Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Warren 
Washington 
Watauga 
Wayne 
Wilkes 
Wilson 
Yadkin 
Yancey 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
256 
156 
609 
563 
972 
297 
952 
450 
2007 
294 
187 
587 
723 
1,095 
304 
990 
447 
$1,000, 2012 
19,833 
51,112 
16,605 
413,135 
241,619 
144,159 
104,705 
7,081 
2007 
22,284 
56,730 
8,564 
369,759 
293,548 
104,770 
80,463 
5,294 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
77,471 
327,643 
27,265 
733,809 
248,579 
485,385 
109,985 
15,735 
2007 
75,796 
303,371 
14,589 
511,423 
268,080 
344,637 
81,275 
1 1 ,843 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
102 
102 
402 
353 
495 
178 
614 
264 
2007 
155 
116 
390 
501 
538 
209 
704 
307 
$1,000, 2012 
1,577 
10,381 
830 
16,058 
1,746 
12,247 
6,255 
461 
2007 
1,335 
7,461 
636 
11,910 
1,311 
9,128 
5,477 
478 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
99 
107 
300 
387 
476 
183 
514 
204 
2007 
115 
104 
247 
494 
454 
204 
492 
177 
$1,000, 2012 
1,366 
5,681 
288 
15,608 
1,731 
11,509 
2,463 
121 
2007 
579 
4,024 
173 
7,263 
854 
7,573 
1,433 
97 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
92 
97 
182 
324 
245 
158 
298 
166 
2007 
110 
101 
177 
384 
219 
188 
293 
111 
$1,000, 2012 
1,210 
5,517 
247 
1 1 ,343 
1,612 
13,416 
2,498 
554 
2007 
869 
4,068 
450 
5,577 
677 
10,771 
1,600 
127 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
28 
9 
174 
194 
363 
33 
232 
101 
2007 
52 
22 
115 
257 
425 
23 
261 
69 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
167 
2,836 
79,387 
56,444 
(D) 
11,150 
370 
2007 
3,066 
(D) 
1,226 
86,639 
51,518 
7,252 
18,803 
178 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
19 
4 
87 
48 
143 
12 
131 
70 
2007 
38 
11 
46 
73 
116 
12 
130 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
213 
28 
505 
8,980 
2,016 
128 
6,380 
222 
2007 
324 
(D) 
132 
7,347 
2,425 
(D) 
5,679 
122 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
16 
6 
115 
164 
262 
22 
121 
48 
2007 
24 
14 
82 
207 
342 
12 
148 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
139 
2,332 
70,407 
54,428 
(D) 
4,770 
147 
2007 
2,742 
(D) 
1,094 
79,292 
49,094 
(D) 
13,124 
56 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
143 
34 
365 
312 
764 
99 
649 
247 
2007 
131 
47 
300 
380 
818 
82 
620 
214 
$1,000, 2012 
3,205 
695 
2,668 
180,254 
139,515 
5,789 
58,439 
892 
2007 
5,689 
(D) 
828 
163,041 
176,756 
10,242 
25,693 
679 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
242 
154 
593 
539 
952 
274 
930 
432 
2007 
291 
187 
565 
713 
1,087 
292 
975 
434 
$1,000, 2012 
2,056 
4,051 
(D) 
13,776 
7,354 
10,481 
3,874 
600 
2007 
1,677 
2,610 
817 
12,456 
9,413 
7,205 
4,067 
500 
Utilities farms, 2012 
162 
98 
275 
431 
617 
205 
549 
221 
2007 
120 
72 
199 
443 
526 
167 
474 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
613 
759 
365 
7,767 
3,847 
4,559 
1,921 
380 
2007 
729 
588 
185 
5,758 
3,514 
2,979 
1,876 
95 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
188 
116 
444 
479 
801 
241 
713 
329 
2007 
280 
173 
526 
677 
1,018 
284 
925 
410 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
3,977 
(D) 
14,621 
5,952 
9,592 
3,571 
654 
2007 
1,533 
2,794 
762 
1 1 ,454 
5,729 
7,029 
3,462 
657 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
97 
59 
176 
247 
226 
123 
199 
114 
2007 
74 
46 
110 
261 
250 
99 
216 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
2,784 
4,041 
2,390 
27,753 
6,515 
32,587 
4,429 
728 
2007 
3,271 
3,507 
998 
28,988 
5,852 
23,718 
4,866 
783 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
18 
22 
79 
121 
106 
50 
52 
48 
2007 
11 
27 
65 
113 
76 
48 
63 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
285 
1,846 
451 
5,626 
1,245 
9,746 
478 
280 
2007 
70 
639 
361 
3,508 
1,064 
3,884 
711 
290 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
32 
42 
54 
253 
208 
57 
142 
25 
2007 
33 
37 
36 
123 
77 
41 
115 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
174 
1,221 
153 
4,737 
3,560 
470 
921 
59 
2007 
165 
1,325 
(D) 
792 
364 
483 
528 
29 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
78 
70 
167 
224 
261 
102 
246 
83 
2007 
65 
67 
114 
263 
226 
116 
254 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
931 
6,718 
710 
9,945 
1,469 
6,975 
2,079 
146 
2007 
567 
4,560 
576 
7,133 
1,548 
4,715 
1,987 
280 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
7 
13 
20 
61 
53 
31 
31 
19 
2007 
6 
8 
6 
55 
27 
32 
35 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
27 
568 
33 
1,201 
285 
(D) 
141 
20 
2007 
30 
101 
(D) 
701 
136 
593 
206 
2 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
68 
68 
109 
212 
307 
126 
256 
85 
2007 
62 
62 
106 
192 
294 
107 
245 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
748 
1,896 
610 
4,257 
4,151 
3,648 
2,823 
671 
2007 
953 
1,659 
404 
7,812 
4,745 
2,538 
3,507 
372 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
52 
40 
80 
156 
228 
85 
214 
60 
2007 
49 
55 
65 
141 
267 
75 
193 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
517 
603 
484 
2,875 
2,972 
2,321 
2,365 
574 
2007 
694 
1,155 
239 
2,505 
4,431 
1,284 
3,141 
273 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
35 
48 
59 
121 
175 
94 
130 
56 
2007 
46 
34 
77 
119 
135 
62 
118 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
231 
1,293 
126 
1,383 
1,179 
1,326 
458 
98 
2007 
259 
504 
164 
5,307 
315 
1,255 
366 
99 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
242 
145 
571 
525 
937 
279 
919 
427 
2007 
268 
159 
542 
646 
1,025 
283 
899 
393 
$1,000, 2012 
658 
701 
715 
3,064 
2,388 
1,614 
1,759 
622 
2007 
698 
602 
656 
2,773 
2,410 
1,394 
1,807 
539 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
116 
76 
275 
330 
485 
174 
411 
151 
2007 
115 
86 
231 
403 
609 
140 
439 
113 
$1,000, 2012 
747 
2,894 
1,357 
17,738 
3,805 
6,436 
1,905 
522 
2007 
1,054 
4,510 
448 
13,954 
27,657 
5,265 
4,441 
187 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
109 
94 
223 
331 
462 
164 
410 
140 
2007 
101 
88 
198 
292 
515 
128 
361 
150 
$1,000, 2012 
1,138 
3,963 
1,757 
22,843 
9,883 
8,350 
6,360 
680 
2007 
1,140 
3,640 
1,188 
11,780 
9,042 
4,996 
5,663 
742 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 293 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
