Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Madison 
Mahoning 
Marion 
Medina 
Meigs 
Mercer 
Miami 
Monroe 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
699 
578 
578 
920 
588 
1,208 
1,068 
823 
2007 
718 
578 
654 
951 
551 
1,302 
1,048 
636 
$1,000, 2012 
142,040 
53,476 
104,601 
58,670 
14,969 
427,921 
85,029 
13,683 
2007 
83,162 
34,548 
70,434 
43,507 
14,103 
409,831 
63,312 
8,191 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
203,204 
92,518 
180,971 
63,772 
25,457 
354,239 
79,615 
16,625 
2007 
115,825 
59,772 
107,697 
45,749 
25,594 
314,771 
60,412 
12,878 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
412 
339 
311 
403 
274 
851 
659 
276 
2007 
455 
313 
434 
503 
271 
973 
698 
273 
$1,000, 2012 
25,612 
4,097 
15,929 
6,213 
1,074 
23,327 
18,280 
581 
2007 
14,365 
2,766 
1 1 ,692 
4,148 
956 
19,652 
11,151 
513 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
443 
319 
341 
416 
192 
888 
656 
188 
2007 
416 
261 
357 
380 
152 
865 
561 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
10,550 
1,759 
8,203 
3,472 
344 
1 1 ,377 
6,647 
74 
2007 
5,873 
1,042 
4,687 
1,638 
252 
6,809 
4,509 
57 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
417 
297 
332 
399 
184 
839 
635 
149 
2007 
420 
264 
375 
402 
182 
902 
617 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
15,383 
3,508 
1 1 ,826 
4,920 
970 
18,302 
1 1 ,853 
168 
2007 
7,934 
1,681 
6,017 
4,771 
870 
10,833 
7,092 
129 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
149 
158 
114 
294 
145 
438 
207 
232 
2007 
132 
173 
104 
250 
120 
511 
165 
170 
$1,000, 2012 
4,654 
1,862 
5,991 
4,653 
612 
62,247 
1,544 
1,219 
2007 
3,586 
1,193 
5,295 
1,180 
623 
94,984 
2,430 
506 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
67 
64 
51 
96 
82 
134 
93 
136 
2007 
69 
65 
42 
84 
67 
134 
57 
128 
$1,000, 2012 
1,851 
678 
1,783 
348 
292 
5,416 
261 
383 
2007 
1,220 
239 
1,029 
236 
215 
10,764 
148 
225 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
110 
117 
74 
232 
87 
344 
139 
138 
2007 
77 
129 
70 
199 
71 
420 
123 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
2,803 
1,184 
4,208 
4,305 
320 
56,830 
1,282 
835 
2007 
2,366 
954 
4,266 
943 
408 
84,220 
2,282 
281 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
278 
362 
166 
567 
389 
596 
414 
548 
2007 
278 
325 
205 
538 
303 
664 
393 
395 
$1,000, 2012 
16,544 
15,249 
19,680 
7,960 
2,413 
194,814 
4,240 
3,933 
2007 
9,006 
8,993 
10,175 
4,542 
2,160 
179,405 
3,988 
1,867 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
653 
569 
521 
892 
567 
1,151 
953 
782 
2007 
700 
571 
622 
926 
546 
1,283 
1,015 
627 
$1,000, 2012 
7,041 
3,026 
6,024 
3,871 
1,260 
18,003 
4,785 
1,267 
2007 
4,812 
2,020 
4,631 
3,180 
1,316 
14,686 
4,532 
883 
Utilities farms, 2012 
488 
399 
345 
575 
336 
978 
634 
485 
2007 
406 
348 
296 
515 
289 
886 
476 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
2,099 
1,287 
1,668 
1,878 
501 
8,761 
1,478 
478 
2007 
1,286 
1,093 
1,242 
1,221 
439 
5,378 
1,244 
309 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
564 
488 
470 
768 
470 
1,084 
788 
614 
2007 
639 
542 
581 
851 
522 
1,214 
907 
586 
$1,000, 2012 
9,158 
4,089 
5,790 
4,446 
1,221 
1 7,733 
6,744 
1,451 
2007 
6,139 
3,736 
4,360 
4,542 
1,338 
14,944 
5,571 
1,353 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
216 
134 
160 
223 
107 
390 
223 
133 
2007 
167 
125 
111 
198 
100 
415 
147 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
6,375 
5,873 
4,583 
7,018 
1,969 
9,404 
3,700 
899 
2007 
4,166 
3,911 
3,302 
5,413 
2,283 
8,886 
4,011 
278 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
49 
50 
37 
69 
26 
101 
54 
32 
2007 
53 
35 
25 
62 
24 
101 
38 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
713 
654 
116 
715 
198 
1,178 
209 
119 
2007 
334 
300 
130 
375 
454 
(D) 
228 
100 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
255 
169 
140 
209 
52 
546 
177 
104 
2007 
199 
126 
108 
161 
37 
382 
168 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
3,968 
1,398 
1,131 
1,222 
83 
5,321 
671 
217 
2007 
1,697 
918 
555 
738 
75 
3,007 
537 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
261 
181 
192 
215 
93 
444 
311 
113 
2007 
251 
138 
194 
172 
61 
464 
267 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
21,060 
2,444 
1 1 ,906 
2,952 
818 
18,481 
12,555 
409 
2007 
10,619 
959 
7,345 
2,367 
267 
12,384 
7,902 
221 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
72 
29 
35 
54 
29 
111 
92 
15 
2007 
37 
25 
40 
57 
16 
131 
61 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
1,469 
199 
924 
517 
101 
1,487 
756 
34 
2007 
469 
40 
379 
526 
382 
(D) 
382 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
327 
237 
285 
295 
154 
607 
398 
203 
2007 
286 
215 
266 
241 
131 
586 
335 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
5,150 
2,510 
3,406 
2,677 
1,101 
11,714 
3,909 
781 
2007 
5,224 
2,064 
4,726 
2,788 
946 
10,593 
3,853 
642 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
256 
189 
220 
220 
122 
529 
332 
167 
2007 
222 
184 
202 
197 
97 
504 
279 
103 
$1,000, 2012 
4,095 
1,692 
2,734 
2,069 
865 
8,998 
3,120 
625 
2007 
3,696 
1,666 
3,137 
2,014 
643 
7,442 
2,948 
568 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
181 
130 
163 
173 
79 
319 
213 
100 
2007 
180 
121 
153 
143 
82 
337 
194 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
1,055 
817 
671 
608 
236 
2,716 
789 
156 
2007 
1,528 
398 
1,589 
774 
303 
3,151 
905 
73 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
649 
564 
557 
882 
572 
1,149 
1,002 
809 
2007 
647 
559 
604 
872 
516 
1,228 
955 
598 
$1,000, 2012 
4,120 
1,746 
2,369 
2,769 
1,020 
6,398 
3,222 
1,149 
2007 
2,419 
1,441 
1,872 
2,261 
831 
4,023 
2,252 
694 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
417 
332 
314 
496 
260 
815 
510 
391 
2007 
433 
333 
332 
522 
245 
905 
541 
313 
$1,000, 2012 
8,144 
3,776 
5,056 
3,386 
1,283 
19,373 
4,436 
904 
2007 
5,234 
2,391 
4,024 
3,817 
911 
16,108 
3,630 
585 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
409 
313 
300 
429 
237 
838 
450 
324 
2007 
390 
298 
316 
403 
241 
871 
496 
269 
$1,000, 2012 
16,867 
6,458 
10,448 
5,726 
2,049 
32,872 
10,163 
2,247 
2007 
10,129 
3,956 
7,610 
5,547 
1,701 
26,876 
6,801 
1,757 
--continued 
282 Ohio 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
