Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New York 
Niagara 
Oneida 
Onondaga 
Ontario 
Orange 
Orleans 
Oswego 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
6 
760 
1,066 
681 
853 
658 
487 
657 
2007 
- 
865 
1,013 
692 
859 
642 
554 
639 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
99,051 
85,372 
132,359 
150,818 
100,600 
126,979 
41,246 
2007 
84,368 
65,574 
100,191 
116,863 
75,456 
81,610 
32,856 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
(D) 
130,331 
80,086 
194,360 
176,809 
152,887 
260,738 
62,779 
2007 
97,535 
64,733 
144,785 
136,045 
117,533 
147,310 
51,418 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
1 
369 
500 
353 
450 
302 
249 
265 
2007 
- 
455 
438 
372 
468 
324 
298 
300 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
8,826 
7,732 
7,292 
11,796 
3,248 
15,866 
3,248 
2007 
8,705 
4,361 
4,869 
7,995 
2,365 
6,115 
1,910 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1 
381 
436 
333 
465 
288 
235 
252 
2007 
- 
373 
326 
285 
389 
256 
238 
192 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
5,553 
2,323 
4,936 
5,002 
4,711 
9,840 
2,022 
2007 
4,907 
1,441 
2,135 
3,249 
3,771 
6,670 
2,065 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
- 
354 
478 
336 
454 
262 
236 
244 
2007 
- 
393 
374 
337 
413 
276 
228 
244 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
6,271 
4,643 
5,457 
8,857 
11,187 
11,171 
2,793 
2007 
- 
4,564 
2,460 
3,937 
5,585 
10,854 
5,181 
2,089 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
3 
164 
317 
192 
247 
146 
124 
167 
2007 
- 
136 
258 
166 
164 
124 
99 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,279 
2,342 
2,975 
4,410 
6,367 
770 
824 
2007 
2,381 
1,652 
2,582 
2,652 
1,663 
1,055 
938 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
2 
64 
197 
85 
123 
77 
50 
79 
2007 
- 
51 
155 
84 
85 
73 
62 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
559 
1,157 
438 
3,781 
1,526 
280 
551 
2007 
1,624 
1,127 
810 
755 
1,056 
806 
601 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1 
134 
175 
138 
170 
100 
88 
112 
2007 
- 
99 
149 
112 
99 
68 
55 
90 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
720 
1,185 
2,537 
629 
4,841 
490 
273 
2007 
757 
525 
1,772 
1,897 
607 
249 
337 
Feed purchased farms, 201 2 
4 
378 
716 
392 
467 
371 
249 
392 
2007 
- 
323 
566 
371 
400 
347 
249 
348 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
14,687 
18,142 
35,951 
32,727 
10,030 
3,542 
5,528 
2007 
9,424 
12,531 
21,757 
21,385 
7,831 
3,582 
3,502 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
5 
745 
1,050 
658 
820 
636 
474 
639 
2007 
- 
859 
1,002 
676 
852 
631 
552 
629 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
6,533 
6,576 
8,339 
10,070 
6,378 
13,152 
2,849 
2007 
4,905 
5,229 
6,203 
7,229 
5,141 
6,913 
2,414 
Utilities farms, 2012 
5 
567 
778 
496 
602 
520 
337 
489 
2007 
- 
483 
609 
409 
538 
406 
323 
407 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,762 
3,012 
3,685 
4,284 
4,307 
3,197 
1,614 
2007 
3,682 
3,224 
3,737 
3,556 
2,564 
2,143 
1,333 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
6 
652 
897 
591 
744 
564 
401 
546 
2007 
- 
799 
912 
635 
793 
604 
506 
596 
$1,000, 2012 
7 
8,224 
10,030 
15,797 
13,876 
7,129 
12,179 
3,582 
2007 
- 
7,891 
8,239 
12,745 
13,719 
7,090 
8,601 
3,476 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
4 
208 
243 
210 
268 
293 
129 
166 
2007 
- 
211 
220 
206 
241 
235 
158 
153 
$1,000, 2012 
217 
19,593 
8,061 
17,944 
24,541 
22,986 
25,584 
7,383 
2007 
- 
16,100 
7,196 
15,440 
20,695 
15,922 
19,000 
5,140 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
1 
51 
53 
50 
84 
59 
32 
40 
2007 
- 
47 
50 
40 
67 
43 
36 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
875 
613 
409 
909 
521 
1,852 
643 
2007 
768 
293 
1,121 
379 
525 
1,534 
406 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
1 
149 
239 
132 
232 
60 
104 
78 
2007 
- 
137 
188 
95 
208 
46 
106 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
2,885 
2,015 
1,841 
3,825 
791 
2,246 
561 
2007 
1,718 
1,051 
1,439 
3,559 
527 
1,569 
470 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
- 
183 
299 
162 
235 
173 
128 
131 
2007 
- 
177 
239 
164 
249 
127 
119 
87 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
3,017 
2,786 
3,518 
4,514 
3,181 
4,729 
1,294 
2007 
- 
2,127 
2,132 
2,744 
3,504 
1,795 
4,298 
350 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
- 
47 
73 
73 
110 
66 
53 
30 
2007 
- 
49 
55 
66 
78 
53 
39 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
916 
1,115 
1,431 
782 
777 
1,214 
733 
2007 
" 
762 
521 
1,666 
940 
566 
663 
204 
Interest expense farms, 201 2 
3 
262 
405 
238 
397 
188 
203 
253 
2007 
- 
220 
313 
211 
312 
188 
192 
201 
$1,000, 2012 
20 
2,842 
3,467 
3,536 
6,681 
2,363 
4,294 
1,375 
2007 
- 
2,935 
3,321 
3,942 
6,640 
2,115 
2,564 
3,267 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
2 
193 
301 
172 
301 
118 
132 
194 
2007 
- 
168 
244 
162 
250 
137 
151 
163 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,984 
2,295 
2,221 
4,054 
1,619 
3,468 
838 
2007 
1,670 
2,116 
2,900 
4,671 
1,624 
1,605 
1,778 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
3 
185 
270 
141 
276 
124 
136 
150 
2007 
- 
141 
217 
142 
218 
116 
123 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
858 
1,172 
1,315 
2,627 
744 
825 
538 
2007 
1,265 
1,205 
1,042 
1,970 
491 
959 
1,489 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
5 
721 
1,041 
637 
811 
589 
473 
647 
2007 
- 
815 
928 
651 
809 
571 
519 
603 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
4,056 
5,222 
4,724 
5,604 
6,296 
4,709 
3,106 
2007 
4,513 
4,636 
4,194 
4,700 
5,253 
3,364 
2,857 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
3 
441 
720 
429 
556 
454 
300 
386 
2007 
- 
458 
616 
448 
523 
432 
331 
383 
$1,000, 2012 
14 
10,732 
7,291 
14,525 
12,940 
10,327 
12,634 
3,688 
2007 
8,985 
7,288 
11,681 
11,073 
7,474 
8,358 
2,435 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
2 
400 
519 
360 
492 
318 
280 
319 
2007 
- 
420 
484 
362 
455 
293 
271 
280 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
8,984 
9,452 
14,372 
17,909 
8,309 
16,008 
3,842 
2007 
7,798 
8,893 
9,149 
13,996 
5,991 
7,774 
3,224 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New York 265 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
