Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hale 
Hall 
Hamilton 
Hansford 
Hardeman 
Hardin 
Harris 
Harrison 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
899 
390 
1,001 
263 
357 
660 
2,207 
1,298 
2007 
957 
382 
1,045 
242 
332 
699 
2,210 
1,205 
$1,000, 2012 
404,490 
33,513 
55,844 
737,005 
26,669 
12,354 
75,026 
27,847 
2007 
292,993 
29,124 
51,048 
515,276 
22,342 
9,321 
62,571 
22,075 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
449,933 
85,932 
55,788 
2,802,301 
74,703 
18,718 
33,995 
21,454 
2007 
306,158 
76,242 
48,850 
2,129,240 
67,295 
13,335 
28,313 
18,320 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
439 
120 
409 
130 
112 
279 
786 
517 
2007 
443 
142 
495 
136 
140 
342 
828 
567 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
3,641 
4,011 
14,260 
1,279 
537 
3,551 
1,800 
2007 
17,257 
2,901 
2,784 
1 1 ,623 
1,712 
509 
3,262 
1,942 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
466 
140 
394 
171 
165 
268 
739 
490 
2007 
440 
166 
331 
114 
129 
272 
615 
371 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,871 
3,009 
7,959 
1,483 
276 
1,360 
437 
2007 
13,730 
2,797 
613 
4,569 
736 
119 
1,098 
255 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
444 
136 
356 
171 
162 
159 
400 
271 
2007 
405 
131 
328 
130 
134 
148 
298 
197 
$1,000, 2012 
18,961 
4,756 
923 
6,519 
1,192 
225 
3,555 
257 
2007 
(D) 
3,617 
539 
4,275 
593 
129 
3,237 
239 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
82 
57 
306 
88 
68 
219 
471 
335 
2007 
63 
44 
269 
87 
55 
142 
406 
226 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,055 
4,856 
369,259 
2,858 
773 
2,898 
3,953 
2007 
(D) 
687 
7,559 
306,009 
2,365 
387 
2,813 
2,001 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
57 
43 
218 
39 
54 
127 
272 
196 
2007 
44 
38 
198 
24 
39 
89 
259 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
549 
636 
1,987 
1,639 
515 
535 
1,884 
1,307 
2007 
1,589 
630 
2,298 
128 
296 
294 
1,485 
746 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
57 
24 
130 
72 
37 
135 
284 
184 
2007 
32 
8 
106 
77 
30 
79 
196 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
419 
2,869 
367,620 
2,343 
237 
1,014 
2,646 
2007 
(D) 
57 
5,261 
305,881 
2,070 
92 
1,328 
1,255 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
201 
171 
830 
123 
190 
521 
1,709 
972 
2007 
175 
107 
734 
106 
160 
489 
1,548 
802 
$1,000, 2012 
109,430 
1,874 
19,100 
249,790 
6,781 
2,691 
1 1 ,988 
6,397 
2007 
56,647 
939 
14,861 
107,409 
4,133 
1,845 
10,290 
4,703 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
789 
327 
956 
240 
336 
646 
2,039 
1,263 
2007 
915 
374 
1,031 
235 
326 
696 
2,141 
1,185 
$1,000, 2012 
16,360 
4,051 
2,997 
13,942 
1,787 
1,177 
5,034 
2,158 
2007 
15,838 
3,951 
2,764 
24,365 
2,471 
861 
4,544 
1,994 
Utilities farms, 2012 
603 
233 
638 
222 
256 
352 
1,118 
671 
2007 
434 
162 
527 
157 
161 
242 
777 
451 
$1,000, 2012 
23,042 
1,664 
1,681 
7,526 
825 
410 
2,639 
832 
2007 
13,251 
1,004 
1,421 
5,164 
458 
266 
2,254 
504 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
643 
253 
765 
231 
285 
512 
1,567 
979 
2007 
872 
344 
951 
224 
291 
632 
1,990 
1,110 
$1,000, 2012 
15,750 
2,829 
3,539 
14,088 
2,267 
1,309 
6,351 
2,486 
2007 
14,708 
3,143 
4,750 
8,807 
2,571 
1,645 
7,198 
2,857 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
340 
90 
183 
127 
121 
119 
462 
282 
2007 
241 
79 
193 
87 
90 
92 
353 
197 
$1,000, 2012 
22,614 
1,938 
3,616 
14,844 
1,622 
1,301 
17,241 
2,088 
2007 
16,562 
1,699 
3,149 
10,600 
1,102 
557 
12,633 
1,274 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
171 
61 
142 
79 
67 
63 
269 
156 
2007 
111 
52 
136 
41 
49 
62 
178 
129 
$1,000, 2012 
2,019 
359 
927 
1,533 
862 
340 
2,109 
867 
2007 
2,455 
523 
770 
1,416 
230 
337 
825 
538 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
183 
82 
209 
119 
109 
61 
298 
164 
2007 
185 
48 
173 
85 
66 
14 
181 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
6,727 
700 
1 ,566 
6,759 
641 
320 
1,706 
697 
2007 
5,200 
513 
1,171 
5,950 
752 
(D) 
480 
291 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
181 
78 
239 
122 
117 
91 
410 
243 
2007 
110 
76 
213 
82 
87 
54 
334 
148 
$1,000, 2012 
5,328 
2,432 
1,525 
6,767 
1,860 
274 
2,060 
648 
2007 
3,193 
1,172 
1,620 
3,557 
1,027 
272 
2,264 
309 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
112 
12 
34 
40 
17 
33 
98 
44 
2007 
70 
25 
32 
25 
8 
12 
78 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
1,490 
67 
106 
1,360 
195 
155 
518 
139 
2007 
911 
252 
113 
804 
82 
(D) 
384 
96 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
393 
161 
297 
141 
150 
146 
478 
260 
2007 
284 
112 
294 
104 
116 
98 
286 
188 
$1,000, 2012 
8,501 
1,647 
2,631 
4,139 
1,310 
697 
4,243 
1,446 
2007 
(D) 
1,906 
3,892 
8,113 
1,797 
456 
3,086 
2,038 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
242 
114 
194 
86 
100 
112 
332 
195 
2007 
167 
76 
234 
59 
91 
63 
230 
137 
$1,000, 2012 
3,575 
1,134 
1,961 
1,444 
845 
553 
3,576 
1,069 
2007 
(D) 
1,054 
2,589 
2,558 
1,201 
322 
2,477 
1,412 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
288 
95 
157 
104 
93 
77 
237 
143 
2007 
209 
72 
175 
83 
86 
64 
158 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
4,926 
513 
671 
2,694 
465 
144 
667 
376 
2007 
4,061 
851 
1,303 
5,556 
596 
134 
609 
627 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
831 
354 
957 
228 
326 
629 
2,035 
1,260 
2007 
806 
324 
941 
197 
297 
630 
1,887 
1,104 
$1,000, 2012 
3,777 
1,140 
2,211 
1,287 
737 
1,088 
5,108 
2,425 
2007 
2,922 
1,104 
2,014 
1,472 
862 
1,265 
4,223 
1,786 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
441 
173 
515 
201 
182 
279 
943 
549 
2007 
426 
163 
523 
173 
183 
286 
826 
465 
$1,000, 2012 
24,538 
2,492 
3,146 
16,975 
970 
782 
4,665 
1,218 
2007 
(D) 
2,914 
3,028 
11,144 
1,451 
598 
3,979 
1,247 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
519 
174 
458 
182 
165 
218 
542 
425 
2007 
407 
150 
515 
144 
131 
170 
580 
399 
$1,000, 2012 
20,775 
3,889 
6,093 
16,630 
2,509 
1,924 
5,951 
3,662 
2007 
20,043 
3,700 
7,596 
9,248 
2,633 
2,320 
5,942 
3,751 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 373 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
