Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Henry 
Hickman 
Houston 
Humphreys 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Johnson 
Knox 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
826 
639 
338 
598 
499 
981 
476 
912 
2007 
958 
651 
382 
638 
587 
1,211 
513 
1,224 
$1,000, 2012 
73,887 
14,263 
8,456 
15,110 
6,340 
27,933 
9,053 
17,964 
2007 
54,207 
11,517 
5,736 
12,045 
6,644 
29,223 
5,863 
24,582 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
89,451 
22,321 
25,017 
25,268 
12,705 
28,474 
19,019 
19,697 
2007 
56,583 
17,691 
15,014 
18,879 
11,319 
24,131 
11,428 
20,083 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
404 
284 
168 
340 
223 
502 
306 
423 
2007 
530 
344 
200 
409 
331 
732 
345 
652 
$1,000, 2012 
13,327 
1,603 
742 
2,518 
487 
1,482 
692 
831 
2007 
7,586 
1,101 
614 
1,987 
827 
2,353 
506 
1,205 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
351 
245 
119 
258 
188 
437 
195 
380 
2007 
379 
220 
93 
220 
217 
484 
188 
442 
$1,000, 2012 
6,145 
450 
69 
489 
121 
478 
77 
226 
2007 
3,548 
155 
87 
312 
129 
788 
89 
180 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
344 
204 
102 
212 
146 
265 
141 
246 
2007 
362 
181 
93 
189 
149 
319 
136 
304 
$1,000, 2012 
6,120 
994 
70 
774 
146 
555 
123 
1,556 
2007 
3,417 
598 
80 
572 
169 
566 
192 
4,827 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
168 
190 
106 
141 
111 
277 
120 
235 
2007 
182 
162 
72 
175 
130 
290 
98 
273 
$1,000, 2012 
5,516 
1,073 
3,703 
1,227 
503 
3,466 
2,975 
1,431 
2007 
5,367 
987 
1,227 
1,060 
706 
3,402 
1,128 
887 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
109 
127 
49 
80 
66 
168 
51 
115 
2007 
114 
115 
39 
111 
87 
198 
54 
154 
$1,000, 2012 
778 
751 
171 
546 
343 
858 
283 
333 
2007 
634 
346 
154 
477 
527 
674 
123 
537 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
78 
92 
65 
79 
61 
138 
79 
140 
2007 
88 
67 
40 
83 
59 
126 
54 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
4,738 
322 
3,533 
681 
159 
2,607 
2,692 
1,098 
2007 
4,733 
640 
1,073 
583 
179 
2,727 
1,005 
350 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
442 
455 
239 
427 
340 
757 
316 
688 
2007 
467 
459 
239 
420 
397 
877 
268 
792 
$1,000, 2012 
12,139 
2,779 
1,258 
2,215 
1,182 
9,780 
1,389 
3,222 
2007 
10,955 
1,968 
1,204 
1,559 
1,092 
9,156 
611 
3,202 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
772 
622 
318 
581 
473 
945 
453 
891 
2007 
915 
644 
370 
622 
560 
1,204 
508 
1,202 
$1,000, 2012 
3,333 
1,418 
507 
1,314 
587 
1,778 
673 
1,280 
2007 
2,911 
975 
416 
984 
626 
1,503 
681 
1,429 
Utilities farms, 2012 
451 
327 
155 
353 
248 
546 
211 
479 
2007 
414 
280 
107 
293 
242 
587 
183 
489 
$1,000, 2012 
2,081 
382 
131 
443 
213 
846 
186 
578 
2007 
1,023 
296 
94 
290 
184 
593 
132 
508 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
607 
495 
257 
473 
342 
754 
349 
704 
2007 
847 
600 
345 
562 
515 
1,106 
461 
1,091 
$1,000, 2012 
3,981 
1,358 
465 
1,352 
615 
1,836 
630 
1,375 
2007 
3,768 
1,154 
603 
1,497 
872 
1,973 
785 
2,296 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
188 
119 
50 
135 
104 
220 
114 
194 
2007 
176 
110 
43 
120 
102 
221 
97 
230 
$1,000, 2012 
6,590 
834 
130 
1,051 
423 
2,275 
580 
2,714 
2007 
4,878 
852 
165 
598 
204 
1,957 
448 
3,487 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
73 
53 
18 
41 
27 
52 
28 
63 
2007 
61 
33 
18 
30 
30 
77 
28 
68 
$1,000, 2012 
1,112 
160 
59 
142 
105 
344 
172 
265 
2007 
361 
174 
33 
67 
234 
576 
87 
581 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
132 
76 
40 
66 
68 
143 
34 
88 
2007 
130 
86 
38 
79 
59 
169 
42 
75 
$1,000, 2012 
1,308 
118 
34 
164 
91 
376 
21 
519 
2007 
920 
112 
25 
80 
45 
480 
35 
59 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
141 
128 
56 
107 
89 
195 
117 
162 
2007 
169 
99 
43 
111 
65 
160 
75 
170 
$1,000, 2012 
2,631 
671 
140 
854 
263 
540 
274 
382 
2007 
1,820 
395 
60 
567 
166 
361 
254 
538 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
50 
18 
5 
17 
10 
35 
5 
25 
2007 
43 
26 
7 
30 
8 
35 
6 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
289 
24 
5 
34 
12 
85 
11 
69 
2007 
517 
89 
7 
56 
9 
16 
2 
15 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
316 
178 
82 
192 
144 
221 
102 
169 
2007 
268 
191 
87 
194 
123 
251 
95 
226 
$1,000, 2012 
4,350 
871 
369 
1,172 
747 
1,486 
461 
1,076 
2007 
2,811 
1,142 
492 
1,186 
616 
2,069 
313 
1,889 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
263 
132 
64 
153 
120 
174 
78 
144 
2007 
221 
159 
76 
162 
104 
206 
66 
181 
$1,000, 2012 
3,041 
689 
313 
925 
620 
1,270 
363 
968 
2007 
1,927 
929 
431 
935 
459 
1,834 
252 
1,638 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
145 
94 
36 
107 
57 
103 
50 
73 
2007 
174 
102 
58 
100 
55 
146 
57 
133 
$1,000, 2012 
1,308 
182 
56 
247 
127 
216 
98 
108 
2007 
884 
213 
61 
251 
157 
235 
61 
250 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
814 
619 
324 
586 
492 
946 
459 
873 
2007 
880 
626 
356 
601 
556 
1,109 
470 
1,109 
$1,000, 2012 
1,358 
896 
512 
721 
550 
1,407 
482 
1,311 
2007 
1,347 
940 
383 
627 
503 
1,312 
419 
1,494 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
400 
289 
141 
267 
194 
513 
219 
461 
2007 
423 
315 
156 
340 
228 
623 
201 
604 
$1,000, 2012 
3,607 
631 
264 
644 
295 
1,198 
305 
1,132 
2007 
2,976 
580 
244 
603 
263 
2,120 
181 
1,984 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
351 
260 
153 
258 
164 
349 
163 
342 
2007 
407 
263 
141 
331 
194 
447 
201 
429 
$1,000, 2012 
7,773 
2,741 
1,236 
2,870 
1,530 
2,945 
905 
1,995 
2007 
6,280 
2,212 
749 
3,722 
1,293 
3,254 
919 
2,964 
-continued 
282 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
