Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Wilson 
Winkler 
Wise 
Wood 
Yoakum 
Young 
Zapata 
Zavala 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
2,444 
43 
3,095 
1,465 
339 
795 
449 
287 
2007 
2,570 
53 
3,164 
1,718 
348 
806 
459 
311 
$1,000, 2012 
110,554 
4,648 
71,101 
95,767 
74,746 
32,164 
20,152 
75,775 
2007 
61,531 
3,497 
59,018 
94,258 
64,528 
27,898 
14,674 
55,767 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
45,235 
108,098 
22,973 
65,370 
220,490 
40,458 
44,882 
264,023 
2007 
23,942 
65,978 
18,653 
54,865 
185,424 
34,613 
31,969 
179,314 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
1,157 
3 
1,406 
555 
144 
308 
17 
65 
2007 
1,291 
8 
1,632 
829 
169 
346 
31 
75 
$1,000, 2012 
5,255 
(D) 
5,317 
1,746 
8,218 
2,588 
(D) 
3,563 
2007 
4,043 
(D) 
4,448 
3,691 
9,162 
2,232 
173 
1,771 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,195 
8 
1,166 
518 
147 
274 
64 
96 
2007 
1,106 
9 
1,067 
560 
172 
230 
50 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
2,169 
(D) 
1,165 
361 
5,433 
1,151 
(D) 
3,808 
2007 
1,420 
(D) 
946 
493 
6,512 
529 
140 
1,969 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
557 
5 
696 
259 
152 
292 
29 
89 
2007 
470 
7 
566 
267 
156 
246 
38 
77 
$1,000, 2012 
1,380 
(D) 
1,430 
429 
8,873 
657 
195 
2,707 
2007 
775 
(D) 
538 
992 
6,153 
805 
202 
1,190 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
623 
22 
831 
415 
27 
240 
117 
64 
2007 
599 
20 
856 
355 
19 
191 
67 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
31,041 
270 
8,028 
9,331 
1,831 
4,314 
1,055 
16,126 
2007 
13,478 
319 
6,649 
9,960 
1,001 
3,217 
806 
21,092 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
444 
16 
494 
239 
15 
149 
103 
45 
2007 
447 
17 
522 
216 
14 
138 
56 
48 
$1,000, 2012 
1,812 
222 
2,196 
2,689 
108 
1,688 
1,007 
358 
2007 
2,292 
291 
3,033 
2,392 
(D) 
1,220 
771 
724 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
250 
11 
441 
237 
15 
116 
27 
29 
2007 
211 
6 
444 
165 
6 
75 
14 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
29,229 
48 
5,832 
6,642 
1,722 
2,626 
49 
15,768 
2007 
11,186 
29 
3,616 
7,567 
(D) 
1,997 
34 
20,369 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
2,007 
39 
2,518 
1,089 
70 
642 
376 
174 
2007 
1,893 
39 
2,269 
1,099 
58 
565 
215 
162 
$1,000, 2012 
28,492 
722 
13,222 
51,742 
2,708 
4,451 
2,569 
13,952 
2007 
11,964 
439 
10,286 
42,211 
819 
3,620 
1,102 
9,718 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
2,365 
42 
2,952 
1,418 
290 
769 
427 
263 
2007 
2,539 
52 
3,099 
1,689 
335 
798 
449 
303 
$1,000, 2012 
7,103 
505 
5,189 
3,511 
7,045 
2,462 
1,838 
4,672 
2007 
4,439 
276 
5,227 
5,265 
7,365 
3,858 
1,931 
2,497 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,594 
34 
1,721 
751 
235 
537 
334 
194 
2007 
1,241 
31 
1,351 
699 
159 
360 
190 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
3,850 
185 
2,323 
3,557 
6,686 
894 
1,040 
3,673 
2007 
1,497 
237 
1,814 
2,448 
5,136 
624 
492 
1,277 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,953 
28 
2,275 
1,091 
246 
613 
360 
222 
2007 
2,359 
43 
2,804 
1,560 
318 
727 
422 
282 
$1,000, 2012 
6,563 
545 
6,009 
5,155 
6,420 
2,812 
2,009 
5,717 
2007 
5,980 
413 
7,377 
5,574 
5,585 
2,857 
1,881 
3,040 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
420 
14 
473 
295 
150 
146 
170 
123 
2007 
347 
16 
388 
297 
97 
120 
121 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
6,123 
892 
5,609 
4,262 
7,467 
1,820 
2,236 
6,071 
2007 
3,928 
647 
3,185 
4,716 
5,107 
1,476 
1,869 
3,855 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
247 
14 
341 
248 
102 
162 
99 
64 
2007 
238 
9 
295 
176 
48 
95 
64 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
1,531 
221 
1,394 
1,474 
1,606 
743 
1,622 
2,184 
2007 
830 
187 
1,010 
1,065 
586 
410 
1,634 
985 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
501 
5 
489 
248 
107 
160 
74 
57 
2007 
443 
5 
515 
202 
62 
142 
32 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
2,076 
36 
1,371 
2,511 
1,636 
1,059 
(D) 
1,473 
2007 
1,534 
14 
1,546 
1,520 
1,263 
788 
156 
572 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
533 
14 
546 
327 
95 
237 
152 
76 
2007 
441 
20 
365 
291 
71 
199 
100 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
2,785 
415 
2,964 
868 
3,816 
2,661 
2,124 
2,973 
2007 
1,736 
350 
1,563 
836 
3,470 
2,176 
833 
2,072 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
70 
3 
108 
46 
72 
45 
30 
22 
2007 
33 
- 
99 
40 
29 
23 
16 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
129 
2 
171 
75 
790 
102 
103 
144 
2007 
51 
- 
152 
170 
981 
102 
83 
60 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
524 
8 
754 
423 
176 
294 
128 
90 
2007 
500 
4 
639 
382 
109 
253 
53 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
4,530 
59 
5,491 
4,134 
4,478 
2,679 
1,702 
2,856 
2007 
4,123 
3 
4,891 
4,732 
3,431 
2,601 
496 
1,856 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
397 
5 
558 
337 
125 
206 
69 
48 
2007 
372 
- 
487 
296 
72 
193 
39 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
3,667 
(D) 
4,491 
3,037 
2,681 
1,968 
1,357 
1,961 
2007 
2,987 
3,872 
3,718 
1,826 
2,002 
253 
1,153 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
250 
3 
397 
220 
139 
179 
94 
62 
2007 
286 
4 
368 
235 
83 
141 
30 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
864 
(D) 
1,000 
1,097 
1,796 
711 
345 
896 
2007 
1,136 
3 
1,018 
1,014 
1,605 
599 
243 
703 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
2,367 
37 
3,018 
1,418 
303 
760 
411 
270 
2007 
2,345 
45 
2,952 
1,593 
287 
720 
377 
278 
$1,000, 2012 
4,293 
444 
6,706 
2,812 
1,559 
1,324 
1,311 
2,290 
2007 
3,671 
316 
5,937 
2,972 
1,721 
1,211 
934 
1,215 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
1,122 
23 
1,410 
711 
217 
374 
187 
149 
2007 
1,042 
23 
1,403 
791 
167 
393 
144 
140 
$1,000, 2012 
3,234 
177 
4,712 
3,799 
6,180 
2,448 
1,534 
3,565 
2007 
2,061 
193 
3,449 
7,614 
6,236 
1,392 
1,941 
2,596 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
856 
20 
996 
543 
202 
322 
184 
153 
2007 
891 
14 
1,134 
630 
161 
309 
147 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
7,697 
548 
7,968 
7,193 
8,864 
4,686 
1,919 
6,240 
2007 
7,093 
178 
10,590 
8,667 
6,693 
3,881 
2,335 
4,560 
392 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
