Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Schenectady 
Schoharie 
Schuyler 
Seneca 
Steuben 
Suffolk 
Sullivan 
Tioga 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
169 
532 
393 
584 
1,667 
604 
321 
536 
2007 
194 
525 
394 
513 
1,578 
585 
323 
565 
$1,000, 2012 
4,758 
35,942 
35,420 
89,254 
145,085 
224,592 
27,246 
29,596 
2007 
4,980 
30,120 
23,552 
69,072 
102,992 
176,767 
40,529 
28,109 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
28,152 
67,560 
90,128 
152,831 
87,034 
371,841 
84,878 
55,216 
2007 
25,670 
57,372 
59,776 
134,644 
65,267 
302,166 
125,477 
49,750 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
52 
216 
176 
329 
725 
388 
109 
197 
2007 
75 
219 
169 
308 
761 
403 
150 
238 
$1,000, 2012 
150 
2,019 
1,600 
7,275 
10,523 
8,136 
367 
1,159 
2007 
116 
1,127 
1,065 
4,433 
5,995 
6,410 
416 
1,106 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
48 
164 
194 
325 
633 
381 
71 
150 
2007 
34 
147 
157 
238 
496 
323 
72 
129 
$1,000, 2012 
77 
812 
690 
2,769 
5,698 
7,336 
522 
459 
2007 
35 
500 
503 
3,036 
2,845 
5,961 
91 
247 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
57 
194 
201 
351 
708 
344 
100 
195 
2007 
56 
194 
155 
288 
593 
358 
85 
171 
$1,000, 2012 
274 
1,350 
1,287 
5,033 
8,400 
15,933 
245 
1,282 
2007 
227 
884 
795 
3,650 
4,296 
26,112 
194 
1,091 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
30 
184 
118 
199 
527 
82 
117 
159 
2007 
25 
142 
99 
122 
389 
40 
107 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
52 
1,192 
1,080 
6,511 
7,015 
4,500 
2,519 
889 
2007 
47 
1,348 
1,423 
6,466 
5,108 
2,264 
3,281 
867 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
10 
93 
66 
116 
308 
34 
42 
90 
2007 
9 
88 
51 
72 
244 
9 
54 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
23 
304 
671 
2,207 
4,807 
151 
1,294 
526 
2007 
27 
527 
746 
908 
1,702 
77 
1,033 
609 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
24 
123 
78 
125 
331 
52 
92 
103 
2007 
17 
79 
59 
73 
209 
36 
68 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
29 
887 
409 
4,304 
2,209 
4,350 
1,225 
363 
2007 
21 
822 
678 
5,558 
3,406 
2,186 
2,248 
258 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
68 
340 
217 
365 
1,077 
195 
230 
372 
2007 
80 
293 
191 
263 
834 
133 
200 
331 
$1,000, 2012 
680 
7,896 
10,324 
21,821 
33,599 
17,647 
9,345 
7,755 
2007 
667 
6,421 
3,879 
16,334 
23,385 
7,814 
13,294 
7,871 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
167 
519 
381 
574 
1,623 
586 
307 
528 
2007 
192 
518 
386 
508 
1,536 
576 
315 
557 
$1,000, 2012 
396 
3,000 
2,445 
5,395 
11,304 
24,438 
1,408 
2,302 
2007 
507 
2,286 
1,358 
3,703 
7,752 
13,668 
1,861 
2,076 
Utilities farms, 2012 
105 
404 
280 
453 
1,097 
505 
239 
365 
2007 
111 
334 
244 
352 
872 
421 
218 
298 
$1,000, 2012 
231 
1,158 
1,022 
2,385 
3,898 
7,115 
881 
1,020 
2007 
269 
1,268 
764 
2,220 
3,299 
6,048 
1,254 
1,064 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
136 
454 
324 
519 
1,411 
536 
276 
453 
2007 
176 
480 
359 
486 
1,437 
546 
308 
521 
$1,000, 2012 
600 
3,431 
3,558 
7,373 
14,518 
11,136 
1,847 
3,402 
2007 
639 
4,276 
2,573 
5,863 
12,788 
12,316 
2,627 
3,365 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
48 
150 
104 
222 
336 
405 
94 
107 
2007 
24 
135 
92 
151 
310 
330 
70 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
568 
4,742 
5,719 
8,431 
15,950 
84,444 
3,147 
2,652 
2007 
383 
3,084 
4,516 
7,445 
1 1 ,490 
64,102 
7,914 
2,763 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
10 
34 
56 
39 
94 
93 
25 
30 
2007 
10 
40 
57 
32 
64 
66 
23 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
28 
165 
587 
551 
514 
7,029 
143 
66 
2007 
156 
275 
358 
427 
466 
1,352 
223 
30 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
18 
114 
90 
215 
351 
44 
26 
86 
2007 
4 
95 
80 
150 
246 
32 
27 
63 
$1,000, 2012 
54 
647 
545 
3,119 
2,650 
967 
288 
342 
2007 
(D) 
729 
458 
1,034 
1,757 
644 
343 
405 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
22 
142 
83 
228 
382 
162 
82 
114 
2007 
21 
102 
64 
182 
269 
133 
33 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
148 
1,420 
777 
3,787 
3,342 
4,498 
772 
1,070 
2007 
411 
555 
296 
1,991 
2,526 
4,772 
510 
467 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
6 
33 
20 
89 
96 
65 
9 
29 
2007 
4 
21 
23 
28 
59 
42 
10 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
50 
139 
31 
1,206 
816 
2,395 
93 
611 
2007 
(D) 
75 
117 
429 
537 
676 
104 
29 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
38 
178 
143 
288 
578 
200 
99 
177 
2007 
40 
189 
133 
234 
412 
155 
82 
159 
$1,000, 2012 
252 
1,418 
882 
3,426 
4,748 
4,696 
726 
1,216 
2007 
203 
1,773 
1,199 
3,605 
4,329 
4,538 
915 
1,338 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
20 
129 
113 
198 
449 
139 
64 
134 
2007 
31 
145 
103 
174 
316 
112 
63 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
143 
857 
680 
2,228 
3,046 
3,066 
497 
872 
2007 
174 
1,065 
939 
2,327 
2,994 
3,649 
636 
918 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
32 
125 
86 
204 
347 
110 
70 
112 
2007 
28 
139 
76 
163 
256 
100 
54 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
109 
561 
202 
1,198 
1,702 
1,630 
229 
344 
2007 
29 
708 
260 
1,278 
1,334 
890 
279 
420 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
166 
518 
386 
535 
1,626 
518 
305 
512 
2007 
186 
484 
374 
462 
1,501 
515 
297 
518 
$1,000, 2012 
763 
2,743 
1,969 
3,479 
9,301 
4,638 
2,061 
2,807 
2007 
896 
2,236 
2,125 
2,765 
7,438 
5,996 
1,800 
2,322 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
88 
326 
220 
383 
944 
395 
207 
323 
2007 
93 
326 
243 
375 
877 
375 
207 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
436 
3,810 
2,902 
6,694 
12,808 
19,684 
2,881 
2,565 
2007 
412 
3,284 
2,122 
5,672 
8,984 
14,094 
5,703 
3,068 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
76 
293 
210 
351 
834 
328 
148 
238 
2007 
78 
287 
217 
318 
768 
277 
150 
244 
$1,000, 2012 
672 
4,072 
3,934 
9,738 
16,377 
14,633 
2,369 
3,689 
2007 
608 
3,505 
3,307 
9,867 
13,322 
13,664 
1,938 
3,797 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New York 267 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
