Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lavaca 
Lee 
Leon 
Liberty 
Limestone 
Lipscomb 
Live Oak 
Llano 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
2,617 
1,807 
1,962 
1,470 
1,526 
277 
892 
740 
2007 
2,747 
1,844 
2,066 
1,589 
1,494 
294 
896 
791 
$1,000, 2012 
71,610 
50,279 
142,019 
42,569 
56,864 
59,786 
30,428 
25,307 
2007 
63,749 
43,319 
86,494 
32,814 
49,388 
58,354 
26,013 
16,899 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
27,363 
27,824 
72,385 
28,959 
37,263 
215,836 
34,112 
34,199 
2007 
23,207 
23,492 
41,865 
20,651 
33,058 
198,484 
29,032 
21,364 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
1,495 
964 
1,045 
599 
626 
41 
230 
219 
2007 
1,739 
1,091 
1,192 
652 
752 
86 
305 
248 
$1,000, 2012 
6,169 
6,450 
5,686 
4,193 
3,811 
4,721 
1,465 
645 
2007 
5,799 
4,462 
5,384 
2,814 
4,592 
4,348 
1,555 
590 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,364 
833 
940 
563 
587 
65 
385 
240 
2007 
1,483 
808 
885 
492 
526 
70 
367 
237 
$1,000, 2012 
1,529 
1,385 
1,578 
1,533 
1,493 
1,923 
887 
240 
2007 
1,200 
574 
919 
681 
1,194 
834 
614 
206 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
477 
400 
417 
270 
345 
64 
183 
116 
2007 
419 
313 
328 
212 
269 
60 
124 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
703 
762 
1,143 
747 
1,663 
2,478 
663 
114 
2007 
352 
1,020 
343 
716 
1,043 
1,574 
317 
50 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
683 
427 
545 
391 
416 
82 
222 
249 
2007 
701 
441 
452 
326 
383 
71 
262 
205 
$1,000, 2012 
7,385 
7,459 
22,103 
2,612 
1 1 ,393 
10,777 
2,308 
3,061 
2007 
9,341 
7,539 
13,983 
1,300 
9,309 
1 7,373 
4,829 
1,636 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
555 
336 
390 
262 
322 
55 
165 
188 
2007 
554 
359 
333 
228 
292 
45 
195 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
4,778 
2,661 
6,310 
2,018 
3,565 
1,139 
1,802 
1,986 
2007 
4,342 
1,940 
2,243 
1,042 
2,612 
2,831 
2,967 
1,066 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
184 
144 
228 
189 
157 
39 
89 
98 
2007 
212 
155 
180 
142 
134 
36 
95 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
2,607 
4,798 
15,793 
594 
7,827 
9,638 
506 
1,075 
2007 
4,998 
5,598 
11,740 
258 
6,696 
14,542 
1,862 
570 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
2,249 
1,543 
1,625 
1,203 
1,284 
153 
734 
630 
2007 
2,030 
1,385 
1,436 
1,075 
1,104 
131 
578 
567 
$1,000, 2012 
20,810 
10,979 
70,017 
7,102 
12,792 
12,441 
5,699 
4,608 
2007 
16,866 
7,759 
32,016 
5,944 
10,276 
10,276 
3,107 
2,561 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
2,534 
1,735 
1,905 
1,433 
1,465 
238 
861 
681 
2007 
2,721 
1,806 
2,033 
1,553 
1,476 
287 
882 
776 
$1,000, 2012 
4,443 
3,073 
5,702 
3,695 
4,236 
3,462 
2,377 
1,792 
2007 
3,990 
2,890 
5,253 
3,324 
3,783 
3,284 
2,452 
1,639 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,733 
1,025 
1,223 
798 
812 
184 
648 
473 
2007 
1,470 
748 
884 
571 
605 
130 
466 
372 
$1,000, 2012 
2,159 
1,374 
3,564 
1,170 
1,458 
3,084 
1,205 
940 
2007 
1,491 
1,124 
2,095 
865 
1,022 
3,445 
837 
554 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
2,161 
1,452 
1,612 
1,136 
1,199 
197 
703 
556 
2007 
2,538 
1,667 
1,892 
1,462 
1,358 
266 
820 
713 
$1,000, 2012 
7,124 
3,799 
5,848 
3,313 
3,845 
3,818 
3,320 
1,826 
2007 
7,202 
4,125 
6,393 
4,185 
4,457 
4,253 
3,211 
2,236 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
507 
361 
433 
305 
387 
79 
226 
182 
2007 
475 
323 
345 
240 
282 
63 
202 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
4,038 
3,640 
5,111 
3,882 
2,692 
5,146 
2,595 
2,901 
2007 
2,319 
3,691 
3,807 
2,430 
2,460 
4,630 
1,670 
1,243 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
310 
218 
354 
171 
219 
56 
163 
118 
2007 
264 
168 
286 
148 
198 
41 
140 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
1,577 
1,372 
2,174 
755 
1,258 
599 
1,325 
1,091 
2007 
829 
632 
1,278 
472 
908 
352 
747 
477 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
686 
469 
382 
165 
299 
71 
147 
121 
2007 
677 
398 
339 
90 
275 
44 
135 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
2,151 
1,159 
3,075 
948 
1,297 
752 
716 
373 
2007 
2,020 
1,287 
1,250 
462 
1,114 
349 
743 
211 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
780 
495 
433 
357 
533 
110 
231 
206 
2007 
708 
363 
268 
262 
327 
102 
181 
159 
$1,000, 2012 
3,830 
1,305 
3,367 
4,783 
3,431 
5,683 
1,761 
2,968 
2007 
2,794 
919 
1,133 
2,540 
1,671 
1,923 
1,377 
1,140 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
78 
64 
74 
96 
50 
9 
25 
43 
2007 
46 
35 
64 
52 
27 
8 
34 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
108 
166 
193 
445 
144 
229 
89 
88 
2007 
93 
44 
247 
187 
66 
144 
107 
72 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
524 
395 
498 
330 
406 
115 
248 
188 
2007 
489 
376 
428 
269 
371 
90 
234 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
2,986 
2,702 
5,354 
2,188 
3,033 
1,964 
2,847 
1,667 
2007 
3,198 
2,163 
3,679 
2,286 
2,652 
3,213 
1,873 
1,807 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
338 
270 
334 
227 
297 
76 
170 
128 
2007 
334 
257 
320 
198 
257 
66 
172 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
2,210 
1,710 
4,539 
1,650 
2,472 
1,495 
2,423 
1,272 
2007 
2,448 
1,595 
2,737 
1,695 
1,868 
2,528 
1,492 
1,423 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
288 
252 
301 
188 
215 
72 
121 
117 
2007 
311 
238 
243 
184 
223 
57 
125 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
777 
992 
815 
537 
561 
469 
425 
395 
2007 
750 
568 
942 
591 
784 
685 
381 
385 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
2,484 
1,711 
1,891 
1,386 
1,468 
258 
852 
696 
2007 
2,487 
1,694 
1,868 
1,403 
1,351 
253 
789 
697 
$1,000, 2012 
3,442 
2,600 
3,037 
2,799 
2,035 
1,076 
1,587 
1,781 
2007 
2,925 
2,449 
2,569 
3,011 
1,966 
1,060 
1,244 
1,572 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
1,288 
858 
913 
666 
699 
158 
424 
328 
2007 
1,283 
826 
910 
575 
677 
131 
374 
367 
$1,000, 2012 
3,155 
2,053 
4,068 
2,405 
2,283 
1,636 
1,584 
1,211 
2007 
3,330 
2,642 
6,146 
1,598 
2,874 
1,297 
1,331 
905 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
1,050 
661 
816 
556 
556 
151 
349 
305 
2007 
1,158 
696 
861 
472 
619 
146 
361 
334 
$1,000, 2012 
8,700 
4,818 
12,820 
5,972 
6,587 
4,509 
3,899 
2,876 
2007 
9,190 
4,919 
8,044 
5,551 
5,316 
4,218 
4,110 
3,359 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 379 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
