Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cameron 
Camp 
Carson 
Cass 
Castro 
Chambers 
Cherokee 
Childress 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,305 
487 
386 
1,024 
532 
734 
1,574 
383 
2007 
1,241 
482 
422 
1,067 
485 
650 
1,625 
374 
$1,000, 2012 
115,909 
122,943 
73,874 
61,006 
1,267,986 
32,789 
97,645 
23,065 
2007 
74,009 
122,201 
59,191 
860,692 
19,647 
120,422 
19,099 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
88,819 
252,450 
191,384 
59,576 
2,383,432 
44,672 
62,036 
60,221 
2007 
59,637 
253,529 
175,426 
55,475 
1,774,623 
30,226 
74,106 
51,067 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
602 
162 
125 
400 
268 
256 
768 
101 
2007 
655 
231 
174 
432 
278 
212 
792 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
14,809 
589 
7,148 
1,268 
25,499 
3,215 
4,143 
1,904 
2007 
7,866 
1,040 
5,530 
1,119 
20,436 
1,205 
4,688 
1,380 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
557 
193 
176 
363 
300 
262 
730 
152 
2007 
480 
183 
187 
316 
279 
198 
617 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
8,090 
472 
4,520 
262 
14,744 
1,712 
2,102 
1,597 
2007 
6,310 
243 
4,430 
254 
9,545 
585 
1,818 
1,157 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
376 
85 
162 
178 
285 
124 
357 
135 
2007 
358 
59 
168 
147 
273 
84 
280 
116 
$1,000, 2012 
7,201 
219 
3,848 
338 
14,523 
1,188 
7,122 
2,520 
2007 
3,842 
256 
2,430 
538 
9,561 
510 
23,115 
1,721 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
200 
143 
59 
249 
123 
167 
387 
63 
2007 
180 
134 
76 
222 
120 
148 
328 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
977 
48,519 
16,557 
8,491 
539,587 
1,994 
7,352 
1,442 
2007 
649 
45,500 
23,645 
7,156 
475,430 
1,571 
5,726 
1,188 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
89 
87 
27 
155 
58 
127 
281 
48 
2007 
100 
76 
52 
119 
31 
91 
226 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
296 
2,686 
301 
1,548 
2,045 
1,662 
2,577 
423 
2007 
275 
(D) 
681 
847 
858 
1,085 
2,386 
238 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
155 
85 
39 
125 
84 
69 
176 
24 
2007 
101 
82 
34 
134 
99 
67 
144 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
681 
45,833 
16,256 
6,943 
537,542 
332 
4,775 
1,020 
2007 
373 
(D) 
22,964 
6,308 
474,572 
486 
3,339 
950 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
648 
370 
136 
745 
204 
552 
1,146 
189 
2007 
475 
331 
156 
673 
180 
419 
1,014 
127 
$1,000, 2012 
4,209 
47,967 
12,260 
34,613 
452,792 
4,384 
21,339 
1,706 
2007 
1,598 
48,795 
8,431 
32,736 
203,806 
1,956 
20,765 
1,097 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,164 
470 
339 
995 
491 
696 
1,541 
318 
2007 
1,205 
474 
411 
1,048 
473 
644 
1,605 
357 
$1,000, 2012 
9,448 
1,973 
5,61 6 
2,146 
35,444 
2,721 
6,202 
2,337 
2007 
7,600 
3,053 
6,182 
2,512 
19,564 
2,366 
4,442 
2,554 
Utilities farms, 2012 
796 
280 
232 
499 
436 
392 
859 
207 
2007 
700 
211 
226 
362 
318 
233 
581 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
4,025 
2,482 
1,073 
1,172 
25,586 
931 
2,860 
1,113 
2007 
2,098 
2,396 
1,290 
1,018 
20,542 
776 
3,533 
403 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
944 
361 
283 
777 
437 
555 
1,262 
239 
2007 
1,139 
438 
381 
984 
439 
586 
1,503 
337 
$1,000, 2012 
9,437 
5,240 
4,100 
2,608 
21,787 
2,946 
5,805 
2,564 
2007 
8,113 
3,300 
4,558 
2,559 
19,330 
2,692 
1 1 ,252 
2,256 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
445 
122 
107 
213 
224 
171 
375 
73 
2007 
321 
88 
110 
164 
172 
113 
296 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
20,149 
8,009 
2,671 
2,629 
36,581 
2,654 
23,341 
1,652 
2007 
12,362 
5,462 
2,482 
1,354 
22,442 
1,248 
27,896 
1,201 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
307 
59 
62 
96 
117 
91 
244 
53 
2007 
188 
47 
67 
88 
86 
60 
169 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
3,501 
420 
321 
562 
5,492 
574 
1,730 
358 
2007 
1,707 
301 
722 
237 
2,069 
287 
1,066 
329 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
270 
86 
83 
116 
254 
72 
280 
61 
2007 
192 
72 
88 
70 
163 
45 
221 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
4,017 
1,477 
2,595 
1,026 
18,078 
745 
2,130 
904 
2007 
1,898 
1,561 
2,607 
253 
10,999 
272 
1,144 
515 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
298 
128 
110 
233 
133 
204 
391 
103 
2007 
247 
90 
108 
171 
128 
147 
231 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
6,415 
289 
4,834 
704 
7,124 
3,894 
1,617 
1,559 
2007 
5,671 
217 
3,407 
417 
7,893 
1,846 
1,087 
1,140 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
70 
12 
28 
25 
80 
40 
51 
13 
2007 
40 
24 
28 
27 
45 
18 
28 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
1,228 
30 
218 
21 
4,726 
313 
299 
70 
2007 
746 
21 
210 
40 
1,133 
272 
106 
131 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
328 
135 
157 
268 
292 
189 
436 
106 
2007 
237 
111 
152 
237 
203 
106 
313 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
5,039 
1,808 
2,619 
2,083 
14,139 
1,553 
3,063 
1,239 
2007 
2,357 
1,225 
3,246 
1,783 
12,241 
1,506 
3,444 
1,102 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
197 
88 
120 
194 
184 
127 
282 
79 
2007 
165 
89 
116 
165 
142 
74 
231 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
2,840 
1,202 
1,647 
1,722 
5,805 
978 
2,175 
699 
2007 
1,508 
831 
1,696 
1,341 
3,192 
973 
2,730 
651 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
210 
78 
98 
149 
238 
116 
299 
68 
2007 
152 
64 
98 
167 
148 
70 
194 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
2,199 
606 
972 
361 
8,335 
575 
888 
541 
2007 
848 
394 
1,550 
442 
9,049 
532 
714 
450 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,217 
465 
339 
980 
468 
684 
1,514 
353 
2007 
1,122 
460 
360 
989 
420 
560 
1,485 
339 
$1,000, 2012 
3,428 
1,107 
1,242 
1,423 
4,224 
1,379 
2,721 
847 
2007 
2,727 
796 
1,214 
1,564 
3,392 
1,265 
2,717 
744 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
501 
229 
193 
438 
353 
307 
704 
148 
2007 
468 
254 
228 
447 
321 
238 
633 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
13,937 
2,342 
4,253 
1,661 
47,658 
2,585 
5,820 
1,253 
2007 
8,464 
8,035 
3,647 
5,652 
22,309 
1,290 
7,623 
2,182 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
393 
212 
197 
382 
354 
234 
669 
168 
2007 
471 
206 
174 
360 
296 
215 
624 
158 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,834 
4,865 
5,494 
4,384 
22,357 
3,771 
8,745 
2,550 
2007 
6,732 
4,915 
5,662 
3,496 
21,799 
3,134 
13,143 
2,569 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 365 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
