Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pamlico 
Pasquotank 
Pender 
Perquimans 
Person 
Pitt 
Polk 
Randolph 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
80 
136 
335 
185 
395 
391 
290 
1,486 
2007 
85 
144 
357 
171 
403 
435 
309 
1,501 
$1,000, 2012 
24,338 
45,614 
134,590 
78,334 
35,070 
168,044 
11,477 
202,335 
2007 
21,435 
33,892 
130,542 
48,684 
19,837 
139,164 
7,361 
162,387 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
304,228 
335,397 
401,761 
423,429 
88,784 
429,781 
39,576 
136,161 
2007 
252,179 
235,363 
365,664 
284,700 
49,224 
319,917 
23,822 
108,186 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
54 
108 
195 
151 
245 
263 
169 
766 
2007 
46 
120 
220 
133 
250 
293 
200 
877 
$1,000, 2012 
5,603 
9,119 
5,979 
11,179 
4,334 
18,723 
502 
3,534 
2007 
4,113 
7,221 
3,948 
5,644 
2,543 
11,607 
560 
3,242 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
58 
98 
173 
155 
196 
272 
128 
646 
2007 
50 
106 
190 
127 
157 
275 
124 
558 
$1,000, 2012 
2,567 
6,589 
4,380 
6,164 
2,450 
13,637 
316 
1,657 
2007 
1,632 
3,669 
3,186 
3,367 
1,045 
8,480 
212 
889 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
61 
102 
155 
138 
196 
223 
75 
473 
2007 
40 
108 
148 
131 
168 
247 
84 
465 
$1,000, 2012 
3,842 
6,052 
3,304 
7,423 
1,886 
9,739 
402 
1,654 
2007 
3,187 
4,842 
5,757 
3,939 
1,091 
8,056 
392 
1,719 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
15 
13 
105 
33 
86 
94 
83 
467 
2007 
8 
28 
98 
36 
65 
102 
45 
519 
$1,000, 2012 
71 
99 
24,315 
4,193 
482 
13,200 
1,018 
34,346 
2007 
984 
302 
31,359 
3,614 
194 
23,955 
127 
30,364 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
5 
7 
42 
9 
59 
32 
57 
225 
2007 
1 
14 
41 
7 
43 
34 
24 
198 
$1,000, 2012 
6 
(D) 
2,589 
50 
248 
2,195 
180 
3,226 
2007 
(D) 
27 
1,262 
14 
173 
1,656 
67 
3,800 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
13 
7 
79 
29 
46 
68 
40 
315 
2007 
7 
14 
63 
29 
25 
76 
26 
381 
$1,000, 2012 
64 
(D) 
21,726 
4,143 
234 
11,005 
838 
31,120 
2007 
(D) 
275 
30,097 
3,600 
22 
22,300 
61 
26,564 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
26 
58 
183 
66 
186 
171 
183 
1,121 
2007 
25 
38 
184 
61 
188 
201 
198 
1,046 
$1,000, 2012 
70 
371 
61,705 
22,712 
2,434 
42,095 
1,519 
116,054 
2007 
1,045 
324 
45,747 
14,757 
1,840 
32,380 
(□) 
82,025 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
75 
134 
321 
177 
378 
377 
280 
1,455 
2007 
84 
144 
352 
171 
392 
432 
300 
1,481 
$1,000, 2012 
1,674 
3,064 
4,124 
3,897 
4,709 
11,266 
500 
6,365 
2007 
1,466 
1,892 
3,203 
2,066 
2,752 
8,880 
513 
4,843 
Utilities farms, 2012 
70 
106 
221 
156 
261 
295 
167 
895 
2007 
45 
61 
192 
124 
176 
277 
132 
727 
$1,000, 2012 
494 
740 
2,329 
803 
1,210 
4,167 
251 
4,005 
2007 
387 
284 
1,828 
502 
624 
3,282 
181 
2,879 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
73 
119 
273 
160 
311 
337 
227 
1,212 
2007 
76 
140 
326 
168 
360 
410 
286 
1,400 
$1,000, 2012 
1,956 
3,624 
3,667 
5,044 
2,640 
9,581 
1,978 
7,937 
2007 
1,566 
2,854 
3,457 
2,699 
2,020 
7,599 
1,339 
5,782 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
32 
56 
94 
95 
138 
178 
68 
325 
2007 
27 
52 
78 
67 
96 
208 
57 
243 
$1,000, 2012 
2,166 
2,911 
12,553 
3,474 
6,563 
18,365 
1,948 
8,455 
2007 
2,108 
2,871 
21,361 
1,584 
2,832 
13,490 
(D) 
7,225 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
12 
22 
61 
39 
41 
63 
54 
112 
2007 
14 
15 
43 
23 
24 
68 
40 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
94 
2,806 
977 
504 
1,258 
2,693 
356 
741 
2007 
(D) 
1,274 
1,121 
294 
633 
1,890 
167 
641 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
16 
41 
83 
79 
56 
122 
19 
268 
2007 
8 
28 
39 
37 
46 
63 
28 
97 
$1,000, 2012 
1,138 
797 
1,821 
1,753 
397 
2,118 
22 
2,775 
2007 
590 
216 
870 
283 
200 
610 
150 
470 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
31 
73 
76 
117 
103 
157 
32 
355 
2007 
32 
66 
82 
98 
89 
166 
21 
290 
$1,000, 2012 
2,376 
3,914 
1,587 
6,290 
1,586 
7,634 
749 
2,050 
2007 
1,505 
4,087 
1,118 
3,691 
805 
6,576 
126 
1,468 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
10 
8 
17 
15 
22 
34 
7 
58 
2007 
4 
9 
12 
11 
18 
25 
9 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
174 
387 
132 
728 
413 
428 
6 
430 
2007 
(D) 
66 
361 
247 
75 
317 
85 
56 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
35 
50 
117 
97 
123 
153 
71 
415 
2007 
31 
57 
83 
75 
97 
142 
81 
353 
$1,000, 2012 
387 
1,124 
1,988 
1,542 
1,692 
3,959 
550 
4,341 
2007 
740 
1,217 
1,591 
1,492 
964 
3,003 
783 
3,889 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
24 
35 
90 
64 
106 
113 
50 
334 
2007 
25 
36 
68 
41 
74 
93 
64 
284 
$1,000, 2012 
172 
561 
1,606 
768 
1,346 
2,860 
481 
3,634 
2007 
553 
673 
1,202 
548 
653 
2,008 
686 
3,224 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
20 
35 
63 
81 
61 
90 
36 
204 
2007 
12 
43 
46 
65 
61 
89 
47 
199 
$1,000, 2012 
215 
563 
382 
774 
345 
1,099 
69 
707 
2007 
188 
544 
388 
944 
311 
995 
97 
665 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
75 
128 
315 
174 
386 
357 
281 
1,445 
2007 
83 
129 
329 
165 
381 
386 
282 
1,416 
$1,000, 2012 
285 
927 
1,119 
735 
1,017 
2,319 
759 
2,992 
2007 
326 
664 
1,006 
727 
910 
1,676 
630 
2,879 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
58 
76 
163 
133 
217 
235 
149 
669 
2007 
48 
74 
170 
107 
176 
258 
138 
705 
$1,000, 2012 
1,442 
3,093 
4,612 
1,893 
1,999 
8,119 
602 
4,998 
2007 
1,336 
2,108 
4,628 
3,778 
1,309 
7,363 
436 
14,017 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
52 
72 
163 
124 
142 
230 
102 
597 
2007 
44 
71 
137 
89 
146 
218 
101 
565 
$1,000, 2012 
2,603 
5,147 
8,686 
5,947 
3,608 
9,916 
775 
10,574 
2007 
1,193 
3,066 
3,676 
1,964 
2,982 
8,224 
864 
8,468 
-continued 
290 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
