Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Coffee 
Crockett 
Cumberland 
Davidson 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Dickson 
Dyer 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
895 
369 
764 
360 
405 
637 
1,143 
449 
2007 
1,008 
470 
842 
515 
455 
722 
1,285 
584 
$1,000, 2012 
47,887 
53,723 
33,718 
10,901 
8,381 
52,187 
18,189 
78,230 
2007 
36,444 
40,079 
42,050 
10,536 
7,147 
56,701 
17,893 
56,458 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
53,505 
145,591 
44,133 
30,279 
20,693 
81,926 
15,913 
174,231 
2007 
36,155 
85,274 
49,940 
20,457 
15,707 
78,533 
13,924 
96,675 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
492 
218 
404 
122 
203 
309 
533 
242 
2007 
619 
294 
524 
186 
283 
391 
685 
334 
$1,000, 2012 
8,050 
12,748 
2,601 
277 
1,452 
4,463 
1,784 
17,869 
2007 
5,162 
9,059 
3,294 
205 
1,245 
4,241 
1,743 
11,086 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
449 
195 
212 
102 
131 
312 
385 
242 
2007 
391 
258 
266 
126 
144 
306 
343 
265 
$1,000, 2012 
3,052 
8,030 
902 
102 
455 
2,177 
307 
12,592 
2007 
1,310 
5,476 
672 
79 
187 
2,058 
249 
10,208 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
324 
180 
193 
102 
114 
200 
316 
227 
2007 
322 
199 
226 
97 
146 
207 
326 
271 
$1,000, 2012 
3,782 
8,578 
820 
1,075 
397 
12,141 
335 
13,386 
2007 
2,256 
5,354 
1,597 
1,241 
261 
11,759 
317 
8,114 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
257 
57 
215 
83 
115 
155 
275 
97 
2007 
254 
58 
265 
83 
74 
149 
283 
111 
$1,000, 2012 
5,385 
829 
6,730 
166 
592 
885 
1,058 
2,154 
2007 
3,140 
462 
5,886 
(D) 
509 
606 
1,580 
605 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
156 
36 
106 
37 
81 
104 
173 
60 
2007 
145 
43 
144 
46 
53 
117 
190 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
1,177 
326 
489 
93 
253 
359 
671 
428 
2007 
661 
284 
(D) 
107 
162 
436 
717 
450 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
145 
36 
128 
50 
48 
69 
151 
46 
2007 
144 
17 
155 
48 
33 
47 
129 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
4,207 
503 
6,240 
73 
340 
526 
387 
1,726 
2007 
2,479 
178 
(D) 
(□) 
347 
170 
863 
155 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
649 
158 
560 
235 
275 
476 
831 
190 
2007 
691 
174 
593 
317 
271 
459 
790 
231 
$1,000, 2012 
7,819 
1,308 
5,361 
1,116 
1,439 
2,296 
3,659 
1,910 
2007 
7,577 
817 
4,298 
(□) 
1,205 
1,737 
3,375 
874 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
865 
330 
725 
346 
389 
612 
1,097 
420 
2007 
991 
429 
829 
497 
435 
708 
1,260 
569 
$1,000, 2012 
2,574 
3,975 
2,418 
774 
759 
1,494 
1,492 
5,870 
2007 
2,439 
2,322 
2,138 
1,053 
681 
1,541 
1,481 
3,875 
Utilities farms, 2012 
504 
205 
365 
167 
247 
354 
551 
283 
2007 
457 
171 
360 
173 
189 
306 
443 
233 
$1,000, 2012 
873 
545 
819 
453 
314 
930 
472 
1,125 
2007 
764 
325 
702 
227 
190 
822 
419 
614 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
686 
269 
559 
257 
294 
489 
871 
349 
2007 
906 
394 
787 
467 
394 
642 
1,145 
524 
$1,000, 2012 
2,861 
3,404 
2,820 
664 
778 
4,279 
1,834 
4,740 
2007 
2,702 
2,768 
3,513 
1,142 
794 
4,317 
2,422 
4,145 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
175 
114 
158 
61 
67 
131 
231 
131 
2007 
184 
88 
154 
69 
64 
156 
194 
138 
$1,000, 2012 
4,202 
3,528 
4,724 
3,396 
193 
12,201 
847 
4,293 
2007 
3,353 
2,833 
3,253 
2,788 
363 
14,579 
934 
3,098 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
55 
22 
61 
25 
26 
59 
64 
36 
2007 
61 
31 
60 
27 
19 
66 
47 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
218 
364 
538 
117 
76 
(D) 
533 
375 
2007 
207 
408 
(D) 
65 
65 
(D) 
345 
250 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
126 
79 
70 
31 
29 
73 
110 
71 
2007 
117 
63 
81 
34 
38 
95 
126 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
530 
955 
320 
34 
48 
(D) 
230 
1,634 
2007 
288 
677 
972 
273 
66 
1,139 
157 
914 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
170 
113 
143 
54 
76 
100 
181 
106 
2007 
148 
120 
145 
34 
65 
96 
119 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
2,789 
4,513 
1,338 
219 
402 
578 
554 
4,408 
2007 
1,485 
5,040 
846 
102 
277 
1,216 
196 
6,482 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
68 
26 
22 
16 
22 
27 
42 
31 
2007 
62 
31 
37 
6 
13 
24 
50 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
400 
456 
434 
80 
20 
(D) 
136 
1,104 
2007 
313 
549 
(D) 
45 
46 
(D) 
158 
716 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
243 
148 
215 
73 
109 
176 
331 
183 
2007 
243 
123 
205 
72 
112 
184 
295 
163 
$1,000, 2012 
1,970 
1,862 
1,511 
867 
727 
2,242 
2,162 
2,659 
2007 
1,990 
1,466 
2,299 
600 
678 
2,454 
2,001 
2,548 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
192 
118 
159 
51 
86 
150 
273 
124 
2007 
188 
95 
167 
63 
87 
161 
249 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
1,444 
1,289 
1,263 
707 
510 
1,915 
1,926 
1,740 
2007 
1,500 
971 
1,807 
498 
498 
2,132 
1,708 
1,451 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
137 
91 
106 
37 
58 
90 
140 
118 
2007 
144 
86 
107 
33 
60 
104 
141 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
526 
574 
248 
159 
217 
328 
236 
920 
2007 
490 
495 
493 
102 
180 
322 
293 
1,096 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
858 
337 
751 
344 
402 
616 
1,115 
421 
2007 
950 
411 
793 
455 
426 
678 
1,192 
501 
$1,000, 2012 
1,557 
731 
921 
916 
425 
771 
1,727 
842 
2007 
1,442 
736 
800 
954 
298 
817 
1,547 
1,019 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
517 
179 
347 
147 
188 
274 
548 
231 
2007 
529 
204 
381 
151 
205 
364 
528 
267 
$1,000, 2012 
1,826 
1,897 
1,460 
646 
302 
839 
1,057 
3,267 
2007 
2,017 
1,786 
9,913 
648 
279 
1,217 
969 
1,910 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
434 
176 
281 
104 
165 
244 
413 
216 
2007 
452 
178 
317 
151 
192 
273 
530 
288 
$1,000, 2012 
6,153 
5,675 
3,461 
1,430 
1,429 
2,144 
3,182 
7,415 
2007 
5,126 
4,099 
6,567 
927 
1,095 
2,733 
3,532 
6,014 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 279 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
