Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Kemper 
Lafayette 
Lamar 
Lauderdale 
Lawrence 
Leake 
Lee 
Leflore 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
378 
449 
424 
373 
397 
637 
525 
300 
2007 
455 
487 
500 
409 
460 
735 
590 
296 
$1,000, 2012 
22,587 
9,962 
22,252 
7,506 
61,253 
230,255 
31,239 
207,547 
2007 
21,713 
10,790 
20,882 
7,095 
59,305 
182,645 
23,018 
155,733 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
59,754 
22,188 
52,481 
20,123 
154,290 
361,468 
59,503 
691,822 
2007 
47,722 
22,156 
41,763 
17,348 
128,924 
248,496 
39,014 
526,126 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
190 
181 
257 
206 
216 
235 
227 
145 
2007 
227 
220 
307 
226 
241 
304 
284 
158 
$1,000, 2012 
493 
1,089 
938 
459 
1,060 
597 
4,940 
20,856 
2007 
627 
1,084 
1,166 
528 
874 
922 
2,487 
14,239 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
137 
157 
200 
162 
184 
251 
196 
187 
2007 
113 
123 
173 
130 
138 
231 
189 
169 
$1,000, 2012 
88 
541 
242 
90 
473 
415 
2,976 
22,400 
2007 
124 
779 
134 
41 
156 
277 
2,107 
17,352 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
88 
131 
152 
138 
138 
135 
145 
181 
2007 
123 
107 
163 
105 
152 
133 
158 
143 
$1,000, 2012 
110 
665 
416 
427 
613 
134 
4,336 
19,717 
2007 
101 
560 
273 
407 
329 
122 
2,202 
10,882 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
71 
72 
110 
89 
120 
239 
96 
6 
2007 
97 
57 
105 
66 
114 
248 
90 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
1,260 
538 
2,645 
782 
9,119 
68,860 
591 
(D) 
2007 
3,011 
537 
3,160 
471 
7,898 
31,986 
1,431 
(D) 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
59 
55 
68 
53 
69 
87 
68 
4 
2007 
51 
42 
54 
33 
52 
90 
51 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
948 
350 
331 
360 
1,201 
2,058 
266 
(D) 
2007 
170 
181 
371 
166 
248 
715 
179 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
22 
26 
68 
44 
79 
183 
38 
2 
2007 
55 
23 
61 
38 
71 
181 
44 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
312 
189 
2,314 
422 
7,917 
66,803 
325 
(D) 
2007 
2,841 
357 
2,789 
305 
7,650 
31,272 
1,252 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
253 
234 
324 
232 
310 
442 
337 
22 
2007 
262 
217 
307 
215 
269 
444 
327 
24 
$1,000, 2012 
11,485 
1,125 
11,170 
1,612 
40,148 
129,424 
2,909 
31,041 
2007 
10,019 
1,355 
7,890 
980 
35,902 
110,487 
3,429 
26,525 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
357 
401 
403 
351 
388 
600 
501 
266 
2007 
453 
476 
494 
405 
451 
723 
585 
291 
$1,000, 2012 
1,200 
883 
888 
683 
1,394 
4,011 
2,503 
17,518 
2007 
986 
816 
1,143 
645 
1,884 
4,807 
1,809 
1 1 ,432 
Utilities farms, 2012 
182 
194 
214 
190 
203 
376 
273 
198 
2007 
149 
151 
193 
140 
149 
301 
176 
142 
$1,000, 2012 
937 
333 
738 
234 
1,289 
5,132 
521 
7,020 
2007 
840 
152 
522 
247 
1,277 
3,412 
328 
6,293 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
269 
325 
312 
265 
332 
508 
391 
217 
2007 
438 
440 
458 
393 
422 
669 
553 
285 
$1,000, 2012 
1,268 
839 
1,037 
701 
2,142 
3,907 
2,020 
12,339 
2007 
1,652 
1,082 
1,711 
887 
1,752 
3,830 
2,383 
9,950 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
85 
89 
93 
89 
93 
219 
119 
130 
2007 
85 
66 
86 
69 
90 
178 
84 
115 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
967 
1,008 
956 
914 
5,346 
2,179 
15,308 
2007 
892 
735 
1,143 
967 
605 
2,410 
1,393 
14,682 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
36 
25 
42 
31 
39 
44 
30 
37 
2007 
11 
31 
42 
23 
21 
42 
34 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
368 
360 
261 
352 
345 
208 
3,382 
2007 
(D) 
174 
553 
58 
183 
394 
279 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
45 
32 
48 
21 
52 
163 
82 
107 
2007 
26 
25 
31 
22 
20 
37 
51 
75 
$1,000, 2012 
98 
179 
215 
40 
600 
3,500 
976 
5,503 
2007 
125 
91 
85 
48 
(D) 
61 
680 
2,914 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
92 
84 
73 
43 
75 
98 
124 
144 
2007 
75 
57 
62 
47 
55 
103 
113 
135 
$1,000, 2012 
212 
339 
227 
74 
473 
258 
3,363 
23,252 
2007 
191 
305 
256 
119 
450 
417 
1,395 
17,074 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
4 
11 
12 
12 
10 
18 
7 
46 
2007 
1 
6 
8 
11 
10 
18 
9 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
2 
10 
8 
54 
35 
95 
29 
9,758 
2007 
(D) 
85 
17 
56 
(D) 
49 
10 
6,660 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
90 
128 
101 
60 
102 
245 
163 
123 
2007 
70 
86 
102 
64 
100 
207 
122 
112 
$1,000, 2012 
469 
823 
862 
263 
1,157 
4,587 
1,225 
6,292 
2007 
1,195 
675 
814 
343 
1,517 
4,401 
1,141 
3,598 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
64 
89 
82 
47 
76 
215 
133 
63 
2007 
57 
67 
87 
53 
91 
180 
101 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
402 
553 
688 
236 
984 
4,338 
984 
2,476 
2007 
1,042 
533 
645 
299 
1,214 
4,098 
814 
1,579 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
61 
75 
50 
28 
60 
138 
83 
92 
2007 
43 
44 
64 
35 
49 
107 
78 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
67 
270 
174 
27 
173 
249 
241 
3,815 
2007 
153 
141 
168 
44 
303 
303 
327 
2,019 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
343 
433 
415 
362 
381 
618 
506 
236 
2007 
416 
444 
444 
357 
432 
657 
525 
240 
$1,000, 2012 
641 
755 
756 
542 
627 
1,580 
929 
(D) 
2007 
684 
1,631 
659 
619 
728 
1,314 
594 
2,295 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
177 
194 
186 
139 
194 
343 
219 
193 
2007 
143 
162 
203 
139 
214 
349 
184 
150 
$1,000, 2012 
828 
510 
743 
329 
857 
2,063 
1,533 
9,158 
2007 
1,227 
729 
1,355 
680 
5,582 
17,756 
1,351 
10,405 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
111 
153 
160 
95 
177 
299 
177 
164 
2007 
118 
131 
156 
99 
125 
249 
179 
131 
$1,000, 2012 
1,136 
954 
1,936 
737 
2,438 
6,664 
2,298 
12,795 
2007 
1,367 
857 
2,017 
793 
1,803 
7,691 
1,846 
8,233 
--continued 
274 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
