Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Union 
Venango 
Warren 
Washington 
Wayne 
Westmoreland 
Wyoming 
York 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
613 
464 
602 
1,915 
711 
1,274 
508 
2,171 
2007 
575 
487 
831 
2,023 
603 
1,415 
649 
2,370 
$1,000, 2012 
102,437 
14,242 
20,303 
42,123 
29,761 
48,491 
14,805 
189,444 
2007 
65,605 
11,957 
18,057 
33,644 
25,906 
54,488 
12,845 
184,960 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
167,108 
30,695 
33,725 
21,996 
41,858 
38,062 
29,143 
87,261 
2007 
114,095 
24,552 
21,729 
16,631 
42,961 
38,507 
19,792 
78,042 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
385 
218 
235 
552 
272 
579 
197 
1,206 
2007 
352 
249 
317 
645 
261 
666 
220 
1,397 
$1,000, 2012 
3,211 
2,359 
1,031 
1,400 
544 
3,601 
1,130 
18,249 
2007 
1,771 
2,166 
869 
1,229 
558 
3,521 
771 
13,601 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
388 
197 
152 
427 
206 
549 
181 
1,226 
2007 
292 
174 
160 
400 
168 
509 
158 
1,157 
$1,000, 2012 
1,713 
381 
300 
626 
181 
1,348 
379 
10,677 
2007 
830 
253 
(D) 
495 
146 
1,691 
252 
7,700 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
381 
185 
166 
496 
190 
542 
165 
1,119 
2007 
305 
174 
189 
409 
167 
520 
156 
1,097 
$1,000, 2012 
3,274 
1,161 
622 
1,450 
300 
2,893 
721 
16,294 
2007 
2,098 
783 
473 
1,472 
234 
2,475 
497 
1 1 ,937 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
299 
142 
162 
455 
169 
370 
109 
609 
2007 
196 
112 
159 
423 
152 
263 
97 
588 
$1,000, 2012 
12,679 
603 
663 
1,961 
868 
1,295 
550 
1 1 ,228 
2007 
1 1 ,426 
497 
1,130 
1,265 
1,247 
2,693 
372 
15,945 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
141 
79 
70 
229 
89 
165 
40 
238 
2007 
80 
59 
70 
210 
79 
108 
42 
215 
$1,000, 2012 
3,152 
348 
313 
603 
398 
563 
216 
2,497 
2007 
541 
274 
427 
499 
323 
724 
222 
1,844 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
212 
81 
122 
289 
102 
241 
80 
453 
2007 
145 
83 
106 
270 
95 
185 
64 
445 
$1,000, 2012 
9,527 
255 
351 
1,358 
470 
732 
334 
8,731 
2007 
10,885 
223 
703 
767 
924 
1,969 
150 
14,100 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
445 
321 
368 
1,284 
414 
801 
244 
1,275 
2007 
336 
255 
382 
1,104 
315 
703 
225 
1,235 
$1,000, 2012 
51,741 
2,128 
5,686 
7,736 
9,315 
7,121 
2,200 
38,990 
2007 
29,308 
1,669 
4,554 
5,018 
6,634 
12,104 
2,238 
37,733 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
610 
456 
582 
1,868 
689 
1,238 
486 
2,087 
2007 
555 
468 
760 
1,970 
590 
1,379 
613 
2,283 
$1,000, 2012 
3,070 
1,217 
1,590 
3,987 
1,845 
3,834 
1,357 
1 1 ,404 
2007 
1,870 
1,106 
1,179 
3,028 
1,721 
3,745 
1,171 
10,155 
Utilities farms, 2012 
448 
290 
371 
1,158 
494 
879 
306 
1,406 
2007 
355 
208 
281 
870 
335 
703 
222 
1,184 
$1,000, 2012 
2,055 
438 
1,193 
1,563 
1,119 
1,935 
606 
4,373 
2007 
1,481 
364 
552 
1,193 
1,223 
1,599 
428 
3,662 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
568 
386 
441 
1,552 
576 
1,052 
399 
1,777 
2007 
496 
428 
667 
1,833 
565 
1,255 
532 
2,117 
$1,000, 2012 
6,083 
1,565 
2,457 
5,522 
3,155 
5,158 
2,027 
13,597 
2007 
3,907 
1,337 
2,091 
5,118 
3,043 
5,622 
1,670 
15,149 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
157 
68 
79 
309 
146 
257 
101 
513 
2007 
116 
54 
67 
228 
111 
232 
63 
404 
$1,000, 2012 
3,308 
638 
2,152 
5,589 
4,152 
7,384 
1,661 
18,879 
2007 
1,324 
568 
(D) 
3,587 
4,326 
7,820 
979 
19,929 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
42 
21 
31 
79 
33 
58 
18 
132 
2007 
21 
18 
32 
56 
23 
55 
13 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
636 
197 
284 
520 
137 
483 
74 
657 
2007 
138 
59 
233 
287 
63 
176 
66 
511 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
352 
46 
72 
134 
72 
184 
41 
565 
2007 
187 
51 
68 
119 
49 
131 
51 
418 
$1,000, 2012 
2,376 
127 
385 
312 
314 
790 
262 
3,653 
2007 
872 
169 
344 
271 
296 
530 
274 
3,098 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
199 
86 
88 
211 
125 
226 
77 
557 
2007 
158 
67 
79 
141 
66 
182 
48 
554 
$1,000, 2012 
2,060 
443 
248 
799 
687 
1,262 
486 
1 1 ,543 
2007 
1,423 
325 
227 
699 
597 
1,063 
162 
11,731 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
100 
9 
16 
71 
30 
47 
26 
145 
2007 
47 
13 
8 
46 
14 
30 
12 
110 
$1,000, 2012 
354 
17 
24 
201 
62 
302 
61 
1,105 
2007 
140 
18 
23 
119 
58 
125 
62 
1,623 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
338 
128 
158 
505 
174 
393 
116 
783 
2007 
223 
103 
159 
387 
144 
301 
111 
617 
$1,000, 2012 
4,851 
822 
875 
2,821 
1,579 
2,996 
566 
9,267 
2007 
2,844 
732 
1,184 
2,652 
1,114 
3,022 
763 
9,977 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
281 
87 
133 
397 
131 
307 
78 
611 
2007 
177 
76 
144 
308 
121 
247 
89 
496 
$1,000, 2012 
3,621 
557 
674 
2,166 
1,353 
2,368 
388 
7,046 
2007 
2,299 
462 
899 
2,182 
881 
2,131 
588 
6,717 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
221 
95 
74 
253 
96 
214 
62 
407 
2007 
152 
70 
82 
229 
83 
191 
65 
323 
$1,000, 2012 
1,231 
265 
202 
655 
226 
628 
177 
2,220 
2007 
545 
270 
285 
470 
233 
891 
175 
3,260 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
574 
450 
589 
1,860 
685 
1,220 
492 
2,019 
2007 
538 
459 
776 
1,840 
552 
1,304 
606 
2,102 
$1,000, 2012 
2,121 
1,269 
1,372 
4,223 
2,810 
4,496 
1,618 
9,923 
2007 
1,541 
1,161 
1,984 
4,277 
2,169 
4,569 
1,661 
8,359 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
422 
254 
282 
949 
378 
704 
216 
1,252 
2007 
371 
197 
278 
838 
294 
715 
212 
1,214 
$1,000, 2012 
2,906 
880 
1,419 
3,413 
2,691 
3,595 
1,107 
9,605 
2007 
4,633 
749 
1,557 
2,934 
2,476 
3,733 
1,478 
13,852 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
382 
198 
221 
810 
319 
564 
178 
1,033 
2007 
300 
183 
187 
711 
238 
490 
144 
961 
$1,000, 2012 
7,807 
2,115 
2,340 
7,421 
3,480 
6,054 
2,199 
16,672 
2007 
9,029 
1,796 
2,242 
5,852 
2,602 
5,563 
1,406 
17,976 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Pennsylvania 267 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
