Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hidalgo 
Lea 
Lincoln 
Los Alamos 
Luna 
McKinley 
Mora 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
171 
460 
362 
9 
190 
2,297 
597 
2007 
162 
572 
361 
7 
206 
2,624 
589 
$1,000, 2012 
20,605 
172,347 
19,842 
62 
55,608 
19,263 
12,673 
2007 
16,476 
86,340 
15,591 
74 
50,265 
17,133 
10,321 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
120,495 
374,667 
54,814 
6,862 
292,674 
8,386 
21,228 
2007 
101,705 
150,944 
43,189 
10,561 
244,004 
6,530 
17,523 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
52 
123 
37 
- 
67 
51 
48 
2007 
52 
146 
45 
2 
93 
89 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
1,111 
5,097 
49 
- 
3,377 
18 
44 
2007 
895 
2,908 
39 
(D) 
3,210 
55 
74 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
41 
121 
58 
1 
85 
178 
41 
2007 
41 
121 
64 
- 
78 
345 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
458 
3,512 
28 
(D) 
2,797 
44 
33 
2007 
594 
2,161 
74 
2,718 
86 
24 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
52 
100 
33 
- 
49 
106 
95 
2007 
47 
99 
33 
2 
63 
459 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
371 
2,354 
37 
- 
2,714 
32 
153 
2007 
438 
1,393 
26 
(D) 
1,925 
55 
75 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
70 
104 
114 
8 
48 
400 
123 
2007 
47 
157 
112 
- 
39 
346 
110 
$1,000, 2012 
1,796 
5,326 
1,532 
4 
1,940 
949 
1,742 
2007 
864 
6,896 
1,599 
- 
2,287 
1,041 
1,109 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
55 
55 
102 
1 
42 
272 
94 
2007 
35 
102 
75 
- 
29 
200 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
1,147 
1,339 
973 
(D) 
1,056 
566 
676 
2007 
745 
3,033 
1,054 
465 
373 
295 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
26 
68 
29 
7 
20 
157 
38 
2007 
19 
78 
52 
- 
22 
201 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
649 
3,988 
559 
(D) 
884 
383 
1,066 
2007 
120 
3,863 
545 
1,822 
668 
813 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
139 
339 
316 
8 
89 
2,112 
404 
2007 
104 
347 
251 
5 
99 
2,413 
324 
$1,000, 2012 
2,674 
96,965 
4,293 
22 
11,164 
6,791 
2,368 
2007 
1,319 
33,389 
2,839 
20 
7,347 
6,962 
1,287 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
164 
432 
336 
8 
182 
2,022 
549 
2007 
156 
539 
354 
- 
199 
2,549 
574 
$1,000, 2012 
1,924 
9,586 
1,902 
8 
3,270 
3,716 
1,427 
2007 
1,744 
4,959 
1,798 
- 
2,759 
3,765 
1,344 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
123 
370 
272 
7 
159 
719 
263 
2007 
117 
291 
198 
2 
134 
1,283 
262 
$1,000, 2012 
2,431 
6,332 
1,145 
(D) 
4,879 
719 
531 
2007 
1,828 
3,956 
674 
(D) 
3,196 
862 
335 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
154 
378 
287 
8 
153 
1,038 
426 
2007 
153 
500 
321 
2 
192 
1,790 
534 
$1,000, 2012 
1,781 
7,411 
1,657 
7 
4,747 
1,401 
1,144 
2007 
2,147 
6,110 
1,676 
(D) 
4,778 
1,920 
1,386 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
60 
122 
107 
1 
68 
212 
174 
2007 
59 
138 
96 
- 
74 
295 
134 
$1,000, 2012 
1,497 
13,013 
2,383 
(D) 
6,313 
1,001 
1,332 
2007 
2,914 
9,472 
1,844 
6,621 
550 
1,295 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
38 
95 
78 
_ 
56 
54 
57 
2007 
23 
63 
50 
- 
52 
44 
49 
$1,000, 2012 
592 
1,373 
774 
- 
5,993 
93 
254 
2007 
620 
744 
305 
- 
6,347 
51 
344 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
23 
85 
30 
- 
46 
69 
79 
2007 
16 
60 
30 
- 
38 
14 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
386 
3,110 
131 
- 
779 
107 
110 
2007 
(D) 
1,622 
203 
- 
1,483 
74 
88 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
112 
159 
123 
1 
85 
583 
168 
2007 
79 
166 
106 
3 
78 
87 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
1,900 
3,895 
1,566 
(D) 
2,272 
1,450 
472 
2007 
736 
3,508 
1,041 
14 
2,039 
289 
489 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
11 
37 
7 
- 
22 
51 
31 
2007 
4 
20 
6 
- 
13 
19 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
157 
896 
38 
- 
449 
61 
35 
2007 
(D) 
215 
5 
- 
275 
42 
36 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
99 
161 
136 
_ 
74 
127 
137 
2007 
65 
134 
80 
- 
81 
23 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
1,754 
5,361 
2,174 
- 
1,798 
1,107 
1,821 
2007 
900 
4,166 
1,289 
- 
2,157 
151 
1,261 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
70 
120 
101 
_ 
55 
55 
81 
2007 
49 
108 
67 
- 
58 
15 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
1,333 
3,470 
1,905 
- 
1,216 
987 
1,458 
2007 
494 
1,941 
1,067 
- 
1,641 
119 
1,079 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
66 
98 
73 
- 
46 
85 
94 
2007 
35 
82 
48 
- 
40 
14 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
421 
1,891 
269 
- 
582 
120 
363 
2007 
406 
2,225 
221 
- 
515 
32 
182 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
143 
439 
352 
9 
186 
312 
572 
2007 
142 
517 
322 
5 
185 
165 
542 
$1,000, 2012 
373 
1,374 
643 
3 
554 
685 
667 
2007 
375 
1,318 
809 
4 
659 
368 
689 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
115 
287 
225 
7 
117 
549 
216 
2007 
91 
252 
182 
5 
94 
1,222 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
1,398 
6,744 
1,490 
5 
2,561 
1,086 
540 
2007 
901 
3,523 
1,373 
12 
2,465 
863 
486 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
92 
240 
143 
- 
107 
162 
181 
2007 
73 
216 
166 
2 
111 
64 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
2,484 
10,511 
2,436 
- 
6,183 
1,265 
1,511 
2007 
1,443 
7,977 
2,891 
(D) 
4,165 
(D) 
1,208 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New Mexico 247 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
