Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Davidson 
Davie 
Duplin 
Durham 
Edgecombe 
Forsyth 
Franklin 
Gaston 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,062 
640 
940 
232 
272 
662 
542 
520 
2007 
1,074 
627 
1,159 
242 
300 
680 
593 
516 
$1,000, 2012 
46,610 
25,349 
967,242 
11,277 
126,400 
21,344 
69,739 
17,462 
2007 
32,532 
17,667 
897,941 
9,689 
108,328 
16,458 
46,166 
10,922 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
43,889 
39,608 
1,028,981 
48,607 
464,706 
32,242 
128,671 
33,581 
2007 
30,291 
28,177 
774,755 
40,037 
361,095 
24,203 
77,851 
21,167 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
685 
399 
533 
118 
137 
413 
281 
306 
2007 
735 
420 
755 
143 
179 
466 
319 
302 
$1,000, 2012 
3,333 
2,971 
18,065 
850 
9,189 
2,217 
6,091 
804 
2007 
2,388 
1,943 
12,709 
455 
7,836 
1,428 
4,627 
739 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
477 
248 
630 
109 
141 
286 
263 
241 
2007 
440 
240 
770 
107 
165 
261 
237 
173 
$1,000, 2012 
999 
1,164 
13,063 
274 
9,687 
628 
4,253 
317 
2007 
745 
356 
6,553 
209 
6,992 
580 
1,569 
169 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
492 
186 
505 
104 
137 
272 
237 
183 
2007 
422 
185 
563 
99 
163 
263 
233 
149 
$1,000, 2012 
1,562 
1,016 
9,852 
806 
7,041 
930 
5,324 
497 
2007 
1,074 
524 
5,511 
584 
4,501 
2,092 
1,857 
240 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
185 
157 
456 
55 
67 
139 
161 
116 
2007 
189 
185 
646 
40 
68 
94 
141 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
3,388 
1,437 
201,047 
376 
9,710 
339 
6,317 
1,152 
2007 
2,437 
1,864 
310,134 
259 
10,674 
439 
4,888 
487 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
80 
101 
125 
18 
20 
67 
76 
51 
2007 
113 
94 
122 
29 
21 
56 
71 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
795 
969 
10,010 
118 
251 
117 
1,090 
106 
2007 
263 
321 
11,710 
124 
348 
134 
779 
101 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
131 
75 
399 
45 
60 
94 
111 
82 
2007 
96 
111 
570 
23 
62 
46 
84 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
2,592 
468 
191,037 
258 
9,459 
222 
5,226 
1,046 
2007 
2,174 
1,544 
298,424 
135 
10,326 
306 
4,108 
387 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
635 
422 
619 
145 
96 
403 
315 
341 
2007 
527 
387 
780 
147 
117 
339 
309 
309 
$1,000, 2012 
18,840 
6,654 
549,819 
1,407 
27,506 
1,934 
12,796 
7,601 
2007 
11,101 
4,546 
432,654 
937 
24,722 
1,588 
8,243 
3,655 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,041 
622 
906 
216 
255 
641 
517 
496 
2007 
1,048 
612 
1,143 
239 
286 
666 
572 
505 
$1,000, 2012 
2,514 
2,381 
22,051 
680 
6,673 
2,353 
6,063 
932 
2007 
2,300 
1,284 
17,696 
709 
5,452 
1,891 
3,733 
655 
Utilities farms, 2012 
591 
354 
746 
130 
157 
394 
319 
262 
2007 
462 
311 
847 
110 
143 
300 
280 
209 
$1,000, 2012 
1,158 
604 
13,078 
322 
3,007 
755 
1,550 
(D) 
2007 
831 
515 
10,017 
273 
2,085 
426 
1,044 
336 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
847 
515 
820 
188 
214 
503 
423 
380 
2007 
1,011 
576 
1,105 
208 
268 
613 
550 
434 
$1,000, 2012 
2,587 
1,957 
18,794 
986 
8,054 
1,668 
3,728 
1,095 
2007 
2,483 
1,467 
16,613 
1,075 
5,094 
1,457 
3,199 
987 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
216 
122 
468 
55 
99 
133 
147 
82 
2007 
169 
107 
460 
57 
92 
110 
147 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
3,838 
2,049 
36,020 
3,095 
16,487 
5,111 
12,761 
(D) 
2007 
2,416 
1,011 
26,697 
2,668 
15,598 
2,434 
8,660 
1,060 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
58 
39 
227 
20 
56 
51 
55 
30 
2007 
53 
46 
162 
30 
43 
37 
58 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
658 
227 
6,852 
131 
2,736 
546 
544 
79 
2007 
215 
238 
3,399 
287 
1,815 
395 
790 
94 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
129 
76 
513 
24 
86 
54 
79 
53 
2007 
63 
57 
207 
18 
40 
39 
63 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
788 
395 
12,144 
391 
1,197 
95 
513 
330 
2007 
424 
110 
2,204 
(D) 
1,947 
(D) 
122 
206 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
228 
136 
335 
25 
79 
117 
149 
95 
2007 
212 
108 
361 
26 
100 
96 
144 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
788 
763 
11,091 
339 
8,348 
582 
2,545 
348 
2007 
586 
617 
6,191 
(D) 
5,421 
449 
1,630 
92 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
28 
18 
67 
10 
21 
13 
30 
12 
2007 
23 
12 
52 
7 
21 
8 
20 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
45 
105 
2,242 
13 
652 
21 
290 
20 
2007 
22 
59 
363 
21 
553 
(D) 
138 
9 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
198 
103 
444 
58 
115 
145 
168 
90 
2007 
168 
120 
393 
46 
89 
118 
162 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
1,857 
1,195 
10,772 
388 
3,525 
2,075 
1,833 
603 
2007 
1,359 
974 
6,032 
453 
2,076 
1,207 
1,555 
613 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
149 
71 
381 
42 
85 
115 
139 
65 
2007 
135 
93 
325 
38 
65 
89 
123 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
1,516 
1,002 
8,938 
331 
1,902 
1,900 
1,173 
465 
2007 
1,139 
788 
4,897 
392 
1,215 
1,020 
1,192 
513 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
109 
59 
216 
32 
71 
69 
92 
52 
2007 
98 
81 
219 
21 
59 
52 
102 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
341 
193 
1,834 
57 
1,623 
175 
660 
137 
2007 
220 
186 
1,136 
61 
861 
187 
363 
101 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,024 
619 
896 
228 
260 
640 
523 
498 
2007 
1,001 
589 
1,084 
212 
261 
614 
553 
464 
$1,000, 2012 
1,975 
1,061 
5,837 
590 
1,565 
1,181 
1,419 
936 
2007 
1,774 
1,132 
4,762 
589 
1,397 
1,128 
1,554 
863 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
443 
277 
622 
94 
145 
287 
269 
224 
2007 
401 
262 
811 
120 
135 
243 
253 
224 
$1,000, 2012 
2,281 
1,371 
36,516 
628 
1 1 ,024 
910 
3,713 
818 
2007 
2,378 
1,026 
36,406 
813 
12,166 
812 
2,557 
717 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
390 
230 
616 
82 
145 
201 
215 
154 
2007 
400 
269 
577 
93 
132 
235 
206 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
4,370 
2,294 
38,957 
630 
9,168 
1,834 
4,568 
1,386 
2007 
3,107 
1,879 
20,585 
1,228 
7,103 
1,164 
3,288 
1,125 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 285 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
