Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pickens 
Richland 
Saluda 
Spartanburg 
Sumter 
Union 
Williamsburg 
York 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
727 
398 
587 
1,338 
515 
264 
679 
1,004 
2007 
829 
364 
606 
1,242 
554 
262 
861 
1,038 
$1,000, 2012 
13,606 
24,745 
93,669 
33,327 
99,286 
11,939 
56,028 
68,992 
2007 
9,566 
15,231 
63,530 
26,571 
64,421 
4,957 
40,172 
79,373 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
18,715 
62,174 
159,573 
24,908 
192,788 
45,222 
82,515 
68,717 
2007 
11,539 
41,843 
104,835 
21,393 
116,283 
18,920 
46,657 
76,467 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
352 
221 
323 
633 
222 
132 
334 
515 
2007 
480 
216 
335 
753 
293 
143 
473 
591 
$1,000, 2012 
859 
4,069 
1,896 
1,795 
7,489 
402 
8,452 
5,062 
2007 
925 
1,672 
2,191 
1,998 
5,830 
465 
7,204 
4,223 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
260 
192 
272 
562 
230 
82 
321 
390 
2007 
227 
135 
233 
489 
239 
83 
329 
330 
$1,000, 2012 
490 
2,423 
1,322 
1,454 
4,627 
152 
6,005 
2,019 
2007 
164 
291 
1,218 
1,005 
3,018 
(D) 
3,749 
1,044 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
207 
167 
232 
357 
174 
59 
327 
308 
2007 
195 
121 
208 
350 
223 
76 
333 
226 
$1,000, 2012 
395 
2,770 
701 
1,253 
3,783 
34 
4,547 
7,524 
2007 
570 
2,593 
668 
1,147 
2,521 
41 
2,619 
(D) 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
155 
81 
161 
230 
100 
64 
56 
208 
2007 
110 
40 
158 
184 
75 
50 
62 
194 
$1,000, 2012 
371 
692 
12,848 
1,833 
18,963 
1,205 
2,068 
4,667 
2007 
259 
355 
8,415 
707 
4,252 
615 
2,250 
2,887 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
65 
25 
93 
142 
38 
41 
37 
122 
2007 
53 
18 
82 
115 
22 
30 
35 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
180 
53 
539 
550 
127 
(D) 
281 
562 
2007 
171 
25 
511 
414 
449 
(D) 
62 
380 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
106 
65 
96 
135 
63 
28 
32 
113 
2007 
72 
26 
90 
96 
57 
21 
30 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
192 
639 
12,309 
1,283 
18,836 
(D) 
1,787 
4,106 
2007 
87 
330 
7,904 
292 
3,804 
(D) 
2,188 
2,507 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
498 
241 
430 
819 
256 
194 
226 
694 
2007 
452 
194 
419 
703 
221 
153 
177 
557 
$1,000, 2012 
2,168 
2,738 
45,025 
8,781 
31,424 
5,214 
6,885 
19,790 
2007 
1,270 
1,858 
29,261 
5,255 
18,066 
1,083 
5,440 
27,634 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
690 
387 
556 
1,285 
491 
258 
636 
978 
2007 
802 
359 
596 
1,224 
540 
259 
834 
1,022 
$1,000, 2012 
1,016 
1,897 
3,554 
2,593 
4,532 
415 
5,939 
2,403 
2007 
1,010 
935 
2,553 
1,752 
3,884 
619 
4,706 
2,331 
Utilities farms, 2012 
368 
253 
305 
657 
342 
148 
344 
559 
2007 
260 
165 
253 
480 
225 
107 
263 
352 
$1,000, 2012 
461 
693 
2,535 
1,531 
2,336 
286 
1,120 
1,397 
2007 
357 
466 
1,647 
812 
2,053 
105 
683 
1,025 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
524 
317 
437 
966 
413 
207 
517 
728 
2007 
760 
342 
565 
1,158 
496 
254 
784 
968 
$1,000, 2012 
929 
1,858 
4,150 
2,578 
5,738 
555 
4,035 
2,895 
2007 
1,453 
1,466 
3,148 
2,764 
3,604 
615 
3,402 
3,435 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
115 
105 
120 
231 
145 
45 
193 
183 
2007 
77 
66 
113 
179 
124 
38 
159 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
3,209 
3,782 
8,471 
3,740 
10,232 
393 
4,970 
10,442 
2007 
1,134 
2,391 
4,226 
5,366 
8,658 
(D) 
2,941 
13,793 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
36 
42 
54 
89 
48 
15 
62 
72 
2007 
24 
25 
45 
74 
21 
10 
32 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
214 
298 
1,712 
947 
717 
615 
1,193 
1,034 
2007 
352 
172 
394 
702 
979 
11 
266 
1,630 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
32 
38 
109 
72 
70 
30 
124 
82 
2007 
33 
32 
67 
72 
43 
20 
63 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
86 
466 
825 
252 
1,726 
198 
603 
515 
2007 
68 
110 
474 
163 
539 
13 
161 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
64 
64 
129 
140 
110 
39 
145 
130 
2007 
59 
49 
96 
147 
109 
18 
140 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
134 
233 
2,983 
1,585 
1,604 
293 
2,410 
2,035 
2007 
112 
571 
611 
467 
4,299 
59 
1,715 
1,341 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
26 
14 
25 
21 
28 
3 
37 
21 
2007 
17 
7 
21 
27 
34 
8 
13 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
20 
60 
493 
93 
463 
2 
528 
108 
2007 
7 
9 
482 
28 
380 
6 
136 
190 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
148 
75 
156 
260 
138 
57 
203 
235 
2007 
113 
57 
147 
203 
111 
34 
129 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
749 
868 
1,961 
1,610 
1,495 
1,307 
2,796 
2,497 
2007 
799 
421 
1,533 
1,693 
1,275 
250 
1,630 
2,230 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
130 
47 
132 
224 
84 
50 
138 
169 
2007 
91 
39 
122 
176 
90 
26 
92 
130 
$1,000, 2012 
658 
407 
1,614 
1,494 
822 
1,166 
2,068 
2,222 
2007 
692 
324 
1,258 
1,428 
1,057 
175 
1,235 
1,173 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
63 
44 
84 
108 
95 
23 
124 
120 
2007 
74 
39 
63 
106 
54 
22 
99 
82 
$1,000, 2012 
91 
461 
347 
116 
673 
141 
729 
275 
2007 
108 
97 
275 
265 
218 
75 
395 
1,057 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
706 
377 
574 
1,298 
478 
260 
653 
964 
2007 
761 
328 
558 
1,117 
492 
243 
792 
950 
$1,000, 2012 
661 
818 
1,125 
1,453 
1,155 
572 
1,406 
1,548 
2007 
689 
616 
857 
1,244 
831 
436 
1,186 
1,511 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
288 
166 
267 
524 
258 
98 
245 
473 
2007 
231 
134 
290 
442 
215 
88 
230 
367 
$1,000, 2012 
1,843 
1,080 
4,068 
1,830 
3,001 
296 
3,071 
5,056 
2007 
398 
1,306 
5,851 
1,467 
4,232 
166 
2,085 
2,425 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
225 
120 
234 
353 
187 
56 
272 
300 
2007 
164 
128 
204 
320 
196 
62 
263 
204 
$1,000, 2012 
1,295 
2,114 
4,930 
3,134 
5,339 
487 
6,182 
3,780 
2007 
767 
1,749 
4,139 
2,857 
3,962 
487 
3,006 
3,159 
258 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
