Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lincoln 
Lowndes 
Madison 
Marion 
Marshall 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Neshoba 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
595 
413 
685 
552 
573 
726 
345 
677 
2007 
725 
497 
747 
611 
577 
730 
363 
728 
$1,000, 2012 
58,177 
36,201 
33,286 
83,256 
29,052 
38,498 
17,977 
184,500 
2007 
47,232 
22,257 
24,748 
58,062 
17,824 
24,830 
12,918 
174,556 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
97,777 
87,654 
48,593 
150,826 
50,702 
53,027 
52,106 
272,527 
2007 
65,147 
44,782 
33,130 
95,028 
30,890 
34,014 
35,586 
239,775 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
351 
189 
275 
281 
246 
329 
151 
312 
2007 
435 
241 
316 
325 
274 
359 
192 
363 
$1,000, 2012 
1,501 
4,767 
3,939 
1,187 
4,126 
5,736 
1,969 
782 
2007 
1,650 
2,574 
3,282 
1,376 
2,675 
3,498 
1,396 
1,171 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
263 
175 
223 
203 
222 
304 
131 
273 
2007 
246 
164 
215 
193 
183 
263 
134 
245 
$1,000, 2012 
375 
2,847 
3,017 
214 
2,419 
2,875 
1,126 
258 
2007 
199 
973 
1,655 
207 
741 
1,323 
877 
237 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
224 
137 
196 
177 
162 
220 
105 
193 
2007 
219 
138 
175 
190 
143 
204 
91 
149 
$1,000, 2012 
554 
2,835 
3,773 
303 
2,939 
3,775 
1,281 
191 
2007 
257 
1,544 
1,828 
308 
1,137 
1,609 
569 
183 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
168 
54 
92 
173 
100 
104 
53 
296 
2007 
177 
70 
96 
132 
77 
108 
64 
248 
$1,000, 2012 
8,369 
2,580 
482 
12,148 
1,316 
1,993 
2,317 
27,048 
2007 
7,217 
2,511 
632 
9,095 
315 
2,802 
279 
26,709 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
99 
26 
56 
87 
56 
69 
42 
128 
2007 
100 
46 
72 
51 
55 
66 
49 
81 
$1,000, 2012 
614 
182 
337 
3,227 
1,167 
402 
288 
1,634 
2007 
515 
256 
465 
269 
231 
339 
182 
291 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
102 
35 
43 
96 
50 
47 
13 
197 
2007 
105 
36 
35 
92 
36 
56 
19 
184 
$1,000, 2012 
7,754 
2,398 
145 
8,921 
150 
1,591 
2,029 
25,414 
2007 
6,701 
2,255 
167 
8,826 
84 
2,463 
97 
26,419 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
457 
204 
360 
393 
350 
338 
174 
537 
2007 
480 
228 
353 
354 
294 
317 
159 
477 
$1,000, 2012 
35,365 
8,627 
2,850 
55,374 
(D) 
5,061 
4,608 
126,112 
2007 
24,330 
5,481 
2,258 
31,963 
2,394 
3,286 
4,218 
110,671 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
585 
390 
621 
536 
547 
694 
327 
663 
2007 
706 
473 
725 
609 
568 
713 
355 
712 
$1,000, 2012 
1,931 
1,974 
2,798 
2,023 
2,255 
2,887 
767 
4,137 
2007 
1,922 
1,324 
2,213 
1,863 
1,545 
2,169 
939 
3,735 
Utilities farms, 2012 
333 
260 
320 
297 
313 
361 
203 
414 
2007 
264 
184 
228 
243 
201 
265 
127 
327 
$1,000, 2012 
1,400 
768 
603 
2,129 
554 
822 
295 
3,990 
2007 
897 
595 
469 
1,422 
315 
691 
205 
3,147 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
487 
312 
495 
423 
464 
597 
259 
578 
2007 
663 
455 
662 
572 
542 
669 
325 
687 
$1,000, 2012 
1,947 
2,828 
2,970 
2,240 
2,248 
3,163 
1,028 
3,490 
2007 
2,036 
1,919 
2,737 
2,443 
1,538 
2,412 
1,077 
3,407 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
173 
116 
173 
167 
150 
178 
90 
166 
2007 
159 
86 
164 
121 
108 
98 
65 
145 
$1,000, 2012 
1,660 
1,526 
3,256 
2,051 
2,928 
2,951 
1,105 
2,600 
2007 
1,521 
1,462 
1,967 
1,393 
1,353 
972 
821 
1,966 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
52 
53 
95 
46 
53 
42 
21 
69 
2007 
49 
22 
53 
44 
41 
27 
21 
54 
$1,000, 2012 
246 
170 
405 
583 
218 
353 
57 
581 
2007 
334 
176 
188 
342 
175 
225 
108 
539 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
102 
87 
112 
81 
64 
89 
32 
177 
2007 
64 
51 
66 
59 
47 
53 
30 
37 
$1,000, 2012 
781 
1,115 
1,054 
738 
370 
706 
128 
1,763 
2007 
349 
301 
532 
266 
135 
264 
70 
31 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
107 
87 
121 
120 
137 
176 
66 
113 
2007 
77 
89 
86 
68 
96 
144 
49 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
257 
2,284 
2,595 
671 
2,684 
2,932 
642 
438 
2007 
192 
755 
1,821 
343 
1,280 
1,302 
367 
418 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
6 
22 
31 
36 
35 
34 
12 
19 
2007 
9 
16 
23 
12 
15 
15 
7 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
69 
279 
732 
293 
(D) 
295 
74 
42 
2007 
6 
81 
446 
25 
110 
244 
49 
255 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
160 
128 
191 
168 
181 
223 
102 
286 
2007 
168 
123 
147 
106 
126 
143 
79 
208 
$1,000, 2012 
1,338 
1,271 
1,679 
1,403 
1,597 
2,317 
882 
4,447 
2007 
1,564 
1,038 
2,030 
1,234 
1,617 
1,722 
614 
3,724 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
121 
73 
145 
125 
145 
154 
71 
235 
2007 
122 
95 
120 
91 
104 
116 
62 
175 
$1,000, 2012 
1,202 
551 
1,256 
1,203 
1,273 
1,510 
707 
4,114 
2007 
1,366 
669 
1,714 
1,101 
1,391 
1,024 
411 
3,356 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
82 
84 
113 
104 
96 
130 
78 
119 
2007 
100 
86 
77 
60 
83 
92 
49 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
135 
720 
423 
199 
324 
808 
174 
332 
2007 
198 
369 
316 
133 
226 
698 
203 
369 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
584 
392 
647 
531 
539 
685 
325 
655 
2007 
672 
436 
676 
537 
539 
646 
334 
668 
$1,000, 2012 
902 
587 
1,506 
928 
1,262 
1,242 
690 
1,180 
2007 
968 
575 
1,153 
695 
1,132 
1,098 
763 
1,500 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
292 
187 
279 
236 
271 
285 
152 
383 
2007 
303 
172 
263 
239 
194 
255 
128 
352 
$1,000, 2012 
1,482 
1,743 
1,627 
972 
1,445 
1,389 
1,008 
7,444 
2007 
3,791 
947 
1,536 
5,087 
1,362 
1,213 
565 
16,863 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
266 
179 
273 
219 
240 
329 
156 
337 
2007 
251 
166 
235 
192 
176 
213 
117 
284 
$1,000, 2012 
2,657 
2,625 
2,900 
4,549 
3,214 
3,146 
1,464 
9,630 
2007 
3,056 
1,789 
2,741 
3,656 
1,865 
2,255 
1,242 
9,054 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 275 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
