Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cannon 
Carroll 
Carter 
Cheatham 
Chester 
Claiborne 
Clay 
Cocke 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
717 
732 
493 
415 
391 
945 
424 
625 
2007 
880 
971 
516 
554 
484 
1,090 
462 
705 
$1,000, 2012 
22,349 
49,825 
8,241 
10,308 
8,626 
19,922 
30,141 
26,203 
2007 
17,377 
28,804 
7,013 
10,015 
6,731 
15,168 
30,723 
20,158 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
31,170 
68,067 
16,715 
24,838 
22,062 
21,082 
71,087 
41,925 
2007 
19,747 
29,664 
13,591 
18,077 
13,906 
13,915 
66,501 
28,593 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
299 
310 
303 
198 
179 
505 
229 
273 
2007 
460 
487 
329 
303 
244 
731 
285 
426 
$1,000, 2012 
3,224 
14,355 
795 
1,531 
1,723 
1,291 
888 
1,184 
2007 
2,293 
6,858 
800 
1,239 
1,481 
1,532 
986 
1,458 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
279 
234 
244 
175 
167 
433 
209 
267 
2007 
289 
280 
231 
202 
147 
427 
175 
262 
$1,000, 2012 
754 
6,354 
144 
608 
773 
218 
352 
1,316 
2007 
440 
3,585 
160 
329 
470 
162 
175 
480 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
201 
236 
157 
165 
130 
280 
137 
165 
2007 
223 
248 
133 
202 
148 
328 
117 
190 
$1,000, 2012 
1,455 
7,546 
289 
565 
948 
238 
193 
463 
2007 
666 
3,456 
330 
339 
698 
142 
119 
485 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
178 
142 
138 
87 
72 
251 
133 
145 
2007 
200 
128 
110 
111 
75 
231 
124 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
3,511 
590 
1,407 
422 
385 
4,259 
4,445 
2,620 
2007 
1,624 
313 
509 
599 
333 
2,257 
3,547 
1,685 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
109 
90 
65 
51 
35 
187 
99 
82 
2007 
127 
77 
54 
73 
56 
166 
65 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
499 
434 
178 
266 
166 
843 
818 
309 
2007 
430 
234 
89 
458 
180 
741 
273 
291 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
88 
75 
91 
48 
41 
111 
52 
85 
2007 
98 
69 
72 
48 
37 
104 
69 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
3,012 
156 
1,229 
156 
219 
3,416 
3,627 
2,311 
2007 
1,195 
79 
420 
141 
153 
1,515 
3,273 
1,394 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
511 
396 
376 
285 
204 
715 
317 
477 
2007 
605 
406 
321 
338 
206 
703 
298 
445 
$1,000, 2012 
3,791 
1,609 
1,486 
1,261 
623 
5,315 
15,742 
10,195 
2007 
3,547 
1,129 
986 
1,113 
561 
3,108 
16,921 
6,324 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
674 
685 
469 
404 
367 
904 
414 
604 
2007 
862 
941 
493 
540 
461 
1,075 
453 
687 
$1,000, 2012 
1,709 
3,153 
650 
1,024 
722 
1,423 
1,204 
1,188 
2007 
1,288 
2,127 
695 
974 
652 
1,235 
1,372 
1,023 
Utilities farms, 2012 
399 
337 
244 
214 
168 
464 
256 
337 
2007 
391 
292 
209 
214 
152 
377 
207 
287 
$1,000, 2012 
435 
551 
219 
240 
207 
434 
690 
532 
2007 
360 
294 
194 
239 
134 
281 
697 
350 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
554 
533 
354 
328 
294 
707 
327 
494 
2007 
766 
874 
465 
498 
423 
1,011 
414 
646 
$1,000, 2012 
1,810 
2,903 
615 
967 
755 
1,505 
1,128 
2,159 
2007 
1,859 
2,598 
815 
1,403 
718 
1,762 
1,155 
1,312 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
156 
137 
106 
92 
64 
214 
121 
155 
2007 
146 
135 
100 
98 
62 
231 
92 
123 
$1,000, 2012 
930 
1,949 
620 
1,141 
265 
945 
1,013 
2,242 
2007 
497 
1,288 
493 
972 
110 
1,007 
977 
1,527 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
52 
52 
22 
31 
13 
43 
48 
33 
2007 
49 
45 
41 
22 
17 
75 
36 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
334 
258 
230 
314 
100 
229 
986 
1,086 
2007 
488 
160 
268 
(D) 
36 
249 
218 
1,105 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
91 
81 
53 
40 
29 
85 
71 
59 
2007 
104 
79 
45 
47 
59 
104 
77 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
167 
632 
88 
76 
73 
157 
373 
(D) 
2007 
165 
271 
50 
(D) 
65 
120 
98 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
117 
93 
123 
70 
58 
182 
126 
111 
2007 
86 
95 
101 
77 
60 
141 
93 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
881 
3,488 
273 
432 
423 
493 
543 
518 
2007 
495 
1,580 
198 
378 
304 
364 
260 
499 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
24 
34 
23 
3 
10 
24 
29 
17 
2007 
45 
19 
16 
10 
17 
29 
8 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
37 
143 
13 
16 
51 
41 
28 
(D) 
2007 
30 
87 
10 
28 
37 
36 
5 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
221 
215 
129 
113 
128 
257 
141 
142 
2007 
269 
212 
94 
118 
95 
218 
121 
145 
$1,000, 2012 
1,368 
2,656 
495 
638 
694 
1,267 
823 
930 
2007 
1,564 
2,372 
540 
952 
486 
1,235 
838 
1,057 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
185 
166 
86 
88 
112 
202 
115 
116 
2007 
227 
169 
65 
76 
75 
177 
99 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
1,094 
1,880 
354 
512 
499 
972 
676 
794 
2007 
1,260 
1,617 
383 
729 
389 
971 
706 
846 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
105 
122 
78 
63 
50 
141 
53 
72 
2007 
147 
119 
62 
73 
51 
117 
69 
110 
$1,000, 2012 
274 
776 
142 
126 
195 
295 
147 
136 
2007 
304 
756 
158 
222 
96 
264 
132 
210 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
699 
712 
477 
392 
383 
910 
409 
607 
2007 
829 
911 
479 
519 
442 
1,019 
439 
655 
$1,000, 2012 
947 
1,230 
543 
645 
413 
1,182 
598 
863 
2007 
1,127 
1,230 
504 
803 
412 
1,144 
544 
829 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
381 
311 
242 
176 
144 
378 
199 
294 
2007 
453 
332 
229 
216 
164 
409 
243 
319 
$1,000, 2012 
996 
2,407 
372 
426 
472 
923 
1,135 
583 
2007 
932 
1,455 
461 
460 
235 
536 
2,811 
1,781 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
270 
249 
184 
161 
143 
322 
195 
260 
2007 
310 
327 
192 
236 
149 
402 
231 
271 
$1,000, 2012 
2,545 
4,046 
1,236 
1,773 
1,381 
2,399 
2,688 
2,440 
2007 
2,239 
3,695 
1,004 
1,916 
906 
2,574 
2,445 
1,662 
-continued 
278 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
