Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Union 
Warren 
Washington 
Wayne 
Webster 
Whitley 
Wolfe 
Woodford 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
310 
1,648 
1,011 
778 
500 
496 
297 
713 
2007 
325 
1,824 
1,119 
781 
556 
565 
342 
712 
$1,000, 2012 
84,349 
103,391 
32,320 
71,047 
80,271 
8,186 
2,915 
112,831 
2007 
52,429 
67,749 
24,936 
56,259 
72,176 
5,492 
3,236 
233,377 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
272,094 
62,737 
31,968 
91,321 
160,543 
16,504 
9,814 
158,248 
2007 
161,319 
37,143 
22,284 
72,034 
129,813 
9,720 
9,463 
327,776 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
203 
737 
446 
449 
238 
169 
140 
264 
2007 
225 
998 
533 
476 
263 
259 
182 
307 
$1,000, 2012 
17,716 
11,201 
2,860 
3,096 
8,563 
391 
241 
1,539 
2007 
11,277 
6,193 
2,087 
2,188 
4,750 
494 
369 
1,295 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
201 
725 
314 
348 
218 
107 
96 
304 
2007 
175 
625 
314 
268 
187 
119 
113 
254 
$1,000, 2012 
8,366 
4,498 
1,152 
874 
3,392 
38 
29 
637 
2007 
4,317 
1,639 
433 
474 
2,257 
61 
56 
806 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
186 
503 
361 
286 
219 
132 
92 
247 
2007 
187 
545 
404 
221 
187 
140 
105 
257 
$1,000, 2012 
11,994 
5,588 
1,977 
1,481 
6,653 
90 
58 
1,160 
2007 
6,219 
2,438 
1,004 
563 
2,351 
120 
60 
867 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
65 
413 
312 
239 
80 
118 
63 
248 
2007 
50 
415 
263 
184 
93 
111 
52 
198 
$1,000, 2012 
1,211 
9,394 
4,485 
13,875 
10,508 
2,072 
171 
22,259 
2007 
841 
12,469 
3,109 
9,477 
11,623 
307 
345 
45,388 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
41 
286 
212 
145 
37 
71 
32 
160 
2007 
44 
291 
178 
122 
50 
59 
37 
129 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
3,367 
1,705 
4,242 
186 
296 
94 
13,887 
2007 
285 
1,227 
1,039 
538 
265 
127 
273 
31,223 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
32 
197 
154 
139 
51 
61 
33 
113 
2007 
12 
166 
125 
84 
50 
62 
22 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
6,027 
2,780 
9,633 
10,322 
1,776 
78 
8,373 
2007 
557 
11,242 
2,070 
8,939 
11,357 
180 
73 
14,165 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
161 
1,073 
724 
591 
209 
364 
164 
552 
2007 
123 
1,109 
643 
450 
208 
339 
155 
480 
$1,000, 2012 
2,262 
30,137 
6,064 
23,473 
31,655 
1,667 
369 
8,706 
2007 
1,493 
15,002 
3,562 
16,062 
32,596 
931 
370 
9,068 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
285 
1,577 
986 
754 
475 
472 
286 
691 
2007 
316 
1,790 
1,097 
767 
539 
542 
328 
702 
$1,000, 2012 
5,344 
5,404 
2,520 
2,859 
3,210 
656 
362 
3,677 
2007 
3,816 
3,462 
1,928 
2,724 
3,105 
659 
401 
4,508 
Utilities farms, 2012 
203 
1,026 
686 
514 
252 
253 
153 
528 
2007 
179 
924 
593 
385 
197 
169 
118 
420 
$1,000, 2012 
1,164 
2,702 
936 
2,557 
1,028 
186 
153 
2,759 
2007 
795 
1,805 
776 
1,160 
868 
144 
84 
2,469 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
254 
1,304 
819 
610 
405 
361 
209 
609 
2007 
292 
1,650 
1,048 
714 
495 
508 
308 
651 
$1,000, 2012 
4,589 
5,470 
2,746 
3,956 
3,674 
775 
340 
5,897 
2007 
4,495 
5,163 
2,761 
3,182 
3,037 
786 
514 
9,365 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
80 
386 
241 
204 
117 
91 
80 
295 
2007 
81 
421 
247 
182 
102 
87 
95 
275 
$1,000, 2012 
5,107 
5,486 
2,127 
9,448 
2,230 
399 
131 
30,728 
2007 
3,023 
3,578 
1,571 
7,660 
986 
329 
154 
40,104 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
31 
139 
87 
80 
49 
30 
32 
177 
2007 
20 
124 
122 
84 
33 
25 
26 
162 
$1,000, 2012 
411 
1,712 
621 
489 
347 
28 
63 
2,618 
2007 
176 
666 
656 
(D) 
298 
62 
43 
3,346 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
75 
358 
188 
146 
97 
56 
20 
152 
2007 
73 
338 
183 
103 
63 
48 
22 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
714 
1,217 
428 
451 
825 
127 
10 
634 
2007 
738 
857 
301 
1,444 
301 
55 
49 
960 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
96 
215 
134 
157 
69 
74 
31 
118 
2007 
90 
175 
97 
115 
65 
42 
19 
113 
$1,000, 2012 
15,671 
6,211 
1,546 
1,839 
3,149 
190 
80 
1,890 
2007 
7,135 
3,329 
687 
722 
1,677 
97 
40 
2,826 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
20 
92 
30 
31 
27 
22 
10 
42 
2007 
19 
44 
24 
22 
21 
18 
3 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
429 
635 
45 
251 
278 
15 
5 
136 
2007 
278 
206 
66 
(D) 
302 
10 
2 
134 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
156 
646 
424 
301 
225 
148 
109 
302 
2007 
133 
534 
417 
240 
171 
111 
71 
239 
$1,000, 2012 
3,265 
6,019 
2,359 
2,044 
1,796 
816 
553 
5,257 
2007 
4,008 
4,918 
2,937 
2,034 
1,892 
692 
259 
8,184 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
123 
545 
357 
249 
189 
124 
82 
217 
2007 
90 
444 
351 
198 
130 
102 
63 
190 
$1,000, 2012 
2,729 
4,735 
1,895 
1,693 
1,321 
776 
403 
4,304 
2007 
2,464 
4,174 
2,301 
1,652 
1,298 
520 
202 
6,182 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
95 
299 
207 
167 
117 
53 
61 
159 
2007 
91 
279 
230 
147 
96 
47 
34 
127 
$1,000, 2012 
536 
1,283 
464 
350 
475 
40 
150 
954 
2007 
1,544 
744 
636 
382 
594 
171 
57 
2,002 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
287 
1,601 
974 
741 
481 
466 
292 
672 
2007 
292 
1,702 
1,042 
734 
510 
512 
322 
619 
$1,000, 2012 
1,634 
2,475 
1,201 
919 
997 
402 
210 
2,778 
2007 
951 
1,900 
1,593 
(D) 
1,032 
479 
306 
2,285 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
189 
853 
486 
380 
232 
180 
119 
428 
2007 
203 
860 
556 
345 
211 
206 
118 
436 
$1,000, 2012 
4,473 
5,244 
1,254 
3,435 
1,966 
333 
141 
22,154 
2007 
2,866 
4,125 
1,464 
4,754 
5,102 
267 
184 
101,772 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
153 
734 
437 
334 
246 
183 
107 
353 
2007 
179 
757 
484 
327 
242 
184 
116 
384 
$1,000, 2012 
9,108 
9,117 
4,332 
4,547 
5,606 
1,103 
870 
1 1 ,209 
2007 
7,137 
7,969 
4,686 
6,566 
4,769 
1,479 
741 
30,256 
306 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
