Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fayette 
Fentress 
Franklin 
Gibson 
Giles 
Grainger 
Greene 
Grundy 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
745 
536 
861 
830 
1,692 
885 
2,529 
278 
2007 
952 
623 
1,104 
1,049 
1,789 
1,008 
3,061 
328 
$1,000, 2012 
58,925 
37,944 
67,352 
98,365 
48,982 
17,790 
83,521 
14,845 
2007 
42,030 
42,991 
71,267 
70,084 
37,233 
15,963 
76,768 
28,886 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
79,094 
70,791 
78,225 
118,512 
28,949 
20,102 
33,025 
53,400 
2007 
44,149 
69,007 
64,554 
66,811 
20,812 
15,837 
25,080 
88,066 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
318 
301 
489 
423 
658 
487 
1,153 
132 
2007 
438 
377 
697 
543 
897 
677 
1,771 
191 
$1,000, 2012 
11,916 
1,174 
5,830 
25,779 
3,909 
1,706 
3,884 
1,026 
2007 
7,628 
1,378 
5,129 
17,576 
3,454 
1,646 
4,080 
1,071 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
267 
214 
448 
406 
692 
415 
1,008 
117 
2007 
314 
200 
470 
416 
624 
410 
1,130 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
7,370 
371 
2,283 
14,001 
1,698 
621 
907 
481 
2007 
4,237 
422 
1,579 
9,884 
934 
403 
656 
244 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
209 
144 
301 
326 
452 
274 
722 
93 
2007 
218 
144 
370 
362 
457 
326 
780 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
8,154 
230 
4,014 
15,790 
2,184 
504 
1,263 
1,039 
2007 
4,940 
342 
3,065 
9,128 
1,047 
305 
900 
1,409 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
110 
210 
240 
132 
465 
235 
635 
82 
2007 
122 
204 
253 
121 
418 
224 
652 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
1,737 
10,842 
12,657 
1,120 
7,839 
1,311 
11,311 
1,197 
2007 
1,701 
7,820 
6,565 
821 
5,247 
1,224 
7,752 
3,091 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
71 
131 
162 
67 
326 
164 
426 
45 
2007 
73 
113 
138 
83 
269 
137 
432 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
600 
694 
861 
476 
1,937 
626 
1,782 
342 
2007 
382 
442 
669 
433 
1,002 
342 
1,307 
141 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
54 
130 
105 
87 
202 
118 
306 
55 
2007 
60 
115 
147 
52 
206 
115 
293 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
1,138 
10,148 
11,796 
644 
5,902 
685 
9,529 
855 
2007 
1,319 
7,378 
5,897 
388 
4,245 
881 
6,445 
2,951 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
366 
433 
622 
373 
1,337 
686 
1,914 
198 
2007 
428 
465 
739 
393 
1,248 
640 
2,060 
239 
$1,000, 2012 
3,050 
15,136 
17,373 
3,173 
11,267 
2,351 
36,758 
5,032 
2007 
2,751 
21,438 
27,852 
2,347 
7,268 
2,112 
29,094 
12,578 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
664 
523 
824 
777 
1,635 
866 
2,464 
263 
2007 
888 
613 
1,078 
1,018 
1,755 
990 
3,014 
326 
$1,000, 2012 
4,727 
1,542 
3,807 
6,636 
3,644 
1,681 
4,173 
836 
2007 
3,132 
1,520 
3,238 
4,371 
2,812 
1,595 
4,506 
1,466 
Utilities farms, 2012 
365 
322 
499 
419 
878 
446 
1,539 
140 
2007 
311 
272 
528 
361 
786 
417 
1,535 
163 
$1,000, 2012 
839 
789 
2,074 
1,197 
1,237 
628 
2,469 
365 
2007 
586 
685 
2,039 
712 
1,006 
514 
1,935 
595 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
512 
409 
669 
612 
1,290 
647 
1,990 
194 
2007 
797 
563 
956 
947 
1,624 
912 
2,831 
305 
$1,000, 2012 
3,839 
1,585 
3,715 
6,984 
3,968 
1,731 
4,783 
1,376 
2007 
3,341 
1,279 
3,657 
5,581 
3,987 
2,189 
6,198 
1,877 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
206 
155 
199 
241 
348 
192 
539 
65 
2007 
165 
151 
226 
181 
344 
190 
534 
80 
$1,000, 2012 
5,134 
1,523 
5,557 
5,303 
2,089 
2,775 
4,482 
960 
2007 
2,718 
1,452 
5,855 
3,272 
2,003 
1,668 
4,171 
2,306 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
57 
50 
72 
38 
100 
43 
168 
38 
2007 
53 
29 
79 
52 
113 
61 
226 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
457 
414 
544 
286 
347 
427 
1,023 
467 
2007 
350 
509 
559 
390 
345 
601 
802 
281 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
85 
78 
126 
130 
227 
71 
301 
35 
2007 
89 
53 
132 
91 
269 
73 
337 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
545 
617 
944 
1,117 
582 
153 
1,203 
176 
2007 
552 
165 
543 
472 
379 
149 
845 
74 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
144 
114 
178 
178 
320 
137 
517 
50 
2007 
166 
109 
197 
192 
236 
101 
417 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
3,897 
339 
2,239 
7,238 
1,632 
451 
1,438 
253 
2007 
3,250 
387 
2,067 
7,587 
953 
300 
1,215 
285 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
32 
16 
38 
31 
44 
30 
68 
16 
2007 
28 
11 
39 
26 
53 
36 
81 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
334 
12 
95 
369 
156 
43 
123 
53 
2007 
238 
50 
122 
216 
142 
37 
109 
22 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
216 
193 
245 
317 
530 
212 
732 
81 
2007 
245 
187 
261 
279 
535 
194 
773 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
2,541 
1,413 
2,371 
3,758 
3,520 
1,114 
3,822 
686 
2007 
2,750 
1,233 
2,074 
3,419 
3,403 
1,214 
5,389 
810 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
174 
151 
170 
235 
432 
169 
600 
58 
2007 
180 
162 
193 
202 
433 
157 
649 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
1,967 
1,088 
1,874 
2,126 
2,921 
979 
3,243 
576 
2007 
2,151 
974 
1,596 
2,145 
2,805 
953 
4,316 
652 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
111 
90 
146 
196 
258 
96 
325 
45 
2007 
150 
98 
168 
186 
287 
112 
371 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
574 
325 
497 
1,632 
599 
135 
579 
110 
2007 
599 
259 
478 
1,274 
599 
262 
1,073 
159 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
709 
520 
833 
800 
1,657 
862 
2,469 
264 
2007 
875 
584 
1,015 
940 
1,687 
957 
2,874 
313 
$1,000, 2012 
1,372 
792 
1,569 
1,629 
2,453 
1,013 
2,602 
379 
2007 
1,414 
612 
1,683 
1,358 
2,253 
950 
2,941 
449 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
334 
308 
450 
368 
875 
396 
1,199 
122 
2007 
367 
321 
568 
401 
928 
465 
1,422 
162 
$1,000, 2012 
3,014 
1,166 
2,280 
3,983 
2,457 
1,283 
3,281 
521 
2007 
2,442 
3,699 
5,240 
2,950 
2,000 
1,057 
6,176 
2,326 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
296 
228 
359 
325 
674 
342 
1,090 
94 
2007 
320 
251 
489 
376 
763 
407 
1,277 
147 
$1,000, 2012 
6,183 
3,019 
7,973 
11,171 
5,773 
3,030 
7,672 
1,588 
2007 
4,825 
1,988 
5,502 
7,771 
5,881 
3,851 
9,128 
2,141 
-continued 
280 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
