Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Tennessee 
Anderson 
Bedford 
Benton 
Bledsoe 
Blount 
Bradley 
Campbell 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
68,050 
441 
1,411 
463 
579 
980 
807 
370 
2007 
79,280 
538 
1,554 
500 
580 
1,154 
959 
404 
$1,000, 2012 
3,174,788 
5,323 
101,724 
11,610 
34,465 
20,934 
103,876 
3,977 
2007 
2,620,841 
6,509 
104,806 
7,003 
25,715 
19,435 
84,279 
3,917 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
46,654 
12,069 
72,093 
25,075 
59,525 
21,362 
128,718 
10,750 
2007 
33,058 
12,098 
67,443 
14,007 
44,336 
16,842 
87,882 
9,696 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
32,670 
195 
564 
213 
300 
502 
350 
193 
2007 
44,443 
295 
686 
245 
387 
690 
453 
235 
$1,000, 2012 
411,915 
461 
3,871 
2,430 
2,530 
2,207 
1,555 
524 
2007 
301,586 
597 
3,495 
1,393 
1,722 
2,089 
1,731 
558 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
28,305 
180 
591 
162 
220 
443 
350 
144 
2007 
28,400 
178 
515 
148 
210 
477 
364 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
196,390 
73 
1,376 
658 
780 
523 
685 
56 
2007 
126,529 
53 
722 
312 
431 
408 
468 
43 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
21,102 
121 
393 
158 
158 
313 
246 
108 
2007 
22,444 
169 
349 
113 
160 
321 
251 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
242,027 
233 
1,590 
888 
1,100 
614 
1,280 
75 
2007 
173,849 
435 
1,039 
298 
463 
1,195 
828 
86 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
17,664 
108 
441 
93 
196 
261 
278 
72 
2007 
16,930 
114 
443 
103 
159 
264 
271 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
283,304 
305 
15,219 
643 
4,626 
1,505 
14,664 
184 
2007 
213,700 
338 
13,507 
450 
3,374 
998 
12,683 
219 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
10,870 
64 
257 
54 
106 
146 
130 
44 
2007 
10,548 
60 
247 
73 
106 
173 
134 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
62,754 
180 
2,626 
220 
2,082 
473 
1,729 
93 
2007 
47,611 
250 
1,637 
209 
513 
542 
737 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
9,202 
60 
246 
51 
111 
160 
181 
42 
2007 
8,552 
64 
251 
50 
70 
112 
174 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
220,551 
124 
12,593 
423 
2,543 
1,031 
12,935 
92 
2007 
166,089 
88 
11,870 
242 
2,861 
455 
11,947 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
48,003 
344 
1,133 
276 
459 
735 
638 
261 
2007 
49,442 
336 
1,111 
238 
370 
772 
682 
251 
$1,000, 2012 
679,459 
1,021 
50,089 
1,424 
12,869 
4,091 
66,210 
778 
2007 
547,993 
1,087 
51,550 
932 
7,723 
2,839 
44,700 
607 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
65,298 
428 
1,364 
427 
565 
966 
784 
354 
2007 
77,402 
532 
1,538 
469 
570 
1,138 
950 
394 
$1,000, 2012 
197,953 
391 
4,133 
975 
1,946 
1,992 
2,533 
518 
2007 
160,637 
499 
4,019 
617 
1,721 
1,694 
3,862 
457 
Utilities farms, 2012 
36,426 
192 
838 
225 
324 
542 
460 
160 
2007 
32,708 
203 
820 
154 
230 
503 
449 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
69,757 
214 
2,851 
267 
1,160 
723 
1,752 
133 
2007 
54,900 
255 
2,250 
167 
900 
578 
1,689 
85 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
51,907 
312 
1,135 
338 
454 
766 
595 
275 
2007 
71,411 
488 
1,440 
437 
515 
1,044 
889 
364 
$1,000, 2012 
204,677 
482 
4,477 
1,256 
2,246 
1,952 
2,076 
407 
2007 
210,755 
792 
4,990 
974 
2,079 
2,155 
2,889 
615 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
15,071 
69 
360 
93 
187 
191 
160 
63 
2007 
14,575 
74 
385 
59 
148 
189 
196 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
252,642 
459 
4,630 
566 
2,458 
2,157 
4,123 
162 
2007 
214,487 
455 
3,817 
133 
2,015 
2,084 
2,866 
308 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
4,834 
14 
123 
20 
57 
65 
57 
18 
2007 
5,020 
19 
118 
20 
50 
83 
62 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
53,765 
35 
837 
61 
498 
289 
1,172 
42 
2007 
47,410 
31 
745 
(D) 
749 
358 
356 
24 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
8,730 
16 
259 
41 
74 
120 
153 
22 
2007 
8,662 
25 
202 
45 
73 
136 
94 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
38,401 
14 
1,067 
113 
127 
213 
1,093 
23 
2007 
27,353 
33 
548 
55 
121 
165 
325 
13 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
13,327 
60 
268 
72 
111 
210 
116 
91 
2007 
11,522 
63 
212 
41 
119 
174 
123 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
141,734 
108 
1,499 
384 
738 
781 
527 
145 
2007 
105,705 
88 
1,375 
150 
440 
593 
524 
83 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
2,538 
7 
44 
8 
15 
27 
36 
12 
2007 
2,559 
21 
49 
7 
11 
40 
34 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
16,730 
7 
73 
40 
18 
30 
25 
16 
2007 
14,261 
21 
70 
(□) 
7 
146 
46 
28 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
19,863 
96 
489 
138 
234 
212 
238 
76 
2007 
19,067 
112 
478 
92 
160 
242 
217 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
160,109 
631 
4,815 
930 
1,382 
1,302 
2,910 
414 
2007 
158,689 
723 
4,966 
676 
1,554 
1,474 
2,423 
342 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
15,669 
79 
391 
108 
158 
183 
199 
53 
2007 
15,374 
84 
384 
72 
118 
188 
171 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
122,949 
576 
3,955 
748 
1,113 
1,164 
2,719 
376 
2007 
120,778 
569 
4,136 
539 
1,180 
1,177 
2,064 
280 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
9,843 
40 
260 
67 
133 
75 
102 
42 
2007 
10,756 
79 
270 
53 
114 
127 
125 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
37,159 
55 
860 
182 
268 
138 
191 
39 
2007 
37,912 
154 
831 
137 
375 
298 
359 
62 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
65,947 
420 
1,380 
457 
567 
944 
786 
355 
2007 
73,873 
514 
1,467 
471 
552 
1,068 
861 
361 
$1,000, 2012 
99,159 
600 
2,225 
583 
815 
1,463 
1,348 
350 
2007 
97,014 
709 
2,478 
441 
766 
1,312 
1,259 
312 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
32,590 
189 
824 
240 
323 
503 
443 
137 
2007 
36,296 
250 
855 
186 
310 
585 
483 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
126,766 
289 
2,972 
391 
1,171 
1,092 
1,924 
149 
2007 
165,974 
395 
9,236 
344 
1,649 
1,345 
7,629 
138 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
27,476 
161 
619 
187 
285 
365 
358 
132 
2007 
31,582 
196 
694 
183 
297 
469 
431 
154 
$1,000, 2012 
338,142 
1,124 
7,149 
1,694 
3,626 
2,582 
4,391 
856 
2007 
297,137 
825 
8,005 
967 
3,231 
2,909 
4,697 
1,007 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 277 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
