Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fort Bend 
Franklin 
Freestone 
Frio 
Gaines 
Galveston 
Garza 
Gillespie 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,286 
520 
1,517 
651 
644 
612 
277 
1,847 
2007 
1,404 
564 
1,473 
724 
825 
692 
300 
1,853 
$1,000, 2012 
92,402 
72,303 
47,246 
168,480 
179,244 
12,972 
16,715 
62,363 
2007 
77,410 
71,656 
41,422 
68,461 
146,151 
10,963 
17,938 
39,172 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
71,852 
139,043 
31,144 
258,801 
278,329 
21,196 
60,343 
33,764 
2007 
55,135 
127,050 
28,121 
94,559 
177,153 
15,842 
59,794 
21,140 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
613 
177 
732 
187 
382 
213 
66 
704 
2007 
677 
254 
813 
186 
426 
225 
92 
758 
$1,000, 2012 
14,852 
874 
2,755 
11,077 
25,436 
538 
1,189 
2,777 
2007 
7,620 
1,530 
3,334 
3,766 
22,070 
392 
1,265 
2,705 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
629 
238 
567 
240 
373 
241 
92 
704 
2007 
565 
196 
517 
176 
415 
215 
111 
593 
$1,000, 2012 
7,773 
761 
803 
12,478 
18,556 
289 
1,485 
938 
2007 
5,670 
250 
873 
4,057 
14,030 
211 
1,634 
770 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
370 
86 
262 
217 
370 
106 
94 
460 
2007 
293 
88 
219 
176 
380 
89 
92 
380 
$1,000, 2012 
6,370 
236 
338 
6,794 
18,611 
859 
1,511 
757 
2007 
8,398 
178 
263 
2,770 
14,497 
(D) 
1,007 
446 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
265 
173 
411 
191 
57 
181 
55 
475 
2007 
234 
184 
407 
187 
55 
131 
50 
460 
$1,000, 2012 
2,953 
12,793 
9,390 
33,805 
1,107 
889 
651 
13,542 
2007 
1,795 
1 1 ,393 
9,308 
13,725 
1,338 
556 
1,086 
3,333 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
183 
90 
300 
136 
37 
128 
39 
306 
2007 
170 
118 
290 
125 
35 
78 
39 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
1,973 
3,215 
2,295 
1,388 
420 
679 
389 
1,467 
2007 
1,318 
2,007 
2,114 
1,618 
522 
486 
1,017 
1,329 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
113 
104 
163 
87 
25 
101 
21 
207 
2007 
89 
90 
160 
78 
26 
66 
14 
192 
$1,000, 2012 
980 
9,578 
7,095 
32,418 
687 
209 
262 
12,075 
2007 
477 
9,386 
7,194 
12,107 
816 
70 
68 
2,004 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
955 
415 
1,258 
497 
145 
472 
144 
1,594 
2007 
887 
389 
1,071 
434 
153 
489 
121 
1,354 
$1,000, 2012 
5,554 
39,433 
13,384 
26,354 
1,931 
2,013 
1,007 
13,061 
2007 
4,823 
37,395 
9,308 
5,692 
1,534 
1,818 
830 
6,798 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,233 
511 
1,457 
622 
566 
572 
251 
1,692 
2007 
1,371 
564 
1,444 
709 
799 
664 
283 
1,801 
$1,000, 2012 
5,796 
2,234 
3,244 
8,702 
14,369 
1,302 
1,476 
3,450 
2007 
4,931 
2,440 
3,051 
4,353 
14,759 
805 
2,223 
3,466 
Utilities farms, 2012 
780 
303 
727 
534 
467 
325 
200 
1,104 
2007 
548 
270 
538 
376 
403 
253 
130 
826 
$1,000, 2012 
2,150 
1,654 
1,066 
7,357 
17,740 
665 
1,163 
1,620 
2007 
2,230 
1,563 
704 
2,766 
14,092 
320 
742 
1,146 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,010 
413 
1,122 
542 
504 
465 
214 
1,391 
2007 
1,278 
531 
1,302 
675 
758 
618 
272 
1,652 
$1,000, 2012 
6,908 
1,915 
3,236 
1 1 ,503 
14,867 
1,326 
1,685 
3,985 
2007 
6,677 
2,412 
3,722 
5,440 
12,562 
1,243 
2,596 
4,575 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
328 
130 
345 
204 
286 
122 
77 
328 
2007 
299 
120 
301 
164 
268 
99 
78 
283 
$1,000, 2012 
13,026 
1,863 
3,379 
15,781 
14,165 
1,359 
1,492 
5,104 
2007 
15,661 
2,308 
2,330 
7,552 
1 1 ,786 
526 
1,442 
4,092 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
191 
86 
218 
137 
183 
68 
72 
246 
2007 
171 
103 
197 
88 
93 
50 
51 
199 
$1,000, 2012 
822 
870 
1,166 
5,428 
3,257 
320 
308 
1,784 
2007 
1,634 
726 
1,025 
1,408 
2,016 
(D) 
222 
1,485 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
316 
126 
214 
119 
206 
54 
46 
290 
2007 
161 
86 
213 
75 
161 
55 
40 
287 
$1,000, 2012 
2,854 
1,155 
658 
3,356 
4,561 
189 
352 
1,048 
2007 
1,054 
559 
829 
1,813 
5,082 
109 
241 
1,250 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
491 
143 
478 
216 
155 
192 
61 
457 
2007 
381 
117 
338 
160 
130 
129 
52 
340 
$1,000, 2012 
5,741 
966 
1,312 
10,286 
10,471 
618 
1,312 
3,768 
2007 
3,733 
1,258 
1,062 
3,546 
6,705 
806 
641 
1,910 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
65 
25 
57 
33 
130 
44 
25 
72 
2007 
42 
24 
24 
29 
50 
25 
9 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
822 
52 
128 
1,227 
3,169 
208 
184 
67 
2007 
294 
14 
77 
341 
1,138 
65 
35 
56 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
282 
172 
368 
191 
342 
115 
108 
348 
2007 
202 
175 
343 
174 
269 
92 
82 
315 
$1,000, 2012 
2,886 
2,218 
2,391 
4,396 
13,422 
795 
846 
4,595 
2007 
5,527 
2,585 
2,273 
4,023 
9,262 
782 
1,010 
2,247 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
162 
127 
232 
130 
250 
67 
80 
227 
2007 
127 
135 
230 
127 
193 
75 
57 
219 
$1,000, 2012 
1,866 
1,582 
1,750 
3,150 
9,777 
613 
475 
4,215 
2007 
4,759 
1,545 
1,550 
2,794 
5,387 
601 
601 
1,687 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
176 
125 
227 
128 
226 
67 
67 
193 
2007 
128 
112 
238 
111 
182 
55 
60 
189 
$1,000, 2012 
1,020 
635 
640 
1,246 
3,645 
182 
371 
381 
2007 
768 
1,040 
723 
1,229 
3,875 
181 
409 
560 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,134 
512 
1,442 
591 
568 
562 
254 
1,752 
2007 
1,196 
503 
1,326 
600 
702 
618 
240 
1,667 
$1,000, 2012 
2,774 
1,163 
2,432 
2,576 
2,885 
1,069 
850 
3,281 
2007 
2,911 
1,120 
2,010 
1,916 
3,183 
1,158 
827 
3,074 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
634 
288 
605 
308 
395 
268 
141 
877 
2007 
587 
293 
647 
286 
427 
251 
135 
845 
$1,000, 2012 
11,120 
4,116 
1,566 
7,360 
14,695 
534 
1,204 
2,585 
2007 
4,452 
5,925 
1,252 
5,295 
12,097 
470 
2,137 
1,818 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
524 
269 
556 
300 
422 
171 
112 
694 
2007 
551 
283 
555 
267 
390 
166 
124 
683 
$1,000, 2012 
8,003 
3,453 
5,175 
10,462 
19,485 
1,079 
2,284 
5,323 
2007 
7,379 
4,426 
5,119 
6,139 
17,358 
1,187 
2,656 
7,214 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 371 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
