Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Scott 
Shelby 
Simpson 
Spencer 
Taylor 
Todd 
Trigg 
Trimble 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
838 
1,518 
467 
529 
874 
603 
397 
439 
2007 
930 
1,651 
494 
596 
941 
759 
458 
489 
$1,000, 2012 
51,279 
78,465 
58,158 
15,368 
36,055 
134,172 
46,406 
9,561 
2007 
41,774 
56,420 
30,891 
12,217 
23,172 
85,508 
27,566 
7,619 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
61,192 
51,690 
124,535 
29,051 
41,252 
222,508 
116,891 
21,779 
2007 
44,919 
34,173 
62,533 
20,499 
24,624 
112,658 
60,188 
15,581 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
305 
586 
244 
218 
502 
401 
228 
203 
2007 
377 
776 
314 
274 
587 
455 
262 
289 
$1,000, 2012 
1,511 
9,181 
7,592 
1,616 
5,052 
14,664 
8,841 
1,001 
2007 
1,167 
4,247 
4,282 
987 
3,339 
9,260 
4,769 
681 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
281 
573 
254 
185 
362 
374 
194 
158 
2007 
285 
589 
225 
202 
324 
345 
178 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
548 
2,820 
3,455 
490 
1,165 
7,479 
3,104 
249 
2007 
398 
1,390 
1,590 
305 
703 
4,148 
1,535 
231 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
312 
553 
191 
195 
327 
359 
189 
167 
2007 
321 
593 
188 
182 
299 
342 
196 
179 
$1,000, 2012 
884 
5,561 
4,088 
919 
1,676 
7,417 
4,529 
421 
2007 
961 
3,796 
1,897 
628 
918 
4,112 
2,040 
288 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
282 
411 
104 
127 
227 
174 
116 
123 
2007 
229 
375 
103 
122 
209 
145 
93 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
7,150 
5,248 
(D) 
1,057 
2,347 
6,873 
2,251 
487 
2007 
4,460 
5,171 
3,120 
548 
1,203 
8,264 
1,592 
590 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
175 
249 
64 
84 
126 
109 
72 
87 
2007 
140 
238 
55 
84 
131 
85 
67 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
2,522 
1,171 
364 
427 
637 
2,490 
647 
339 
2007 
1,815 
1,032 
430 
474 
626 
1,427 
456 
495 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
155 
210 
50 
54 
121 
102 
70 
62 
2007 
121 
171 
59 
47 
104 
85 
52 
61 
$1,000, 2012 
4,628 
4,077 
(D) 
630 
1,711 
4,383 
1,604 
148 
2007 
2,645 
4,139 
2,690 
74 
577 
6,837 
1,136 
95 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
602 
1,000 
278 
377 
604 
348 
272 
286 
2007 
555 
919 
279 
334 
541 
331 
238 
253 
$1,000, 2012 
7,975 
9,481 
2,787 
2,329 
9,196 
30,092 
3,205 
1,586 
2007 
4,866 
5,975 
2,362 
1,321 
4,905 
25,736 
1,880 
587 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
817 
1,475 
458 
514 
849 
583 
383 
427 
2007 
911 
1,623 
492 
580 
920 
741 
442 
481 
$1,000, 2012 
2,819 
4,887 
3,008 
1,333 
2,426 
5,669 
3,520 
752 
2007 
2,891 
3,608 
1,728 
1,135 
1,720 
4,296 
2,037 
766 
Utilities farms, 2012 
617 
1,025 
283 
356 
616 
391 
263 
314 
2007 
506 
922 
261 
287 
514 
349 
205 
276 
$1,000, 2012 
1,472 
2,160 
1,492 
438 
840 
2,287 
1,114 
349 
2007 
1,059 
1,565 
1,125 
359 
641 
2,050 
522 
267 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
682 
1,190 
381 
416 
679 
504 
339 
353 
2007 
844 
1,495 
462 
541 
848 
693 
412 
462 
$1,000, 2012 
3,546 
5,910 
2,834 
1,384 
2,416 
6,301 
3,563 
974 
2007 
4,775 
6,492 
2,319 
1,732 
2,327 
4,442 
2,043 
1,220 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
298 
439 
138 
118 
225 
198 
124 
99 
2007 
281 
485 
109 
131 
213 
192 
79 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
10,569 
11,436 
4,632 
1,157 
1,664 
9,132 
3,668 
614 
2007 
7,307 
6,550 
3,366 
1,249 
1,323 
5,453 
2,382 
504 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
170 
181 
69 
49 
85 
95 
42 
45 
2007 
126 
200 
40 
46 
80 
73 
28 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
2,422 
1,817 
2,035 
408 
732 
2,185 
990 
245 
2007 
2,898 
1,928 
277 
446 
580 
1,095 
459 
134 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
158 
255 
83 
80 
142 
178 
86 
87 
2007 
100 
229 
68 
59 
141 
153 
54 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
512 
802 
375 
186 
371 
1,640 
499 
110 
2007 
319 
649 
172 
105 
207 
945 
227 
50 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
132 
191 
87 
63 
127 
157 
89 
71 
2007 
121 
167 
72 
47 
91 
152 
97 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
2,600 
4,796 
4,431 
712 
2,540 
9,915 
5,550 
514 
2007 
926 
1,816 
2,434 
642 
770 
5,290 
3,027 
98 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
74 
68 
26 
17 
46 
53 
31 
19 
2007 
25 
36 
18 
23 
20 
42 
18 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
103 
280 
1,263 
35 
97 
2,689 
151 
23 
2007 
45 
129 
217 
13 
16 
1,790 
136 
10 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
350 
577 
233 
219 
376 
322 
153 
157 
2007 
323 
505 
186 
190 
332 
238 
121 
150 
$1,000, 2012 
2,830 
5,228 
2,174 
1,695 
2,097 
3,959 
1,981 
1,144 
2007 
3,231 
5,460 
1,925 
1,423 
2,298 
3,101 
2,583 
1,148 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
273 
488 
186 
172 
313 
270 
129 
141 
2007 
247 
447 
164 
167 
300 
188 
93 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
2,309 
4,378 
1,464 
1,353 
1,725 
2,931 
1,705 
920 
2007 
2,645 
4,592 
1,534 
1,221 
1,909 
2,199 
1,815 
1,007 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
173 
232 
122 
116 
207 
171 
91 
68 
2007 
190 
238 
93 
98 
165 
156 
68 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
521 
849 
710 
342 
372 
1,028 
276 
224 
2007 
586 
869 
391 
202 
389 
902 
768 
141 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
801 
1,470 
457 
518 
859 
579 
379 
421 
2007 
864 
1,547 
451 
564 
884 
686 
423 
466 
$1,000, 2012 
1,333 
3,352 
(D) 
882 
1,032 
1,096 
670 
550 
2007 
1,337 
2,932 
745 
710 
967 
937 
601 
545 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
499 
805 
250 
273 
456 
356 
207 
216 
2007 
503 
911 
261 
288 
477 
367 
226 
218 
$1,000, 2012 
5,006 
5,507 
4,351 
727 
2,402 
22,773 
2,770 
542 
2007 
5,133 
4,713 
3,333 
616 
1,257 
4,590 
1,731 
498 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
434 
631 
205 
233 
379 
338 
201 
206 
2007 
426 
779 
236 
295 
397 
371 
203 
266 
$1,000, 2012 
4,835 
7,901 
5,859 
2,195 
3,720 
11,818 
4,320 
1,711 
2007 
4,544 
9,854 
5,887 
1,973 
3,307 
7,599 
3,937 
1,740 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kentucky 305 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
