Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Van Buren 
Warren 
Washington 
Wayne 
Weakley 
White 
Williamson 
Wilson 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
245 
1,122 
1,312 
664 
861 
927 
1,160 
1,473 
2007 
213 
1,331 
1,650 
646 
1,214 
1,035 
1,442 
1,745 
$1,000, 2012 
5,128 
72,921 
40,332 
23,484 
100,010 
27,321 
31,312 
25,023 
2007 
4,545 
85,632 
37,380 
13,611 
66,133 
23,949 
34,170 
27,998 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
20,932 
64,992 
30,741 
35,367 
116,155 
29,472 
26,993 
16,988 
2007 
21,339 
64,336 
22,654 
21,069 
54,475 
23,139 
23,696 
16,045 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
132 
615 
715 
364 
420 
556 
467 
563 
2007 
125 
937 
1,051 
414 
639 
707 
662 
808 
$1,000, 2012 
547 
6,028 
2,676 
2,300 
21,893 
2,352 
2,121 
1,704 
2007 
861 
5,546 
2,896 
1,756 
13,459 
2,984 
2,038 
1,792 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
109 
571 
547 
182 
354 
511 
376 
591 
2007 
76 
597 
590 
142 
397 
498 
454 
631 
$1,000, 2012 
74 
2,092 
936 
253 
7,714 
515 
628 
467 
2007 
110 
1,913 
703 
121 
4,373 
401 
468 
310 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
78 
451 
370 
181 
363 
255 
280 
384 
2007 
28 
492 
413 
171 
381 
306 
362 
441 
$1,000, 2012 
113 
10,603 
938 
473 
9,929 
510 
1,787 
470 
2007 
83 
16,472 
669 
487 
5,802 
632 
1,656 
393 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
74 
319 
406 
205 
201 
293 
247 
401 
2007 
39 
261 
369 
137 
219 
228 
279 
430 
$1,000, 2012 
503 
2,465 
6,275 
4,175 
8,844 
3,237 
1,476 
2,106 
2007 
471 
1,716 
4,798 
2,563 
8,263 
2,103 
1,154 
3,792 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
43 
207 
241 
155 
121 
192 
124 
268 
2007 
26 
156 
236 
95 
122 
153 
163 
288 
$1,000, 2012 
301 
930 
1,224 
1,526 
912 
1,016 
472 
1,477 
2007 
362 
631 
1,086 
550 
591 
953 
455 
1,473 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
45 
163 
217 
75 
109 
133 
137 
186 
2007 
16 
138 
200 
60 
118 
106 
150 
210 
$1,000, 2012 
202 
1,535 
5,051 
2,649 
7,932 
2,221 
1,004 
630 
2007 
110 
1,085 
3,712 
2,012 
7,672 
1,149 
699 
2,319 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
192 
761 
1,039 
536 
434 
764 
853 
1,154 
2007 
130 
775 
1,164 
416 
511 
754 
965 
1,265 
$1,000, 2012 
1,771 
7,320 
10,126 
8,479 
22,304 
9,199 
4,781 
6,471 
2007 
877 
5,649 
7,628 
3,247 
11,393 
6,517 
5,238 
6,561 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
228 
1,090 
1,283 
632 
812 
907 
1,125 
1,429 
2007 
210 
1,316 
1,618 
628 
1,152 
1,016 
1,404 
1,718 
$1,000, 2012 
398 
4,836 
2,477 
1,256 
5,560 
1,669 
2,308 
2,167 
2007 
359 
4,499 
2,432 
840 
3,363 
1,557 
2,294 
2,155 
Utilities farms, 2012 
152 
731 
729 
305 
501 
547 
571 
779 
2007 
83 
696 
724 
204 
439 
486 
575 
782 
$1,000, 2012 
162 
2,129 
911 
353 
1,332 
682 
1,033 
799 
2007 
140 
1,966 
977 
214 
895 
640 
1,058 
769 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
184 
920 
1,074 
504 
678 
728 
883 
1,113 
2007 
197 
1,229 
1,492 
573 
1,069 
927 
1,270 
1,608 
$1,000, 2012 
466 
5,716 
2,839 
1,221 
4,923 
2,232 
2,497 
2,488 
2007 
553 
5,732 
3,257 
1,083 
3,869 
2,839 
3,690 
3,594 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
46 
319 
314 
119 
219 
196 
263 
307 
2007 
30 
361 
361 
83 
178 
203 
249 
299 
$1,000, 2012 
174 
14,288 
4,797 
820 
3,276 
1,692 
5,790 
1,236 
2007 
172 
19,567 
4,380 
338 
1,990 
1,290 
6,022 
871 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
16 
186 
73 
31 
57 
67 
102 
85 
2007 
17 
252 
106 
28 
57 
53 
112 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
52 
4,960 
617 
186 
511 
292 
612 
349 
2007 
90 
6,299 
884 
158 
180 
172 
886 
381 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
47 
178 
213 
89 
148 
179 
109 
213 
2007 
31 
154 
220 
59 
113 
166 
154 
241 
$1,000, 2012 
54 
1,144 
572 
147 
706 
457 
270 
404 
2007 
98 
904 
388 
85 
444 
288 
225 
517 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
34 
250 
329 
130 
158 
210 
179 
240 
2007 
32 
213 
329 
89 
164 
181 
139 
195 
$1,000, 2012 
106 
1,997 
1,346 
540 
4,629 
719 
939 
749 
2007 
22 
2,715 
1,001 
280 
4,049 
473 
1,030 
524 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
7 
48 
55 
20 
32 
24 
51 
60 
2007 
6 
60 
55 
16 
23 
25 
51 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
15 
195 
45 
24 
240 
13 
113 
55 
2007 
8 
221 
58 
52 
179 
39 
67 
50 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
69 
391 
375 
237 
369 
301 
259 
366 
2007 
47 
425 
409 
166 
323 
238 
255 
424 
$1,000, 2012 
243 
3,758 
2,201 
1,906 
3,729 
1,736 
2,641 
2,077 
2007 
226 
4,230 
2,858 
1,268 
3,416 
1,485 
2,651 
2,609 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
48 
301 
288 
182 
298 
241 
196 
286 
2007 
34 
345 
307 
139 
264 
205 
219 
338 
$1,000, 2012 
175 
3,120 
1,762 
1,488 
2,693 
1,381 
2,136 
1,799 
2007 
192 
3,340 
2,178 
915 
2,400 
1,142 
2,244 
2,209 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
36 
206 
175 
141 
196 
158 
114 
165 
2007 
29 
237 
231 
92 
174 
140 
131 
216 
$1,000, 2012 
68 
638 
439 
418 
1,036 
355 
505 
278 
2007 
34 
890 
680 
353 
1,017 
344 
408 
400 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
239 
1,084 
1,265 
639 
823 
905 
1,128 
1,421 
2007 
208 
1,270 
1,543 
622 
1,132 
968 
1,374 
1,654 
$1,000, 2012 
246 
1,773 
1,777 
717 
1,252 
1,016 
2,269 
2,374 
2007 
267 
1,829 
1,600 
610 
1,439 
1,134 
2,654 
2,310 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
123 
592 
668 
300 
458 
481 
507 
710 
2007 
108 
682 
841 
284 
507 
563 
651 
828 
$1,000, 2012 
204 
3,616 
1,799 
635 
3,168 
999 
2,048 
1,106 
2007 
208 
6,373 
2,849 
510 
3,019 
1,396 
3,039 
1,371 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
97 
526 
535 
243 
389 
409 
408 
583 
2007 
97 
584 
645 
224 
439 
469 
513 
768 
$1,000, 2012 
812 
10,245 
3,726 
2,013 
10,276 
3,252 
3,962 
4,155 
2007 
930 
7,998 
4,847 
1,673 
7,109 
3,685 
4,061 
5,081 
288 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
