Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Martin 
Mason 
Matagorda 
Maverick 
Medina 
Menard 
Midland 
Milam 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
414 
640 
856 
294 
1,976 
325 
540 
1,909 
2007 
464 
647 
903 
312 
2,139 
356 
601 
2,045 
$1,000, 2012 
44,062 
69,369 
123,328 
37,629 
113,862 
12,131 
29,348 
146,530 
2007 
35,798 
52,898 
92,902 
31,382 
81,465 
10,242 
16,539 
102,519 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
106,430 
108,389 
144,074 
127,991 
57,622 
37,328 
54,348 
76,758 
2007 
77,151 
81,758 
102,881 
100,582 
38,086 
28,770 
27,519 
50,132 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
125 
215 
357 
71 
730 
52 
115 
875 
2007 
208 
261 
386 
92 
762 
73 
147 
1,077 
$1,000, 2012 
2,468 
1,042 
12,872 
494 
1 1 ,005 
257 
686 
8,939 
2007 
3,432 
934 
9,740 
250 
5,661 
333 
941 
9,880 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
159 
260 
453 
90 
904 
101 
144 
943 
2007 
223 
228 
414 
75 
706 
122 
157 
920 
$1,000, 2012 
3,405 
858 
8,059 
247 
4,844 
99 
768 
3,724 
2007 
3,488 
267 
6,703 
128 
2,978 
172 
695 
4,037 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
166 
106 
218 
84 
652 
68 
150 
489 
2007 
187 
103 
194 
55 
490 
60 
122 
442 
$1,000, 2012 
5,932 
451 
4,828 
(D) 
4,343 
166 
2,366 
3,837 
2007 
3,330 
113 
3,171 
(D) 
2,292 
95 
1,330 
2,857 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
34 
218 
247 
64 
472 
69 
115 
472 
2007 
25 
207 
212 
58 
457 
75 
89 
504 
$1,000, 2012 
279 
27,288 
8,788 
(D) 
23,592 
654 
905 
21,560 
2007 
184 
27,161 
4,072 
(D) 
1 7,596 
640 
975 
12,266 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
23 
168 
197 
38 
296 
52 
50 
341 
2007 
19 
153 
154 
28 
312 
62 
41 
368 
$1,000, 2012 
199 
2,382 
2,868 
217 
1,850 
392 
297 
1 1 ,283 
2007 
95 
2,156 
2,012 
333 
(D) 
375 
423 
2,855 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
20 
85 
75 
35 
221 
26 
93 
188 
2007 
11 
88 
83 
32 
205 
21 
60 
202 
$1,000, 2012 
79 
24,906 
5,920 
(D) 
21,742 
262 
609 
10,277 
2007 
89 
25,006 
2,060 
(D) 
(D) 
265 
552 
9,411 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
67 
547 
623 
231 
1,503 
227 
357 
1,522 
2007 
101 
481 
593 
196 
1,358 
233 
317 
1,432 
$1,000, 2012 
673 
16,405 
19,806 
9,107 
19,399 
2,107 
2,704 
51,851 
2007 
504 
9,586 
12,354 
5,060 
9,223 
1,746 
1,513 
27,500 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
348 
603 
823 
283 
1,904 
308 
488 
1,809 
2007 
448 
641 
894 
304 
2,094 
350 
589 
2,017 
$1,000, 2012 
5,080 
2,446 
9,165 
1,493 
9,226 
1,166 
2,130 
6,408 
2007 
5,108 
1,586 
6,894 
1,165 
6,297 
964 
1,703 
6,091 
Utilities farms, 2012 
266 
482 
604 
233 
1,270 
249 
332 
1,120 
2007 
200 
390 
480 
134 
1,040 
218 
223 
848 
$1,000, 2012 
2,152 
1,967 
4,356 
749 
3,980 
588 
1,484 
3,135 
2007 
1,684 
741 
2,777 
(D) 
2,005 
366 
796 
2,436 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
299 
529 
683 
208 
1,559 
265 
389 
1,464 
2007 
433 
581 
826 
282 
1,970 
324 
536 
1,850 
$1,000, 2012 
3,780 
2,611 
9,779 
1,723 
7,200 
1,414 
1,878 
7,709 
2007 
4,719 
1,950 
8,521 
1,606 
6,687 
1,004 
2,064 
9,034 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
139 
173 
322 
97 
435 
94 
110 
370 
2007 
112 
153 
247 
93 
319 
93 
74 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
4,161 
3,545 
14,480 
3,713 
7,777 
1,494 
8,256 
9,964 
2007 
3,105 
1,884 
12,419 
2,826 
6,168 
967 
1,424 
6,949 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
59 
111 
202 
52 
256 
71 
57 
259 
2007 
50 
96 
184 
50 
237 
76 
60 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
466 
1,425 
1,696 
859 
2,053 
368 
1,580 
1,636 
2007 
395 
425 
1,648 
313 
1,067 
236 
199 
1,132 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
87 
144 
168 
31 
364 
49 
58 
419 
2007 
51 
111 
175 
33 
311 
43 
44 
377 
$1,000, 2012 
1,042 
1,715 
3,748 
395 
2,354 
119 
190 
3,669 
2007 
1,092 
487 
2,939 
294 
3,119 
112 
264 
3,372 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
117 
224 
378 
43 
451 
95 
106 
502 
2007 
65 
187 
343 
39 
348 
83 
58 
392 
$1,000, 2012 
8,468 
2,842 
7,031 
1,448 
4,787 
1,202 
2,014 
3,848 
2007 
2,413 
1,732 
6,480 
1,305 
3,772 
1,234 
715 
3,388 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
43 
40 
78 
9 
70 
9 
28 
70 
2007 
16 
12 
68 
15 
60 
17 
10 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
418 
135 
1,338 
16 
241 
27 
270 
838 
2007 
200 
22 
858 
14 
187 
31 
59 
374 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
141 
193 
295 
80 
517 
94 
106 
592 
2007 
108 
172 
245 
60 
477 
87 
79 
423 
$1,000, 2012 
1,505 
2,113 
5,263 
1,199 
4,411 
988 
1,027 
7,022 
2007 
1,308 
2,606 
4,163 
889 
4,492 
944 
812 
4,130 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
103 
121 
180 
44 
367 
59 
83 
429 
2007 
53 
117 
131 
44 
345 
60 
54 
306 
$1,000, 2012 
862 
1,526 
3,397 
1,052 
2,968 
715 
697 
5,704 
2007 
423 
1,768 
2,410 
597 
3,638 
679 
541 
2,764 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
87 
115 
192 
44 
263 
56 
44 
329 
2007 
88 
110 
188 
34 
281 
56 
62 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
643 
587 
1,866 
147 
1,443 
273 
330 
1,318 
2007 
885 
838 
1,753 
292 
855 
265 
271 
1,366 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
359 
588 
772 
279 
1,871 
292 
514 
1,794 
2007 
379 
579 
786 
287 
1,906 
316 
523 
1,855 
$1,000, 2012 
1,181 
1,244 
2,015 
766 
3,704 
878 
1,424 
3,478 
2007 
1,366 
1,227 
2,215 
1,025 
2,857 
875 
1,679 
3,599 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
210 
349 
495 
127 
836 
160 
233 
867 
2007 
193 
375 
479 
104 
831 
184 
192 
902 
$1,000, 2012 
3,053 
3,281 
10,105 
(D) 
4,945 
604 
1,666 
8,914 
2007 
3,469 
2,177 
7,947 
939 
7,063 
522 
1,370 
5,475 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
241 
325 
371 
102 
798 
148 
199 
728 
2007 
200 
310 
416 
100 
775 
179 
187 
698 
$1,000, 2012 
4,918 
3,350 
11,623 
1,353 
10,611 
1,580 
2,272 
10,038 
2007 
3,523 
3,809 
10,155 
1,815 
6,359 
1,923 
2,058 
1 1 ,442 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 381 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
