Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Beaufort 
Berkeley 
Calhoun 
Charleston 
Cherokee 
Chester 
Chesterfield 
Clarendon 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
137 
373 
412 
359 
490 
477 
717 
422 
2007 
125 
314 
341 
332 
416 
544 
848 
491 
$1,000, 2012 
20,082 
9,704 
63,778 
20,555 
17,763 
33,628 
92,106 
108,239 
2007 
14,493 
21,582 
40,022 
21,080 
29,966 
25,994 
65,121 
65,398 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
146,581 
26,015 
154,802 
57,256 
36,252 
70,499 
128,460 
256,491 
2007 
115,947 
68,734 
117,367 
63,495 
72,033 
47,783 
76,794 
133,193 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
77 
220 
218 
191 
255 
219 
266 
216 
2007 
76 
202 
180 
198 
232 
247 
358 
259 
$1,000, 2012 
1,258 
1,113 
9,382 
1,126 
1,615 
1,222 
3,045 
1 1 ,228 
2007 
1,722 
2,555 
5,131 
950 
740 
1,138 
1,502 
6,537 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
58 
214 
193 
163 
152 
193 
277 
226 
2007 
50 
133 
146 
145 
115 
149 
272 
238 
$1,000, 2012 
1,355 
399 
9,078 
628 
639 
553 
3,389 
7,914 
2007 
937 
(D) 
4,296 
592 
142 
263 
673 
3,611 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
65 
169 
168 
139 
145 
151 
183 
183 
2007 
54 
132 
129 
135 
112 
135 
220 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
1,087 
546 
5,617 
1,838 
331 
632 
1,566 
5,922 
2007 
944 
(D) 
3,893 
1,560 
94 
336 
764 
2,221 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
28 
74 
62 
53 
116 
120 
141 
84 
2007 
16 
46 
36 
51 
96 
107 
152 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
146 
152 
3,193 
306 
1,502 
4,283 
11,861 
9,298 
2007 
230 
104 
1,747 
1,389 
2,367 
3,138 
7,044 
5,381 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
9 
33 
25 
18 
57 
69 
57 
31 
2007 
5 
17 
19 
24 
57 
70 
62 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
21 
67 
151 
133 
228 
1,230 
457 
122 
2007 
31 
38 
61 
(D) 
273 
317 
198 
81 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
25 
48 
43 
41 
67 
64 
99 
63 
2007 
13 
31 
24 
39 
53 
65 
108 
52 
$1,000, 2012 
125 
85 
3,043 
173 
1,274 
3,053 
11,405 
9,176 
2007 
200 
66 
1,686 
(D) 
2,094 
2,821 
6,846 
5,300 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
74 
220 
184 
212 
342 
342 
375 
164 
2007 
71 
155 
119 
169 
249 
306 
353 
136 
$1,000, 2012 
534 
1,154 
14,837 
1,435 
6,277 
17,255 
48,373 
38,834 
2007 
693 
(D) 
9,042 
907 
21,863 
13,156 
42,610 
21,034 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
128 
367 
397 
340 
478 
466 
661 
373 
2007 
125 
312 
334 
329 
408 
537 
829 
466 
$1,000, 2012 
1,426 
784 
3,833 
966 
727 
1,196 
2,671 
5,784 
2007 
1,024 
884 
1,920 
878 
1,167 
1,326 
1,991 
3,722 
Utilities farms, 2012 
89 
205 
253 
249 
217 
254 
362 
274 
2007 
62 
136 
127 
146 
134 
184 
259 
196 
$1,000, 2012 
665 
349 
1,513 
815 
337 
563 
1,790 
2,186 
2007 
431 
495 
734 
413 
148 
299 
751 
1,223 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
96 
278 
308 
296 
341 
361 
498 
316 
2007 
105 
296 
304 
308 
390 
511 
775 
451 
$1,000, 2012 
2,060 
766 
3,628 
1,450 
1,720 
1,245 
3,866 
5,523 
2007 
1,946 
2,187 
2,828 
1,645 
927 
1,924 
2,305 
3,314 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
56 
100 
97 
136 
61 
81 
174 
166 
2007 
54 
53 
65 
86 
50 
77 
104 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
7,557 
1,386 
2,896 
6,194 
996 
1,174 
5,186 
5,883 
2007 
3,793 
(D) 
2,929 
5,173 
1,072 
1,205 
1,755 
3,678 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
21 
23 
36 
29 
19 
49 
60 
69 
2007 
15 
13 
24 
33 
16 
13 
25 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
310 
160 
850 
1,602 
(D) 
799 
2,340 
1,084 
2007 
508 
35 
913 
722 
32 
(D) 
205 
981 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
12 
31 
69 
24 
37 
46 
100 
76 
2007 
9 
22 
40 
17 
27 
30 
38 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,147 
410 
(D) 
478 
739 
1,137 
2007 
(D) 
40 
1,175 
64 
63 
293 
146 
454 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
19 
77 
80 
47 
71 
98 
123 
124 
2007 
36 
43 
59 
63 
57 
65 
91 
138 
$1,000, 2012 
418 
1,007 
2,352 
486 
234 
1,851 
1,478 
3,600 
2007 
171 
(D) 
1,329 
518 
89 
433 
819 
5,612 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
11 
7 
12 
12 
10 
14 
20 
46 
2007 
5 
7 
16 
13 
5 
7 
19 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
179 
36 
25 
11 
56 
781 
2007 
(D) 
177 
114 
44 
7 
(D) 
53 
381 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
30 
71 
128 
58 
95 
112 
137 
160 
2007 
34 
60 
71 
62 
73 
82 
111 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
834 
509 
1,499 
607 
841 
832 
1,670 
2,839 
2007 
406 
681 
820 
2,385 
457 
914 
997 
2,192 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
20 
43 
79 
47 
67 
70 
105 
110 
2007 
20 
51 
52 
48 
64 
77 
99 
100 
$1,000, 2012 
495 
377 
767 
396 
702 
724 
1,274 
1,738 
2007 
271 
651 
517 
1,953 
358 
744 
897 
1,492 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
20 
39 
80 
24 
53 
62 
71 
96 
2007 
31 
29 
50 
42 
36 
37 
45 
93 
$1,000, 2012 
339 
132 
733 
211 
138 
109 
396 
1,102 
2007 
134 
30 
303 
432 
99 
170 
100 
699 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
122 
335 
394 
331 
467 
454 
697 
404 
2007 
107 
280 
321 
292 
371 
500 
777 
443 
$1,000, 2012 
343 
706 
1,010 
1,229 
460 
670 
1,057 
1,265 
2007 
590 
517 
784 
689 
353 
875 
828 
929 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
60 
136 
188 
167 
188 
221 
314 
182 
2007 
67 
126 
127 
136 
143 
189 
231 
174 
$1,000, 2012 
828 
530 
2,765 
1,427 
479 
862 
3,016 
4,960 
2007 
775 
2,482 
2,368 
3,151 
446 
578 
2,678 
4,127 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
47 
125 
168 
128 
112 
149 
253 
182 
2007 
28 
100 
110 
92 
121 
167 
196 
156 
$1,000, 2012 
1,141 
901 
7,441 
1,329 
773 
2,327 
4,931 
5,806 
2007 
1,061 
1,446 
2,782 
1,256 
760 
2,242 
2,100 
2,943 
-continued 
254 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
