Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
King 
Kinney 
Kleberg 
Knox 
Lamar 
Lamb 
Lampasas 
La Salle 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
59 
196 
401 
228 
1,843 
933 
1,017 
446 
2007 
64 
220 
349 
219 
1,817 
987 
966 
399 
$1,000, 2012 
6,604 
10,768 
56,963 
52,068 
77,371 
550,991 
23,306 
23,844 
2007 
22,334 
9,311 
54,272 
33,549 
55,279 
337,414 
20,595 
29,052 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
1 1 1 ,935 
54,940 
142,051 
228,368 
41,981 
590,558 
22,917 
53,461 
2007 
348,962 
42,321 
155,507 
153,192 
30,423 
341,858 
21,320 
72,813 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
12 
11 
102 
135 
600 
417 
332 
56 
2007 
14 
20 
126 
140 
675 
423 
360 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
262 
165 
2,591 
4,353 
7,114 
20,926 
1,083 
881 
2007 
375 
155 
2,389 
3,993 
5,409 
17,768 
1,219 
232 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
14 
31 
165 
150 
710 
481 
368 
106 
2007 
7 
21 
134 
106 
587 
399 
268 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
233 
79 
2,872 
2,046 
2,738 
12,218 
342 
534 
2007 
400 
104 
2,823 
1,869 
1,559 
1 1 ,237 
292 
188 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
16 
29 
69 
142 
390 
443 
218 
114 
2007 
16 
12 
52 
125 
341 
354 
200 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
267 
150 
1,037 
2,416 
3,135 
1 7,784 
(D) 
733 
2007 
99 
56 
959 
1,957 
2,397 
10,616 
229 
147 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
15 
43 
85 
44 
526 
76 
314 
94 
2007 
15 
49 
70 
49 
443 
68 
257 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
346 
658 
(D) 
13,790 
7,440 
166,590 
1,823 
1,535 
2007 
(D) 
618 
(D) 
5,000 
8,461 
132,226 
2,463 
12,199 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
12 
39 
45 
22 
309 
47 
204 
65 
2007 
10 
27 
48 
26 
303 
41 
170 
48 
$1,000, 2012 
258 
400 
207 
509 
4,038 
828 
1,168 
846 
2007 
(D) 
153 
291 
321 
2,722 
(D) 
1,419 
872 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
6 
15 
53 
26 
269 
48 
159 
38 
2007 
8 
26 
32 
31 
202 
41 
117 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
88 
258 
(D) 
13,280 
3,402 
165,762 
655 
688 
2007 
404 
465 
(D) 
4,679 
5,739 
(D) 
1,043 
1 1 ,327 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
28 
150 
314 
132 
1,333 
187 
855 
313 
2007 
31 
145 
230 
107 
1,141 
145 
688 
220 
$1,000, 2012 
827 
1,278 
(D) 
6,614 
15,693 
188,755 
5,373 
2,411 
2007 
(D) 
1,256 
(D) 
2,105 
8,818 
72,218 
3,323 
4,081 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
53 
187 
371 
213 
1,777 
798 
968 
427 
2007 
57 
213 
336 
216 
1,787 
936 
947 
397 
$1,000, 2012 
635 
795 
1,957 
3,437 
6,121 
18,069 
1,776 
1,899 
2007 
1,169 
806 
1,275 
3,276 
4,740 
16,924 
1,912 
1,649 
Utilities farms, 2012 
38 
141 
236 
170 
1,020 
635 
595 
319 
2007 
22 
107 
162 
129 
694 
405 
427 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
208 
541 
840 
1,177 
2,060 
22,234 
745 
957 
2007 
488 
348 
328 
671 
1,200 
1 1 ,450 
637 
555 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
40 
148 
298 
175 
1,391 
677 
770 
365 
2007 
48 
194 
312 
204 
1,660 
875 
881 
380 
$1,000, 2012 
324 
873 
2,500 
3,178 
6,038 
17,495 
1,777 
2,771 
2007 
2,396 
1,236 
1,574 
2,703 
5,723 
12,679 
2,716 
1,978 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
18 
72 
92 
73 
340 
363 
144 
165 
2007 
17 
55 
87 
79 
289 
236 
132 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
1,071 
1,590 
1,922 
2,098 
4,436 
22,458 
1,324 
3,474 
2007 
(D) 
1,277 
5,231 
1,651 
2,504 
16,845 
1,066 
2,225 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
19 
63 
48 
52 
261 
160 
138 
87 
2007 
10 
46 
43 
25 
200 
82 
109 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
251 
723 
655 
613 
1,628 
5,523 
807 
1,170 
2007 
346 
206 
301 
136 
724 
1,691 
476 
695 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
12 
21 
56 
72 
290 
263 
142 
56 
2007 
8 
21 
44 
60 
267 
176 
135 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
54 
236 
1,706 
1,151 
1,799 
7,388 
(D) 
298 
2007 
(D) 
127 
2,148 
1,250 
1,346 
5,216 
520 
105 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
13 
54 
73 
102 
516 
170 
222 
88 
2007 
11 
46 
58 
85 
412 
138 
189 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
931 
756 
1,186 
4,412 
5,280 
6,057 
1,630 
2,236 
2007 
851 
1,052 
667 
2,996 
2,665 
2,988 
1,227 
1,566 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
8 
7 
14 
9 
80 
143 
38 
23 
2007 
6 
8 
8 
15 
46 
61 
21 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
25 
14 
212 
94 
597 
4,292 
29 
263 
2007 
87 
25 
41 
176 
163 
1,173 
68 
18 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
24 
62 
72 
99 
650 
442 
246 
99 
2007 
19 
56 
70 
93 
499 
303 
218 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
504 
1,375 
1,288 
2,812 
5,849 
9,272 
2,554 
1,850 
2007 
392 
901 
738 
1,922 
4,625 
6,756 
1,859 
1,384 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
14 
43 
45 
73 
473 
267 
174 
63 
2007 
17 
38 
46 
69 
398 
182 
158 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
377 
1,261 
867 
1,861 
3,640 
4,467 
2,219 
1,708 
2007 
241 
773 
513 
782 
3,208 
2,492 
1,430 
856 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
16 
33 
41 
52 
410 
350 
139 
54 
2007 
15 
37 
50 
66 
309 
226 
131 
56 
$1,000, 2012 
127 
114 
422 
951 
2,209 
4,805 
335 
142 
2007 
151 
128 
225 
1,140 
1,417 
4,264 
429 
529 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
57 
178 
379 
201 
1,753 
834 
967 
426 
2007 
54 
185 
326 
198 
1,662 
812 
865 
358 
$1,000, 2012 
304 
697 
1,406 
894 
2,556 
3,136 
2,032 
1,815 
2007 
522 
465 
601 
1,694 
2,512 
2,481 
1,431 
1,092 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
24 
104 
149 
117 
855 
491 
424 
168 
2007 
28 
86 
136 
134 
818 
431 
418 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
361 
840 
2,134 
2,981 
4,887 
28,795 
1,490 
1,017 
2007 
(D) 
681 
1,277 
2,151 
2,433 
15,147 
1,160 
939 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
26 
76 
136 
115 
725 
564 
396 
177 
2007 
23 
86 
113 
133 
691 
435 
404 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
609 
1,036 
2,074 
4,671 
8,704 
22,882 
3,488 
2,859 
2007 
3,103 
1,880 
1,849 
4,778 
7,839 
19,129 
3,823 
3,124 
--continued 
378 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
