Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Newton 
Noxubee 
Oktibbeha 
Panola 
Pearl River 
Perry 
Pike 
Pontotoc 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
562 
565 
402 
745 
813 
310 
531 
889 
2007 
652 
606 
451 
767 
878 
347 
593 
919 
$1,000, 2012 
81,942 
109,714 
16,949 
55,895 
23,258 
21,007 
62,451 
23,746 
2007 
101,707 
54,087 
14,228 
44,049 
22,899 
15,798 
65,302 
20,173 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
145,805 
194,184 
42,162 
75,027 
28,608 
67,764 
117,611 
26,711 
2007 
155,992 
89,252 
31,547 
57,430 
26,081 
45,526 
110,122 
21,951 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
290 
268 
174 
216 
457 
187 
327 
335 
2007 
330 
250 
191 
277 
530 
229 
342 
386 
$1,000, 2012 
1,519 
1 1 ,535 
578 
10,349 
2,064 
884 
1,151 
2,995 
2007 
1,406 
4,765 
904 
5,938 
2,457 
823 
1,531 
2,499 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
238 
248 
156 
267 
364 
156 
221 
278 
2007 
208 
187 
132 
241 
334 
157 
226 
233 
$1,000, 2012 
386 
5,481 
190 
6,720 
447 
681 
217 
1,632 
2007 
214 
2,180 
201 
3,871 
452 
351 
157 
602 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
179 
211 
93 
197 
352 
134 
199 
223 
2007 
174 
175 
90 
177 
277 
133 
189 
184 
$1,000, 2012 
534 
7,113 
190 
6,391 
620 
409 
331 
2,230 
2007 
419 
2,629 
222 
3,894 
641 
265 
205 
2,130 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
204 
179 
99 
109 
239 
109 
170 
137 
2007 
189 
137 
84 
78 
179 
81 
178 
139 
$1,000, 2012 
11,316 
10,214 
1,614 
1,114 
2,386 
2,434 
21,507 
1,196 
2007 
16,617 
7,135 
2,349 
4,812 
3,316 
1,559 
22,364 
2,971 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
114 
75 
58 
77 
154 
72 
100 
106 
2007 
66 
47 
55 
57 
109 
45 
102 
86 
$1,000, 2012 
1,948 
1,819 
571 
437 
835 
492 
597 
877 
2007 
565 
520 
1,023 
(D) 
1,112 
130 
1,288 
299 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
112 
117 
51 
42 
121 
65 
95 
48 
2007 
145 
99 
36 
32 
87 
52 
100 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
9,368 
8,396 
1,043 
677 
1,551 
1,942 
20,910 
320 
2007 
16,051 
6,615 
1,325 
(D) 
2,204 
1,429 
21,076 
2,672 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
428 
338 
249 
293 
615 
217 
423 
412 
2007 
425 
288 
236 
251 
569 
212 
417 
374 
$1,000, 2012 
53,101 
39,369 
7,162 
2,209 
5,101 
9,320 
26,594 
2,901 
2007 
57,476 
14,681 
4,094 
2,325 
3,617 
7,894 
25,324 
3,463 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
549 
524 
373 
680 
802 
297 
514 
798 
2007 
642 
599 
438 
756 
860 
344 
592 
880 
$1,000, 2012 
2,740 
4,728 
1,091 
5,288 
1,405 
916 
1,816 
2,577 
2007 
2,900 
2,764 
935 
3,668 
1,398 
771 
1,947 
1,640 
Utilities farms, 2012 
338 
370 
240 
372 
436 
165 
307 
381 
2007 
295 
299 
164 
234 
357 
122 
260 
224 
$1,000, 2012 
2,100 
3,609 
419 
859 
736 
560 
1,611 
513 
2007 
1,963 
2,414 
250 
573 
506 
315 
1,358 
225 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
458 
446 
322 
571 
632 
244 
444 
620 
2007 
614 
548 
413 
716 
798 
327 
553 
832 
$1,000, 2012 
2,124 
7,173 
1,202 
3,365 
1,822 
1,169 
2,140 
2,244 
2007 
3,141 
4,088 
1,225 
3,451 
2,632 
784 
2,770 
1,873 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
178 
183 
129 
221 
150 
69 
156 
125 
2007 
147 
143 
93 
150 
143 
50 
127 
96 
$1,000, 2012 
1,767 
3,488 
1,423 
3,728 
(D) 
733 
2,793 
2,169 
2007 
3,190 
2,939 
833 
2,510 
2,255 
337 
2,014 
748 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
37 
70 
18 
56 
86 
25 
46 
55 
2007 
30 
41 
23 
25 
71 
18 
47 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
178 
481 
44 
322 
(D) 
702 
281 
304 
2007 
217 
604 
249 
127 
925 
(D) 
163 
(D) 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
111 
170 
52 
108 
112 
42 
66 
77 
2007 
55 
77 
45 
82 
88 
24 
65 
44 
$1,000, 2012 
1,111 
2,617 
258 
2,821 
538 
416 
471 
211 
2007 
729 
634 
238 
777 
742 
171 
239 
156 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
95 
174 
80 
200 
85 
45 
89 
140 
2007 
67 
139 
74 
145 
59 
34 
62 
88 
$1,000, 2012 
394 
4,183 
418 
5,721 
692 
172 
372 
784 
2007 
275 
1,665 
322 
4,191 
440 
89 
166 
249 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
17 
40 
26 
30 
25 
11 
14 
15 
2007 
19 
26 
19 
24 
25 
14 
17 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
58 
525 
56 
375 
81 
210 
19 
65 
2007 
266 
329 
85 
484 
192 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
180 
267 
145 
266 
204 
79 
159 
314 
2007 
165 
186 
95 
161 
179 
72 
136 
189 
$1,000, 2012 
2,147 
3,995 
798 
2,349 
1,681 
1,063 
1,167 
1,524 
2007 
2,109 
2,987 
924 
1,909 
1,362 
595 
1,325 
1,433 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
148 
213 
118 
184 
158 
58 
103 
259 
2007 
131 
163 
80 
130 
153 
64 
109 
151 
$1,000, 2012 
1,919 
2,758 
605 
1,464 
1,519 
805 
941 
1,245 
2007 
1,861 
1,982 
499 
1,149 
1,137 
450 
1,056 
1,065 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
96 
162 
75 
157 
92 
49 
94 
112 
2007 
91 
117 
52 
80 
94 
35 
75 
101 
$1,000, 2012 
228 
1,236 
193 
884 
162 
258 
225 
279 
2007 
248 
1,006 
424 
759 
225 
145 
268 
368 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
551 
530 
388 
694 
794 
306 
512 
861 
2007 
601 
534 
396 
687 
786 
321 
516 
834 
$1,000, 2012 
1,034 
1,292 
702 
1,610 
1,281 
437 
726 
1,227 
2007 
1,222 
1,149 
552 
2,153 
1,014 
328 
648 
997 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
275 
325 
167 
309 
372 
143 
257 
314 
2007 
306 
280 
149 
225 
369 
128 
278 
234 
$1,000, 2012 
1,433 
3,911 
801 
2,675 
1,000 
900 
1,256 
1,174 
2007 
9,564 
3,124 
844 
3,366 
948 
1,359 
5,068 
905 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
250 
285 
165 
295 
293 
128 
209 
261 
2007 
238 
230 
150 
224 
272 
119 
192 
253 
$1,000, 2012 
4,051 
8,884 
1,766 
3,948 
1,932 
2,047 
5,181 
3,306 
2007 
3,609 
4,549 
1,487 
2,870 
3,705 
984 
4,820 
1,539 
--continued 
276 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
