Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mathews 
Mecklenburg 
Middlesex 
Montgomery 
Nelson 
New Kent 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
55 
527 
73 
603 
if *9 
137 
2007 
50 
580 
76 
628 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
2,034 
37,605 
9,164 
24,164 
ifw* * 
5,602 
2007 
2,876 
29,698 
6,698 
18,407 
13,152 
5,098 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
36,984 
71,357 
125,534 
40,073 
38,822 
40,894 
2007 
57,522 
51,204 
88,134 
29,311 
28,467 
42,132 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
28 
320 
42 
323 
205 
69 
2007 
34 
374 
49 
328 
234 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
339 
4,645 
2,102 
1,695 
806 
1,274 
2007 
287 
3,361 
1,409 
1,169 
831 
1,103 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
18 
227 
36 
253 
137 
54 
2007 
18 
203 
38 
182 
146 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
151 
2,420 
1,083 
361 
865 
444 
2007 
101 
1,485 
689 
207 
584 
298 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
21 
221 
37 
135 
141 
61 
2007 
28 
248 
38 
145 
126 
61 
$1,000, 2012 
251 
2,759 
775 
(D) 
632 
491 
2007 
320 
1,748 
668 
467 
312 
399 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
9 
117 
8 
220 
114 
28 
2007 
6 
88 
8 
157 
91 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
33 
719 
201 
3,068 
607 
30 
2007 
(D) 
1,040 
74 
1,657 
535 
82 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
3 
82 
3 
114 
64 
7 
2007 
5 
71 
3 
85 
55 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
16 
469 
20 
639 
290 
23 
2007 
(D) 
511 
12 
292 
113 
18 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
7 
48 
5 
139 
65 
21 
2007 
5 
24 
5 
97 
43 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
17 
250 
181 
2,430 
317 
7 
2007 
1 
529 
62 
1,366 
422 
64 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
22 
356 
39 
465 
296 
92 
2007 
22 
319 
16 
450 
260 
69 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
4,127 
446 
5,334 
2,825 
383 
2007 
52 
2,633 
196 
3,011 
1,013 
214 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
49 
511 
72 
581 
447 
126 
2007 
48 
577 
75 
626 
456 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
140 
4,988 
528 
1,729 
1,083 
329 
2007 
157 
3,549 
462 
1,243 
857 
483 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
33 
306 
53 
323 
231 
54 
2007 
32 
278 
35 
256 
162 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
57 
946 
157 
555 
398 
76 
2007 
77 
912 
97 
409 
233 
58 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
47 
444 
60 
456 
391 
102 
2007 
47 
549 
69 
581 
426 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
213 
3,197 
690 
2,101 
1,624 
444 
2007 
502 
3,338 
549 
2,080 
1,546 
553 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
8 
202 
23 
140 
130 
22 
2007 
10 
176 
20 
136 
90 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
55 
6,938 
1,584 
4,024 
3,872 
284 
2007 
(D) 
4,963 
1,170 
3,523 
3,637 
336 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
7 
36 
1 
48 
38 
15 
2007 
1 
31 
8 
45 
33 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
16 
597 
(D) 
252 
428 
93 
2007 
(D) 
513 
100 
186 
211 
43 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
5 
79 
28 
86 
47 
12 
2007 
1 
71 
6 
84 
39 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
16 
286 
90 
(D) 
56 
43 
2007 
(D) 
769 
(D) 
(D) 
95 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
13 
152 
23 
175 
119 
26 
2007 
11 
161 
24 
135 
96 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,811 
655 
(D) 
944 
443 
2007 
62 
859 
359 
828 
336 
435 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
7 
31 
4 
22 
23 
11 
2007 
2 
25 
2 
22 
9 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
5 
78 
(D) 
62 
36 
43 
2007 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
18 
179 
37 
120 
122 
47 
2007 
15 
143 
23 
95 
91 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
193 
1,414 
289 
749 
1,105 
431 
2007 
116 
1,643 
166 
625 
900 
207 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
13 
128 
30 
81 
82 
35 
2007 
9 
113 
12 
74 
68 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
161 
941 
229 
514 
883 
347 
2007 
70 
1,238 
93 
464 
791 
137 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
11 
94 
15 
65 
84 
32 
2007 
11 
79 
17 
57 
58 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
32 
473 
60 
235 
222 
84 
2007 
46 
406 
73 
161 
109 
70 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
54 
511 
68 
565 
438 
133 
2007 
47 
531 
65 
554 
409 
120 
$1,000, 2012 
106 
1,147 
202 
1,279 
900 
500 
2007 
81 
1,215 
112 
1,034 
680 
407 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
26 
257 
50 
370 
239 
69 
2007 
20 
264 
30 
355 
217 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
229 
1,533 
337 
1,275 
1,483 
295 
2007 
477 
1,581 
589 
1,542 
1,372 
432 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
17 
255 
32 
262 
192 
42 
2007 
13 
258 
38 
287 
194 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
4,374 
769 
2,119 
1,815 
542 
2007 
(D) 
3,899 
323 
2,179 
2,196 
327 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Virginia 305 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
