17,763 
2,415 
4,947 
9,250 
4,712 
1,622 
4,444 
2007 
278 
25,310 
2,163 
2,216 
11,166 
931 
2,050 
1,603 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
41 
850 
146 
90 
171 
228 
75 
98 
2007 
37 
722 
143 
96 
136 
203 
92 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
479 
22,454 
3,332 
3,335 
8,848 
5,637 
1,900 
1,132 
2007 
314 
15,087 
1,630 
2,332 
7,108 
2,885 
1,162 
1,247 
-continued 
274 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
