Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jessamine 
Johnson 
Kenton 
Knott 
Knox 
Larue 
Laurel 
Lawrence 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
668 
196 
459 
42 
243 
720 
1,006 
291 
2007 
711 
198 
481 
46 
376 
811 
1,012 
337 
$1,000, 2012 
29,237 
2,517 
9,480 
832 
3,753 
40,693 
19,062 
2,721 
2007 
80,449 
1,757 
5,268 
600 
4,186 
23,984 
14,612 
2,880 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
43,768 
12,841 
20,654 
19,804 
15,444 
56,517 
18,949 
9,352 
2007 
113,149 
8,873 
10,951 
13,052 
11,134 
29,573 
14,439 
8,545 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
220 
67 
129 
7 
82 
401 
495 
102 
2007 
268 
94 
174 
8 
182 
512 
565 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
633 
74 
489 
8 
290 
6,429 
1,487 
83 
2007 
907 
123 
163 
6 
412 
3,709 
1,359 
138 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
232 
54 
124 
6 
52 
315 
264 
72 
2007 
212 
47 
103 
1 
68 
290 
234 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
241 
20 
95 
1 
42 
2,091 
198 
15 
2007 
247 
17 
34 
(D) 
32 
1,056 
145 
24 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
191 
71 
126 
7 
67 
265 
276 
66 
2007 
201 
60 
136 
3 
94 
275 
248 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
496 
27 
198 
2 
105 
3,055 
624 
28 
2007 
425 
26 
94 
3 
68 
1,278 
196 
36 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
223 
71 
127 
14 
72 
230 
255 
57 
2007 
159 
50 
90 
13 
58 
172 
190 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
5,131 
360 
1,306 
181 
230 
4,086 
2,952 
328 
2007 
8,597 
205 
360 
63 
189 
1,791 
964 
149 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
125 
43 
77 
9 
49 
160 
184 
32 
2007 
94 
29 
54 
6 
34 
122 
118 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
828 
187 
290 
81 
146 
758 
1,096 
258 
2007 
6,946 
77 
116 
32 
88 
616 
488 
96 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
131 
43 
70 
11 
35 
108 
107 
33 
2007 
83 
32 
48 
7 
29 
79 
95 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
4,303 
172 
1,016 
100 
83 
3,328 
1,856 
69 
2007 
1,651 
128 
244 
30 
101 
1,176 
476 
53 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
482 
137 
303 
36 
156 
519 
687 
186 
2007 
446 
91 
257 
39 
216 
471 
559 
158 
$1,000, 2012 
5,408 
459 
1,819 
136 
665 
4,747 
4,611 
694 
2007 
(D) 
208 
761 
194 
878 
2,226 
2,806 
294 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
640 
193 
436 
38 
232 
708 
979 
284 
2007 
687 
196 
465 
38 
369 
800 
985 
328 
$1,000, 2012 
1,577 
213 
757 
102 
394 
2,620 
1,540 
302 
2007 
1,257 
216 
526 
50 
514 
1,867 
1,304 
347 
Utilities farms, 2012 
468 
104 
285 
25 
128 
510 
529 
141 
2007 
364 
63 
210 
10 
124 
436 
366 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
799 
83 
275 
35 
118 
748 
535 
98 
2007 
674 
31 
199 
5 
108 
564 
395 
50 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
523 
139 
376 
35 
165 
598 
775 
203 
2007 
633 
186 
441 
36 
329 
744 
913 
296 
$1,000, 2012 
1,756 
170 
850 
89 
329 
2,250 
1,626 
265 
2007 
2,034 
338 
966 
106 
663 
2,305 
1,809 
645 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
201 
31 
91 
6 
58 
155 
223 
58 
2007 
158 
29 
76 
9 
56 
152 
174 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
4,153 
242 
995 
20 
178 
2,128 
882 
102 
2007 
6,623 
81 
236 
15 
130 
1,504 
1,100 
210 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
94 
21 
30 
4 
17 
50 
59 
25 
2007 
89 
11 
26 
5 
10 
72 
64 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
754 
206 
84 
20 
36 
1,316 
254 
28 
2007 
649 
26 
90 
13 
27 
294 
227 
24 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
112 
11 
54 
5 
17 
134 
101 
9 
2007 
87 
3 
42 
2 
22 
118 
68 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
216 
12 
87 
41 
26 
575 
71 
14 
2007 
335 
(D) 
62 
(D) 
21 
301 
107 
20 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
118 
21 
64 
10 
41 
98 
150 
22 
2007 
79 
12 
34 
8 
42 
113 
78 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
1,894 
24 
169 
20 
488 
4,617 
1,119 
30 
2007 
626 
8 
44 
46 
81 
1,266 
737 
258 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
9 
4 
16 
- 
7 
37 
35 
8 
2007 
14 
1 
14 
2 
7 
28 
14 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
10 
14 
16 
- 
5 
158 
15 
8 
2007 
23 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
31 
125 
6 
4 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
240 
52 
148 
11 
64 
345 
277 
84 
2007 
190 
31 
105 
2 
83 
285 
249 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
2,273 
284 
1,102 
50 
407 
2,799 
1,426 
326 
2007 
2,079 
144 
617 
(□) 
514 
3,138 
1,808 
270 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
192 
45 
134 
11 
44 
298 
230 
69 
2007 
143 
26 
87 
1 
66 
251 
200 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
1,940 
259 
876 
(D) 
362 
2,188 
1,285 
275 
2007 
1,615 
137 
483 
(D) 
375 
2,540 
1,378 
235 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
114 
18 
58 
3 
38 
168 
119 
40 
2007 
102 
12 
49 
2 
47 
155 
139 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
333 
25 
226 
(D) 
45 
611 
141 
51 
2007 
464 
7 
133 
(D) 
139 
598 
430 
35 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
617 
192 
441 
42 
231 
702 
975 
279 
2007 
630 
177 
438 
43 
360 
763 
924 
305 
$1,000, 2012 
1,310 
250 
801 
32 
261 
1,039 
857 
309 
2007 
1,154 
199 
779 
37 
295 
1,067 
750 
285 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
365 
87 
221 
20 
95 
417 
392 
102 
2007 
348 
76 
207 
13 
143 
414 
379 
107 
$1,000, 2012 
2,587 
79 
436 
95 
179 
2,034 
868 
94 
2007 
(D) 
129 
328 
8 
223 
1,492 
901 
127 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
269 
76 
185 
16 
92 
351 
403 
104 
2007 
349 
65 
210 
14 
125 
384 
383 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
3,225 
325 
1,339 
120 
481 
5,136 
2,202 
582 
2007 
2,927 
471 
1,389 
110 
609 
3,686 
2,017 
415 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kentucky 299 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
