Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Greenville 
Greenwood 
Hampton 
Horry 
Jasper 
Kershaw 
Lancaster 
Laurens 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,101 
476 
323 
938 
115 
483 
577 
826 
2007 
1,100 
493 
295 
914 
109 
499 
573 
830 
$1,000, 2012 
20,280 
9,276 
32,820 
86,864 
10,311 
89,685 
53,024 
37,334 
2007 
21,637 
11,083 
14,384 
62,835 
12,616 
110,451 
52,562 
34,846 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
18,420 
19,487 
101,611 
92,606 
89,661 
185,683 
91,896 
45,199 
2007 
19,670 
22,482 
48,758 
68,747 
115,745 
221,344 
91,732 
41,983 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
525 
225 
185 
486 
55 
226 
246 
351 
2007 
610 
277 
161 
556 
62 
218 
320 
447 
$1,000, 2012 
1,257 
544 
7,479 
13,332 
690 
1,243 
827 
1,019 
2007 
1,462 
663 
3,027 
9,265 
950 
708 
1,092 
1,401 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
422 
178 
169 
490 
57 
191 
199 
294 
2007 
355 
148 
123 
430 
41 
159 
178 
255 
$1,000, 2012 
596 
93 
4,695 
8,038 
381 
737 
313 
239 
2007 
768 
128 
1,611 
4,248 
426 
498 
236 
150 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
352 
117 
149 
393 
53 
148 
144 
212 
2007 
275 
144 
127 
371 
40 
112 
117 
199 
$1,000, 2012 
972 
173 
3,633 
7,286 
(D) 
658 
275 
615 
2007 
1,426 
409 
1,221 
3,073 
808 
410 
302 
390 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
199 
110 
30 
138 
28 
108 
150 
224 
2007 
117 
102 
34 
76 
12 
113 
139 
158 
$1,000, 2012 
482 
353 
93 
4,591 
138 
13,445 
6,472 
4,108 
2007 
294 
1,287 
39 
5,398 
69 
9,835 
4,180 
4,317 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
104 
60 
10 
61 
15 
28 
69 
96 
2007 
67 
59 
6 
28 
2 
39 
65 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
232 
270 
31 
384 
55 
121 
261 
450 
2007 
165 
198 
5 
120 
(D) 
1,529 
292 
1,780 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
122 
66 
24 
91 
14 
92 
101 
158 
2007 
69 
52 
29 
55 
11 
85 
91 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
249 
83 
62 
4,207 
83 
13,323 
6,211 
3,659 
2007 
128 
1,089 
34 
5,279 
(D) 
8,306 
3,888 
2,537 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
671 
375 
110 
452 
59 
308 
427 
560 
2007 
575 
330 
93 
291 
45 
278 
339 
459 
$1,000, 2012 
3,278 
2,226 
681 
13,497 
237 
57,589 
33,315 
18,215 
2007 
2,603 
2,443 
271 
11,300 
(D) 
84,907 
38,630 
16,968 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,051 
473 
299 
895 
112 
470 
566 
790 
2007 
1,083 
486 
292 
890 
108 
490 
568 
815 
$1,000, 2012 
1,436 
705 
2,573 
8,224 
1,010 
1,811 
1,447 
1,792 
2007 
1,722 
846 
1,450 
6,538 
891 
1,603 
1,123 
1,818 
Utilities farms, 2012 
539 
224 
175 
560 
90 
271 
281 
418 
2007 
344 
177 
98 
352 
36 
193 
213 
278 
$1,000, 2012 
577 
479 
837 
2,188 
323 
1,403 
881 
1,013 
2007 
642 
687 
228 
1,377 
271 
1,254 
434 
556 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
766 
383 
240 
737 
102 
345 
429 
613 
2007 
1,032 
454 
278 
852 
100 
447 
531 
759 
$1,000, 2012 
1,722 
884 
2,750 
6,261 
816 
1,898 
1,280 
1,914 
2007 
2,644 
1,038 
1,760 
6,053 
1,101 
2,757 
1,412 
2,245 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
180 
79 
90 
298 
41 
130 
105 
159 
2007 
123 
53 
63 
184 
15 
87 
76 
105 
$1,000, 2012 
3,961 
724 
2,316 
6,970 
2,718 
2,991 
814 
2,618 
2007 
4,690 
1,739 
1,153 
4,366 
3,624 
3,354 
593 
1,123 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
84 
27 
40 
96 
13 
47 
30 
41 
2007 
55 
13 
12 
53 
15 
33 
23 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
1,140 
148 
1,491 
1,172 
366 
437 
296 
219 
2007 
374 
29 
127 
574 
322 
227 
72 
214 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
62 
31 
55 
168 
10 
79 
89 
90 
2007 
50 
32 
28 
94 
8 
32 
50 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
91 
41 
720 
977 
(D) 
703 
716 
440 
2007 
160 
32 
243 
622 
(D) 
358 
98 
243 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
114 
67 
87 
210 
12 
38 
99 
110 
2007 
104 
54 
63 
179 
13 
37 
89 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
693 
260 
1,512 
4,444 
(D) 
295 
410 
623 
2007 
448 
136 
585 
2,373 
(D) 
252 
372 
383 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
23 
10 
15 
46 
3 
15 
11 
10 
2007 
24 
5 
15 
19 
2 
11 
14 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
24 
5 
42 
523 
(D) 
53 
8 
5 
2007 
67 
10 
48 
146 
(D) 
28 
19 
58 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
206 
133 
110 
285 
28 
100 
127 
202 
2007 
138 
85 
61 
183 
13 
87 
82 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
1,480 
1,306 
1,449 
3,309 
44 
1,602 
1,248 
1,830 
2007 
958 
545 
1,093 
2,076 
112 
934 
486 
1,713 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
162 
91 
78 
171 
13 
80 
95 
162 
2007 
101 
79 
49 
123 
9 
79 
62 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
1,358 
936 
1,071 
1,742 
17 
1,423 
1,036 
1,585 
2007 
785 
483 
887 
1,501 
(D) 
798 
347 
1,443 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
85 
77 
58 
169 
16 
49 
61 
100 
2007 
84 
38 
30 
127 
7 
46 
49 
91 
$1,000, 2012 
122 
370 
379 
1,567 
27 
179 
212 
245 
2007 
173 
62 
205 
575 
(D) 
136 
139 
270 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,075 
461 
313 
889 
109 
469 
553 
803 
2007 
994 
446 
262 
813 
103 
466 
519 
751 
$1,000, 2012 
1,348 
638 
900 
1,968 
336 
825 
731 
904 
2007 
1,716 
393 
683 
1,320 
289 
768 
708 
882 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
406 
173 
145 
396 
60 
243 
234 
356 
2007 
332 
188 
91 
307 
31 
194 
202 
340 
$1,000, 2012 
1,224 
696 
1,650 
4,084 
479 
3,995 
3,990 
1,780 
2007 
1,662 
699 
846 
4,106 
(D) 
2,559 
2,805 
2,384 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
291 
130 
154 
407 
46 
157 
155 
276 
2007 
233 
158 
121 
277 
21 
142 
146 
289 
$1,000, 2012 
1,895 
1,098 
4,076 
7,717 
405 
2,682 
1,793 
3,035 
2007 
1,966 
1,740 
2,583 
5,141 
643 
4,501 
1,457 
3,115 
-continued 
256 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
