Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Piscataquis 
Sagadahoc 
Somerset 
Waldo 
Washington 
York 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
203 
229 
579 
633 
392 
779 
2007 
190 
183 
564 
424 
472 
708 
$1,000, 2012 
8,731 
7,277 
66,399 
20,809 
76,503 
31,872 
2007 
6,481 
4,489 
42,677 
19,561 
41,287 
22,705 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
43,008 
31,779 
114,678 
32,874 
195,161 
40,914 
2007 
34,111 
24,532 
75,668 
46,134 
87,473 
32,069 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
99 
75 
202 
289 
246 
383 
2007 
78 
75 
179 
189 
320 
313 
$1,000, 2012 
746 
268 
1,437 
564 
2,247 
3,181 
2007 
319 
78 
1,523 
579 
568 
786 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
58 
55 
153 
195 
223 
249 
2007 
47 
38 
93 
105 
225 
157 
$1,000, 2012 
343 
48 
948 
212 
3,859 
421 
2007 
150 
27 
376 
231 
884 
441 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
71 
76 
178 
234 
105 
263 
2007 
60 
62 
119 
123 
100 
187 
$1,000, 2012 
419 
282 
2,392 
582 
3,010 
1,292 
2007 
179 
133 
979 
1,465 
573 
2,957 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
72 
75 
176 
186 
73 
239 
2007 
41 
62 
128 
95 
57 
157 
$1,000, 2012 
279 
142 
(D) 
325 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
48 
200 
552 
190 
199 
286 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
36 
29 
93 
60 
29 
110 
2007 
18 
26 
77 
39 
11 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
243 
18 
427 
101 
65 
346 
2007 
27 
143 
371 
73 
23 
168 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
59 
64 
117 
153 
55 
160 
2007 
32 
47 
89 
66 
49 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
35 
124 
(D) 
224 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
21 
57 
181 
117 
176 
119 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
117 
147 
347 
386 
129 
522 
2007 
75 
107 
271 
187 
100 
398 
$1,000, 2012 
2,158 
772 
1 1 ,644 
5,297 
10,387 
4,542 
2007 
1,588 
665 
7,997 
4,691 
(D) 
2,818 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
184 
208 
554 
578 
373 
750 
2007 
185 
181 
551 
413 
450 
693 
$1,000, 2012 
684 
422 
4,452 
1,715 
3,198 
2,268 
2007 
562 
304 
5,326 
1,480 
1,417 
1 ,566 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
110 
126 
396 
364 
208 
497 
2007 
89 
85 
261 
214 
166 
342 
$1,000, 2012 
265 
228 
6,746 
873 
871 
(D) 
2007 
256 
137 
3,275 
710 
331 
755 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
147 
173 
475 
476 
317 
611 
2007 
171 
151 
508 
380 
411 
626 
$1,000, 2012 
789 
547 
5,487 
2,695 
6,706 
2,933 
2007 
772 
607 
4,055 
2,343 
3,038 
2,518 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
53 
45 
229 
168 
151 
229 
2007 
47 
37 
110 
99 
139 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
1,005 
2,386 
14,830 
3,201 
25,074 
6,465 
2007 
991 
788 
6,918 
2,797 
1 1 ,358 
4,255 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
16 
6 
30 
59 
89 
71 
2007 
13 
19 
32 
44 
92 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
43 
94 
(D) 
284 
(D) 
274 
2007 
110 
35 
1,348 
165 
1,601 
200 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
31 
27 
72 
73 
45 
35 
2007 
14 
17 
54 
50 
41 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
33 
773 
203 
624 
402 
2007 
64 
47 
686 
189 
1,073 
277 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
27 
39 
134 
66 
29 
130 
2007 
15 
9 
94 
36 
18 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
311 
125 
1,705 
475 
370 
1,323 
2007 
114 
(D) 
1,206 
453 
378 
389 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
4 
7 
33 
19 
21 
28 
2007 
8 
4 
31 
24 
18 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
5 
406 
60 
785 
291 
2007 
12 
4 
326 
216 
(D) 
115 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
73 
64 
158 
165 
112 
217 
2007 
48 
45 
131 
90 
100 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
462 
264 
1,159 
904 
1,921 
1,602 
2007 
488 
184 
1,266 
628 
2,005 
962 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
52 
34 
135 
113 
81 
160 
2007 
38 
39 
95 
73 
78 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
364 
197 
875 
714 
1,020 
1,265 
2007 
400 
(D) 
988 
435 
(D) 
646 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
38 
44 
80 
106 
67 
111 
2007 
34 
18 
92 
60 
61 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
98 
67 
283 
190 
901 
337 
2007 
88 
(D) 
278 
193 
(D) 
316 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
192 
218 
515 
615 
373 
729 
2007 
174 
168 
497 
402 
439 
648 
$1,000, 2012 
468 
1,072 
2,258 
1,931 
2,289 
2,605 
2007 
392 
(D) 
1,412 
1,159 
(D) 
2,308 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
98 
125 
303 
290 
153 
445 
2007 
106 
99 
276 
198 
184 
367 
$1,000, 2012 
491 
589 
10,334 
1,487 
4,877 
2,601 
2007 
434 
438 
5,431 
2,265 
2,719 
2,073 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
75 
68 
271 
276 
192 
300 
2007 
84 
69 
235 
197 
159 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
999 
538 
9,604 
2,469 
7,326 
3,116 
2007 
1,883 
459 
5,994 
2,351 
2,475 
2,103 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Maine 237 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
