Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hamblen 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardeman 
Hardin 
Hawkins 
Haywood 
Henderson 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
569 
561 
457 
579 
589 
1,437 
413 
844 
2007 
715 
669 
462 
624 
623 
1,683 
491 
1,017 
$1,000, 2012 
26,685 
15,666 
6,123 
23,901 
18,435 
20,700 
92,481 
28,635 
2007 
25,889 
12,462 
6,242 
16,333 
11,701 
19,855 
57,556 
21,632 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
46,898 
27,925 
13,398 
41,280 
31,299 
14,405 
223,924 
33,928 
2007 
36,208 
18,628 
13,511 
26,175 
18,782 
11,797 
117,223 
21,270 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
272 
263 
214 
224 
300 
680 
181 
425 
2007 
382 
342 
278 
276 
322 
1,026 
269 
552 
$1,000, 2012 
1,810 
650 
398 
5,280 
3,374 
1,531 
20,190 
6,981 
2007 
1,610 
754 
634 
2,595 
2,176 
1,886 
10,518 
4,065 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
258 
206 
200 
198 
234 
540 
185 
297 
2007 
239 
230 
204 
178 
185 
626 
218 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
1,148 
171 
88 
2,403 
1,175 
419 
16,749 
2,202 
2007 
596 
149 
88 
1,152 
563 
321 
10,678 
911 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
158 
159 
157 
177 
194 
392 
163 
291 
2007 
173 
185 
149 
171 
179 
462 
196 
295 
$1,000, 2012 
488 
235 
95 
3,100 
1,707 
356 
15,643 
2,564 
2007 
305 
297 
59 
1,661 
738 
372 
8,680 
1,224 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
153 
141 
121 
97 
134 
394 
45 
180 
2007 
146 
161 
97 
80 
92 
363 
50 
177 
$1,000, 2012 
1,982 
2,388 
824 
629 
729 
1,922 
200 
2,705 
2007 
1,724 
1,341 
1,122 
445 
384 
1,632 
283 
2,952 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
94 
72 
71 
56 
89 
249 
21 
119 
2007 
84 
75 
68 
60 
71 
243 
28 
114 
$1,000, 2012 
345 
238 
231 
338 
522 
872 
67 
704 
2007 
189 
259 
147 
277 
216 
765 
141 
510 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
78 
91 
61 
53 
58 
191 
28 
91 
2007 
81 
105 
34 
29 
40 
159 
25 
90 
$1,000, 2012 
1,637 
2,149 
593 
291 
208 
1,050 
132 
2,001 
2007 
1,535 
1,081 
975 
168 
167 
867 
142 
2,442 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
448 
417 
348 
289 
366 
1,072 
117 
493 
2007 
474 
413 
282 
282 
310 
1,098 
136 
488 
$1,000, 2012 
9,983 
5,614 
1,187 
1,541 
1,983 
5,297 
568 
3,479 
2007 
8,189 
2,873 
1,148 
1,664 
1,100 
4,054 
666 
3,201 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
548 
540 
436 
541 
553 
1,398 
372 
788 
2007 
708 
658 
451 
582 
600 
1,651 
467 
984 
$1,000, 2012 
1,128 
858 
696 
1,799 
1,688 
1,687 
6,177 
1,918 
2007 
1,010 
887 
533 
1,497 
1,113 
1,614 
3,597 
1,612 
Utilities farms, 2012 
332 
295 
246 
284 
308 
767 
224 
454 
2007 
293 
268 
169 
201 
212 
744 
197 
368 
$1,000, 2012 
704 
366 
195 
443 
437 
591 
854 
484 
2007 
509 
402 
91 
234 
241 
547 
414 
442 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
441 
433 
333 
404 
436 
1,085 
287 
635 
2007 
661 
603 
412 
509 
572 
1,538 
418 
893 
$1,000, 2012 
1,724 
935 
766 
1,396 
1,600 
1,885 
5,192 
2,102 
2007 
2,218 
1,501 
626 
1,514 
1,517 
2,382 
3,811 
2,101 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
133 
90 
121 
122 
97 
319 
139 
175 
2007 
147 
100 
114 
98 
74 
316 
106 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
2,218 
978 
245 
1,609 
879 
1,340 
5,877 
1,104 
2007 
5,510 
753 
270 
1,066 
1,022 
960 
3,706 
800 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
24 
48 
23 
47 
40 
86 
37 
40 
2007 
49 
57 
19 
44 
17 
96 
23 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
327 
36 
125 
348 
595 
788 
88 
2007 
155 
181 
62 
239 
61 
436 
332 
143 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
81 
56 
50 
57 
81 
125 
78 
75 
2007 
89 
52 
56 
38 
38 
170 
65 
76 
$1,000, 2012 
431 
93 
30 
297 
189 
133 
1,079 
282 
2007 
108 
203 
111 
96 
160 
210 
639 
256 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
122 
82 
92 
110 
138 
268 
104 
162 
2007 
95 
79 
50 
104 
89 
225 
114 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
659 
240 
215 
1,815 
953 
726 
10,657 
1,431 
2007 
538 
152 
148 
1,417 
410 
525 
5,748 
704 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
11 
23 
12 
29 
9 
87 
31 
24 
2007 
30 
23 
14 
13 
14 
68 
34 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
21 
4 
118 
48 
80 
912 
51 
2007 
69 
16 
12 
19 
48 
48 
1,175 
72 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
120 
154 
132 
147 
166 
374 
152 
217 
2007 
117 
159 
112 
142 
119 
379 
151 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
1,003 
1,019 
648 
1,430 
1,526 
1,481 
3,336 
1,320 
2007 
976 
1,058 
600 
1,265 
897 
2,105 
2,923 
1,432 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
96 
140 
108 
127 
119 
307 
115 
170 
2007 
98 
143 
87 
115 
98 
300 
115 
148 
$1,000, 2012 
788 
922 
512 
1,219 
1,162 
1,260 
1,762 
1,108 
2007 
698 
885 
436 
1,027 
657 
1,651 
1,338 
1,105 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
52 
49 
49 
69 
110 
173 
83 
102 
2007 
62 
83 
65 
76 
73 
219 
91 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
215 
96 
136 
211 
364 
221 
1,574 
211 
2007 
278 
172 
165 
239 
240 
453 
1,586 
327 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
542 
553 
448 
550 
574 
1,412 
398 
819 
2007 
660 
615 
436 
580 
578 
1,584 
427 
922 
$1,000, 2012 
731 
1,029 
511 
950 
841 
1,779 
1,181 
948 
2007 
770 
1,087 
447 
869 
588 
1,647 
1,369 
857 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
285 
234 
194 
244 
252 
645 
158 
319 
2007 
318 
272 
178 
230 
207 
738 
207 
356 
$1,000, 2012 
1,174 
743 
185 
967 
960 
877 
3,077 
978 
2007 
1,601 
809 
291 
600 
683 
1,118 
3,018 
859 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
213 
214 
185 
220 
231 
550 
184 
332 
2007 
245 
225 
176 
210 
203 
680 
210 
366 
$1,000, 2012 
2,202 
2,483 
1,217 
3,138 
3,581 
3,099 
7,631 
2,942 
2007 
1,817 
1,653 
922 
1,856 
1,277 
3,571 
5,337 
2,376 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 281 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
