Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Moore 
Morgan 
Obion 
Overton 
Perry 
Pickett 
Polk 
Putnam 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
358 
413 
568 
922 
246 
316 
255 
898 
2007 
346 
407 
693 
1,009 
257 
365 
305 
1,069 
$1,000, 2012 
18,583 
14,286 
108,009 
18,068 
3,655 
11,684 
32,673 
16,651 
2007 
17,084 
11,958 
73,616 
16,844 
4,251 
10,930 
21,654 
15,455 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
51,907 
34,591 
190,157 
19,596 
14,857 
36,975 
128,130 
18,542 
2007 
49,377 
29,382 
106,228 
16,694 
16,540 
29,945 
70,996 
14,458 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
188 
269 
280 
549 
122 
178 
121 
442 
2007 
198 
259 
387 
656 
158 
198 
160 
693 
$1,000, 2012 
820 
726 
19,844 
2,111 
666 
706 
881 
1,571 
2007 
798 
584 
13,909 
2,063 
668 
555 
591 
1,818 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
176 
167 
287 
460 
91 
173 
88 
417 
2007 
139 
127 
321 
398 
89 
130 
87 
436 
$1,000, 2012 
228 
69 
10,838 
279 
70 
136 
317 
270 
2007 
103 
32 
6,623 
231 
79 
63 
242 
205 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
95 
153 
261 
296 
64 
91 
83 
236 
2007 
94 
127 
265 
287 
107 
81 
77 
288 
$1,000, 2012 
190 
152 
14,547 
814 
87 
115 
599 
433 
2007 
117 
72 
7,208 
303 
174 
62 
262 
556 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
112 
123 
142 
283 
53 
93 
92 
261 
2007 
93 
109 
117 
267 
63 
82 
77 
261 
$1,000, 2012 
4,503 
1,605 
12,748 
1,482 
204 
1,319 
3,385 
2,526 
2007 
2,407 
1,373 
5,094 
1,163 
330 
1,427 
2,277 
1,158 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
72 
45 
88 
206 
34 
63 
30 
146 
2007 
52 
51 
65 
192 
44 
43 
35 
168 
$1,000, 2012 
688 
158 
634 
1,060 
157 
314 
342 
769 
2007 
365 
137 
378 
570 
83 
236 
107 
656 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
55 
90 
86 
112 
32 
42 
68 
160 
2007 
56 
71 
74 
107 
36 
44 
49 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
3,814 
1,447 
12,114 
422 
47 
1,006 
3,044 
1,757 
2007 
2,042 
1,236 
4,716 
593 
248 
1,191 
2,169 
503 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
306 
315 
261 
722 
159 
256 
188 
672 
2007 
253 
260 
302 
688 
147 
259 
208 
720 
$1,000, 2012 
7,167 
7,244 
15,777 
4,085 
682 
5,892 
19,992 
4,193 
2007 
8,383 
5,921 
13,494 
4,282 
542 
4,674 
10,623 
2,964 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
351 
411 
528 
894 
237 
306 
244 
861 
2007 
344 
399 
657 
992 
254 
354 
298 
1,062 
$1,000, 2012 
1,004 
691 
5,067 
1,538 
392 
717 
1,039 
1,127 
2007 
722 
457 
3,627 
1,545 
453 
683 
823 
1,116 
Utilities farms, 2012 
212 
213 
356 
525 
111 
189 
147 
425 
2007 
171 
158 
277 
476 
103 
191 
120 
478 
$1,000, 2012 
464 
340 
2,085 
537 
120 
327 
666 
476 
2007 
412 
237 
1,120 
432 
145 
262 
409 
528 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
283 
313 
445 
691 
178 
250 
200 
667 
2007 
326 
380 
610 
901 
241 
319 
275 
981 
$1,000, 2012 
1,133 
593 
4,496 
1,659 
402 
599 
1,011 
1,222 
2007 
873 
639 
4,269 
1,992 
473 
649 
1,167 
1,842 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
68 
79 
139 
205 
55 
88 
66 
198 
2007 
56 
68 
127 
160 
33 
93 
44 
215 
$1,000, 2012 
445 
441 
4,292 
1,062 
129 
282 
1,425 
928 
2007 
246 
271 
3,050 
672 
363 
368 
1,028 
933 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
22 
33 
35 
47 
11 
24 
25 
55 
2007 
17 
29 
43 
54 
13 
23 
23 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
102 
120 
406 
248 
26 
100 
361 
203 
2007 
79 
69 
140 
230 
19 
123 
189 
196 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
58 
46 
83 
99 
22 
72 
47 
105 
2007 
52 
29 
81 
116 
23 
57 
22 
123 
$1,000, 2012 
296 
153 
922 
175 
24 
134 
465 
239 
2007 
52 
69 
450 
110 
20 
35 
218 
260 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
62 
90 
145 
231 
57 
88 
45 
198 
2007 
66 
70 
140 
154 
55 
66 
42 
175 
$1,000, 2012 
270 
221 
6,501 
613 
131 
165 
419 
505 
2007 
320 
187 
5,544 
422 
82 
159 
458 
312 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
24 
24 
26 
37 
- 
15 
19 
32 
2007 
14 
18 
22 
31 
5 
4 
15 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
7 
26 
867 
20 
- 
25 
93 
33 
2007 
4 
22 
567 
74 
6 
3 
130 
64 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
108 
124 
261 
303 
60 
125 
73 
210 
2007 
101 
121 
240 
252 
63 
105 
77 
244 
$1,000, 2012 
780 
775 
4,232 
1,908 
290 
619 
670 
1,013 
2007 
937 
635 
4,233 
1,539 
339 
689 
921 
1,470 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
80 
93 
218 
250 
41 
107 
60 
165 
2007 
82 
111 
198 
191 
48 
92 
62 
204 
$1,000, 2012 
582 
616 
2,934 
1,658 
220 
525 
588 
824 
2007 
745 
471 
2,764 
1,204 
267 
564 
786 
1,162 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
61 
67 
137 
143 
37 
49 
37 
77 
2007 
65 
69 
157 
142 
38 
63 
47 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
198 
158 
1,298 
250 
69 
93 
82 
189 
2007 
192 
164 
1,469 
335 
72 
125 
135 
308 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
350 
405 
543 
892 
237 
308 
252 
860 
2007 
313 
383 
640 
954 
239 
346 
280 
981 
$1,000, 2012 
564 
581 
1,063 
885 
287 
301 
511 
1,213 
2007 
367 
473 
944 
788 
313 
405 
411 
1,206 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
214 
188 
293 
481 
90 
159 
128 
394 
2007 
220 
196 
319 
513 
121 
179 
148 
461 
$1,000, 2012 
609 
552 
4,325 
653 
144 
245 
837 
700 
2007 
1,265 
917 
3,344 
996 
245 
772 
1,906 
828 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
175 
179 
269 
371 
108 
141 
130 
317 
2007 
169 
167 
301 
427 
122 
172 
114 
390 
$1,000, 2012 
1,909 
1,482 
10,952 
2,718 
737 
989 
2,596 
2,265 
2007 
1,563 
1,235 
8,058 
2,914 
695 
1,051 
843 
2,731 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Tennessee 285 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
