Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sumter 
Suwannee 
Taylor 
Union 
Volusia 
Wakulla 
Walton 
Washington 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,367 
1,266 
181 
291 
1,363 
171 
670 
406 
2007 
837 
1,075 
132 
275 
1,243 
147 
754 
462 
$1,000, 2012 
44,062 
236,627 
5,756 
7,986 
91,047 
3,291 
26,055 
13,279 
2007 
26,612 
144,117 
3,758 
11,231 
78,939 
2,327 
27,540 
8,285 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
32,233 
186,909 
31,800 
27,444 
66,799 
19,245 
38,888 
32,707 
2007 
31,794 
134,062 
28,470 
40,840 
63,507 
15,827 
36,525 
17,933 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
408 
596 
104 
145 
700 
98 
365 
198 
2007 
417 
607 
54 
149 
809 
75 
396 
238 
$1,000, 2012 
2,157 
13,094 
249 
963 
4,333 
156 
1,866 
1,866 
2007 
2,199 
5,767 
143 
1,006 
3,866 
186 
3,872 
1,237 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
400 
559 
79 
115 
715 
70 
308 
153 
2007 
304 
433 
39 
79 
564 
35 
273 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
812 
8,148 
172 
(D) 
4,605 
50 
1,255 
942 
2007 
547 
2,329 
(D) 
265 
3,430 
92 
843 
251 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
140 
347 
43 
63 
319 
68 
274 
160 
2007 
166 
266 
24 
66 
352 
46 
226 
137 
$1,000, 2012 
915 
7,261 
87 
231 
2,667 
75 
975 
953 
2007 
940 
3,020 
(D) 
124 
4,927 
150 
422 
315 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
301 
365 
59 
78 
303 
46 
129 
62 
2007 
233 
306 
31 
61 
224 
26 
128 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
1,822 
31,273 
254 
(D) 
1,426 
204 
2,245 
419 
2007 
904 
13,700 
288 
1,651 
780 
53 
5,405 
375 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
198 
183 
45 
44 
162 
17 
60 
32 
2007 
147 
132 
20 
39 
152 
16 
60 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
1,513 
2,651 
109 
216 
571 
50 
361 
149 
2007 
575 
1,180 
39 
614 
468 
20 
465 
318 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
154 
235 
19 
45 
198 
37 
86 
35 
2007 
126 
215 
22 
32 
124 
17 
81 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
309 
28,622 
144 
(D) 
855 
154 
1,884 
270 
2007 
329 
12,521 
249 
1,036 
312 
33 
4,940 
57 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
1,136 
949 
143 
235 
823 
120 
431 
236 
2007 
641 
820 
106 
197 
666 
92 
369 
203 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,724 
97,951 
1,963 
1,621 
6,510 
569 
9,429 
2,228 
2007 
4,431 
62,064 
1,449 
2,633 
4,684 
320 
6,599 
882 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,230 
1,208 
180 
281 
1,234 
163 
637 
376 
2007 
812 
1,061 
130 
266 
1,197 
143 
742 
458 
$1,000, 2012 
2,779 
10,620 
425 
568 
5,162 
210 
1,442 
1,275 
2007 
1,585 
6,459 
200 
711 
3,561 
214 
1,473 
747 
Utilities farms, 2012 
641 
771 
92 
151 
798 
103 
402 
229 
2007 
374 
554 
50 
111 
631 
56 
288 
176 
$1,000, 2012 
1,438 
5,395 
177 
309 
2,285 
126 
516 
301 
2007 
558 
3,392 
59 
210 
1,793 
59 
555 
263 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
904 
957 
141 
215 
1,001 
123 
516 
325 
2007 
749 
972 
126 
242 
1,110 
140 
680 
431 
$1,000, 2012 
2,675 
10,215 
394 
704 
6,476 
271 
1,520 
1,276 
2007 
2,964 
7,979 
332 
841 
7,138 
333 
2,698 
1,138 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
248 
302 
44 
54 
426 
34 
108 
62 
2007 
154 
256 
29 
43 
296 
17 
112 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
8,580 
20,670 
807 
1,037 
30,182 
671 
1,353 
881 
2007 
5,177 
12,999 
383 
1,246 
27,698 
273 
917 
580 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
107 
117 
9 
20 
163 
15 
62 
34 
2007 
70 
93 
5 
9 
127 
4 
35 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,453 
2,862 
144 
185 
3,002 
52 
307 
253 
2007 
557 
2,087 
7 
(D) 
2,303 
8 
280 
39 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
139 
255 
12 
18 
91 
4 
60 
47 
2007 
98 
107 
6 
30 
92 
6 
74 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
687 
3,446 
83 
230 
3,228 
(D) 
280 
241 
2007 
321 
1,056 
6 
388 
1,162 
10 
448 
38 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
181 
174 
18 
26 
139 
7 
74 
50 
2007 
113 
116 
11 
17 
89 
7 
66 
48 
$1,000, 2012 
931 
5,082 
99 
241 
1,077 
26 
1,252 
546 
2007 
813 
2,628 
142 
155 
2,479 
11 
368 
365 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
31 
67 
3 
2 
29 
5 
30 
17 
2007 
25 
40 
2 
6 
34 
5 
35 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
136 
1,086 
6 
(D) 
122 
(D) 
119 
53 
2007 
100 
215 
(D) 
(D) 
233 
8 
170 
12 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
252 
356 
25 
64 
321 
30 
159 
110 
2007 
177 
281 
15 
32 
267 
31 
132 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
3,202 
6,494 
220 
423 
4,136 
282 
1,598 
676 
2007 
1,974 
4,612 
214 
232 
3,690 
261 
910 
1,035 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
205 
306 
17 
50 
249 
24 
117 
82 
2007 
134 
237 
10 
25 
223 
23 
106 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
2,805 
5,039 
197 
372 
3,593 
241 
1,242 
581 
2007 
1,680 
4,138 
195 
185 
3,332 
221 
657 
911 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
114 
168 
16 
28 
151 
14 
94 
56 
2007 
99 
140 
8 
19 
149 
16 
52 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
397 
1,455 
23 
51 
543 
41 
356 
95 
2007 
295 
474 
19 
47 
358 
40 
254 
124 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,336 
1,229 
174 
289 
1,326 
166 
647 
389 
2007 
787 
998 
118 
254 
1,179 
122 
691 
414 
$1,000, 2012 
1,919 
3,285 
406 
474 
3,807 
241 
1,089 
627 
2007 
1,430 
2,868 
222 
536 
3,337 
231 
764 
517 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
534 
660 
51 
123 
622 
69 
310 
182 
2007 
364 
572 
42 
117 
600 
53 
265 
140 
$1,000, 2012 
2,831 
9,744 
271 
435 
12,027 
341 
808 
744 
2007 
2,111 
12,942 
261 
954 
7,857 
120 
1,815 
490 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
352 
491 
56 
74 
388 
48 
225 
137 
2007 
250 
420 
34 
98 
410 
47 
205 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
2,855 
11,361 
343 
526 
7,934 
292 
2,064 
1,432 
2007 
2,371 
9,697 
372 
1,019 
5,156 
253 
2,111 
817 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Florida 275 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
