Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rhea 
Roane 
Robertson 
Rutherford 
Scott 
Sequatchie 
Sevier 
Shelby 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
411 
519 
1,180 
1,327 
302 
188 
603 
411 
2007 
449 
580 
1,408 
1,525 
261 
232 
707 
600 
$1,000, 2012 
16,790 
7,534 
106,645 
32,316 
5,465 
6,240 
8,532 
27,668 
2007 
12,734 
6,989 
79,055 
30,951 
5,896 
4,415 
8,097 
26,084 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
40,851 
14,516 
90,377 
24,352 
18,096 
33,190 
14,150 
67,319 
2007 
28,361 
12,050 
56,147 
20,296 
22,591 
19,030 
11,453 
43,473 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
199 
256 
565 
554 
164 
100 
256 
182 
2007 
279 
320 
870 
772 
143 
121 
364 
266 
$1,000, 2012 
1,385 
559 
18,255 
3,295 
319 
487 
627 
4,553 
2007 
1,045 
705 
12,737 
3,689 
319 
423 
759 
3,849 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
154 
196 
582 
469 
120 
87 
233 
184 
2007 
138 
191 
626 
463 
61 
74 
216 
205 
$1,000, 2012 
899 
79 
8,443 
1,189 
83 
90 
97 
2,524 
2007 
323 
204 
5,615 
1,272 
23 
45 
101 
1,713 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
120 
173 
431 
355 
95 
58 
161 
133 
2007 
127 
153 
577 
415 
67 
75 
157 
156 
$1,000, 2012 
730 
135 
11,150 
1,506 
65 
96 
148 
4,696 
2007 
237 
87 
6,418 
2,111 
37 
343 
228 
5,487 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
115 
146 
269 
362 
68 
68 
139 
71 
2007 
112 
131 
234 
344 
58 
55 
110 
91 
$1,000, 2012 
1,221 
743 
3,523 
2,293 
(D) 
1,989 
582 
327 
2007 
2,777 
313 
4,624 
1,971 
593 
614 
755 
273 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
73 
82 
184 
240 
44 
39 
73 
39 
2007 
67 
77 
161 
226 
39 
32 
62 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
655 
245 
775 
1,224 
(D) 
153 
269 
169 
2007 
342 
192 
865 
1,224 
99 
79 
205 
158 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
51 
84 
116 
176 
33 
39 
78 
40 
2007 
58 
81 
108 
169 
21 
30 
59 
61 
$1,000, 2012 
566 
497 
2,748 
1,070 
374 
1,836 
314 
158 
2007 
2,435 
121 
3,759 
747 
494 
535 
550 
115 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
294 
365 
775 
1,034 
202 
139 
434 
225 
2007 
297 
380 
819 
1,096 
154 
158 
402 
315 
$1,000, 2012 
4,634 
1,304 
7,857 
6,355 
2,375 
1,217 
2,020 
1,594 
2007 
1,586 
1,075 
5,854 
4,804 
2,650 
1,075 
1,848 
1,103 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
398 
510 
1,151 
1,293 
284 
180 
581 
392 
2007 
447 
571 
1,391 
1,491 
258 
227 
689 
578 
$1,000, 2012 
946 
757 
7,421 
2,660 
314 
373 
848 
1,687 
2007 
791 
719 
4,561 
2,184 
284 
325 
755 
1,707 
Utilities farms, 2012 
213 
240 
741 
779 
137 
103 
303 
209 
2007 
178 
212 
724 
647 
81 
80 
246 
204 
$1,000, 2012 
355 
241 
2,238 
884 
130 
125 
291 
484 
2007 
446 
264 
1,464 
966 
89 
74 
233 
645 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
308 
377 
931 
1,045 
234 
147 
474 
316 
2007 
420 
517 
1,317 
1,376 
248 
211 
628 
560 
$1,000, 2012 
898 
682 
6,645 
2,677 
295 
336 
946 
1,930 
2007 
1,048 
1,102 
5,729 
3,608 
396 
315 
957 
2,168 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
89 
90 
336 
256 
37 
40 
101 
122 
2007 
63 
98 
338 
196 
50 
33 
95 
122 
$1,000, 2012 
1,089 
812 
14,042 
2,156 
103 
337 
667 
3,145 
2007 
659 
332 
9,936 
2,153 
169 
208 
519 
3,253 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
32 
26 
121 
84 
11 
11 
24 
49 
2007 
23 
22 
160 
81 
7 
18 
34 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
1,697 
136 
4,472 
233 
9 
20 
150 
181 
2007 
948 
41 
3,086 
373 
17 
17 
60 
210 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
34 
44 
174 
171 
16 
22 
59 
42 
2007 
48 
45 
201 
198 
11 
17 
61 
40 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
32 
1,982 
419 
(D) 
122 
100 
242 
2007 
(D) 
41 
2,263 
220 
(D) 
27 
137 
123 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
87 
76 
218 
225 
52 
34 
147 
83 
2007 
70 
68 
237 
205 
39 
24 
80 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
526 
134 
7,897 
1,745 
195 
186 
396 
3,142 
2007 
199 
120 
4,320 
999 
46 
106 
201 
1,679 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
9 
18 
68 
52 
10 
7 
25 
14 
2007 
8 
21 
53 
59 
6 
6 
18 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
4 
801 
124 
7 
13 
37 
177 
2007 
(D) 
43 
358 
154 
(D) 
11 
29 
125 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
121 
129 
379 
357 
89 
54 
110 
109 
2007 
126 
127 
386 
329 
75 
54 
80 
103 
$1,000, 2012 
916 
778 
4,841 
2,313 
450 
300 
463 
939 
2007 
1,193 
830 
4,729 
2,617 
462 
299 
353 
1,017 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
83 
102 
289 
276 
68 
27 
81 
75 
2007 
106 
97 
319 
271 
56 
43 
56 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
689 
635 
2,850 
1,804 
347 
235 
363 
625 
2007 
1,038 
705 
3,029 
2,180 
300 
249 
285 
719 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
75 
72 
196 
172 
43 
37 
49 
68 
2007 
71 
64 
240 
157 
47 
38 
47 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
227 
143 
1,991 
509 
103 
66 
100 
314 
2007 
155 
125 
1,699 
436 
162 
50 
68 
298 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
404 
508 
1,132 
1,280 
295 
184 
561 
386 
2007 
429 
542 
1,316 
1,434 
252 
215 
638 
534 
$1,000, 2012 
508 
760 
2,329 
2,304 
423 
259 
672 
962 
2007 
557 
690 
2,112 
2,147 
362 
246 
692 
1,312 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
209 
222 
596 
655 
105 
81 
291 
185 
2007 
211 
251 
708 
753 
99 
98 
298 
239 
$1,000, 2012 
790 
380 
4,750 
2,160 
144 
287 
488 
1,086 
2007 
600 
423 
5,249 
1,682 
399 
288 
469 
1,421 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
164 
195 
549 
561 
96 
79 
212 
163 
2007 
170 
222 
632 
661 
103 
78 
197 
175 
$1,000, 2012 
1,600 
1,441 
1 1 ,429 
4,367 
712 
549 
1,131 
2,637 
2007 
1,433 
1,413 
7,184 
4,487 
593 
464 
1,390 
2,863 
-continued 
286 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
