Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mason 
Meade 
Menifee 
Mercer 
Metcalfe 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Morgan 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
634 
754 
294 
1,067 
924 
858 
609 
694 
2007 
753 
887 
331 
1,111 
964 
955 
685 
795 
$1,000, 2012 
26,394 
36,073 
5,151 
53,827 
33,428 
69,804 
21,142 
9,778 
2007 
21,533 
25,883 
3,370 
45,308 
28,801 
44,833 
14,932 
8,586 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
41,631 
47,842 
17,522 
50,447 
36,178 
81,357 
34,716 
14,089 
2007 
28,596 
29,181 
10,180 
40,781 
29,877 
46,946 
21,798 
10,800 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
300 
420 
100 
433 
526 
536 
226 
352 
2007 
420 
480 
181 
430 
617 
641 
330 
457 
$1,000, 2012 
2,746 
5,449 
328 
1,749 
3,566 
5,532 
968 
629 
2007 
1,906 
3,276 
352 
1,392 
2,882 
3,380 
1,218 
892 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
291 
308 
77 
368 
399 
443 
187 
217 
2007 
300 
285 
80 
323 
360 
343 
207 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
886 
1,779 
44 
428 
751 
1,534 
227 
87 
2007 
499 
980 
26 
287 
338 
376 
199 
83 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
291 
291 
77 
376 
347 
288 
177 
277 
2007 
294 
286 
98 
353 
306 
315 
225 
255 
$1,000, 2012 
1,227 
2,374 
204 
1,051 
934 
1,437 
422 
157 
2007 
619 
1,187 
86 
548 
557 
557 
294 
221 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
212 
258 
100 
410 
257 
267 
202 
207 
2007 
204 
237 
72 
336 
243 
238 
174 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
1,859 
2,625 
(D) 
18,099 
3,306 
9,575 
4,838 
1,105 
2007 
1,682 
1,897 
233 
14,197 
2,959 
7,198 
2,659 
452 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
159 
164 
60 
212 
182 
167 
139 
128 
2007 
155 
160 
50 
181 
172 
164 
126 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
1,089 
633 
(D) 
1,555 
1,227 
2,965 
1,449 
445 
2007 
548 
653 
110 
5,250 
1,108 
1,325 
921 
274 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
88 
126 
42 
270 
125 
131 
86 
101 
2007 
79 
97 
24 
201 
116 
115 
63 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
770 
1,992 
(D) 
16,544 
2,079 
6,610 
3,388 
659 
2007 
1,134 
1,244 
123 
8,948 
1,850 
5,873 
1,738 
178 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
447 
501 
219 
826 
665 
724 
462 
437 
2007 
419 
525 
210 
742 
576 
618 
391 
393 
$1,000, 2012 
4,785 
8,721 
728 
11,737 
10,713 
28,856 
4,605 
1,697 
2007 
(D) 
6,422 
468 
5,808 
7,830 
15,794 
1,635 
1,006 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
622 
739 
290 
1,036 
891 
845 
601 
683 
2007 
740 
869 
325 
1,094 
950 
935 
664 
779 
$1,000, 2012 
2,117 
2,432 
442 
2,698 
2,429 
4,268 
1,356 
1,126 
2007 
1,758 
1,918 
445 
2,323 
1,992 
2,267 
1,157 
990 
Utilities farms, 2012 
486 
544 
175 
764 
608 
585 
401 
426 
2007 
454 
436 
138 
642 
514 
483 
338 
318 
$1,000, 2012 
785 
831 
136 
1,246 
1,100 
1,629 
473 
330 
2007 
734 
551 
80 
916 
907 
1,280 
316 
235 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
527 
624 
229 
855 
719 
717 
481 
524 
2007 
683 
814 
297 
1,023 
853 
859 
596 
689 
$1,000, 2012 
2,088 
2,767 
378 
3,100 
2,276 
3,211 
1,587 
1,132 
2007 
2,490 
2,463 
473 
4,265 
2,472 
2,612 
1,568 
1,297 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
212 
165 
75 
215 
269 
232 
175 
224 
2007 
225 
169 
74 
214 
256 
221 
182 
260 
$1,000, 2012 
1,873 
1,409 
161 
2,869 
1,496 
2,458 
1,201 
624 
2007 
2,093 
847 
277 
3,764 
1,533 
2,128 
1,464 
758 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
94 
41 
21 
117 
99 
88 
90 
78 
2007 
117 
53 
27 
128 
114 
75 
84 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
1,004 
558 
143 
576 
1,151 
2,651 
401 
233 
2007 
1,066 
475 
28 
919 
805 
(D) 
493 
140 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
134 
126 
23 
208 
170 
215 
99 
68 
2007 
125 
114 
27 
158 
148 
172 
93 
63 
$1,000, 2012 
360 
477 
45 
339 
601 
920 
297 
85 
2007 
348 
236 
15 
215 
521 
441 
110 
77 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
103 
137 
42 
200 
161 
201 
118 
107 
2007 
71 
89 
29 
97 
119 
117 
77 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
2,124 
2,058 
203 
1,757 
799 
2,136 
755 
339 
2007 
703 
845 
56 
821 
462 
562 
369 
148 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
24 
36 
5 
35 
29 
43 
9 
18 
2007 
34 
56 
10 
47 
20 
24 
20 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
91 
381 
7 
98 
30 
208 
26 
33 
2007 
72 
145 
8 
71 
175 
(D) 
54 
24 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
293 
278 
118 
454 
420 
381 
248 
255 
2007 
263 
262 
76 
417 
335 
301 
226 
212 
$1,000, 2012 
2,323 
1,715 
620 
2,942 
2,221 
2,661 
2,016 
1,109 
2007 
2,102 
1,615 
415 
5,081 
2,701 
2,691 
1,688 
1,092 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
236 
239 
100 
375 
348 
311 
196 
190 
2007 
228 
224 
68 
365 
293 
265 
178 
172 
$1,000, 2012 
2,002 
1,380 
435 
2,474 
1,860 
2,105 
1,469 
713 
2007 
1,457 
1,255 
305 
3,965 
2,041 
2,266 
1,384 
873 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
171 
144 
75 
251 
190 
197 
139 
149 
2007 
138 
146 
40 
228 
196 
161 
138 
119 
$1,000, 2012 
321 
336 
185 
468 
361 
557 
546 
396 
2007 
645 
360 
110 
1,117 
660 
425 
304 
219 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
608 
740 
283 
1,026 
898 
823 
574 
678 
2007 
707 
833 
314 
1,035 
893 
889 
621 
748 
$1,000, 2012 
906 
1,123 
(D) 
1,736 
985 
920 
811 
678 
2007 
913 
963 
235 
1,702 
927 
998 
688 
675 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
357 
405 
156 
633 
484 
512 
330 
334 
2007 
403 
449 
143 
587 
514 
493 
363 
332 
$1,000, 2012 
1,219 
1,373 
181 
3,402 
1,071 
1,807 
1,161 
412 
2007 
(D) 
2,063 
172 
2,997 
1,741 
3,670 
1,019 
495 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
315 
335 
102 
544 
403 
382 
295 
303 
2007 
354 
442 
130 
547 
439 
381 
321 
299 
$1,000, 2012 
3,948 
4,211 
526 
5,008 
3,281 
4,559 
2,694 
2,441 
2007 
4,118 
4,211 
932 
5,590 
4,234 
3,661 
2,953 
1,787 
-continued 
302 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
