Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Graves 
Grayson 
Green 
Greenup 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harlan 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
1,442 
1,407 
1,050 
604 
350 
1,357 
34 
2007 
1,712 
1,513 
1,064 
698 
383 
1,588 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
280,868 
44,496 
37,381 
7,232 
11,189 
57,890 
541 
2007 
179,752 
36,305 
21,945 
7,010 
8,470 
41,692 
391 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
194,777 
31,625 
35,601 
11,974 
31,968 
42,660 
15,912 
2007 
104,995 
23,996 
20,625 
10,043 
22,114 
26,254 
10,577 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
573 
745 
580 
224 
181 
760 
11 
2007 
682 
853 
711 
349 
221 
943 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
22,824 
5,703 
6,535 
468 
2,073 
9,293 
(D) 
2007 
10,780 
3,968 
3,161 
574 
1,561 
6,105 
13 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
613 
461 
455 
166 
131 
566 
11 
2007 
498 
412 
399 
146 
149 
517 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
8,727 
1,071 
1,138 
79 
589 
3,961 
4 
2007 
4,339 
491 
446 
96 
452 
1,899 
(D) 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
541 
454 
350 
169 
112 
480 
8 
2007 
466 
411 
361 
200 
139 
515 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
10,893 
1,873 
1,531 
144 
927 
4,971 
9 
2007 
4,970 
847 
401 
160 
725 
3,158 
1 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
277 
351 
275 
176 
85 
366 
12 
2007 
249 
305 
195 
139 
64 
319 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
57,796 
6,438 
1,824 
455 
623 
2,840 
51 
2007 
25,046 
5,915 
1,854 
336 
251 
2,993 
18 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
120 
224 
167 
104 
47 
241 
7 
2007 
92 
203 
121 
73 
44 
225 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
1,541 
1,564 
905 
320 
162 
1,199 
44 
2007 
1,406 
688 
634 
163 
149 
1,019 
11 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
207 
192 
145 
96 
47 
176 
8 
2007 
187 
140 
88 
81 
26 
136 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
56,255 
4,874 
919 
135 
461 
1,641 
7 
2007 
23,640 
5,226 
1,221 
173 
102 
1,974 
7 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
591 
919 
698 
421 
205 
937 
28 
2007 
536 
822 
620 
406 
192 
921 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
120,375 
13,270 
7,334 
1,305 
1,696 
8,060 
160 
2007 
81,906 
10,099 
4,519 
909 
1,030 
5,582 
102 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
1,337 
1,343 
1,004 
586 
347 
1,321 
33 
2007 
1,653 
1,478 
1,055 
694 
374 
1,570 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
8,441 
2,914 
2,605 
840 
912 
4,091 
33 
2007 
6,413 
2,282 
1,836 
739 
748 
2,959 
30 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
819 
814 
710 
338 
249 
909 
22 
2007 
607 
715 
603 
273 
187 
783 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
4,227 
1,067 
1,000 
327 
292 
1,290 
16 
2007 
2,782 
915 
813 
284 
218 
905 
13 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
1,111 
1,070 
837 
443 
293 
1,085 
25 
2007 
1,516 
1,378 
988 
651 
353 
1,470 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
8,712 
2,841 
2,591 
729 
959 
4,404 
39 
2007 
6,793 
2,809 
2,429 
1,205 
968 
4,713 
47 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
387 
272 
275 
123 
48 
278 
7 
2007 
306 
241 
273 
124 
47 
323 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
8,970 
1,324 
1,722 
402 
583 
2,623 
(D) 
2007 
6,474 
1,285 
1,014 
277 
539 
2,424 
9 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
133 
84 
171 
39 
25 
79 
6 
2007 
107 
84 
127 
45 
18 
71 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
1,670 
214 
1,699 
76 
99 
790 
32 
2007 
1,283 
456 
495 
69 
73 
281 
20 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
293 
222 
194 
40 
38 
205 
1 
2007 
186 
187 
212 
24 
19 
204 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
2,588 
522 
532 
63 
101 
926 
(D) 
2007 
848 
317 
258 
18 
22 
660 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
240 
181 
138 
75 
38 
210 
6 
2007 
197 
96 
102 
63 
29 
177 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
9,109 
1,537 
2,257 
467 
661 
4,565 
(D) 
2007 
3,925 
519 
330 
176 
275 
2,032 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
91 
31 
29 
11 
8 
59 
1 
2007 
47 
38 
23 
14 
10 
61 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
1,118 
157 
95 
34 
8 
331 
(D) 
2007 
276 
55 
34 
5 
38 
114 
(D) 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
619 
480 
426 
202 
111 
511 
10 
2007 
473 
461 
376 
195 
117 
495 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
6,997 
2,914 
2,915 
749 
629 
4,359 
92 
2007 
6,028 
2,970 
2,049 
1,049 
811 
3,993 
38 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
554 
394 
372 
170 
90 
420 
8 
2007 
424 
390 
314 
165 
102 
414 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
5,751 
2,383 
2,462 
620 
526 
3,562 
45 
2007 
4,756 
2,264 
1,593 
822 
574 
3,239 
30 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
298 
236 
211 
85 
60 
238 
3 
2007 
243 
245 
188 
115 
71 
267 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
1,246 
531 
453 
129 
102 
798 
46 
2007 
1,271 
706 
456 
227 
237 
754 
8 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
1,414 
1,369 
1,013 
595 
341 
1,330 
33 
2007 
1,587 
1,427 
1,008 
644 
363 
1,471 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
2,528 
1,322 
1,069 
766 
371 
2,012 
24 
2007 
1,855 
1,149 
918 
755 
371 
1,843 
30 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
667 
607 
548 
220 
186 
657 
17 
2007 
636 
619 
552 
246 
182 
736 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
5,893 
1,329 
2,534 
326 
668 
3,373 
16 
2007 
16,034 
2,229 
1,388 
358 
389 
2,030 
60 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
717 
589 
446 
241 
174 
582 
13 
2007 
634 
682 
480 
297 
165 
698 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
14,896 
4,998 
4,435 
1,703 
1,813 
7,939 
43 
2007 
13,540 
5,217 
3,879 
1,634 
1,461 
6,506 
47 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kentucky 297 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
