Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Gates 
Graham 
Granville 
Greene 
Guilford 
Halifax 
Harnett 
Haywood 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
182 
107 
589 
260 
962 
341 
797 
597 
2007 
181 
126 
673 
292 
963 
365 
727 
707 
$1,000, 2012 
52,774 
(D) 
24,811 
187,768 
54,853 
107,323 
160,103 
14,666 
2007 
38,518 
1,571 
21,483 
167,965 
46,270 
83,783 
142,453 
15,759 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
289,969 
(D) 
42,124 
722,186 
57,020 
314,730 
200,882 
24,565 
2007 
212,805 
12,468 
31,921 
575,224 
48,048 
229,543 
195,947 
22,290 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
86 
53 
285 
141 
590 
176 
426 
356 
2007 
78 
63 
354 
181 
691 
172 
474 
471 
$1,000, 2012 
4,715 
52 
2,589 
8,406 
4,482 
12,809 
9,936 
1,063 
2007 
3,602 
69 
2,099 
5,646 
3,983 
6,819 
5,687 
1,063 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
97 
45 
231 
155 
498 
173 
435 
327 
2007 
70 
30 
241 
198 
447 
157 
432 
335 
$1,000, 2012 
4,150 
14 
1,197 
13,168 
1,905 
12,366 
8,391 
617 
2007 
3,236 
8 
878 
4,288 
1,414 
6,818 
4,507 
513 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
81 
28 
241 
127 
420 
176 
360 
172 
2007 
68 
27 
226 
162 
410 
151 
349 
228 
$1,000, 2012 
2,855 
13 
789 
4,186 
3,223 
9,283 
5,791 
468 
2007 
2,293 
16 
530 
2,897 
4,227 
5,142 
3,334 
544 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
44 
35 
118 
82 
171 
40 
208 
178 
2007 
33 
35 
109 
95 
195 
43 
169 
155 
$1,000, 2012 
5,403 
97 
621 
35,377 
4,015 
16,410 
13,709 
(D) 
2007 
4,068 
87 
1,185 
47,170 
4,432 
15,025 
15,472 
747 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
11 
16 
65 
16 
94 
28 
87 
106 
2007 
8 
20 
75 
17 
100 
21 
73 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
1,218 
42 
257 
1,181 
1,570 
1,799 
540 
378 
2007 
(D) 
19 
142 
902 
614 
2,544 
629 
264 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
37 
23 
64 
69 
102 
18 
144 
90 
2007 
27 
32 
61 
86 
111 
24 
120 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
4,186 
55 
364 
34,196 
2,445 
14,611 
13,169 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
68 
1,043 
46,268 
3,818 
12,481 
14,844 
483 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
74 
76 
297 
109 
598 
98 
435 
435 
2007 
65 
81 
307 
121 
513 
90 
376 
461 
$1,000, 2012 
22,555 
(D) 
2,769 
79,691 
13,822 
12,261 
65,832 
(D) 
2007 
10,840 
375 
2,500 
66,682 
6,407 
16,967 
68,193 
3,070 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
162 
107 
559 
234 
918 
297 
749 
573 
2007 
181 
119 
642 
288 
948 
342 
720 
696 
$1,000, 2012 
1,982 
160 
3,371 
5,466 
3,917 
6,510 
9,806 
1,089 
2007 
1,878 
265 
2,333 
5,205 
3,303 
4,141 
7,670 
1,210 
Utilities farms, 2012 
131 
61 
355 
192 
572 
203 
499 
257 
2007 
84 
37 
283 
175 
463 
159 
376 
250 
$1,000, 2012 
620 
71 
818 
2,980 
1,623 
2,159 
3,178 
342 
2007 
561 
54 
642 
2,364 
1,229 
1,307 
2,507 
360 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
147 
90 
463 
210 
730 
269 
626 
432 
2007 
170 
108 
619 
269 
902 
326 
680 
636 
$1,000, 2012 
2,025 
144 
2,693 
5,356 
3,983 
6,048 
6,634 
1,199 
2007 
2,050 
219 
2,834 
5,061 
3,859 
4,008 
5,185 
1,623 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
45 
19 
147 
124 
259 
127 
288 
105 
2007 
33 
19 
142 
103 
229 
125 
203 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
1,651 
111 
3,561 
9,855 
7,761 
7,299 
11,511 
1,972 
2007 
3,006 
82 
3,119 
8,767 
7,848 
6,902 
7,535 
2,586 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
10 
5 
63 
61 
91 
62 
88 
34 
2007 
10 
4 
46 
38 
64 
36 
43 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
120 
6 
1,653 
2,674 
945 
3,150 
2,947 
435 
2007 
171 
(D) 
967 
4,305 
729 
1,903 
1,718 
533 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
59 
5 
65 
122 
104 
76 
157 
44 
2007 
26 
1 
47 
78 
82 
53 
67 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
589 
1 
238 
3,221 
507 
1,385 
1,429 
119 
2007 
355 
(D) 
74 
1,947 
298 
595 
247 
173 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
50 
16 
117 
101 
201 
130 
204 
142 
2007 
49 
14 
127 
94 
179 
102 
188 
168 
$1,000, 2012 
2,295 
(D) 
1,117 
5,824 
1,420 
7,774 
4,975 
785 
2007 
2,729 
16 
726 
3,681 
1,140 
6,266 
3,031 
513 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
9 
- 
18 
21 
42 
36 
36 
7 
2007 
5 
- 
23 
18 
36 
26 
36 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
118 
- 
33 
232 
124 
1,085 
198 
12 
2007 
51 
- 
38 
335 
174 
659 
181 
25 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
73 
29 
133 
104 
217 
127 
271 
123 
2007 
54 
29 
148 
105 
196 
115 
211 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
901 
303 
791 
2,338 
1,719 
2,643 
4,211 
682 
2007 
740 
128 
1,198 
2,131 
2,092 
2,333 
3,662 
788 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
54 
24 
95 
73 
149 
81 
212 
78 
2007 
41 
23 
109 
82 
151 
78 
175 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
678 
275 
606 
1,768 
1,532 
1,650 
3,434 
554 
2007 
458 
103 
964 
1,479 
1,581 
1,292 
3,174 
639 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
53 
14 
76 
56 
111 
85 
154 
76 
2007 
41 
20 
85 
64 
116 
76 
120 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
223 
28 
185 
570 
186 
993 
777 
128 
2007 
282 
25 
233 
652 
512 
1,041 
489 
148 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
178 
100 
575 
236 
917 
316 
757 
575 
2007 
165 
109 
612 
262 
868 
325 
665 
642 
$1,000, 2012 
595 
114 
1,455 
1,897 
2,110 
1,430 
2,360 
908 
2007 
657 
142 
1,287 
1,121 
1,921 
1,446 
2,081 
1,213 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
103 
51 
233 
161 
458 
173 
396 
259 
2007 
80 
56 
262 
168 
414 
143 
344 
313 
$1,000, 2012 
2,200 
66 
1,115 
7,097 
3,297 
4,713 
9,195 
606 
2007 
2,282 
100 
1,075 
6,368 
3,215 
3,454 
1 1 ,443 
798 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
86 
24 
228 
148 
366 
166 
346 
215 
2007 
62 
45 
238 
148 
360 
154 
291 
270 
$1,000, 2012 
3,529 
148 
2,171 
9,873 
4,483 
6,534 
9,402 
1,309 
2007 
2,882 
360 
2,532 
5,312 
3,913 
5,909 
6,576 
2,111 
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286 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
