Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Loving 
Lubbock 
Lynn 
McCulloch 
McLennan 
McMullen 
Madison 
Marion 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
10 
1,116 
455 
619 
3,278 
238 
970 
247 
2007 
9 
1,205 
506 
694 
2,798 
225 
1,057 
258 
$1,000, 2012 
1,429 
195,413 
84,312 
27,890 
165,847 
15,678 
90,706 
5,314 
2007 
1,070 
162,431 
64,402 
24,350 
104,169 
10,235 
80,600 
6,621 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
142,919 
175,101 
185,301 
45,057 
50,594 
65,873 
93,512 
21,513 
2007 
118,901 
134,797 
127,277 
35,086 
37,230 
45,490 
76,253 
25,661 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
- 
472 
262 
167 
1,208 
43 
467 
67 
2007 
- 
516 
266 
234 
1,218 
29 
499 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
12,860 
9,668 
1,528 
14,364 
200 
1,947 
(D) 
2007 
- 
9,522 
6,193 
1,517 
10,531 
302 
7,089 
305 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1 
533 
281 
260 
1,308 
64 
417 
74 
2007 
- 
533 
309 
221 
976 
40 
383 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
9,453 
952 
5,327 
233 
1,684 
31 
2007 
9,911 
8,104 
682 
2,491 
63 
802 
46 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
- 
543 
280 
165 
881 
46 
195 
26 
2007 
- 
534 
253 
180 
628 
36 
156 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
17,195 
14,214 
932 
7,308 
115 
(D) 
21 
2007 
- 
9,323 
7,791 
483 
4,371 
55 
(D) 
53 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
3 
153 
58 
153 
820 
52 
295 
65 
2007 
1 
182 
41 
159 
637 
55 
261 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
592 
2,973 
22,532 
764 
5,678 
864 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
249 
2,828 
19,868 
1,048 
5,512 
1,334 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
3 
71 
39 
105 
493 
39 
203 
47 
2007 
1 
84 
28 
110 
407 
48 
199 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
759 
372 
1,026 
3,103 
609 
1,918 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
491 
195 
1,758 
2,922 
499 
1,607 
105 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
- 
106 
28 
75 
421 
16 
126 
33 
2007 
- 
128 
15 
72 
312 
14 
112 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
(D) 
220 
1,947 
19,429 
155 
3,760 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(D) 
54 
1,070 
16,946 
549 
3,905 
1,230 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
10 
441 
92 
476 
2,447 
188 
826 
187 
2007 
6 
423 
76 
430 
1,893 
135 
777 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
197 
35,105 
1,178 
3,986 
47,163 
2,496 
16,837 
1,685 
2007 
81 
20,536 
373 
2,636 
19,745 
1,511 
14,762 
1,815 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
10 
1,025 
396 
595 
3,039 
230 
942 
236 
2007 
9 
1,165 
495 
678 
2,744 
221 
1,049 
253 
$1,000, 2012 
237 
12,395 
8,943 
2,338 
10,579 
1,288 
4,720 
419 
2007 
112 
12,320 
8,017 
2,517 
7,002 
1,103 
3,885 
432 
Utilities farms, 2012 
9 
749 
323 
444 
1,724 
165 
602 
135 
2007 
6 
602 
260 
366 
1,073 
115 
449 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
75 
11,751 
5,036 
822 
5,513 
618 
10,019 
181 
2007 
33 
6,296 
2,897 
730 
1,921 
381 
3,956 
130 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
10 
849 
347 
487 
2,316 
182 
806 
196 
2007 
9 
1,062 
475 
633 
2,524 
210 
949 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
253 
13,964 
9,593 
2,557 
11,138 
1,522 
10,970 
442 
2007 
79 
1 1 ,058 
7,424 
3,327 
8,830 
1,350 
5,927 
675 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
8 
367 
214 
175 
549 
72 
236 
41 
2007 
5 
285 
183 
141 
373 
60 
207 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
95 
14,876 
7,665 
1,809 
8,058 
2,887 
5,509 
388 
2007 
(D) 
1 1 ,662 
5,914 
1,761 
6,187 
1,118 
(D) 
278 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
4 
204 
111 
109 
376 
56 
182 
42 
2007 
2 
174 
78 
99 
211 
31 
121 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
46 
1,560 
765 
735 
2,403 
1,247 
1,163 
109 
2007 
(D) 
1,350 
691 
596 
907 
368 
495 
79 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
1 
251 
100 
122 
621 
36 
166 
17 
2007 
- 
173 
91 
131 
456 
22 
169 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,328 
1,363 
976 
4,925 
372 
5,109 
(D) 
2007 
1,160 
1,059 
803 
2,249 
160 
2,219 
31 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
8 
220 
86 
154 
608 
35 
292 
39 
2007 
6 
116 
56 
144 
420 
32 
214 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
213 
5,352 
2,013 
2,325 
7,530 
904 
2,547 
40 
2007 
147 
3,006 
1,646 
1,404 
4,223 
499 
911 
35 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
- 
113 
57 
28 
115 
12 
39 
4 
2007 
- 
58 
28 
21 
62 
9 
21 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
641 
462 
377 
450 
68 
53 
3 
2007 
- 
826 
280 
49 
296 
50 
95 
3 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
6 
414 
250 
212 
758 
59 
256 
62 
2007 
4 
332 
179 
193 
578 
45 
251 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
23 
4,922 
3,312 
1,903 
6,037 
985 
2,121 
318 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
2,944 
2,016 
5,494 
908 
2,087 
295 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
6 
253 
149 
156 
571 
41 
164 
39 
2007 
3 
219 
103 
138 
450 
33 
170 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,303 
1,216 
1,329 
4,170 
915 
1,525 
212 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
1,153 
1,375 
3,264 
830 
1,563 
207 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
4 
294 
200 
116 
407 
30 
155 
36 
2007 
1 
229 
137 
132 
374 
28 
165 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,619 
2,096 
574 
1,867 
70 
596 
107 
2007 
(D) 
2,269 
1,791 
640 
2,229 
78 
524 
88 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
7 
991 
390 
589 
3,147 
228 
927 
236 
2007 
9 
1,054 
436 
628 
2,512 
199 
953 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
11 
3,096 
1,693 
1,457 
5,246 
1,406 
2,021 
379 
2007 
97 
3,363 
2,229 
1,352 
3,881 
586 
1,639 
426 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
8 
582 
285 
285 
1,299 
96 
486 
112 
2007 
4 
564 
252 
331 
1,067 
90 
508 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1 1 ,643 
8,362 
2,222 
7,273 
575 
(D) 
194 
2007 
15 
8,070 
8,590 
1,649 
6,173 
732 
9,205 
685 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
4 
580 
277 
269 
939 
113 
363 
85 
2007 
3 
504 
267 
283 
930 
118 
386 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
387 
14,828 
9,782 
4,143 
21,775 
2,444 
8,559 
680 
2007 
276 
13,764 
9,474 
4,017 
10,738 
1,543 
6,318 
660 
--continued 
380 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
