Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Schleicher 
Scurry 
Shackelford 
Shelby 
Sherman 
Smith 
Somervell 
Starr 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
310 
677 
233 
1,048 
313 
2,961 
350 
1,165 
2007 
332 
681 
254 
1,123 
362 
2,514 
366 
1,104 
$1,000, 2012 
21,773 
40,145 
24,262 
376,604 
536,570 
77,857 
8,293 
118,111 
2007 
17,852 
33,102 
17,027 
315,368 
397,192 
70,468 
7,778 
65,451 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
70,235 
59,298 
104,128 
359,355 
1,714,281 
26,294 
23,694 
101,383 
2007 
53,770 
48,608 
67,035 
280,826 
1,097,217 
28,030 
21,252 
59,286 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
57 
131 
71 
388 
112 
1,242 
154 
89 
2007 
62 
164 
81 
422 
130 
1,276 
168 
103 
$1,000, 2012 
574 
1,939 
478 
1,636 
18,990 
5,321 
475 
2,604 
2007 
279 
1,473 
769 
1,574 
15,476 
5,181 
513 
829 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
113 
236 
91 
493 
122 
1,141 
121 
218 
2007 
101 
185 
69 
414 
132 
897 
110 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
720 
2,363 
(D) 
1,023 
11,147 
1,962 
(D) 
1,598 
2007 
522 
2,564 
191 
444 
6,112 
1,007 
66 
427 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
89 
234 
104 
177 
129 
612 
87 
146 
2007 
78 
243 
84 
151 
132 
461 
71 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
663 
3,917 
409 
237 
9,436 
9,307 
106 
1,349 
2007 
618 
2,067 
181 
177 
8,101 
1,616 
65 
507 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
113 
134 
67 
412 
58 
591 
87 
236 
2007 
107 
114 
72 
410 
70 
479 
73 
167 
$1,000, 2012 
1,380 
1,554 
9,150 
81,442 
263,461 
3,851 
667 
40,230 
2007 
1,314 
1,820 
3,914 
75,987 
215,207 
1 1 ,284 
281 
24,791 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
81 
90 
56 
228 
26 
331 
61 
139 
2007 
85 
80 
52 
167 
20 
287 
49 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
1,169 
557 
6,411 
12,784 
425 
2,948 
433 
832 
2007 
1,111 
799 
1,000 
1,117 
360 
3,565 
196 
735 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
41 
69 
22 
247 
37 
348 
46 
118 
2007 
41 
55 
34 
318 
56 
262 
41 
63 
$1,000, 2012 
211 
997 
2,739 
68,658 
263,035 
903 
234 
39,398 
2007 
203 
1,021 
2,913 
74,870 
214,847 
7,720 
86 
24,056 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
241 
344 
189 
855 
86 
2,037 
272 
929 
2007 
221 
285 
176 
802 
101 
1,648 
244 
566 
$1,000, 2012 
3,032 
9,114 
2,357 
230,521 
144,014 
11,113 
1,400 
29,769 
2007 
2,306 
7,156 
2,323 
171,856 
84,071 
8,344 
917 
15,629 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
286 
598 
214 
1,023 
246 
2,821 
337 
1,062 
2007 
326 
672 
242 
1,111 
339 
2,464 
359 
1,078 
$1,000, 2012 
2,006 
3,123 
1,596 
6,183 
19,116 
5,149 
513 
6,747 
2007 
1,733 
3,347 
1,312 
6,390 
22,445 
4,573 
627 
4,333 
Utilities farms, 2012 
252 
430 
164 
670 
182 
1,375 
176 
771 
2007 
210 
295 
127 
548 
155 
989 
144 
442 
$1,000, 2012 
972 
1,413 
628 
7,373 
4,111 
2,605 
256 
2,381 
2007 
659 
782 
336 
5,576 
3,086 
1,801 
212 
807 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
257 
475 
188 
871 
228 
2,110 
259 
844 
2007 
298 
635 
232 
1,020 
317 
2,295 
329 
1,026 
$1,000, 2012 
1,896 
2,941 
1,509 
10,128 
12,755 
5,393 
554 
4,780 
2007 
1,816 
3,165 
1,323 
6,668 
10,683 
5,843 
1,152 
3,665 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
103 
168 
77 
339 
96 
533 
62 
453 
2007 
108 
108 
74 
287 
90 
378 
51 
286 
$1,000, 2012 
2,809 
3,142 
(D) 
10,377 
9,621 
14,019 
1,012 
6,740 
2007 
1,456 
2,445 
1,448 
9,022 
4,360 
10,282 
718 
3,255 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
90 
90 
50 
180 
56 
379 
50 
208 
2007 
83 
86 
45 
175 
41 
287 
53 
122 
$1,000, 2012 
644 
623 
845 
2,470 
1,792 
1,848 
350 
2,355 
2007 
400 
707 
238 
1,736 
1,118 
3,776 
287 
583 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
71 
82 
63 
308 
84 
360 
84 
146 
2007 
69 
71 
53 
133 
78 
284 
62 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
325 
559 
754 
6,353 
7,317 
1,530 
303 
2,254 
2007 
331 
592 
463 
1,552 
4,186 
1,414 
335 
845 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
107 
158 
96 
252 
74 
428 
55 
323 
2007 
118 
122 
87 
170 
93 
313 
38 
206 
$1,000, 2012 
2,178 
1,655 
1,906 
1,458 
4,621 
1,042 
959 
5,686 
2007 
2,221 
1,184 
1,761 
545 
4,384 
1,137 
376 
1,489 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
24 
43 
20 
32 
23 
107 
5 
33 
2007 
15 
30 
15 
23 
28 
74 
10 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
122 
177 
55 
138 
1,162 
151 
(D) 
355 
2007 
32 
170 
75 
82 
1,459 
201 
23 
115 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
111 
222 
73 
376 
120 
662 
83 
237 
2007 
103 
156 
84 
274 
114 
493 
86 
148 
$1,000, 2012 
1,855 
2,126 
461 
5,981 
4,646 
4,542 
700 
3,934 
2007 
1,641 
1,843 
1,191 
4,760 
5,586 
4,197 
893 
2,867 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
85 
167 
36 
295 
82 
481 
62 
148 
2007 
72 
124 
56 
228 
82 
345 
65 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
1,579 
1,420 
259 
5,143 
2,548 
3,323 
614 
2,924 
2007 
1,166 
1,072 
577 
3,997 
2,186 
3,032 
663 
1,913 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
52 
124 
59 
200 
89 
351 
34 
165 
2007 
69 
88 
65 
164 
78 
313 
54 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
276 
706 
202 
838 
2,098 
1,219 
86 
1,009 
2007 
474 
771 
614 
763 
3,400 
1,165 
229 
954 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
285 
628 
215 
1,024 
285 
2,862 
337 
1,082 
2007 
286 
582 
210 
1,029 
321 
2,272 
334 
987 
$1,000, 2012 
1,080 
1,674 
598 
2,453 
2,538 
4,240 
676 
3,000 
2007 
950 
1,486 
679 
2,604 
1,876 
3,686 
636 
2,732 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
188 
281 
131 
550 
159 
1,150 
139 
311 
2007 
180 
266 
139 
588 
189 
1,023 
152 
249 
$1,000, 2012 
1,516 
3,823 
1,589 
8,832 
21,845 
5,786 
234 
4,331 
2007 
1,577 
2,300 
824 
26,394 
9,044 
6,126 
677 
2,576 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
162 
262 
108 
518 
206 
877 
123 
318 
2007 
196 
258 
102 
470 
160 
847 
125 
312 
$1,000, 2012 
2,791 
5,096 
2,391 
15,298 
13,284 
7,163 
972 
4,668 
2007 
3,031 
4,407 
2,241 
9,265 
8,777 
9,362 
1,156 
3,061 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Texas 387 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
