Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Crittenden 
Cumberland 
Daviess 
Edmonson 
Elliott 
Estill 
Fayette 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
592 
371 
837 
638 
389 
380 
718 
2007 
740 
507 
1,008 
712 
448 
456 
810 
$1,000, 2012 
30,890 
11,794 
127,050 
24,168 
4,006 
6,658 
203,825 
2007 
17,644 
7,623 
80,612 
16,610 
3,722 
4,973 
396,325 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
52,178 
31,790 
151,793 
37,882 
10,299 
17,522 
283,878 
2007 
23,843 
15,035 
79,972 
23,328 
8,307 
10,907 
489,290 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
246 
117 
481 
319 
189 
141 
277 
2007 
318 
224 
633 
394 
267 
178 
378 
$1,000, 2012 
4,657 
549 
19,227 
1,958 
299 
329 
2,939 
2007 
2,596 
613 
13,044 
1,620 
433 
287 
2,192 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
221 
101 
453 
208 
134 
108 
273 
2007 
159 
125 
466 
176 
118 
88 
289 
$1,000, 2012 
1,964 
203 
8,388 
356 
(D) 
82 
880 
2007 
732 
71 
5,602 
202 
26 
(D) 
843 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
215 
99 
412 
201 
113 
125 
262 
2007 
194 
116 
445 
194 
133 
127 
319 
$1,000, 2012 
2,765 
184 
11,103 
876 
56 
169 
1,798 
2007 
1,047 
99 
7,864 
387 
65 
106 
1,364 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
123 
100 
175 
133 
116 
92 
216 
2007 
135 
87 
179 
134 
80 
70 
197 
$1,000, 2012 
1,550 
1,332 
4,551 
4,996 
409 
648 
17,405 
2007 
1,391 
622 
3,843 
3,262 
321 
314 
71,727 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
83 
62 
115 
82 
86 
64 
113 
2007 
91 
63 
107 
80 
61 
55 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
410 
249 
690 
(D) 
205 
215 
8,513 
2007 
316 
257 
372 
242 
174 
285 
51,818 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
51 
47 
89 
63 
50 
41 
134 
2007 
58 
32 
95 
66 
36 
21 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
1,140 
1,082 
3,861 
(D) 
204 
432 
8,892 
2007 
1,075 
366 
3,472 
3,020 
148 
28 
19,909 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
324 
233 
439 
375 
283 
257 
527 
2007 
324 
282 
430 
361 
255 
256 
491 
$1,000, 2012 
4,592 
5,337 
39,502 
6,413 
864 
1,681 
37,539 
2007 
3,487 
1,972 
13,741 
3,082 
531 
899 
12,662 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
551 
356 
808 
618 
377 
374 
684 
2007 
701 
496 
976 
692 
431 
445 
784 
$1,000, 2012 
2,041 
707 
6,985 
1,219 
448 
487 
11,705 
2007 
1,421 
718 
5,101 
1,043 
424 
554 
5,577 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
318 
204 
576 
402 
220 
219 
573 
2007 
265 
188 
472 
337 
179 
203 
482 
$1,000, 2012 
516 
315 
1,922 
820 
165 
150 
7,894 
2007 
316 
304 
1,334 
464 
95 
161 
5,016 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
444 
282 
659 
520 
282 
300 
591 
2007 
657 
449 
910 
660 
398 
399 
717 
$1,000, 2012 
2,296 
711 
6,936 
1,585 
405 
468 
13,182 
2007 
1,987 
855 
6,414 
1,491 
552 
729 
16,374 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
113 
77 
210 
122 
99 
101 
375 
2007 
85 
119 
187 
119 
109 
83 
354 
$1,000, 2012 
1,596 
285 
8,144 
918 
158 
468 
54,518 
2007 
602 
284 
6,476 
1,173 
200 
210 
63,855 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
24 
19 
97 
41 
41 
26 
192 
2007 
33 
21 
67 
39 
29 
23 
196 
$1,000, 2012 
142 
36 
1,181 
143 
61 
73 
3,310 
2007 
119 
81 
450 
209 
53 
58 
4,517 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
115 
36 
133 
99 
21 
43 
119 
2007 
92 
32 
100 
126 
21 
52 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
303 
76 
724 
318 
45 
50 
604 
2007 
203 
19 
499 
249 
28 
41 
317 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
81 
59 
144 
90 
57 
62 
126 
2007 
89 
64 
146 
56 
20 
42 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
4,067 
412 
4,179 
890 
260 
797 
2,956 
2007 
862 
211 
4,517 
335 
44 
105 
2,462 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
13 
11 
47 
13 
6 
12 
50 
2007 
14 
11 
36 
10 
3 
6 
48 
$1,000, 2012 
179 
22 
487 
28 
(D) 
3 
433 
2007 
59 
10 
582 
6 
1 
(D) 
210 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
284 
141 
353 
219 
103 
128 
310 
2007 
194 
132 
337 
227 
86 
119 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
2,345 
651 
5,503 
1,228 
353 
615 
6,133 
2007 
1,400 
812 
4,309 
1,550 
461 
740 
6,759 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
236 
115 
273 
186 
77 
99 
235 
2007 
168 
100 
259 
186 
72 
106 
189 
$1,000, 2012 
1,524 
538 
4,168 
960 
274 
468 
5,048 
2007 
941 
652 
3,054 
1,247 
329 
669 
4,534 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
153 
73 
195 
87 
50 
63 
162 
2007 
125 
80 
201 
117 
50 
46 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
821 
113 
1,335 
269 
79 
147 
1,085 
2007 
459 
160 
1,255 
303 
132 
71 
2,226 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
573 
353 
802 
620 
372 
366 
639 
2007 
680 
466 
941 
672 
420 
424 
728 
$1,000, 2012 
686 
329 
1,712 
572 
305 
368 
3,630 
2007 
762 
436 
1,527 
527 
330 
521 
3,232 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
260 
156 
420 
288 
163 
189 
462 
2007 
265 
203 
445 
280 
171 
197 
513 
$1,000, 2012 
1,191 
646 
6,505 
1,849 
141 
270 
38,901 
2007 
659 
517 
5,309 
1,010 
158 
216 
199,218 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
235 
148 
419 
267 
145 
168 
364 
2007 
288 
197 
488 
289 
176 
178 
454 
$1,000, 2012 
3,231 
1,219 
13,760 
2,306 
900 
1,020 
30,196 
2007 
2,449 
1,066 
10,882 
2,179 
1,062 
1,050 
36,170 
-continued 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
