Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Macon 
Madison 
Marion 
Marshall 
Maury 
Meigs 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
879 
592 
280 
1,025 
1,513 
317 
872 
783 
2007 
1,066 
706 
392 
1,078 
1,696 
367 
935 
862 
$1,000, 2012 
40,872 
51,064 
1 1 ,354 
39,943 
44,158 
7,940 
35,865 
36,716 
2007 
24,096 
34,856 
17,868 
25,817 
34,032 
7,555 
23,920 
28,298 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
46,498 
86,256 
40,551 
38,969 
29,186 
25,048 
41,129 
46,891 
2007 
22,605 
49,371 
45,582 
23,949 
20,066 
20,587 
25,583 
32,829 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
486 
235 
126 
439 
529 
167 
453 
392 
2007 
646 
372 
204 
500 
799 
226 
586 
537 
$1,000, 2012 
4,574 
13,518 
962 
3,229 
3,251 
748 
2,750 
5,712 
2007 
2,897 
7,265 
954 
2,030 
2,834 
759 
1,995 
5,007 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
429 
232 
94 
383 
572 
115 
366 
357 
2007 
416 
257 
119 
320 
545 
114 
275 
339 
$1,000, 2012 
1,744 
8,004 
350 
791 
1,466 
170 
702 
2,382 
2007 
940 
5,063 
189 
374 
807 
92 
329 
1,503 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
304 
219 
78 
284 
438 
97 
282 
314 
2007 
278 
237 
89 
262 
429 
115 
277 
338 
$1,000, 2012 
1,425 
7,952 
657 
994 
2,207 
167 
941 
2,499 
2007 
632 
3,928 
315 
509 
1,375 
231 
387 
1,612 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
222 
83 
85 
312 
399 
83 
293 
182 
2007 
222 
102 
77 
243 
351 
68 
218 
233 
$1,000, 2012 
2,274 
1,063 
1,050 
3,961 
3,418 
385 
7,865 
2,047 
2007 
2,081 
2,131 
1,928 
1,657 
3,172 
783 
3,660 
1,491 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
139 
53 
54 
191 
250 
49 
162 
119 
2007 
144 
69 
41 
155 
227 
43 
120 
166 
$1,000, 2012 
759 
(D) 
341 
1,329 
1,289 
308 
1,332 
756 
2007 
736 
338 
151 
662 
1,611 
351 
551 
1,023 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
120 
35 
43 
161 
198 
38 
184 
92 
2007 
115 
48 
48 
126 
173 
36 
121 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
1,515 
(D) 
709 
2,632 
2,129 
76 
6,533 
1,291 
2007 
1,346 
1,793 
1,777 
996 
1,560 
432 
3,109 
468 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
658 
233 
212 
832 
1,131 
239 
661 
493 
2007 
681 
269 
285 
804 
1,141 
272 
667 
548 
$1,000, 2012 
9,186 
1,367 
3,814 
15,598 
9,581 
2,339 
9,292 
3,749 
2007 
3,580 
1,718 
9,006 
7,939 
7,165 
1,892 
6,480 
2,390 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
844 
533 
265 
989 
1,463 
313 
843 
755 
2007 
1,049 
671 
385 
1,053 
1,669 
363 
922 
846 
$1,000, 2012 
3,082 
3,146 
711 
2,199 
3,566 
626 
1,753 
2,738 
2007 
2,048 
2,006 
808 
1,618 
2,660 
592 
1,221 
1,956 
Utilities farms, 2012 
473 
288 
149 
611 
827 
181 
436 
398 
2007 
404 
221 
150 
501 
684 
169 
377 
385 
$1,000, 2012 
949 
619 
230 
1,079 
1,185 
218 
754 
762 
2007 
542 
311 
326 
788 
843 
169 
528 
602 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
689 
424 
215 
832 
1,192 
254 
684 
596 
2007 
961 
588 
360 
953 
1,535 
337 
873 
781 
$1,000, 2012 
2,336 
2,646 
748 
2,914 
4,182 
774 
2,319 
2,473 
2007 
2,446 
2,664 
784 
2,841 
3,499 
728 
2,117 
2,538 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
216 
157 
54 
221 
308 
58 
187 
205 
2007 
187 
140 
81 
224 
290 
81 
175 
222 
$1,000, 2012 
2,050 
2,985 
845 
1,989 
2,962 
573 
2,016 
2,857 
2007 
1,588 
2,115 
225 
1,521 
2,367 
316 
1,656 
2,224 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
125 
57 
25 
76 
114 
22 
60 
79 
2007 
109 
26 
36 
68 
109 
24 
58 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
4,704 
212 
110 
259 
459 
107 
383 
1,337 
2007 
1,899 
228 
160 
378 
358 
88 
182 
1,356 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
139 
94 
41 
156 
207 
30 
134 
87 
2007 
116 
60 
42 
100 
240 
26 
77 
92 
$1,000, 2012 
510 
465 
135 
479 
953 
43 
507 
334 
2007 
124 
424 
81 
230 
439 
54 
259 
354 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
186 
112 
64 
200 
302 
70 
190 
164 
2007 
132 
107 
58 
143 
243 
53 
164 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
2,130 
2,914 
476 
1,258 
1,998 
205 
953 
3,403 
2007 
689 
2,406 
372 
783 
1,311 
113 
687 
1,891 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
60 
22 
6 
48 
65 
12 
23 
33 
2007 
38 
24 
15 
42 
55 
8 
23 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
290 
267 
28 
73 
192 
9 
65 
634 
2007 
51 
127 
47 
40 
123 
3 
98 
64 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
290 
211 
83 
305 
432 
101 
243 
257 
2007 
279 
175 
76 
321 
374 
118 
238 
221 
$1,000, 2012 
2,849 
2,364 
507 
1,979 
3,564 
773 
2,903 
2,347 
2007 
1,782 
1,820 
747 
2,030 
2,693 
903 
2,250 
2,213 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
254 
165 
52 
261 
364 
82 
184 
220 
2007 
240 
140 
56 
257 
311 
85 
179 
172 
$1,000, 2012 
2,251 
1,581 
353 
1,600 
2,975 
667 
2,316 
1,961 
2007 
1,343 
1,202 
555 
1,569 
2,239 
653 
1,588 
1,819 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
129 
117 
56 
138 
178 
57 
122 
97 
2007 
150 
94 
40 
171 
176 
69 
143 
125 
$1,000, 2012 
598 
783 
154 
379 
589 
106 
586 
386 
2007 
439 
618 
192 
460 
454 
250 
662 
394 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
860 
569 
271 
1,000 
1,472 
314 
848 
743 
2007 
1,002 
654 
363 
1,013 
1,581 
350 
870 
797 
$1,000, 2012 
1,192 
927 
402 
1,770 
2,697 
384 
1,131 
1,572 
2007 
1,340 
1,004 
393 
1,447 
2,312 
403 
858 
1,461 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
431 
231 
124 
545 
776 
162 
451 
354 
2007 
458 
256 
185 
581 
841 
192 
431 
442 
$1,000, 2012 
1,576 
2,613 
329 
1,373 
2,478 
419 
1,531 
1,868 
2007 
1,458 
1,644 
1,533 
1,632 
2,073 
429 
1,212 
1,636 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
336 
229 
100 
414 
596 
152 
358 
343 
2007 
402 
249 
132 
445 
711 
184 
409 
391 
$1,000, 2012 
3,457 
4,907 
1,413 
3,608 
5,430 
1,248 
2,898 
4,901 
2007 
3,054 
3,490 
1,447 
3,945 
5,388 
1,113 
3,021 
4,025 
-continued 
284 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
