Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grafton 
Hillsborough 
Merrimack 
Rockingham 
Strafford 
Sullivan 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
500 
688 
600 
658 
354 
298 
2007 
552 
615 
583 
594 
303 
294 
$1,000, 2012 
32,127 
29,832 
47,183 
31,413 
18,040 
20,878 
2007 
25,977 
21,836 
46,397 
30,792 
10,809 
14,612 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
64,254 
43,360 
78,638 
47,740 
50,959 
70,062 
2007 
47,059 
35,506 
79,584 
51,839 
35,673 
49,700 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
195 
276 
265 
301 
149 
109 
2007 
220 
246 
294 
266 
153 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
536 
906 
998 
647 
424 
552 
2007 
518 
515 
1,036 
478 
343 
454 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
130 
163 
172 
205 
92 
66 
2007 
96 
141 
137 
147 
89 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
204 
647 
1,048 
332 
216 
170 
2007 
157 
394 
659 
389 
245 
113 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
163 
222 
242 
235 
129 
80 
2007 
139 
156 
178 
185 
96 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
657 
1,143 
4,597 
1,855 
545 
611 
2007 
330 
671 
12,168 
2,644 
485 
359 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
130 
184 
184 
180 
100 
70 
2007 
154 
133 
156 
140 
62 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
270 
587 
992 
308 
223 
333 
2007 
344 
1,324 
533 
491 
114 
691 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
47 
64 
94 
69 
54 
30 
2007 
54 
44 
55 
44 
25 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
171 
171 
721 
124 
87 
106 
2007 
143 
370 
165 
150 
74 
576 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
100 
157 
155 
140 
82 
49 
2007 
117 
100 
127 
114 
42 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
98 
416 
271 
184 
136 
227 
2007 
201 
954 
368 
341 
39 
116 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
278 
491 
350 
414 
234 
205 
2007 
299 
361 
324 
346 
158 
179 
$1,000, 2012 
12,596 
3,737 
4,955 
4,883 
2,907 
4,904 
2007 
7,064 
2,819 
4,220 
3,890 
1,422 
2,919 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
464 
649 
557 
614 
328 
284 
2007 
538 
599 
579 
570 
297 
290 
$1,000, 2012 
1,563 
1,557 
2,709 
1,555 
917 
1,402 
2007 
1,650 
1,289 
3,612 
2,076 
574 
887 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
324 
475 
382 
397 
218 
182 
2007 
263 
311 
303 
305 
145 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
947 
1,076 
1,282 
1,814 
459 
579 
2007 
886 
653 
1,160 
1,845 
392 
438 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
360 
540 
452 
509 
262 
230 
2007 
486 
543 
527 
504 
262 
255 
$1,000, 2012 
3,370 
2,449 
4,914 
2,059 
1,122 
1,639 
2007 
2,923 
2,645 
2,950 
3,249 
1,114 
1,399 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
118 
178 
163 
199 
98 
73 
2007 
137 
124 
120 
150 
60 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
3,565 
5,696 
14,040 
9,628 
5,882 
4,998 
2007 
3,529 
4,540 
7,304 
7,556 
2,730 
2,680 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
36 
58 
38 
52 
20 
31 
2007 
43 
52 
38 
49 
13 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
249 
879 
269 
255 
175 
583 
2007 
552 
515 
203 
708 
173 
204 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
50 
33 
28 
42 
35 
23 
2007 
75 
45 
26 
34 
17 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
609 
429 
817 
265 
155 
371 
2007 
629 
127 
403 
224 
48 
330 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
54 
52 
71 
35 
38 
35 
2007 
49 
40 
62 
58 
14 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
403 
663 
806 
187 
633 
270 
2007 
274 
167 
2,394 
576 
74 
225 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
10 
41 
20 
17 
12 
8 
2007 
27 
20 
18 
18 
12 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
75 
201 
423 
64 
18 
31 
2007 
131 
58 
590 
102 
25 
26 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
124 
205 
168 
104 
72 
87 
2007 
115 
129 
116 
122 
54 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
1,037 
2,657 
1,675 
1,471 
556 
895 
2007 
1,133 
1,114 
1,191 
1,549 
496 
796 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
92 
160 
126 
69 
65 
75 
2007 
87 
109 
98 
93 
42 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
816 
2,311 
1,314 
1,298 
501 
735 
2007 
945 
910 
959 
1,261 
443 
634 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
63 
98 
87 
64 
38 
36 
2007 
63 
58 
60 
67 
32 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
221 
345 
361 
174 
55 
160 
2007 
188 
203 
232 
288 
54 
162 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
474 
644 
531 
625 
325 
289 
2007 
498 
543 
536 
515 
279 
267 
$1,000, 2012 
2,535 
4,007 
3,415 
3,698 
2,184 
1,752 
2007 
2,970 
2,792 
2,874 
2,852 
1,436 
1,544 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
223 
377 
357 
385 
221 
160 
2007 
284 
301 
306 
311 
161 
174 
$1,000, 2012 
3,510 
3,200 
4,241 
2,393 
1,624 
1,790 
2007 
2,886 
2,216 
5,100 
2,162 
1,138 
1,546 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
178 
209 
185 
162 
147 
97 
2007 
185 
205 
188 
172 
118 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
2,073 
2,137 
3,424 
1,469 
1,321 
1,423 
2007 
2,599 
2,151 
3,650 
2,046 
1,364 
1,518 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New Hampshire 233 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
