Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pike 
Potter 
Schuylkill 
Snyder 
Somerset 
Sullivan 
Susquehanna 
Tioga 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
50 
442 
791 
933 
1,140 
179 
1,005 
1,125 
2007 
54 
378 
966 
998 
1,156 
165 
1,008 
1,011 
$1,000, 2012 
2,650 
29,321 
142,013 
131,028 
83,489 
8,409 
42,934 
63,712 
2007 
3,374 
27,713 
125,567 
90,995 
66,547 
6,371 
46,278 
49,503 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
52,995 
66,338 
179,536 
140,437 
73,236 
46,977 
42,721 
56,633 
2007 
62,487 
73,314 
129,986 
91,178 
57,566 
38,610 
45,911 
48,964 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
15 
156 
443 
510 
637 
94 
339 
409 
2007 
21 
154 
492 
581 
660 
77 
372 
431 
$1,000, 2012 
281 
1,767 
5,211 
3,025 
6,021 
714 
1,241 
2,390 
2007 
129 
1,318 
3,747 
2,369 
4,917 
434 
1,164 
1,740 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
14 
131 
453 
530 
546 
75 
307 
386 
2007 
21 
103 
465 
466 
477 
60 
241 
331 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
742 
3,617 
1,896 
1,659 
182 
473 
842 
2007 
(D) 
487 
2,856 
1,432 
1,320 
89 
283 
570 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
17 
165 
410 
468 
512 
92 
268 
399 
2007 
7 
116 
429 
500 
492 
56 
218 
328 
$1,000, 2012 
156 
1,173 
15,846 
2,661 
3,523 
299 
617 
1,434 
2007 
99 
622 
8,533 
1,725 
2,511 
175 
510 
1,059 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
17 
115 
215 
418 
337 
31 
290 
279 
2007 
8 
99 
228 
332 
293 
34 
208 
245 
$1,000, 2012 
51 
709 
10,768 
20,496 
7,388 
273 
3,314 
5,087 
2007 
(D) 
2,236 
1 1 ,983 
14,033 
5,196 
362 
10,035 
5,480 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
6 
45 
84 
166 
176 
21 
161 
153 
2007 
6 
62 
61 
88 
159 
15 
125 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
26 
515 
2,764 
2,969 
2,576 
238 
2,156 
856 
2007 
(D) 
976 
923 
731 
1,771 
297 
7,816 
1,568 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
15 
83 
154 
319 
225 
18 
180 
156 
2007 
5 
56 
194 
286 
187 
23 
114 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
25 
194 
8,004 
17,528 
4,812 
35 
1,158 
4,231 
2007 
(D) 
1,260 
1 1 ,060 
13,302 
3,425 
64 
2,220 
3,911 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
31 
248 
380 
667 
716 
66 
577 
606 
2007 
33 
201 
373 
547 
662 
77 
488 
498 
$1,000, 2012 
224 
8,557 
46,813 
68,663 
22,403 
2,128 
14,321 
21,349 
2007 
147 
8,310 
33,397 
40,557 
15,848 
1,559 
13,277 
13,304 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
50 
420 
755 
880 
1,103 
168 
969 
1,077 
2007 
53 
360 
915 
947 
1,121 
153 
960 
965 
$1,000, 2012 
268 
1,997 
5,386 
3,637 
5,858 
670 
3,116 
4,518 
2007 
245 
1,515 
4,569 
2,922 
4,224 
476 
2,350 
2,990 
Utilities farms, 2012 
26 
275 
515 
553 
811 
103 
613 
736 
2007 
28 
184 
397 
451 
651 
77 
424 
502 
$1,000, 2012 
89 
826 
2,968 
2,457 
2,298 
275 
1,589 
2,224 
2007 
103 
817 
3,144 
1,981 
2,093 
367 
1,383 
2,039 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
35 
363 
652 
768 
955 
147 
796 
928 
2007 
44 
339 
866 
850 
1,022 
149 
865 
908 
$1,000, 2012 
142 
2,632 
6,986 
6,246 
8,153 
1,021 
4,468 
5,936 
2007 
263 
2,575 
6,051 
4,713 
7,591 
733 
4,351 
5,182 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
15 
94 
176 
279 
278 
32 
177 
212 
2007 
14 
79 
165 
207 
237 
23 
157 
194 
$1,000, 2012 
640 
3,296 
13,134 
4,617 
5,691 
619 
2,983 
3,104 
2007 
710 
2,626 
14,122 
4,519 
4,970 
586 
2,489 
4,210 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
9 
26 
37 
39 
49 
8 
47 
67 
2007 
1 
18 
34 
37 
43 
9 
43 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
55 
250 
764 
321 
401 
98 
721 
357 
2007 
(D) 
338 
2,508 
335 
323 
38 
881 
189 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
9 
68 
214 
352 
344 
20 
110 
222 
2007 
5 
57 
154 
187 
269 
22 
103 
168 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,575 
1,272 
2,232 
2,828 
174 
767 
1,661 
2007 
(D) 
1,241 
4,791 
936 
1,781 
160 
798 
1,203 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
4 
90 
220 
254 
329 
35 
182 
257 
2007 
8 
58 
222 
200 
275 
27 
115 
175 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
892 
3,815 
1,897 
2,395 
241 
902 
1,976 
2007 
26 
587 
4,871 
2,348 
2,036 
52 
465 
1,341 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
1 
20 
48 
72 
89 
8 
41 
40 
2007 
3 
20 
32 
54 
65 
6 
32 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
96 
1,106 
134 
656 
33 
156 
139 
2007 
(D) 
144 
621 
110 
389 
28 
277 
158 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
12 
140 
293 
413 
406 
56 
246 
379 
2007 
11 
113 
229 
337 
332 
36 
236 
303 
$1,000, 2012 
31 
1,241 
3,052 
4,390 
3,891 
506 
1,848 
4,137 
2007 
184 
1,264 
3,119 
4,040 
3,670 
418 
1,883 
3,049 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
9 
105 
247 
336 
262 
47 
170 
306 
2007 
8 
87 
187 
279 
258 
34 
202 
266 
$1,000, 2012 
31 
1,027 
2,201 
3,466 
2,898 
427 
1,413 
3,112 
2007 
(D) 
994 
2,268 
3,156 
2,854 
267 
1,539 
2,255 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
3 
66 
157 
240 
287 
16 
162 
206 
2007 
7 
67 
131 
201 
225 
18 
126 
188 
$1,000, 2012 
(Z) 
213 
851 
924 
992 
79 
435 
1,025 
2007 
(D) 
270 
851 
884 
816 
151 
344 
795 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
48 
423 
746 
873 
1,057 
176 
980 
1,099 
2007 
46 
352 
872 
934 
1,041 
151 
923 
919 
$1,000, 2012 
243 
1,534 
2,805 
3,193 
3,161 
472 
3,010 
3,957 
2007 
290 
1,360 
2,740 
2,857 
3,914 
399 
3,000 
3,110 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
28 
208 
453 
561 
629 
53 
499 
552 
2007 
35 
172 
380 
501 
610 
56 
479 
488 
$1,000, 2012 
237 
2,035 
18,469 
5,163 
7,163 
704 
3,408 
4,601 
2007 
1,060 
2,273 
18,515 
6,118 
5,765 
496 
3,132 
3,879 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
20 
219 
419 
455 
594 
79 
407 
513 
2007 
16 
152 
392 
465 
523 
48 
321 
404 
$1,000, 2012 
199 
3,223 
8,599 
8,431 
8,951 
881 
3,651 
6,260 
2007 
87 
2,586 
6,903 
6,530 
7,459 
877 
3,658 
5,592 
--continued 
266 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
