Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lancaster 
Lawrence 
Lebanon 
Lehigh 
Luzerne 
Lycoming 
McKean 
Mercer 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
5,657 
659 
1,219 
486 
556 
1,207 
290 
1,185 
2007 
5,462 
708 
1,193 
516 
610 
1,211 
313 
1,210 
$1,000, 2012 
1,158,856 
31,945 
263,841 
76,272 
19,971 
59,579 
5,331 
61,921 
2007 
805,697 
27,478 
191,410 
70,023 
17,830 
45,000 
5,569 
53,639 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
204,854 
48,475 
216,440 
156,939 
35,918 
49,361 
18,384 
52,254 
2007 
147,509 
38,810 
160,444 
135,704 
29,229 
37,159 
17,791 
44,330 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
3,778 
352 
790 
285 
264 
563 
101 
650 
2007 
3,908 
415 
724 
343 
338 
682 
118 
743 
$1,000, 2012 
26,104 
3,084 
6,288 
6,885 
3,471 
5,596 
274 
7,892 
2007 
19,861 
2,914 
3,808 
4,446 
1,618 
3,877 
244 
4,699 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
3,887 
336 
768 
283 
267 
536 
69 
597 
2007 
3,324 
340 
638 
271 
265 
535 
76 
542 
$1,000, 2012 
17,039 
1,035 
3,762 
3,199 
1,242 
2,608 
37 
1,641 
2007 
11,389 
1,004 
2,705 
2,593 
830 
1,692 
91 
1,389 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
3,745 
302 
684 
273 
223 
511 
79 
558 
2007 
3,616 
339 
591 
280 
276 
526 
67 
548 
$1,000, 2012 
30,653 
2,026 
7,044 
7,866 
1,645 
3,659 
202 
4,938 
2007 
19,932 
2,046 
4,430 
7,815 
1,713 
2,164 
86 
3,271 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
2,762 
231 
486 
101 
90 
266 
88 
355 
2007 
2,131 
201 
448 
83 
81 
226 
75 
307 
$1,000, 2012 
165,710 
773 
36,965 
505 
361 
3,797 
280 
1,902 
2007 
144,489 
982 
34,588 
1,732 
530 
3,933 
759 
3,532 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1,272 
125 
247 
45 
23 
104 
43 
174 
2007 
883 
110 
205 
31 
26 
85 
31 
159 
$1,000, 2012 
19,881 
472 
5,400 
139 
47 
748 
170 
717 
2007 
14,812 
526 
3,155 
115 
300 
372 
263 
1,060 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
2,091 
148 
323 
67 
77 
200 
53 
231 
2007 
1,579 
122 
298 
58 
59 
169 
58 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
145,829 
301 
31,565 
367 
314 
3,049 
110 
1,185 
2007 
129,677 
457 
31,433 
1,617 
230 
3,562 
496 
2,472 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
4,423 
434 
903 
249 
198 
570 
181 
803 
2007 
3,667 
397 
791 
201 
205 
463 
177 
669 
$1,000, 2012 
497,521 
5,286 
123,448 
9,763 
1,497 
13,393 
1,241 
1 1 ,459 
2007 
307,684 
4,767 
74,030 
6,932 
1,913 
10,669 
1,474 
9,961 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
5,426 
636 
1,157 
463 
524 
1,154 
264 
1,149 
2007 
5,280 
697 
1,161 
492 
582 
1,160 
301 
1,165 
$1,000, 2012 
39,807 
2,342 
8,140 
5,486 
2,018 
4,077 
410 
4,743 
2007 
29,638 
2,028 
5,976 
4,844 
1,665 
3,122 
400 
3,827 
Utilities farms, 2012 
4,340 
388 
900 
314 
313 
750 
169 
721 
2007 
3,683 
352 
747 
267 
240 
569 
147 
612 
$1,000, 2012 
22,480 
1,122 
6,271 
1,525 
624 
1,688 
222 
1,894 
2007 
17,731 
899 
4,539 
(D) 
539 
1,201 
231 
1,574 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
4,940 
545 
1,034 
409 
435 
961 
235 
960 
2007 
4,673 
624 
1,045 
460 
546 
1,062 
260 
1,082 
$1,000, 2012 
63,125 
3,602 
14,226 
4,917 
2,027 
5,345 
794 
6,469 
2007 
50,710 
3,409 
1 1 ,898 
5,009 
1,930 
4,091 
723 
6,661 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
2,385 
120 
432 
116 
113 
178 
48 
243 
2007 
1,716 
106 
324 
118 
91 
154 
36 
221 
$1,000, 2012 
70,147 
4,161 
10,834 
12,474 
2,250 
5,515 
511 
5,192 
2007 
45,025 
2,296 
8,385 
10,596 
1,915 
3,008 
181 
4,204 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
308 
44 
65 
24 
36 
52 
8 
61 
2007 
210 
35 
50 
30 
10 
30 
17 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
4,635 
382 
769 
(D) 
354 
581 
22 
396 
2007 
2,361 
157 
816 
(D) 
155 
98 
17 
500 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
3,206 
169 
620 
82 
58 
255 
26 
309 
2007 
2,113 
148 
422 
64 
54 
178 
22 
251 
$1,000, 2012 
28,576 
814 
7,222 
(D) 
384 
907 
64 
1,761 
2007 
17,728 
570 
4,530 
2,864 
120 
562 
48 
1,198 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
2,180 
146 
430 
142 
92 
213 
38 
273 
2007 
2,150 
165 
408 
132 
95 
245 
24 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
32,384 
1,185 
7,075 
3,745 
630 
1,241 
100 
1,931 
2007 
27,078 
943 
5,517 
2,991 
660 
1,339 
41 
1,342 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
1,276 
16 
213 
34 
12 
58 
10 
48 
2007 
700 
19 
142 
27 
11 
53 
4 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
3,622 
46 
713 
(D) 
19 
497 
24 
227 
2007 
1,784 
77 
876 
709 
35 
127 
6 
226 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
3,258 
210 
612 
151 
135 
384 
83 
438 
2007 
2,183 
169 
486 
126 
128 
276 
54 
381 
$1,000, 2012 
50,370 
1,729 
10,804 
3,126 
863 
4,073 
184 
4,040 
2007 
34,641 
1,233 
9,091 
3,983 
973 
2,584 
169 
4,025 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
2,286 
150 
480 
96 
91 
295 
51 
358 
2007 
1,592 
133 
367 
99 
96 
215 
47 
320 
$1,000, 2012 
37,942 
1,243 
8,444 
2,217 
702 
3,198 
103 
3,196 
2007 
24,995 
907 
6,61 5 
3,330 
732 
2,059 
138 
2,990 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
2,145 
121 
357 
85 
86 
219 
57 
222 
2007 
1,427 
94 
308 
73 
82 
174 
21 
214 
$1,000, 2012 
12,428 
487 
2,359 
909 
161 
875 
81 
844 
2007 
9,646 
325 
2,475 
653 
241 
525 
31 
1,035 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
4,796 
639 
1,117 
429 
531 
1,166 
275 
1,148 
2007 
4,438 
641 
1,035 
445 
546 
1,087 
285 
1,112 
$1,000, 2012 
29,235 
2,196 
8,418 
2,376 
1,623 
3,721 
573 
3,366 
2007 
21,362 
2,030 
5,976 
2,727 
1,668 
3,423 
677 
3,064 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
4,007 
347 
871 
280 
222 
553 
138 
655 
2007 
3,796 
386 
728 
284 
216 
500 
136 
625 
$1,000, 2012 
77,449 
2,160 
1 1 ,863 
6,838 
964 
2,880 
393 
4,069 
2007 
54,284 
2,125 
14,247 
8,218 
1,569 
3,110 
421 
4,167 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
3,548 
313 
740 
233 
209 
521 
112 
582 
2007 
3,215 
356 
640 
232 
163 
447 
116 
555 
$1,000, 2012 
88,990 
3,517 
19,013 
5,545 
1,977 
6,424 
792 
8,366 
2007 
68,309 
4,671 
18,725 
6,017 
1,779 
4,826 
737 
7,114 
--continued 
264 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
