Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hood 
Hopkins 
Houston 
Howard 
Hudspeth 
Hunt 
Hutchinson 
Irion 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,286 
2,113 
1,505 
475 
167 
4,206 
247 
155 
2007 
1,076 
1,955 
1,562 
519 
169 
3,139 
259 
156 
$1,000, 2012 
29,284 
178,239 
58,327 
26,839 
29,276 
77,701 
51,673 
9,561 
2007 
25,571 
165,823 
44,194 
31,136 
30,074 
49,218 
43,536 
8,385 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
22,771 
84,354 
38,756 
56,503 
175,306 
18,474 
209,202 
61,685 
2007 
23,765 
84,820 
28,293 
59,993 
177,955 
15,680 
168,094 
53,750 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
531 
682 
700 
82 
47 
1,144 
56 
17 
2007 
526 
784 
875 
160 
60 
1,137 
74 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
2,043 
4,070 
3,505 
927 
2,180 
6,728 
4,944 
113 
2007 
2,473 
5,238 
4,478 
2,602 
2,141 
4,365 
4,213 
96 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
481 
679 
568 
116 
48 
1,073 
76 
39 
2007 
372 
486 
541 
176 
47 
739 
72 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
752 
1,024 
1,370 
1,054 
780 
2,605 
2,422 
111 
2007 
623 
805 
1,048 
2,798 
1,030 
1,051 
1,342 
192 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
270 
431 
287 
137 
47 
953 
75 
27 
2007 
194 
315 
272 
125 
38 
662 
64 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
545 
1,220 
665 
2,563 
1,046 
2,674 
2,888 
135 
2007 
320 
1,017 
660 
2,381 
940 
1,609 
1,357 
67 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
259 
637 
420 
100 
37 
1,039 
75 
34 
2007 
278 
534 
360 
90 
25 
754 
75 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
19,981 
6,340 
2,364 
633 
5,020 
10,544 
719 
2007 
3,315 
22,629 
3,809 
3,089 
1,851 
4,353 
12,258 
1,227 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
152 
427 
321 
61 
31 
557 
37 
22 
2007 
170 
325 
267 
58 
17 
446 
33 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
8,154 
3,364 
404 
565 
2,556 
747 
453 
2007 
1,488 
6,692 
2,893 
524 
(D) 
2,768 
1,127 
1,087 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
135 
294 
159 
46 
13 
671 
43 
16 
2007 
126 
278 
125 
48 
12 
420 
52 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
1,049 
11,827 
2,976 
1,960 
69 
2,464 
9,798 
266 
2007 
1,827 
15,937 
916 
2,565 
(D) 
1,585 
11,131 
140 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
1,023 
1,651 
1,162 
201 
108 
3,129 
183 
128 
2007 
759 
1,282 
1,062 
192 
70 
2,029 
152 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
93,108 
17,121 
4,313 
4,346 
14,429 
8,180 
1,540 
2007 
3,619 
74,453 
8,678 
1,465 
2,714 
7,101 
4,689 
862 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,202 
2,042 
1,475 
415 
164 
3,947 
232 
144 
2007 
1,055 
1,928 
1,545 
499 
167 
3,101 
255 
156 
$1,000, 2012 
2,041 
7,665 
3,913 
2,353 
3,058 
6,288 
3,045 
983 
2007 
2,111 
6,946 
3,965 
4,176 
3,885 
4,576 
4,162 
635 
Utilities farms, 2012 
710 
1,181 
901 
287 
133 
2,040 
169 
109 
2007 
485 
831 
674 
186 
102 
1,194 
131 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
1,559 
5,015 
1,429 
747 
1,710 
2,702 
2,411 
304 
2007 
920 
4,418 
914 
725 
1,121 
1,284 
712 
405 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
912 
1,612 
1,198 
326 
149 
2,915 
184 
130 
2007 
952 
1,776 
1,405 
467 
156 
2,866 
236 
141 
$1,000, 2012 
2,764 
8,420 
5,987 
1,958 
2,389 
6,025 
3,470 
760 
2007 
2,492 
8,641 
4,446 
3,372 
2,766 
5,657 
2,545 
1,197 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
207 
453 
431 
132 
79 
620 
78 
55 
2007 
154 
381 
342 
91 
53 
387 
64 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
4,111 
9,930 
5,322 
2,799 
3,514 
7,333 
2,366 
1,181 
2007 
2,559 
9,237 
3,365 
2,414 
3,139 
3,409 
1,670 
991 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
183 
300 
251 
58 
39 
445 
37 
42 
2007 
107 
216 
206 
56 
22 
273 
26 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
767 
2,296 
1,748 
438 
854 
2,041 
440 
391 
2007 
664 
1,407 
1,626 
506 
(D) 
921 
417 
164 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
205 
440 
328 
55 
29 
528 
32 
27 
2007 
125 
314 
235 
47 
34 
307 
48 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
431 
4,428 
1,064 
383 
458 
1,681 
2,067 
241 
2007 
402 
3,955 
1,062 
593 
2,234 
800 
1,125 
83 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
198 
604 
411 
102 
74 
659 
85 
67 
2007 
123 
401 
291 
78 
57 
450 
77 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
607 
2,267 
2,372 
2,773 
3,783 
2,226 
3,008 
1,675 
2007 
735 
1,815 
2,298 
1,456 
2,694 
1,447 
2,177 
1,048 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
42 
66 
55 
30 
16 
137 
15 
10 
2007 
36 
51 
37 
19 
6 
77 
14 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
46 
181 
46 
212 
90 
625 
1,029 
64 
2007 
126 
239 
85 
77 
(D) 
259 
381 
54 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
278 
710 
424 
127 
67 
960 
76 
38 
2007 
242 
617 
324 
92 
46 
642 
71 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
1,642 
8,241 
2,645 
1,039 
1,027 
4,572 
1,696 
254 
2007 
2,035 
9,205 
3,041 
1,496 
1,949 
4,165 
2,014 
339 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
203 
490 
256 
83 
36 
730 
55 
22 
2007 
194 
483 
227 
67 
37 
531 
46 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
1,319 
5,822 
2,124 
570 
662 
3,288 
1,179 
164 
2007 
1,497 
5,378 
2,155 
604 
1,481 
3,310 
1,260 
282 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
138 
440 
282 
76 
51 
417 
52 
24 
2007 
120 
414 
220 
62 
29 
320 
55 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
323 
2,419 
521 
469 
366 
1,284 
517 
90 
2007 
538 
3,828 
887 
892 
468 
855 
754 
58 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,257 
2,018 
1,422 
448 
148 
4,074 
226 
140 
2007 
982 
1,803 
1,416 
440 
153 
2,866 
219 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
2,756 
4,455 
2,658 
1,188 
1,760 
6,272 
664 
447 
2007 
2,040 
4,205 
2,172 
1,122 
868 
4,669 
808 
455 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
561 
1,041 
757 
201 
107 
1,612 
143 
85 
2007 
475 
987 
745 
172 
86 
1,249 
137 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
2,081 
5,936 
2,144 
1,730 
1,648 
6,482 
2,498 
643 
2007 
1,138 
11,614 
2,549 
2,864 
1,973 
3,550 
3,665 
568 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
453 
873 
613 
187 
91 
1,145 
119 
72 
2007 
436 
762 
619 
174 
75 
998 
87 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
4,059 
14,892 
7,704 
3,248 
3,414 
8,198 
3,576 
1,199 
2007 
4,198 
16,404 
7,123 
3,502 
2,433 
8,211 
3,195 
1,341 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 375 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
