Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Atascosa 
Austin 
Bailey 
Bandera 
Bastrop 
Baylor 
Bee 
Bell 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,987 
2,098 
494 
1,002 
2,083 
974 
2,533 
2007 
1,810 
2,112 
564 
972 
2,207 
952 
2,384 
$1,000, 2012 
108,173 
62,494 
285,240 
25,503 
50,142 
36,627 
82,037 
2007 
59,938 
42,762 
198,845 
18,479 
48,736 
37,294 
41,824 
57,465 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
54,440 
29,788 
577,409 
25,453 
24,072 
142,788 
37,605 
32,387 
2007 
33,115 
20,247 
352,563 
19,011 
22,083 
139,157 
43,933 
24,105 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
584 
811 
163 
186 
879 
140 
271 
983 
2007 
573 
922 
209 
219 
1,100 
171 
291 
1,007 
$1,000, 2012 
4,579 
3,548 
5,565 
288 
3,348 
1,881 
1,930 
1 1 ,235 
2007 
2,402 
3,445 
5,172 
392 
3,956 
2,402 
2,696 
8,027 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
701 
821 
205 
241 
949 
169 
349 
1,067 
2007 
523 
730 
212 
222 
953 
110 
344 
857 
$1,000, 2012 
2,344 
1,276 
4,887 
144 
1,078 
1,941 
615 
2,938 
2007 
1,479 
938 
3,744 
152 
1,675 
632 
1,887 
1,977 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
498 
367 
224 
182 
433 
163 
169 
724 
2007 
347 
300 
191 
172 
352 
126 
114 
523 
$1,000, 2012 
2,586 
1,247 
6,165 
199 
716 
1,245 
715 
5,578 
2007 
1,510 
725 
4,008 
200 
786 
697 
1,174 
3,360 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
448 
549 
69 
217 
506 
76 
229 
562 
2007 
438 
415 
78 
205 
531 
58 
255 
497 
$1,000, 2012 
21,840 
3,490 
82,245 
703 
5,649 
10,635 
2,842 
5,115 
2007 
12,855 
2,040 
77,006 
919 
6,831 
11,104 
5,827 
5,234 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
322 
402 
41 
123 
337 
43 
142 
333 
2007 
303 
312 
35 
129 
367 
33 
177 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
1,601 
2,430 
582 
385 
2,528 
550 
945 
1,872 
2007 
2,549 
1,426 
2,384 
634 
3,337 
1,260 
1,527 
1,585 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
175 
212 
40 
113 
220 
45 
112 
340 
2007 
188 
152 
48 
110 
227 
32 
104 
257 
$1,000, 2012 
20,239 
1,060 
81,663 
318 
3,121 
10,084 
1,896 
3,243 
2007 
10,306 
614 
74,622 
285 
3,494 
9,844 
4,300 
3,649 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
1,596 
1,736 
131 
819 
1,727 
171 
767 
1,907 
2007 
1,267 
1,502 
142 
687 
1,703 
151 
661 
1,590 
$1,000, 2012 
25,504 
1 1 ,057 
118,596 
7,134 
10,461 
6,204 
5,481 
16,834 
2007 
10,393 
7,672 
56,827 
3,174 
8,907 
7,235 
5,033 
8,461 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,908 
2,031 
427 
921 
1,990 
267 
926 
2,370 
2007 
1,786 
2,077 
553 
951 
2,164 
267 
925 
2,327 
$1,000, 2012 
6,177 
4,709 
8,266 
1,647 
3,719 
2,594 
2,761 
6,427 
2007 
4,713 
3,913 
7,187 
1,626 
3,791 
2,312 
3,356 
5,055 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,330 
1,229 
318 
538 
1,210 
183 
627 
1,477 
2007 
888 
908 
232 
367 
924 
114 
515 
950 
$1,000, 2012 
4,000 
1,920 
6,661 
963 
1,522 
711 
1,410 
2,171 
2007 
1,619 
1,195 
4,696 
596 
1,184 
432 
1,127 
1,325 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,535 
1,650 
331 
679 
1,572 
231 
767 
1,891 
2007 
1,667 
1,904 
511 
848 
1,992 
251 
874 
2,143 
$1,000, 2012 
7,682 
5,193 
9,041 
1,441 
4,248 
2,462 
3,592 
6,311 
2007 
6,180 
5,894 
8,799 
2,398 
4,716 
2,642 
4,766 
6,095 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
410 
447 
158 
181 
426 
66 
209 
423 
2007 
300 
358 
117 
136 
355 
59 
209 
358 
$1,000, 2012 
7,583 
7,967 
1 1 ,925 
3,721 
4,035 
1,686 
4,881 
4,202 
2007 
5,352 
3,737 
11,067 
2,732 
3,644 
1,858 
3,980 
3,299 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
265 
308 
61 
119 
284 
59 
155 
300 
2007 
200 
250 
53 
103 
269 
39 
112 
230 
$1,000, 2012 
2,922 
2,406 
800 
740 
1,418 
712 
1,057 
1,478 
2007 
991 
1,128 
716 
719 
1,367 
168 
847 
1,299 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
310 
454 
144 
113 
393 
119 
118 
455 
2007 
242 
374 
97 
75 
369 
78 
133 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
3,528 
1,333 
4,556 
121 
969 
1,956 
694 
1,788 
2007 
884 
1,401 
3,150 
109 
1,202 
882 
1,210 
1,190 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
488 
603 
106 
196 
516 
146 
188 
483 
2007 
350 
381 
63 
139 
413 
102 
171 
345 
$1,000, 2012 
4,963 
2,798 
2,859 
1,823 
3,353 
3,538 
3,882 
4,369 
2007 
2,143 
1,266 
2,018 
497 
1,415 
2,474 
2,570 
2,045 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
81 
75 
44 
39 
88 
22 
37 
87 
2007 
68 
28 
26 
21 
37 
15 
23 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
665 
139 
444 
142 
129 
122 
383 
596 
2007 
147 
38 
340 
26 
90 
78 
249 
195 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
438 
534 
162 
209 
493 
132 
191 
551 
2007 
375 
385 
138 
160 
432 
81 
168 
444 
$1,000, 2012 
4,009 
6,376 
5,900 
2,797 
2,879 
1,055 
2,203 
4,970 
2007 
3,802 
3,276 
4,867 
1,270 
3,073 
1,016 
2,514 
3,494 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
330 
385 
108 
149 
345 
74 
133 
380 
2007 
274 
271 
106 
115 
312 
57 
131 
333 
$1,000, 2012 
3,175 
5,845 
3,524 
2,520 
2,119 
576 
1,570 
3,557 
2007 
2,662 
2,611 
3,140 
1,130 
2,393 
581 
1,761 
2,210 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
210 
281 
112 
115 
289 
91 
106 
306 
2007 
234 
238 
74 
93 
243 
54 
94 
274 
$1,000, 2012 
835 
531 
2,376 
276 
760 
479 
633 
1,412 
2007 
1,139 
665 
1,727 
141 
680 
435 
753 
1,283 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,879 
1,982 
447 
958 
1,996 
247 
916 
2,431 
2007 
1,626 
1,892 
486 
838 
2,011 
237 
849 
2,106 
$1,000, 2012 
4,255 
5,036 
1,929 
2,850 
3,854 
823 
1,732 
4,234 
2007 
2,993 
3,783 
2,133 
2,488 
3,671 
995 
1,624 
3,403 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
777 
1,038 
218 
379 
905 
162 
440 
1,117 
2007 
677 
919 
220 
391 
911 
158 
397 
929 
$1,000, 2012 
5,537 
3,996 
15,400 
790 
2,765 
1,986 
2,448 
3,793 
2007 
2,477 
2,313 
7,115 
1,181 
2,430 
2,367 
2,966 
3,009 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
650 
829 
238 
289 
758 
142 
372 
859 
2007 
625 
806 
259 
281 
829 
138 
361 
853 
$1,000, 2012 
8,536 
7,310 
9,999 
1,972 
5,376 
2,893 
3,938 
9,121 
2007 
6,789 
7,410 
13,522 
2,801 
5,961 
2,664 
5,007 
7,418 
--continued 
362 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
