Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Culberson 
Dallam 
Dallas 
Dawson 
Deaf Smith 
Delta 
Denton 
DeWitt 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
77 
371 
839 
596 
621 
529 
3,203 
1,711 
2007 
55 
452 
755 
555 
637 
538 
2,575 
1,811 
$1,000, 2012 
16,442 
597,837 
44,375 
82,517 
1,351,810 
25,556 
165,192 
68,062 
2007 
15,119 
468,535 
32,449 
74,510 
1,056,303 
18,328 
103,750 
43,085 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
213,532 
1,611,421 
52,891 
138,452 
2,176,828 
48,309 
51,574 
39,779 
2007 
274,891 
1,036,581 
42,979 
134,252 
1,658,247 
34,067 
40,291 
23,791 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
16 
156 
235 
265 
255 
153 
1,114 
872 
2007 
13 
216 
249 
288 
264 
211 
1,122 
960 
$1,000, 2012 
675 
27,429 
1,572 
10,642 
13,560 
3,022 
8,177 
3,769 
2007 
418 
28,103 
1,779 
9,978 
9,615 
1,615 
4,703 
3,370 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
10 
168 
218 
285 
325 
147 
1,199 
962 
2007 
13 
165 
181 
294 
310 
161 
905 
943 
$1,000, 2012 
530 
10,596 
860 
7,159 
11,145 
838 
3,974 
1,496 
2007 
408 
9,134 
511 
7,577 
6,902 
662 
1,038 
1,265 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
16 
162 
220 
269 
309 
131 
689 
333 
2007 
12 
194 
171 
245 
277 
114 
529 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
713 
12,972 
3,664 
10,579 
7,776 
799 
1,758 
618 
2007 
(D) 
8,538 
3,220 
5,851 
4,267 
777 
1,453 
346 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
19 
75 
182 
22 
128 
130 
921 
485 
2007 
22 
86 
121 
24 
173 
139 
601 
470 
$1,000, 2012 
809 
260,789 
3,721 
150 
652,922 
5,566 
8,830 
20,897 
2007 
3,738 
215,045 
775 
631 
646,074 
2,931 
8,554 
4,177 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
13 
32 
101 
14 
50 
82 
486 
368 
2007 
17 
42 
70 
17 
60 
84 
345 
370 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
402 
706 
90 
1,528 
517 
3,344 
3,549 
2007 
930 
3,141 
359 
249 
1 1 ,586 
1,243 
2,769 
2,798 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
7 
57 
104 
11 
93 
73 
578 
161 
2007 
6 
60 
56 
13 
131 
74 
335 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
260,387 
3,015 
60 
651,394 
5,049 
5,486 
17,348 
2007 
2,808 
211,904 
416 
381 
634,488 
1,688 
5,785 
1,379 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
65 
145 
650 
66 
241 
381 
2,532 
1,542 
2007 
27 
134 
496 
74 
270 
336 
1,821 
1,410 
$1,000, 2012 
2,063 
169,634 
3,513 
832 
515,717 
3,939 
50,054 
14,237 
2007 
1,212 
101,295 
2,551 
916 
273,060 
2,996 
22,549 
10,711 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
69 
325 
786 
480 
545 
501 
2,928 
1,640 
2007 
55 
435 
741 
526 
607 
536 
2,530 
1,792 
$1,000, 2012 
1,586 
24,342 
2,284 
9,187 
14,670 
1,604 
11,266 
3,639 
2007 
1,722 
28,265 
2,237 
8,532 
14,878 
1,738 
7,787 
3,615 
Utilities farms, 2012 
52 
245 
511 
343 
453 
274 
1,731 
1,198 
2007 
34 
217 
283 
238 
367 
230 
1,134 
1,043 
$1,000, 2012 
963 
7,631 
1,847 
6,345 
20,018 
676 
5,870 
1,429 
2007 
704 
7,569 
1,189 
5,728 
13,009 
354 
3,336 
896 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
60 
292 
523 
388 
484 
403 
2,170 
1,393 
2007 
51 
413 
664 
499 
582 
501 
2,293 
1,696 
$1,000, 2012 
1,411 
16,452 
2,215 
9,020 
21,549 
1,904 
9,477 
5,757 
2007 
944 
14,241 
2,338 
8,313 
16,882 
1,723 
9,264 
5,501 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
33 
140 
170 
228 
215 
109 
623 
337 
2007 
23 
122 
116 
180 
183 
86 
423 
361 
$1,000, 2012 
2,645 
13,138 
13,281 
7,432 
28,162 
1,341 
18,801 
3,291 
2007 
1,604 
1 1 ,760 
7,477 
7,039 
23,664 
825 
12,315 
1,909 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
24 
86 
114 
132 
115 
59 
474 
283 
2007 
16 
70 
81 
80 
87 
51 
309 
276 
$1,000, 2012 
622 
4,476 
1,123 
1,087 
1,705 
393 
4,242 
1,562 
2007 
205 
1,481 
468 
1,044 
1,196 
107 
1,812 
1,216 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
18 
127 
85 
127 
235 
97 
497 
367 
2007 
7 
130 
44 
94 
173 
74 
332 
336 
$1,000, 2012 
203 
10,157 
455 
2,193 
12,281 
1,060 
1,600 
1,616 
2007 
197 
6,903 
128 
2,281 
7,023 
268 
1,097 
1,140 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
31 
131 
163 
110 
177 
134 
438 
570 
2007 
27 
135 
99 
83 
148 
116 
325 
443 
$1,000, 2012 
2,153 
8,134 
2,974 
3,604 
6,697 
530 
2,900 
2,654 
2007 
1,758 
8,493 
711 
3,150 
4,127 
753 
3,306 
1,853 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
5 
40 
33 
54 
56 
14 
129 
42 
2007 
2 
33 
17 
37 
53 
7 
75 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
30 
5,105 
446 
792 
1,742 
61 
837 
110 
2007 
(D) 
714 
86 
587 
576 
246 
1,098 
103 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
28 
185 
171 
294 
267 
156 
718 
311 
2007 
23 
201 
103 
176 
241 
147 
501 
403 
$1,000, 2012 
305 
12,196 
1,283 
4,019 
1 1 ,833 
1,387 
7,789 
1,888 
2007 
791 
8,788 
1,017 
3,882 
10,395 
1,451 
5,926 
2,782 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
20 
129 
133 
192 
184 
107 
526 
186 
2007 
18 
138 
71 
109 
195 
122 
377 
279 
$1,000, 2012 
146 
7,200 
977 
1,663 
6,883 
818 
6,506 
1,236 
2007 
527 
4,826 
698 
1,900 
5,268 
877 
4,832 
1,988 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
14 
138 
66 
194 
192 
90 
351 
200 
2007 
12 
134 
67 
121 
166 
105 
289 
230 
$1,000, 2012 
159 
4,997 
306 
2,356 
4,950 
569 
1,283 
652 
2007 
264 
3,962 
319 
1,982 
5,128 
574 
1,094 
795 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
74 
338 
755 
536 
553 
509 
3,065 
1,607 
2007 
52 
370 
642 
461 
563 
511 
2,303 
1,651 
$1,000, 2012 
725 
3,249 
1,146 
2,158 
3,719 
1,202 
9,261 
2,649 
2007 
359 
3,349 
1,775 
1,682 
3,663 
935 
6,110 
2,160 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
45 
222 
365 
279 
350 
250 
1,378 
845 
2007 
35 
265 
300 
264 
351 
241 
1,174 
873 
$1,000, 2012 
1,009 
1 1 ,538 
3,992 
7,318 
28,315 
1,234 
20,356 
2,451 
2007 
949 
14,858 
6,188 
7,318 
20,970 
947 
13,402 
2,039 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
43 
238 
207 
283 
355 
189 
930 
758 
2007 
29 
214 
247 
232 
314 
202 
871 
808 
$1,000, 2012 
1,514 
20,854 
2,926 
10,388 
22,330 
2,334 
1 1 ,424 
7,495 
2007 
2,079 
16,936 
2,663 
9,231 
21,715 
1,812 
16,174 
6,694 
--continued 
368 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
