Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Santa Fe 
Sierra 
Socorro 
Taos 
Torrance 
Union 
Valencia 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
715 
256 
704 
983 
589 
353 
1,607 
2007 
489 
265 
536 
637 
561 
380 
901 
$1,000, 2012 
21,962 
37,267 
74,785 
10,738 
58,213 
81,850 
63,613 
2007 
16,335 
22,577 
36,987 
6,891 
37,666 
135,367 
29,542 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
30,717 
145,573 
106,229 
10,924 
98,833 
231,871 
39,585 
2007 
33,405 
85,195 
69,006 
10,818 
67,140 
356,229 
32,788 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
188 
86 
294 
145 
65 
35 
711 
2007 
163 
94 
189 
110 
90 
58 
489 
$1,000, 2012 
667 
1,357 
1,330 
131 
1,778 
3,188 
1,244 
2007 
971 
555 
617 
68 
1,526 
5,237 
815 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
177 
82 
238 
97 
67 
53 
549 
2007 
81 
59 
143 
49 
63 
61 
316 
$1,000, 2012 
257 
963 
386 
22 
691 
1,007 
678 
2007 
204 
373 
208 
10 
750 
1,467 
148 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
263 
80 
225 
244 
68 
50 
488 
2007 
134 
58 
128 
122 
63 
58 
250 
$1,000, 2012 
1,401 
866 
803 
274 
1,797 
1,424 
979 
2007 
475 
309 
324 
145 
904 
1,739 
261 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
163 
65 
150 
150 
136 
145 
449 
2007 
110 
83 
106 
105 
136 
159 
161 
$1,000, 2012 
753 
840 
4,385 
534 
6,750 
28,790 
2,977 
2007 
907 
1,839 
2,798 
775 
1,853 
46,923 
2,100 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
58 
34 
99 
85 
98 
98 
179 
2007 
55 
55 
76 
75 
88 
105 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
255 
732 
1,922 
285 
1,041 
3,056 
956 
2007 
414 
949 
1,251 
160 
682 
1,362 
767 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
128 
37 
64 
81 
51 
75 
303 
2007 
70 
38 
39 
49 
68 
92 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
498 
108 
2,463 
249 
5,708 
25,734 
2,021 
2007 
493 
890 
1,547 
614 
1,171 
45,561 
1,333 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
459 
189 
429 
536 
428 
297 
915 
2007 
312 
156 
276 
276 
323 
239 
422 
$1,000, 2012 
2,389 
14,601 
35,577 
2,287 
16,663 
17,586 
25,585 
2007 
1,787 
7,963 
12,067 
882 
6,593 
33,480 
1 1 ,523 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
647 
245 
661 
866 
533 
336 
1,468 
2007 
460 
254 
524 
620 
553 
369 
880 
$1,000, 2012 
1,991 
3,183 
3,751 
1,438 
3,788 
3,590 
4,735 
2007 
1,701 
1,556 
2,617 
1,098 
3,294 
6,208 
2,503 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
373 
182 
462 
406 
369 
268 
649 
2007 
219 
173 
326 
261 
264 
223 
437 
$1,000, 2012 
1,540 
1,487 
2,092 
587 
2,780 
3,235 
1,928 
2007 
814 
947 
1,278 
310 
2,939 
5,220 
1,224 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
466 
196 
502 
618 
386 
288 
978 
2007 
444 
236 
476 
584 
516 
343 
793 
$1,000, 2012 
1,580 
3,083 
4,293 
1,274 
4,205 
4,695 
4,204 
2007 
2,207 
1,369 
3,095 
955 
4,118 
6,003 
2,233 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
192 
92 
189 
156 
107 
111 
244 
2007 
96 
79 
141 
146 
89 
139 
146 
$1,000, 2012 
3,907 
5,163 
7,912 
1,686 
5,667 
3,689 
7,701 
2007 
3,072 
3,119 
4,379 
842 
5,162 
5,045 
2,999 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
58 
33 
102 
56 
52 
75 
132 
2007 
60 
40 
63 
57 
46 
61 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
927 
1,660 
154 
498 
822 
559 
2007 
416 
547 
493 
168 
594 
536 
337 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
60 
48 
128 
102 
48 
103 
350 
2007 
26 
16 
93 
57 
47 
63 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
260 
780 
114 
1,491 
1,570 
1,192 
2007 
37 
153 
664 
96 
1,391 
944 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
108 
116 
198 
152 
260 
211 
192 
2007 
59 
98 
132 
136 
168 
186 
124 
$1,000, 2012 
1,833 
1,239 
2,550 
513 
6,063 
5,565 
3,448 
2007 
557 
839 
1,616 
324 
1,790 
5,426 
685 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
27 
11 
29 
12 
18 
27 
79 
2007 
11 
17 
28 
16 
17 
25 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
44 
105 
334 
5 
58 
159 
298 
2007 
21 
107 
241 
24 
155 
1,433 
(D) 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
128 
92 
210 
147 
156 
192 
256 
2007 
102 
101 
150 
72 
148 
146 
121 
$1,000, 2012 
2,734 
1,239 
2,545 
575 
2,124 
3,456 
1,803 
2007 
1,556 
1,505 
2,727 
309 
3,320 
5,176 
1,139 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
100 
71 
154 
111 
121 
133 
200 
2007 
84 
88 
124 
51 
127 
94 
99 
$1,000, 2012 
1,934 
1,030 
1,941 
383 
1,637 
1,804 
1,471 
2007 
1,179 
1,156 
1,486 
236 
2,294 
2,279 
966 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
55 
45 
102 
85 
89 
120 
115 
2007 
67 
52 
88 
46 
99 
108 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
799 
209 
604 
192 
487 
1,652 
331 
2007 
377 
349 
1,241 
73 
1,027 
2,896 
173 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
632 
252 
624 
924 
579 
326 
1,426 
2007 
426 
247 
474 
569 
511 
326 
798 
$1,000, 2012 
1,017 
766 
1,226 
665 
1,265 
752 
1,931 
2007 
748 
417 
847 
420 
978 
848 
(D) 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
249 
140 
293 
238 
229 
235 
546 
2007 
206 
137 
245 
200 
225 
256 
284 
$1,000, 2012 
1,341 
1,188 
5,162 
482 
2,596 
2,322 
4,351 
2007 
863 
979 
3,015 
465 
2,298 
9,683 
2,097 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
156 
113 
250 
179 
189 
216 
308 
2007 
145 
117 
208 
145 
194 
193 
229 
$1,000, 2012 
1,638 
4,660 
6,558 
1,319 
4,790 
6,044 
4,633 
2007 
1,871 
2,680 
3,518 
1,015 
4,625 
6,929 
2,394 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New Mexico 249 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
