Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Randall 
Reagan 
Real 
Red River 
Reeves 
Refugio 
Roberts 
Robertson 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
892 
135 
241 
1,139 
240 
259 
107 
1,520 
2007 
887 
137 
301 
1,206 
221 
295 
108 
1,562 
$1,000, 2012 
546,186 
19,156 
7,713 
56,130 
52,984 
40,081 
15,440 
124,448 
2007 
369,095 
14,861 
8,393 
38,324 
19,023 
32,338 
15,912 
108,547 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
612,316 
141,898 
32,005 
49,280 
220,768 
154,755 
144,296 
81,874 
2007 
416,116 
108,476 
27,883 
31,778 
86,078 
109,619 
147,334 
69,492 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
151 
40 
26 
422 
35 
107 
14 
798 
2007 
197 
42 
53 
490 
35 
111 
20 
892 
$1,000, 2012 
1,244 
1,050 
53 
3,023 
1,636 
5,890 
356 
7,323 
2007 
2,363 
758 
58 
2,696 
302 
3,574 
1,340 
7,393 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
276 
55 
54 
433 
46 
137 
33 
767 
2007 
252 
50 
60 
376 
30 
125 
22 
741 
$1,000, 2012 
1,614 
860 
22 
1,398 
413 
3,688 
420 
2,975 
2007 
1,559 
730 
27 
867 
82 
5,821 
770 
2,715 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
257 
59 
51 
196 
65 
65 
34 
344 
2007 
202 
53 
41 
157 
36 
64 
15 
273 
$1,000, 2012 
1,554 
1,535 
33 
1,064 
721 
4,363 
389 
2,721 
2007 
1,594 
1,380 
(D) 
746 
207 
2,636 
491 
1,621 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
229 
31 
44 
275 
32 
55 
38 
446 
2007 
201 
24 
59 
312 
21 
67 
27 
402 
$1,000, 2012 
288,933 
760 
241 
7,141 
7,892 
1,513 
3,703 
25,068 
2007 
234,062 
526 
408 
5,193 
1,413 
1,375 
2,440 
21,737 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
114 
27 
24 
214 
24 
42 
23 
325 
2007 
87 
19 
37 
220 
17 
58 
16 
320 
$1,000, 2012 
1,291 
417 
113 
2,161 
4,819 
1,290 
866 
3,296 
2007 
912 
298 
235 
1,988 
(D) 
1,325 
1,098 
3,173 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
150 
18 
26 
89 
13 
21 
24 
189 
2007 
142 
11 
24 
115 
8 
16 
16 
128 
$1,000, 2012 
287,642 
342 
128 
4,980 
3,072 
223 
2,837 
21,773 
2007 
233,150 
228 
173 
3,205 
(D) 
51 
1,341 
18,564 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
534 
65 
173 
896 
99 
194 
68 
1,262 
2007 
498 
53 
180 
746 
69 
183 
50 
1,108 
$1,000, 2012 
211,343 
1,136 
801 
15,748 
18,612 
2,099 
1,939 
41,222 
2007 
94,701 
1,040 
1,237 
8,526 
5,445 
1,606 
1,188 
30,623 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
796 
133 
220 
1,100 
200 
254 
97 
1,480 
2007 
850 
132 
286 
1,190 
212 
293 
105 
1,551 
$1,000, 2012 
4,352 
1,768 
481 
4,119 
2,268 
3,112 
1,129 
6,306 
2007 
4,328 
1,447 
814 
2,920 
1,420 
2,441 
1,813 
5,647 
Utilities farms, 2012 
497 
110 
163 
680 
144 
182 
83 
963 
2007 
350 
83 
134 
474 
68 
141 
58 
694 
$1,000, 2012 
2,792 
1,816 
248 
1,506 
1,985 
794 
561 
2,860 
2007 
1,971 
1,056 
269 
834 
950 
495 
308 
2,202 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
644 
117 
194 
919 
178 
229 
90 
1,223 
2007 
775 
120 
258 
1,103 
192 
265 
103 
1,434 
$1,000, 2012 
5,223 
2,061 
744 
5,542 
2,930 
3,103 
1,264 
6,451 
2007 
6,445 
1,985 
867 
3,329 
1,482 
2,854 
1,601 
6,411 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
198 
61 
69 
294 
85 
96 
37 
373 
2007 
109 
44 
41 
240 
49 
69 
26 
358 
$1,000, 2012 
10,690 
2,012 
941 
3,917 
4,254 
3,338 
784 
8,362 
2007 
6,587 
1,220 
1,342 
2,746 
2,702 
3,564 
959 
9,054 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
158 
20 
54 
162 
58 
64 
20 
220 
2007 
94 
22 
44 
132 
16 
50 
18 
205 
$1,000, 2012 
1,076 
280 
453 
1,185 
467 
1,397 
350 
2,057 
2007 
613 
347 
331 
530 
146 
561 
412 
1,413 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
130 
29 
22 
214 
38 
80 
35 
336 
2007 
145 
25 
23 
160 
14 
56 
27 
275 
$1,000, 2012 
1,488 
256 
47 
995 
619 
2,443 
284 
3,415 
2007 
1,253 
250 
42 
902 
1,186 
1,257 
265 
1,708 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
219 
51 
44 
328 
74 
108 
52 
514 
2007 
160 
46 
33 
263 
46 
110 
47 
325 
$1,000, 2012 
3,150 
2,501 
282 
1,956 
7,280 
3,298 
2,196 
2,970 
2007 
1,868 
1,133 
717 
1,342 
1,095 
1,741 
1,461 
2,514 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
49 
20 
10 
42 
22 
22 
8 
50 
2007 
25 
10 
6 
24 
4 
16 
3 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
381 
228 
26 
278 
351 
318 
41 
621 
2007 
369 
281 
(D) 
260 
90 
243 
52 
671 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
283 
57 
61 
365 
75 
66 
55 
436 
2007 
241 
43 
49 
303 
48 
50 
44 
334 
$1,000, 2012 
3,491 
486 
1,224 
3,834 
930 
1,171 
843 
4,412 
2007 
4,655 
1,057 
1,319 
2,735 
1,032 
910 
786 
4,229 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
196 
34 
47 
253 
46 
34 
32 
266 
2007 
168 
31 
37 
216 
34 
26 
22 
232 
$1,000, 2012 
2,449 
259 
1,194 
3,224 
581 
606 
413 
3,134 
2007 
2,581 
643 
1,238 
1,848 
637 
302 
268 
2,573 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
162 
30 
20 
214 
54 
48 
39 
294 
2007 
143 
22 
26 
206 
39 
37 
31 
223 
$1,000, 2012 
1,042 
228 
29 
610 
348 
565 
429 
1,279 
2007 
2,074 
414 
82 
887 
395 
608 
518 
1,657 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
832 
114 
231 
1,077 
211 
225 
92 
1,435 
2007 
786 
106 
262 
1,098 
188 
225 
87 
1,408 
$1,000, 2012 
2,223 
523 
736 
2,047 
623 
703 
431 
2,651 
2007 
2,238 
371 
590 
1,970 
644 
801 
545 
2,140 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
425 
87 
121 
645 
95 
154 
75 
816 
2007 
372 
76 
97 
568 
70 
135 
64 
778 
$1,000, 2012 
6,632 
1,884 
1,382 
2,376 
2,006 
2,851 
751 
5,034 
2007 
4,489 
1,280 
318 
2,728 
827 
2,458 
1,480 
8,469 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
328 
80 
104 
476 
102 
124 
76 
698 
2007 
311 
68 
92 
475 
68 
116 
59 
715 
$1,000, 2012 
5,853 
2,209 
790 
6,380 
3,397 
4,326 
2,095 
10,520 
2007 
5,011 
2,104 
2,045 
6,231 
1,564 
4,175 
1,711 
10,333 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 385 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
