Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Dickens 
Dimmit 
Donley 
Duval 
Eastland 
Ector 
Edwards 
Ellis 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
437 
367 
380 
1,436 
1,174 
264 
419 
2,264 
2007 
446 
388 
392 
1,507 
1,324 
301 
480 
2,415 
$1,000, 2012 
26,281 
46,179 
95,275 
30,191 
36,882 
6,727 
21,207 
89,697 
2007 
16,017 
27,848 
83,254 
25,474 
33,878 
5,625 
15,631 
55,245 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
60,139 
125,828 
250,723 
21,025 
31,415 
25,482 
50,612 
39,619 
2007 
35,913 
71,773 
212,383 
16,904 
25,587 
18,686 
32,564 
22,876 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
99 
38 
112 
158 
597 
50 
33 
851 
2007 
109 
64 
122 
192 
685 
80 
46 
868 
$1,000, 2012 
1,000 
544 
1,478 
410 
3,641 
60 
251 
12,379 
2007 
889 
345 
1,411 
587 
3,900 
74 
117 
7,942 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
170 
71 
114 
290 
463 
51 
93 
838 
2007 
133 
63 
100 
252 
400 
59 
83 
730 
$1,000, 2012 
1,962 
485 
972 
215 
887 
52 
194 
5,194 
2007 
924 
157 
758 
262 
390 
54 
110 
2,640 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
131 
82 
123 
221 
305 
59 
57 
626 
2007 
122 
56 
114 
201 
312 
54 
36 
546 
$1,000, 2012 
2,118 
574 
1,255 
311 
839 
69 
60 
6,596 
2007 
748 
208 
1,026 
220 
405 
28 
68 
3,833 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
89 
79 
69 
229 
335 
51 
101 
595 
2007 
90 
62 
75 
270 
342 
60 
115 
535 
$1,000, 2012 
2,479 
(D) 
41,415 
1,356 
4,092 
177 
700 
5,116 
2007 
2,019 
9,640 
46,881 
1,859 
3,500 
586 
695 
2,949 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
71 
47 
51 
191 
238 
25 
83 
359 
2007 
76 
42 
52 
204 
257 
30 
77 
343 
$1,000, 2012 
708 
305 
(D) 
969 
2,549 
78 
529 
2,032 
2007 
1,037 
(D) 
(D) 
967 
2,815 
388 
450 
1,856 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
43 
41 
29 
57 
143 
40 
28 
312 
2007 
29 
27 
40 
84 
129 
42 
57 
249 
$1,000, 2012 
1,772 
(D) 
(D) 
387 
1,543 
100 
171 
3,084 
2007 
982 
(D) 
(D) 
892 
685 
199 
246 
1,093 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
210 
275 
204 
1,070 
912 
206 
313 
1,713 
2007 
183 
213 
151 
817 
868 
210 
300 
1,535 
$1,000, 2012 
2,818 
9,377 
27,395 
5,736 
6,415 
1,303 
2,677 
1 1 ,523 
2007 
1,235 
4,693 
1 7,299 
2,841 
5,080 
1,126 
2,705 
6,319 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
375 
338 
347 
1,330 
1,114 
241 
387 
2,155 
2007 
430 
373 
382 
1,455 
1,309 
297 
464 
2,353 
$1,000, 2012 
2,732 
2,103 
3,439 
3,282 
2,944 
538 
1,653 
7,629 
2007 
1,777 
1,503 
2,723 
3,442 
3,133 
603 
1,728 
5,198 
Utilities farms, 2012 
277 
256 
264 
1,007 
789 
158 
307 
1,184 
2007 
198 
171 
179 
682 
621 
123 
234 
906 
$1,000, 2012 
1,185 
1,604 
1,793 
1,719 
1,461 
312 
922 
1,923 
2007 
585 
751 
1,022 
1,007 
893 
303 
563 
1,281 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
320 
277 
272 
1,030 
859 
177 
334 
1,691 
2007 
412 
337 
361 
1,365 
1,218 
273 
428 
2,184 
$1,000, 2012 
2,288 
2,246 
3,088 
3,366 
2,549 
473 
1,412 
6,546 
2007 
2,147 
2,088 
2,535 
4,581 
3,846 
718 
2,040 
6,508 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
95 
114 
101 
410 
245 
51 
134 
435 
2007 
70 
81 
67 
331 
201 
41 
106 
340 
$1,000, 2012 
1,595 
5,935 
2,854 
3,847 
2,575 
776 
2,387 
6,874 
2007 
1,285 
3,039 
2,413 
2,398 
1,790 
438 
2,043 
3,240 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
69 
64 
75 
194 
163 
23 
94 
294 
2007 
47 
42 
54 
178 
137 
31 
66 
225 
$1,000, 2012 
1,072 
1,294 
948 
844 
968 
224 
1,009 
1,384 
2007 
250 
376 
421 
688 
556 
117 
431 
843 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
75 
34 
49 
159 
254 
24 
39 
421 
2007 
60 
21 
37 
118 
201 
18 
28 
306 
$1,000, 2012 
544 
341 
1,103 
543 
1,308 
55 
131 
2,765 
2007 
331 
313 
538 
251 
1,011 
18 
51 
1,246 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
115 
72 
77 
334 
320 
29 
105 
479 
2007 
95 
67 
75 
283 
269 
33 
74 
381 
$1,000, 2012 
2,020 
645 
3,379 
2,821 
2,127 
601 
5,765 
8,291 
2007 
987 
932 
1,023 
1,540 
1,838 
419 
1,666 
2,640 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
16 
20 
11 
46 
47 
5 
22 
67 
2007 
11 
12 
8 
36 
48 
11 
18 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
42 
480 
409 
59 
94 
12 
50 
163 
2007 
29 
154 
168 
74 
117 
14 
42 
183 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
152 
71 
142 
287 
373 
54 
126 
516 
2007 
98 
71 
123 
211 
338 
32 
107 
522 
$1,000, 2012 
1,710 
1,308 
1,757 
2,443 
2,632 
1,027 
1,600 
4,684 
2007 
1,182 
1,010 
2,018 
2,047 
3,650 
178 
883 
3,114 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
105 
47 
99 
227 
256 
29 
99 
388 
2007 
77 
59 
100 
144 
238 
31 
86 
370 
$1,000, 2012 
1,170 
1,065 
756 
2,234 
1,969 
946 
1,437 
3,333 
2007 
804 
868 
1,128 
1,744 
2,544 
149 
707 
2,176 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
101 
45 
83 
118 
212 
36 
51 
267 
2007 
58 
39 
74 
131 
215 
15 
60 
312 
$1,000, 2012 
540 
243 
1,001 
209 
663 
81 
164 
1,351 
2007 
378 
142 
889 
303 
1,106 
29 
176 
938 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
409 
348 
361 
1,360 
1,118 
244 
399 
2,139 
2007 
373 
332 
355 
1,296 
1,184 
263 
427 
2,170 
$1,000, 2012 
844 
1,851 
965 
2,174 
2,231 
573 
1,199 
3,922 
2007 
805 
1,282 
888 
2,058 
2,018 
438 
1,280 
4,017 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
171 
161 
162 
420 
558 
97 
213 
981 
2007 
151 
137 
151 
392 
586 
109 
184 
940 
$1,000, 2012 
1,872 
(D) 
3,025 
1,067 
2,118 
475 
1,195 
4,710 
2007 
824 
1,358 
2,131 
1,620 
1,751 
510 
1,207 
3,291 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
186 
136 
183 
379 
478 
101 
160 
804 
2007 
154 
133 
153 
433 
531 
78 
161 
887 
$1,000, 2012 
3,196 
2,386 
3,754 
3,563 
5,181 
849 
2,167 
10,296 
2007 
2,781 
4,228 
3,515 
3,633 
6,574 
584 
2,115 
9,363 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 369 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
