Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Coahoma 
Copiah 
Covington 
DeSoto 
Forrest 
Franklin 
George 
Total farm production expenses 
farms, 2012 
273 
506 
493 
433 
359 
189 
573 
2007 
261 
642 
623 
490 
391 
196 
604 
$1,000, 2012 
151,768 
47,061 
176,100 
42,002 
18,265 
8,588 
23,311 
2007 
117,220 
49,727 
128,274 
31,655 
18,549 
5,235 
16,883 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
555,926 
93,006 
357,200 
97,002 
50,878 
45,441 
40,682 
2007 
449,118 
77,457 
205,897 
64,602 
47,441 
26,712 
27,952 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased 
farms, 2012 
150 
207 
256 
189 
195 
96 
417 
2007 
166 
305 
319 
218 
232 
89 
447 
$1,000, 2012 
17,912 
844 
2,311 
5,536 
648 
286 
3,749 
2007 
12,835 
970 
1,925 
4,284 
608 
343 
2,960 
Chemicals purchased 
farms, 2012 
192 
162 
237 
181 
175 
70 
311 
2007 
169 
168 
239 
181 
155 
52 
268 
$1,000, 2012 
25,402 
362 
1,468 
4,954 
487 
199 
1,628 
2007 
17,091 
227 
623 
2,827 
413 
117 
943 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased 
farms, 2012 
183 
153 
198 
129 
140 
43 
255 
2007 
155 
149 
197 
133 
131 
55 
270 
$1,000, 2012 
16,513 
241 
1,571 
4,919 
664 
145 
1,843 
2007 
10,744 
303 
795 
3,083 
343 
131 
878 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
4 
123 
170 
89 
108 
48 
166 
2007 
10 
116 
200 
71 
89 
38 
148 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
9,275 
46,563 
469 
2,039 
891 
538 
2007 
230 
9,642 
32,506 
386 
1,781 
460 
809 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
3 
63 
73 
42 
48 
25 
90 
2007 
1 
57 
73 
24 
51 
25 
94 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
418 
2,072 
95 
120 
343 
375 
2007 
(D) 
230 
944 
73 
163 
136 
221 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased 
farms, 2012 
3 
78 
114 
49 
72 
24 
98 
2007 
10 
65 
149 
50 
48 
23 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
8,857 
44,491 
374 
1,919 
548 
163 
2007 
(D) 
9,412 
31,563 
313 
1,618 
324 
589 
Feed purchased 
farms, 2012 
22 
368 
380 
276 
260 
129 
426 
2007 
31 
366 
368 
281 
203 
110 
410 
$1,000, 2012 
1,440 
23,203 
90,938 
2,623 
8,886 
4,488 
2,493 
2007 
2,951 
24,143 
64,687 
1,745 
8,669 
2,043 
2,302 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
farms, 2012 
227 
472 
465 
409 
351 
171 
555 
2007 
251 
628 
610 
480 
384 
192 
599 
$1,000, 2012 
15,187 
1,522 
3,241 
2,467 
698 
534 
2,184 
2007 
10,478 
1,703 
2,682 
2,594 
1,129 
372 
1,210 
Utilities 
farms, 2012 
179 
267 
305 
237 
217 
99 
356 
2007 
136 
229 
267 
170 
140 
60 
277 
$1,000, 2012 
2,537 
1,365 
2,951 
763 
489 
228 
698 
2007 
1,720 
1,036 
2,450 
403 
212 
81 
488 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs 
farms, 2012 
204 
374 
382 
342 
282 
148 
446 
2007 
243 
582 
587 
440 
361 
182 
573 
$1,000, 2012 
10,671 
2,374 
3,048 
2,104 
1,040 
422 
2,061 
2007 
9,231 
2,037 
3,254 
2,456 
1,253 
396 
1,604 
Hired farm labor 
farms, 2012 
137 
103 
172 
108 
67 
38 
144 
2007 
116 
121 
168 
94 
76 
27 
110 
$1,000, 2012 
11,160 
2,760 
4,185 
3,651 
748 
249 
2,827 
2007 
10,334 
3,051 
2,538 
2,223 
844 
113 
2,224 
Contract labor 
farms, 2012 
44 
40 
76 
34 
38 
6 
31 
2007 
34 
31 
76 
39 
27 
10 
35 
$1,000, 2012 
1,114 
734 
1,248 
948 
202 
20 
269 
2007 
366 
731 
518 
441 
139 
23 
437 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms, 2012 
117 
66 
125 
57 
31 
17 
61 
2007 
87 
37 
70 
34 
23 
11 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
2,958 
703 
2,443 
883 
146 
113 
139 
2007 
4,006 
92 
783 
724 
(D) 
15 
217 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees 
farms, 2012 
164 
87 
121 
98 
37 
42 
78 
2007 
137 
74 
94 
92 
25 
24 
65 
$1,000, 2012 
26,590 
383 
962 
6,600 
214 
112 
446 
2007 
18,814 
125 
391 
4,321 
165 
77 
388 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms, 2012 
60 
20 
23 
22 
13 
5 
41 
2007 
53 
11 
16 
17 
8 
10 
14 
$1,000, 2012 
4,902 
70 
197 
1,270 
(D) 
2 
343 
2007 
3,622 
116 
77 
1,389 
(D) 
6 
108 
Interest expense 
farms, 2012 
168 
115 
181 
131 
77 
50 
167 
2007 
106 
136 
182 
93 
70 
49 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
3,457 
1,489 
3,949 
1,434 
662 
321 
1,546 
2007 
3,488 
1,149 
3,994 
1,770 
495 
275 
813 
Secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
86 
94 
134 
102 
66 
41 
143 
2007 
48 
114 
145 
61 
56 
32 
114 
$1,000, 2012 
1,092 
1,300 
2,499 
822 
540 
276 
1,075 
2007 
1,175 
992 
2,592 
834 
404 
210 
615 
Not secured by real estate 
farms, 2012 
106 
41 
109 
71 
37 
23 
78 
2007 
81 
71 
113 
64 
38 
31 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
2,364 
189 
1,450 
612 
122 
45 
471 
2007 
2,313 
157 
1,403 
937 
91 
65 
199 
Property taxes paid 
farms, 2012 
203 
497 
475 
396 
348 
182 
552 
2007 
180 
579 
574 
427 
356 
171 
555 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
938 
888 
817 
(D) 
309 
737 
2007 
847 
1,026 
815 
1,219 
428 
378 
719 
All other production expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
168 
233 
259 
219 
155 
100 
240 
2007 
156 
247 
294 
202 
137 
68 
230 
$1,000, 2012 
10,731 
797 
10,139 
2,563 
699 
269 
1,807 
2007 
10,462 
3,376 
10,234 
1,790 
1,432 
405 
781 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
147 
164 
209 
203 
127 
71 
248 
2007 
133 
218 
246 
167 
120 
57 
213 
$1,000, 2012 
8,823 
2,506 
8,278 
3,393 
1,799 
670 
1,852 
2007 
7,103 
2,726 
6,115 
2,939 
1,137 
470 
1,675 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 271 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
