Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Geauga 
Greene 
Guernsey 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harrison 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
959 
800 
1,228 
295 
831 
793 
444 
2007 
888 
776 
883 
291 
922 
847 
418 
$1,000, 2012 
44,364 
77,404 
23,826 
20,877 
101,223 
211,138 
16,496 
2007 
26,887 
61,767 
18,485 
15,802 
75,221 
127,516 
10,862 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
46,261 
96,755 
19,402 
70,769 
121,808 
266,252 
37,154 
2007 
30,278 
79,597 
20,935 
54,302 
81,585 
150,550 
25,987 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
490 
404 
362 
100 
601 
455 
156 
2007 
496 
473 
354 
129 
719 
573 
163 
$1,000, 2012 
2,139 
13,133 
1,637 
902 
24,184 
22,157 
1,676 
2007 
1,320 
9,929 
1,164 
732 
15,188 
14,457 
895 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
396 
412 
248 
99 
630 
480 
104 
2007 
345 
404 
188 
97 
612 
448 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
613 
6,114 
273 
473 
8,849 
8,878 
280 
2007 
393 
5,013 
218 
434 
4,913 
4,973 
156 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
397 
391 
262 
108 
629 
499 
112 
2007 
360 
391 
176 
106 
680 
524 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
2,345 
8,952 
654 
1,338 
14,892 
15,074 
921 
2007 
1,712 
6,478 
516 
1,782 
8,898 
7,994 
428 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
360 
179 
358 
53 
105 
163 
157 
2007 
271 
152 
222 
33 
137 
154 
106 
$1,000, 2012 
1,703 
1,832 
2,263 
377 
2,870 
15,801 
1,188 
2007 
1,475 
1,407 
1,289 
792 
3,932 
15,170 
1,524 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
165 
83 
188 
21 
48 
67 
93 
2007 
131 
74 
137 
8 
56 
65 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
911 
586 
621 
74 
678 
(D) 
369 
2007 
941 
639 
503 
7 
918 
271 
361 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
271 
124 
214 
40 
69 
129 
87 
2007 
187 
97 
114 
28 
102 
119 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
792 
1,246 
1,642 
303 
2,191 
(D) 
819 
2007 
534 
767 
786 
785 
3,014 
14,898 
1,163 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
740 
394 
771 
147 
223 
274 
347 
2007 
577 
328 
580 
113 
241 
245 
245 
$1,000, 2012 
11,351 
5,574 
6,428 
1,834 
6,275 
66,296 
4,144 
2007 
4,154 
2,784 
4,620 
1,545 
7,411 
29,585 
1,104 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
892 
742 
1,161 
275 
786 
739 
432 
2007 
840 
755 
874 
279 
902 
824 
411 
$1,000, 2012 
2,486 
4,270 
2,103 
1,389 
5,688 
8,233 
1,283 
2007 
1,744 
3,705 
1,569 
977 
4,616 
5,620 
1,109 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
547 
463 
651 
161 
552 
467 
244 
2007 
380 
386 
452 
130 
472 
385 
174 
$1,000, 2012 
1,368 
1,554 
840 
1,684 
1,518 
2,418 
400 
2007 
811 
1,056 
526 
744 
860 
1,573 
227 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
775 
593 
888 
216 
704 
624 
351 
2007 
796 
701 
812 
262 
830 
763 
384 
$1,000, 2012 
3,417 
5,202 
2,102 
1,243 
7,381 
10,193 
1,420 
2007 
3,044 
5,308 
2,189 
1,438 
5,118 
6,906 
1,590 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
275 
172 
129 
104 
180 
191 
69 
2007 
173 
159 
99 
79 
146 
124 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
6,570 
4,595 
998 
7,043 
2,703 
10,869 
928 
2007 
3,886 
5,720 
1,475 
4,094 
2,852 
7,904 
836 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
69 
79 
46 
14 
42 
50 
16 
2007 
58 
65 
29 
15 
45 
44 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
664 
686 
125 
349 
209 
1,256 
89 
2007 
475 
163 
112 
230 
243 
796 
57 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
196 
228 
169 
24 
217 
192 
53 
2007 
123 
198 
104 
16 
215 
165 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
529 
1,841 
326 
149 
843 
2,229 
185 
2007 
528 
1,177 
128 
134 
615 
1,123 
61 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
168 
169 
150 
35 
319 
277 
96 
2007 
98 
184 
98 
39 
327 
292 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
1,054 
11,421 
857 
612 
13,294 
18,920 
1,254 
2007 
592 
8,300 
450 
701 
9,008 
1 1 ,356 
561 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
52 
49 
33 
14 
92 
72 
26 
2007 
21 
39 
26 
7 
70 
62 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
130 
1,011 
77 
49 
796 
872 
67 
2007 
93 
469 
31 
7 
416 
571 
33 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
374 
315 
356 
71 
422 
439 
142 
2007 
259 
284 
254 
51 
396 
337 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
2,900 
3,747 
1,525 
667 
4,326 
7,082 
770 
2007 
2,020 
3,797 
1,369 
648 
5,160 
6,508 
765 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
294 
258 
278 
53 
333 
358 
111 
2007 
211 
215 
215 
42 
331 
278 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
2,207 
2,673 
1,150 
493 
3,501 
4,846 
525 
2007 
1,515 
2,468 
1,098 
538 
3,930 
4,261 
455 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
193 
175 
183 
36 
214 
214 
77 
2007 
157 
176 
143 
30 
236 
198 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
694 
1,074 
375 
175 
825 
2,236 
246 
2007 
505 
1,329 
272 
110 
1,230 
2,247 
310 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
929 
764 
1,211 
277 
777 
755 
439 
2007 
828 
713 
830 
258 
848 
773 
383 
$1,000, 2012 
3,120 
3,242 
2,078 
1,023 
2,412 
3,062 
924 
2007 
2,416 
2,239 
1,345 
568 
1,866 
1,761 
639 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
533 
402 
521 
139 
439 
415 
240 
2007 
443 
419 
457 
134 
510 
444 
203 
$1,000, 2012 
3,976 
4,231 
1,541 
1,745 
4,982 
17,798 
967 
2007 
2,222 
4,223 
1,484 
977 
4,125 
11,219 
881 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
388 
341 
446 
90 
486 
455 
182 
2007 
345 
360 
371 
87 
540 
483 
161 
$1,000, 2012 
3,605 
9,409 
3,778 
1,544 
13,330 
16,607 
2,307 
2007 
5,059 
6,241 
2,629 
1,545 
10,477 
10,794 
1,648 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Ohio 279 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
