Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moore 
Nash 
New Hanover 
Northampton 
Onslow 
Orange 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
286 
250 
718 
430 
50 
319 
347 
645 
2007 
314 
289 
804 
487 
73 
340 
401 
604 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
99,391 
140,750 
150,624 
(D) 
108,319 
122,315 
31,639 
2007 
3,906 
74,613 
107,788 
116,151 
5,024 
84,052 
130,772 
27,396 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
(D) 
397,564 
196,031 
350,288 
(D) 
339,557 
352,492 
49,052 
2007 
12,440 
258,178 
134,065 
238,503 
68,823 
247,212 
326,115 
45,357 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
172 
128 
392 
220 
34 
186 
171 
381 
2007 
217 
164 
481 
291 
47 
217 
239 
404 
$1,000, 2012 
218 
1,458 
1,620 
10,915 
342 
10,970 
4,885 
2,552 
2007 
334 
981 
1,419 
7,393 
321 
7,013 
2,860 
2,338 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
142 
124 
374 
240 
31 
207 
194 
302 
2007 
149 
145 
371 
262 
42 
206 
238 
207 
$1,000, 2012 
115 
1,314 
1,700 
10,937 
91 
10,371 
4,087 
802 
2007 
135 
489 
1,027 
5,956 
127 
6,426 
1,733 
361 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
84 
102 
279 
217 
22 
197 
159 
264 
2007 
111 
109 
285 
222 
38 
188 
192 
254 
$1,000, 2012 
76 
562 
1,620 
6,600 
701 
9,499 
2,565 
1,239 
2007 
91 
444 
1,175 
3,685 
1,219 
5,272 
1,448 
1,762 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
45 
89 
210 
96 
4 
38 
119 
202 
2007 
26 
105 
244 
114 
5 
55 
155 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
87 
22,340 
16,708 
10,679 
55 
8,757 
22,185 
1,637 
2007 
79 
18,786 
11,445 
13,897 
7 
8,888 
37,735 
2,073 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
17 
37 
78 
44 
- 
12 
38 
95 
2007 
13 
34 
76 
38 
3 
13 
35 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
47 
308 
(D) 
1,056 
- 
(D) 
1,131 
865 
2007 
42 
93 
1,159 
1,898 
(D) 
(D) 
733 
791 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
31 
77 
157 
66 
4 
30 
99 
137 
2007 
15 
83 
193 
93 
5 
44 
132 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
39 
22,031 
(D) 
9,622 
55 
(D) 
21,054 
772 
2007 
37 
18,693 
10,286 
11,998 
(D) 
(D) 
37,002 
1,283 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
150 
171 
506 
221 
16 
60 
201 
430 
2007 
106 
179 
559 
237 
16 
77 
243 
379 
$1,000, 2012 
346 
53,262 
85,818 
38,746 
113 
31,214 
63,614 
8,540 
2007 
238 
35,741 
60,475 
31,509 
92 
26,404 
64,275 
4,652 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
277 
245 
702 
389 
46 
273 
337 
622 
2007 
312 
286 
797 
469 
68 
326 
394 
594 
$1,000, 2012 
260 
2,124 
4,898 
10,934 
(D) 
4,700 
3,120 
1,718 
2007 
327 
1,786 
4,048 
7,486 
255 
3,960 
2,590 
1,536 
Utilities farms, 2012 
141 
152 
450 
266 
34 
197 
265 
393 
2007 
111 
164 
389 
271 
41 
161 
261 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,795 
3,413 
3,296 
142 
1,292 
(D) 
881 
2007 
99 
1,308 
1,790 
2,569 
157 
959 
1,320 
768 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
200 
208 
561 
332 
36 
238 
297 
494 
2007 
275 
276 
753 
440 
62 
304 
368 
553 
$1,000, 2012 
295 
2,608 
5,257 
9,379 
286 
5,113 
2,873 
2,128 
2007 
446 
2,598 
3,409 
5,767 
425 
5,030 
2,963 
3,014 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
78 
87 
218 
161 
20 
107 
109 
203 
2007 
57 
63 
166 
180 
18 
96 
109 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
825 
5,234 
6,512 
15,167 
(D) 
5,963 
4,213 
6,059 
2007 
495 
3,310 
5,037 
12,659 
1,326 
4,299 
4,155 
4,460 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
51 
42 
73 
85 
10 
22 
69 
78 
2007 
51 
38 
48 
68 
17 
18 
56 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
271 
1,005 
1,107 
7,411 
86 
197 
1,101 
547 
2007 
350 
738 
638 
4,533 
175 
200 
1,149 
455 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
7 
77 
133 
129 
5 
123 
118 
78 
2007 
10 
21 
77 
70 
8 
64 
75 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
12 
1,528 
927 
2,993 
63 
1,815 
2,081 
304 
2007 
10 
104 
186 
2,046 
(D) 
740 
956 
337 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
49 
45 
118 
159 
11 
147 
87 
106 
2007 
36 
55 
90 
153 
13 
143 
106 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
129 
849 
1,421 
8,288 
80 
7,672 
2,070 
610 
2007 
202 
561 
1,174 
6,060 
196 
4,670 
2,384 
556 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
3 
13 
22 
59 
4 
21 
9 
27 
2007 
10 
14 
34 
38 
3 
29 
19 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
2 
896 
47 
2,010 
17 
293 
(D) 
60 
2007 
8 
117 
84 
574 
(D) 
292 
98 
25 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
64 
70 
204 
147 
9 
150 
130 
140 
2007 
58 
77 
173 
131 
22 
123 
117 
122 
$1,000, 2012 
352 
1,013 
2,604 
3,252 
56 
2,822 
1,513 
1,128 
2007 
531 
1,001 
2,777 
2,873 
177 
2,453 
1,551 
1,065 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
48 
60 
158 
103 
8 
108 
97 
106 
2007 
50 
66 
156 
94 
19 
90 
103 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
307 
764 
2,104 
2,038 
(D) 
1,747 
1,103 
892 
2007 
444 
828 
2,355 
1,703 
140 
1,262 
1,214 
796 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
35 
38 
110 
86 
2 
90 
94 
64 
2007 
42 
41 
99 
74 
9 
79 
65 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
45 
249 
501 
1,215 
(D) 
1,074 
409 
236 
2007 
87 
173 
421 
1,170 
37 
1,191 
337 
269 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
267 
238 
694 
395 
42 
303 
331 
627 
2007 
278 
273 
740 
439 
65 
312 
370 
569 
$1,000, 2012 
390 
665 
1,651 
1,852 
118 
1,838 
1,001 
1,671 
2007 
376 
645 
1,854 
1,291 
68 
1,412 
931 
1,409 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
90 
143 
376 
230 
24 
158 
197 
318 
2007 
102 
144 
371 
252 
27 
170 
234 
286 
$1,000, 2012 
128 
2,738 
5,446 
8,167 
363 
5,802 
4,904 
1,762 
2007 
186 
6,006 
11,251 
7,855 
269 
6,034 
4,623 
2,585 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
97 
120 
321 
225 
12 
146 
184 
251 
2007 
106 
110 
310 
217 
30 
153 
167 
212 
$1,000, 2012 
504 
3,930 
7,519 
9,692 
141 
9,541 
5,863 
2,435 
2007 
765 
2,734 
5,381 
4,686 
802 
4,206 
2,653 
1,989 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 289 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
