Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mifflin 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Montour 
Northampton 
Northumberlan 
d 
Perry 
Philadelphia 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
808 
283 
596 
459 
498 
847 
889 
22 
2007 
1,024 
349 
719 
583 
486 
936 
1,002 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
73,634 
11,739 
33,088 
36,579 
38,501 
114,547 
109,993 
1,221 
2007 
67,850 
9,459 
36,971 
31,505 
26,846 
97,374 
86,931 
912 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
91,131 
41,482 
55,517 
79,692 
77,310 
135,238 
123,726 
55,519 
2007 
66,260 
27,102 
51,420 
54,039 
55,240 
104,032 
86,758 
53,645 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
458 
122 
264 
229 
269 
447 
463 
9 
2007 
613 
155 
387 
262 
295 
551 
489 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
3,118 
873 
1,365 
2,015 
6,493 
7,005 
4,097 
31 
2007 
2,775 
539 
1,265 
1,521 
3,977 
6,108 
2,662 
7 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
414 
124 
235 
227 
270 
502 
468 
9 
2007 
431 
105 
267 
197 
243 
470 
408 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
2,231 
345 
577 
1,140 
2,546 
4,056 
1,885 
1 
2007 
1,470 
224 
630 
960 
1,283 
3,214 
1,192 
1 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
441 
108 
250 
211 
279 
446 
437 
9 
2007 
487 
100 
294 
210 
255 
441 
388 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
2,485 
555 
2,165 
4,119 
3,800 
7,646 
3,834 
71 
2007 
1,624 
325 
3,209 
3,599 
1,990 
4,873 
1,875 
30 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
327 
47 
172 
132 
120 
306 
263 
6 
2007 
300 
53 
134 
94 
105 
233 
235 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
9,318 
464 
1,090 
2,108 
810 
11,997 
13,839 
4 
2007 
11,177 
414 
2,551 
2,098 
353 
13,036 
13,907 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
183 
11 
42 
49 
36 
96 
100 
- 
2007 
138 
12 
37 
23 
28 
69 
89 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
822 
8 
299 
264 
226 
1,129 
2,277 
- 
2007 
760 
50 
190 
114 
58 
1,320 
1,664 
- 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
212 
38 
152 
106 
89 
239 
189 
6 
2007 
213 
42 
111 
82 
85 
186 
174 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
8,496 
456 
791 
1,843 
584 
10,868 
1 1 ,562 
4 
2007 
10,416 
364 
2,361 
1,984 
295 
11,716 
12,243 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
607 
135 
369 
257 
246 
474 
560 
10 
2007 
588 
137 
356 
206 
225 
410 
448 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
26,518 
1,784 
5,234 
8,415 
2,548 
36,986 
44,164 
113 
2007 
21,270 
1,305 
3,860 
5,214 
2,732 
26,857 
32,177 
71 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
755 
277 
574 
437 
483 
799 
840 
19 
2007 
976 
321 
673 
553 
480 
898 
942 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
3,195 
741 
1,990 
4,448 
3,219 
5,928 
5,033 
36 
2007 
3,452 
644 
2,618 
3,154 
2,582 
4,784 
3,537 
14 
Utilities farms, 2012 
455 
160 
393 
265 
344 
566 
583 
16 
2007 
414 
120 
341 
205 
275 
482 
469 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
2,051 
306 
1,202 
1,036 
1,174 
2,932 
2,849 
30 
2007 
1,935 
238 
1,317 
(D) 
727 
1,842 
2,175 
43 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
656 
221 
490 
372 
412 
713 
734 
22 
2007 
834 
300 
632 
478 
452 
806 
838 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
5,900 
781 
2,666 
2,815 
3,744 
8,745 
8,160 
111 
2007 
5,919 
1,081 
3,420 
1,982 
3,494 
6,641 
6,331 
125 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
200 
88 
178 
103 
138 
213 
213 
17 
2007 
169 
42 
155 
46 
97 
175 
167 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
4,702 
2,763 
8,305 
4,491 
4,633 
9,461 
6,122 
654 
2007 
3,908 
1,581 
7,967 
(D) 
2,437 
7,846 
5,399 
437 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
27 
6 
47 
26 
35 
33 
50 
1 
2007 
32 
12 
43 
14 
25 
35 
18 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
243 
30 
323 
391 
374 
649 
285 
(D) 
2007 
769 
30 
469 
235 
98 
1,762 
121 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
293 
14 
76 
102 
80 
237 
295 
1 
2007 
234 
16 
68 
61 
54 
188 
160 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
2,352 
24 
472 
395 
448 
1,562 
2,517 
(D) 
2007 
1,380 
39 
249 
(D) 
183 
1,161 
1,548 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
181 
38 
109 
82 
130 
202 
221 
13 
2007 
236 
37 
114 
78 
133 
215 
178 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
1,645 
358 
784 
655 
2,255 
4,219 
2,813 
(D) 
2007 
1,700 
198 
988 
1,385 
1,943 
3,420 
2,204 
8 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
78 
7 
19 
31 
25 
65 
88 
2 
2007 
44 
3 
14 
16 
18 
48 
37 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
364 
7 
504 
160 
224 
412 
412 
(D) 
2007 
188 
5 
443 
140 
149 
335 
265 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
324 
53 
135 
169 
133 
390 
401 
_ 
2007 
311 
52 
142 
125 
113 
300 
262 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
2,876 
346 
1,099 
1,570 
1,134 
3,864 
4,369 
- 
2007 
2,688 
364 
1,533 
1,192 
1,207 
4,034 
4,357 
(D) 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
252 
39 
86 
130 
101 
330 
320 
_ 
2007 
247 
36 
118 
103 
91 
234 
208 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
2,280 
302 
769 
1,217 
702 
3,177 
3,424 
- 
2007 
2,060 
249 
1,207 
1,004 
966 
2,864 
3,508 
(D) 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
191 
18 
93 
114 
85 
192 
202 
2007 
174 
28 
67 
66 
69 
176 
154 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
597 
43 
330 
353 
431 
687 
945 
- 
2007 
628 
115 
326 
188 
241 
1,170 
849 
(D) 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
769 
265 
554 
437 
462 
806 
841 
5 
2007 
913 
306 
618 
526 
435 
857 
912 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
2,645 
1,550 
2,736 
1,301 
2,532 
3,112 
3,540 
26 
2007 
2,796 
1,580 
2,972 
1,525 
1,953 
2,944 
3,418 
43 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
458 
124 
307 
240 
287 
496 
486 
17 
2007 
495 
118 
312 
211 
268 
473 
455 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
3,990 
811 
2,575 
1,519 
2,568 
5,972 
6,072 
103 
2007 
4,798 
892 
3,478 
1,701 
1,740 
8,517 
5,763 
(D) 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
371 
92 
233 
185 
219 
473 
448 
8 
2007 
391 
75 
215 
174 
232 
427 
374 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
5,771 
1,241 
3,015 
2,801 
4,588 
9,672 
8,386 
33 
2007 
5,996 
1,092 
3,040 
2,332 
3,273 
6,956 
6,181 
33 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Pennsylvania 265 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
