Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lake 
Lauderdale 
Lawrence 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Loudon 
McMinn 
McNairy 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
60 
457 
1,559 
222 
1,595 
685 
1,043 
658 
2007 
59 
602 
1,842 
260 
1,782 
768 
1,204 
763 
$1,000, 2012 
35,734 
65,472 
59,066 
3,971 
97,881 
68,836 
38,657 
20,063 
2007 
23,233 
44,450 
45,778 
3,873 
60,944 
55,028 
43,873 
14,056 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
595,573 
143,265 
37,887 
17,888 
61,367 
100,490 
37,063 
30,491 
2007 
393,774 
73,837 
24,852 
14,897 
34,200 
71,652 
36,439 
18,422 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 201 2 
39 
190 
743 
99 
778 
369 
532 
292 
2007 
54 
287 
1,071 
151 
1,049 
492 
675 
403 
$1,000, 2012 
6,744 
14,293 
9,153 
327 
8,442 
7,545 
2,619 
4,329 
2007 
3,815 
8,639 
6,425 
410 
6,031 
7,147 
2,740 
2,852 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
45 
200 
554 
71 
732 
316 
360 
268 
2007 
50 
226 
557 
82 
738 
303 
391 
257 
$1,000, 2012 
5,711 
11,669 
2,790 
40 
3,968 
1,115 
537 
1,808 
2007 
3,997 
6,911 
1,426 
17 
2,215 
839 
421 
961 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
47 
193 
462 
55 
485 
224 
307 
192 
2007 
55 
190 
512 
63 
518 
230 
333 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
5,605 
9,349 
3,159 
43 
3,698 
2,171 
849 
2,264 
2007 
3,734 
5,674 
1,725 
61 
2,477 
2,808 
614 
1,346 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1 
49 
469 
58 
475 
156 
271 
134 
2007 
3 
67 
433 
58 
429 
146 
294 
107 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,324 
4,751 
874 
14,225 
1,692 
2,739 
470 
2007 
(D) 
341 
5,506 
284 
7,021 
998 
4,950 
302 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
- 
32 
290 
35 
338 
107 
168 
85 
2007 
2 
59 
295 
34 
286 
91 
162 
72 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
(D) 
2,911 
103 
3,088 
751 
911 
315 
2007 
(D) 
306 
1,254 
55 
2,208 
586 
1,703 
243 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
1 
24 
229 
33 
222 
82 
141 
66 
2007 
1 
23 
184 
31 
198 
78 
152 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,840 
771 
11,138 
941 
1,828 
155 
2007 
(D) 
35 
4,252 
229 
4,812 
412 
3,247 
59 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
5 
170 
1,115 
161 
1,191 
486 
755 
342 
2007 
3 
182 
1,159 
175 
1,245 
503 
806 
309 
$1,000, 2012 
82 
1,021 
17,167 
931 
34,125 
6,603 
17,252 
1,622 
2007 
(D) 
1,021 
11,225 
849 
14,611 
4,915 
18,169 
1,080 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
53 
420 
1,466 
211 
1,529 
673 
1,010 
604 
2007 
52 
566 
1,784 
252 
1,746 
759 
1,182 
707 
$1,000, 2012 
2,180 
4,816 
3,500 
292 
4,739 
4,721 
2,162 
1,795 
2007 
1,331 
2,948 
2,926 
354 
3,546 
3,313 
2,362 
1,222 
Utilities farms, 2012 
35 
229 
696 
103 
815 
380 
507 
348 
2007 
34 
202 
622 
76 
822 
331 
494 
244 
$1,000, 2012 
576 
762 
1,230 
156 
1,634 
2,605 
1,388 
412 
2007 
300 
542 
953 
90 
1,428 
1,981 
982 
255 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
42 
327 
1,158 
162 
1,229 
541 
801 
470 
2007 
48 
518 
1,621 
241 
1,618 
713 
1,122 
670 
$1,000, 2012 
2,248 
3,565 
4,006 
340 
5,016 
5,737 
2,515 
1,730 
2007 
1,643 
3,565 
4,169 
538 
5,364 
4,714 
3,084 
1,692 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
28 
141 
354 
36 
343 
144 
216 
109 
2007 
33 
134 
356 
35 
340 
151 
199 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
2,545 
(D) 
2,359 
177 
5,254 
(D) 
2,338 
988 
2007 
2,174 
3,605 
1,729 
227 
4,021 
20,825 
1,899 
689 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
9 
35 
103 
18 
129 
48 
74 
28 
2007 
6 
40 
88 
16 
130 
42 
66 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
436 
505 
18 
1,087 
676 
360 
185 
2007 
65 
(D) 
352 
115 
914 
(D) 
587 
265 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
18 
72 
262 
23 
267 
88 
97 
71 
2007 
25 
60 
272 
22 
259 
64 
102 
55 
$1,000, 2012 
819 
952 
1,125 
11 
1,074 
190 
646 
149 
2007 
311 
629 
682 
34 
605 
411 
387 
132 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
30 
109 
268 
50 
330 
117 
174 
91 
2007 
39 
103 
251 
36 
294 
106 
149 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
5,364 
6,099 
2,425 
93 
3,198 
604 
616 
1,061 
2007 
3,711 
4,044 
1,296 
94 
1,939 
541 
530 
430 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
9 
31 
37 
4 
49 
41 
38 
6 
2007 
11 
21 
46 
6 
66 
39 
55 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
461 
(D) 
167 
7 
295 
(D) 
68 
20 
2007 
317 
(D) 
117 
4 
102 
(D) 
91 
20 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
37 
180 
492 
64 
505 
160 
272 
205 
2007 
28 
138 
466 
63 
484 
214 
263 
156 
$1,000, 2012 
1,500 
2,125 
3,041 
310 
5,600 
1,819 
1,906 
1,731 
2007 
789 
1,419 
3,114 
389 
4,996 
1,571 
2,654 
1,206 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
21 
145 
371 
52 
387 
123 
208 
169 
2007 
20 
103 
393 
49 
410 
174 
226 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
862 
1,426 
2,279 
263 
4,270 
1,076 
1,609 
1,380 
2007 
451 
943 
2,386 
329 
3,872 
1,216 
2,292 
947 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
30 
98 
257 
20 
281 
71 
139 
96 
2007 
22 
75 
254 
36 
272 
125 
150 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
637 
699 
761 
47 
1,330 
744 
297 
351 
2007 
338 
477 
729 
60 
1,125 
354 
362 
259 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
47 
433 
1,539 
215 
1,550 
657 
1,028 
642 
2007 
46 
532 
1,728 
243 
1,682 
728 
1,133 
713 
$1,000, 2012 
309 
1,135 
2,024 
215 
2,028 
1,001 
1,207 
733 
2007 
243 
1,177 
2,141 
261 
1,874 
896 
1,056 
797 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
40 
202 
732 
89 
867 
349 
479 
250 
2007 
43 
209 
833 
99 
971 
364 
562 
245 
$1,000, 2012 
1,473 
2,586 
1,664 
140 
3,499 
1,850 
1,457 
766 
2007 
771 
2,163 
1,992 
146 
3,801 
2,028 
3,346 
806 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
33 
182 
612 
88 
691 
284 
396 
258 
2007 
35 
211 
708 
91 
811 
300 
496 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
2,531 
6,675 
6,332 
674 
8,988 
6,685 
3,668 
3,015 
2007 
2,070 
3,656 
5,619 
618 
7,242 
3,133 
5,097 
3,116 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 283 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
