Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Briscoe 
Brooks 
Brown 
Burleson 
Burnet 
Caldwell 
Calhoun 
Callahan 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
282 
374 
1,918 
1,429 
1,481 
1,623 
264 
992 
2007 
333 
494 
1,726 
1,582 
1,531 
1,421 
291 
1,058 
$1,000, 2012 
25,863 
57,591 
54,996 
87,852 
28,216 
72,992 
35,726 
36,753 
2007 
22,079 
23,327 
39,116 
53,528 
23,918 
50,172 
27,799 
28,123 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
91,713 
153,986 
28,674 
61,478 
19,052 
44,974 
135,325 
37,049 
2007 
66,302 
47,220 
22,663 
33,836 
15,622 
35,307 
95,530 
26,581 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
69 
58 
578 
738 
398 
538 
117 
370 
2007 
84 
85 
588 
832 
488 
539 
143 
463 
$1,000, 2012 
1,978 
117 
2,818 
5,943 
1,044 
2,722 
4,293 
1,696 
2007 
1,644 
258 
2,668 
5,482 
1,161 
2,588 
4,266 
1,991 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
92 
101 
605 
710 
442 
657 
155 
373 
2007 
112 
86 
415 
646 
419 
566 
146 
278 
$1,000, 2012 
1,755 
114 
879 
2,945 
(D) 
1,345 
3,350 
1,042 
2007 
1,975 
112 
338 
2,283 
304 
830 
2,735 
372 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
98 
42 
560 
426 
338 
287 
85 
339 
2007 
96 
22 
383 
263 
227 
223 
80 
315 
$1,000, 2012 
2,261 
103 
1,071 
2,677 
399 
886 
2,936 
720 
2007 
1,487 
35 
481 
1,623 
165 
669 
3,160 
549 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
33 
58 
483 
406 
409 
402 
69 
287 
2007 
45 
69 
427 
347 
368 
352 
71 
275 
$1,000, 2012 
2,201 
23,724 
6,142 
15,116 
1,612 
20,145 
1,172 
8,665 
2007 
1,940 
(D) 
4,669 
5,712 
1,110 
5,000 
730 
5,780 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
27 
35 
350 
273 
235 
263 
53 
172 
2007 
37 
52 
297 
249 
235 
249 
49 
174 
$1,000, 2012 
897 
348 
3,001 
3,346 
1,103 
2,487 
698 
1,178 
2007 
853 
275 
1,994 
1,918 
770 
1,413 
403 
997 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
11 
34 
219 
194 
210 
204 
25 
147 
2007 
16 
26 
194 
142 
177 
158 
28 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
1,304 
23,376 
3,141 
11,769 
509 
17,658 
474 
7,488 
2007 
1,087 
(D) 
2,676 
3,794 
340 
3,587 
327 
4,783 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
111 
305 
1,570 
1,217 
1,256 
1,381 
186 
761 
2007 
101 
260 
1,229 
1,176 
1,132 
1,088 
175 
668 
$1,000, 2012 
1,866 
18,881 
16,161 
25,614 
6,207 
22,466 
4,502 
6,190 
2007 
1,026 
6,052 
8,172 
12,470 
4,028 
15,031 
2,109 
3,950 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
220 
359 
1,782 
1,383 
1,385 
1,541 
252 
929 
2007 
330 
480 
1,680 
1,557 
1,502 
1,384 
288 
1,040 
$1,000, 2012 
2,095 
1,848 
3,828 
4,268 
2,379 
3,301 
2,288 
2,646 
2007 
2,394 
1,824 
3,291 
4,065 
2,689 
2,266 
1,964 
2,426 
Utilities farms, 2012 
149 
283 
1,078 
805 
911 
899 
183 
646 
2007 
150 
182 
721 
670 
678 
637 
148 
449 
$1,000, 2012 
2,006 
693 
2,025 
1,394 
1,078 
1,568 
1,420 
1,259 
2007 
1,245 
482 
1,105 
832 
723 
1,093 
722 
559 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
181 
294 
1,346 
1,158 
1,100 
1,209 
217 
776 
2007 
307 
452 
1,507 
1,426 
1,382 
1,257 
256 
972 
$1,000, 2012 
1,973 
1,792 
4,080 
5,546 
2,336 
3,677 
2,741 
2,486 
2007 
2,762 
2,286 
3,717 
4,974 
3,519 
3,414 
2,401 
2,636 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
72 
138 
339 
321 
279 
324 
89 
163 
2007 
73 
97 
243 
266 
206 
225 
66 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
1,137 
3,176 
4,028 
5,048 
2,619 
2,943 
2,985 
1,841 
2007 
1,392 
1,789 
2,675 
2,710 
1,459 
3,656 
1,393 
1,141 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
40 
76 
231 
216 
174 
212 
61 
134 
2007 
43 
48 
162 
151 
141 
186 
56 
114 
$1,000, 2012 
460 
496 
1,155 
2,703 
934 
2,864 
665 
1,364 
2007 
165 
254 
950 
1,313 
589 
891 
675 
532 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
74 
44 
333 
300 
200 
309 
78 
175 
2007 
53 
44 
257 
275 
157 
227 
70 
164 
$1,000, 2012 
714 
231 
1,919 
2,653 
(D) 
1,950 
1,489 
690 
2007 
371 
268 
1,596 
1,315 
1,051 
1,076 
1,015 
641 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
73 
87 
397 
445 
281 
395 
114 
232 
2007 
71 
77 
307 
379 
196 
264 
111 
190 
$1,000, 2012 
3,664 
1,866 
1,905 
4,800 
1,775 
1,588 
2,287 
2,123 
2007 
1,514 
684 
1,773 
2,525 
1,162 
1,361 
2,095 
1,293 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
17 
29 
107 
43 
83 
45 
23 
39 
2007 
14 
14 
70 
51 
61 
31 
17 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
281 
134 
223 
151 
103 
75 
52 
59 
2007 
190 
(D) 
168 
176 
66 
57 
114 
85 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
117 
72 
483 
340 
319 
354 
72 
276 
2007 
88 
62 
405 
300 
308 
301 
78 
262 
$1,000, 2012 
1,024 
972 
3,353 
2,484 
2,344 
2,825 
688 
2,882 
2007 
970 
841 
3,279 
2,542 
2,301 
2,346 
1,485 
2,700 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
90 
56 
339 
215 
261 
257 
41 
223 
2007 
56 
41 
323 
195 
241 
229 
45 
183 
$1,000, 2012 
707 
616 
2,513 
1,808 
1,994 
2,147 
400 
2,308 
2007 
453 
239 
2,123 
1,694 
1,890 
1,771 
701 
1,991 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
61 
43 
265 
231 
149 
168 
52 
141 
2007 
62 
48 
252 
198 
176 
152 
64 
171 
$1,000, 2012 
318 
356 
840 
676 
350 
678 
288 
575 
2007 
517 
602 
1,155 
848 
411 
575 
784 
709 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
253 
361 
1,859 
1,351 
1,435 
1,565 
228 
956 
2007 
280 
432 
1,551 
1,411 
1,392 
1,296 
251 
932 
$1,000, 2012 
864 
1,199 
2,980 
2,086 
3,472 
2,581 
818 
1,482 
2007 
794 
899 
2,206 
2,516 
2,456 
2,394 
715 
2,286 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
125 
147 
845 
715 
631 
657 
137 
428 
2007 
136 
135 
744 
743 
584 
591 
157 
431 
$1,000, 2012 
1,583 
2,245 
2,428 
4,424 
1,216 
2,055 
4,039 
1,609 
2007 
2,209 
1,011 
2,027 
2,990 
1,133 
7,500 
2,220 
1,182 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
109 
128 
708 
628 
554 
499 
142 
365 
2007 
131 
153 
640 
702 
566 
547 
131 
376 
$1,000, 2012 
2,969 
1,909 
5,534 
5,670 
4,021 
4,726 
3,086 
3,909 
2007 
3,915 
1,611 
6,566 
6,588 
4,049 
5,501 
3,055 
4,576 
--continued 
364 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
