Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Stephens 
Sterling 
Stonewall 
Sutton 
Swisher 
Tarrant 
Taylor 
Terrell 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
452 
73 
356 
218 
565 
1,278 
1,149 
86 
2007 
487 
74 
376 
234 
527 
1,248 
1,292 
107 
$1,000, 2012 
14,556 
10,842 
60,889 
17,137 
587,581 
44,734 
50,607 
6,991 
2007 
14,226 
7,590 
15,546 
16,790 
401,820 
51,066 
48,037 
7,860 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
32,202 
148,524 
171,037 
78,608 
1 ,039,966 
35,003 
44,045 
81,296 
2007 
29,211 
102,571 
41,346 
71,752 
762,467 
40,919 
37,180 
73,461 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
118 
12 
67 
20 
195 
444 
297 
12 
2007 
144 
4 
88 
29 
194 
439 
416 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
301 
53 
332 
64 
7,600 
1,779 
1,876 
30 
2007 
354 
(D) 
628 
155 
6,157 
2,017 
2,438 
116 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
136 
27 
105 
53 
251 
382 
405 
20 
2007 
115 
13 
106 
54 
243 
304 
334 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
212 
66 
473 
120 
5,761 
417 
1,550 
22 
2007 
136 
(D) 
285 
226 
5,203 
601 
1,077 
27 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
163 
14 
109 
23 
261 
286 
457 
6 
2007 
149 
17 
128 
27 
192 
214 
431 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
275 
52 
739 
90 
7,426 
2,022 
3,074 
8 
2007 
160 
30 
325 
55 
3,967 
4,804 
1,155 
(D) 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
139 
34 
106 
52 
98 
304 
297 
19 
2007 
112 
29 
71 
77 
91 
241 
223 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,475 
751 
10,581 
683 
305,252 
2,205 
11,319 
187 
2007 
3,177 
561 
3,231 
1,478 
247,365 
1,874 
12,550 
823 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
111 
26 
79 
44 
57 
167 
185 
15 
2007 
80 
24 
52 
63 
31 
141 
130 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
959 
346 
1,215 
481 
385 
1,258 
1,348 
115 
2007 
(D) 
514 
632 
1,267 
311 
983 
925 
259 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
39 
14 
36 
19 
55 
175 
170 
7 
2007 
47 
9 
35 
24 
64 
126 
119 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
516 
405 
9,366 
202 
304,867 
947 
9,971 
73 
2007 
(D) 
47 
2,599 
212 
247,055 
891 
11,625 
564 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
363 
69 
192 
176 
223 
1,012 
821 
65 
2007 
287 
60 
163 
169 
167 
862 
662 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
2,667 
1,312 
(D) 
3,231 
196,339 
6,414 
8,488 
799 
2007 
2,323 
1,373 
1,561 
2,625 
92,034 
3,510 
8,544 
868 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
436 
69 
320 
203 
497 
1,164 
1,086 
83 
2007 
472 
69 
364 
232 
503 
1,221 
1,260 
105 
$1,000, 2012 
1,269 
959 
2,263 
1,496 
9,058 
2,505 
3,233 
722 
2007 
1,148 
693 
1,840 
1,448 
8,623 
2,924 
3,069 
661 
Utilities farms, 2012 
260 
57 
250 
172 
412 
678 
735 
63 
2007 
196 
41 
181 
130 
246 
473 
542 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
573 
350 
1,385 
926 
8,465 
1,678 
1,453 
421 
2007 
324 
271 
409 
836 
5,804 
1,279 
813 
236 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
322 
57 
271 
179 
444 
884 
854 
62 
2007 
423 
71 
343 
201 
467 
1,142 
1,165 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
1,204 
892 
2,060 
1,677 
8,959 
2,727 
3,443 
581 
2007 
1,381 
648 
1,802 
2,141 
6,984 
4,471 
3,540 
762 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
114 
35 
76 
91 
176 
254 
198 
28 
2007 
81 
29 
65 
86 
113 
194 
155 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
1,248 
1,509 
(D) 
2,945 
11,916 
11,761 
2,849 
774 
2007 
882 
1,256 
764 
2,173 
9,065 
16,266 
1,875 
766 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
77 
17 
83 
68 
135 
180 
153 
15 
2007 
71 
21 
47 
68 
61 
133 
126 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
561 
210 
498 
650 
1,026 
1,228 
1,285 
216 
2007 
237 
176 
205 
820 
924 
507 
680 
189 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
83 
12 
96 
29 
216 
131 
223 
11 
2007 
77 
11 
43 
34 
107 
105 
203 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
343 
28 
594 
98 
2,939 
412 
1,305 
56 
2007 
237 
(D) 
302 
131 
2,066 
606 
1,311 
46 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
167 
29 
101 
67 
183 
212 
239 
42 
2007 
132 
27 
82 
75 
104 
189 
198 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
1,749 
3,127 
3,652 
1,613 
4,520 
1,458 
4,228 
2,031 
2007 
1,148 
854 
1,353 
1,465 
1,782 
899 
1,661 
1,028 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
20 
6 
23 
13 
78 
43 
58 
4 
2007 
17 
6 
15 
12 
27 
36 
37 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
63 
5 
151 
51 
1,018 
197 
191 
13 
2007 
64 
19 
63 
25 
297 
526 
114 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
136 
22 
161 
78 
289 
225 
335 
23 
2007 
118 
27 
101 
57 
165 
212 
275 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
1,230 
287 
1,600 
1,420 
3,404 
1,745 
2,483 
295 
2007 
949 
402 
1,247 
755 
3,542 
2,380 
2,983 
625 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
82 
18 
138 
44 
199 
161 
259 
13 
2007 
82 
14 
79 
43 
120 
163 
222 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
1,024 
179 
1,301 
1,166 
1,932 
1,329 
1,728 
254 
2007 
634 
293 
894 
580 
1,757 
1,642 
1,872 
308 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
89 
8 
70 
49 
193 
107 
173 
16 
2007 
70 
20 
62 
35 
115 
115 
148 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
207 
108 
299 
254 
1,472 
416 
754 
41 
2007 
316 
109 
353 
176 
1,784 
738 
1,111 
317 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
434 
61 
334 
204 
501 
1,172 
1,087 
75 
2007 
427 
61 
331 
199 
471 
1,045 
1,146 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
702 
470 
1,535 
878 
2,050 
3,527 
1,522 
417 
2007 
835 
281 
960 
941 
1,901 
2,374 
3,860 
1,046 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
213 
53 
156 
134 
338 
485 
515 
37 
2007 
234 
37 
135 
145 
240 
469 
462 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
684 
769 
(D) 
1,195 
1 1 ,847 
4,659 
2,308 
419 
2007 
869 
774 
571 
1,515 
6,107 
6,029 
2,368 
580 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
180 
35 
166 
129 
340 
330 
439 
36 
2007 
202 
33 
156 
121 
244 
292 
450 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
1,674 
803 
5,511 
1,823 
10,181 
3,346 
4,623 
663 
2007 
2,427 
1,299 
2,108 
4,240 
7,921 
4,149 
6,880 
1,020 
--continued 
388 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
