Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Prentiss 
Quitman 
Rankin 
Scott 
Sharkey 
Simpson 
Smith 
Stone 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
504 
347 
670 
716 
128 
606 
637 
271 
2007 
576 
349 
782 
803 
114 
727 
757 
323 
$1,000, 2012 
1 1 ,264 
67,513 
85,026 
217,247 
76,989 
156,163 
191,107 
13,714 
2007 
9,527 
50,107 
103,153 
178,144 
69,093 
138,241 
190,251 
8,949 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
22,349 
194,562 
126,905 
303,418 
601,477 
257,694 
300,012 
50,604 
2007 
16,540 
143,574 
131,910 
221 ,848 
606,079 
190,153 
251,322 
27,705 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
171 
124 
347 
311 
66 
289 
301 
158 
2007 
257 
141 
397 
353 
76 
350 
354 
207 
$1,000, 2012 
1,878 
7,668 
1,616 
794 
9,145 
1,055 
946 
1,359 
2007 
1,248 
7,014 
1,785 
923 
9,140 
934 
794 
956 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
160 
166 
330 
295 
75 
270 
318 
119 
2007 
144 
133 
305 
270 
66 
259 
271 
126 
$1,000, 2012 
1,034 
11,168 
786 
553 
1 1 ,246 
501 
390 
234 
2007 
474 
7,093 
648 
324 
1 1 ,492 
265 
313 
301 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
130 
163 
243 
181 
76 
203 
220 
107 
2007 
143 
138 
219 
166 
68 
232 
214 
104 
$1,000, 2012 
1,030 
8,898 
1,251 
407 
10,306 
599 
336 
639 
2007 
1,713 
7,018 
855 
289 
6,625 
234 
216 
281 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
52 
1 
222 
237 
2 
246 
295 
79 
2007 
54 
3 
225 
246 
1 
230 
292 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
178 
(D) 
11,776 
70,551 
(D) 
31,971 
29,166 
1,181 
2007 
192 
(D) 
14,058 
31,717 
(D) 
23,931 
27,676 
883 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
40 
- 
99 
103 
1 
110 
120 
49 
2007 
32 
2 
109 
79 
- 
71 
106 
33 
$1,000, 2012 
139 
- 
1,124 
1,471 
(D) 
2,360 
2,078 
820 
2007 
131 
(D) 
1,241 
818 
600 
958 
212 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
18 
1 
145 
164 
1 
159 
204 
41 
2007 
31 
3 
149 
193 
1 
173 
209 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
39 
(D) 
10,652 
69,079 
(D) 
29,611 
27,088 
362 
2007 
61 
(D) 
12,816 
30,898 
(D) 
23,331 
26,719 
670 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
219 
5 
496 
542 
10 
474 
534 
212 
2007 
198 
12 
497 
512 
6 
471 
507 
209 
$1,000, 2012 
1,024 
(D) 
52,343 
109,738 
2,241 
100,089 
134,274 
2,277 
2007 
1,005 
47 
59,915 
98,011 
(D) 
83,461 
124,504 
1,392 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
478 
285 
645 
696 
109 
593 
624 
265 
2007 
569 
340 
766 
790 
110 
714 
750 
322 
$1,000, 2012 
1,220 
6,481 
2,958 
4,587 
6,433 
4,092 
4,242 
688 
2007 
926 
5,167 
2,830 
4,385 
4,601 
3,770 
4,456 
484 
Utilities farms, 2012 
206 
182 
394 
430 
89 
370 
415 
172 
2007 
127 
107 
330 
356 
70 
309 
357 
129 
$1,000, 2012 
175 
1,111 
1,669 
4,893 
1,689 
3,276 
4,743 
385 
2007 
190 
592 
1,802 
4,093 
1,057 
2,606 
3,313 
220 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
383 
237 
523 
600 
96 
535 
540 
220 
2007 
530 
320 
733 
744 
108 
681 
724 
287 
$1,000, 2012 
1,002 
5,268 
2,535 
4,912 
5,057 
3,193 
4,281 
712 
2007 
1,000 
3,580 
3,703 
10,788 
4,686 
2,594 
3,603 
967 
Flired farm labor farms, 2012 
60 
128 
209 
225 
71 
212 
228 
58 
2007 
62 
84 
176 
167 
59 
142 
198 
42 
$1,000, 2012 
698 
4,007 
2,262 
7,709 
5,353 
2,858 
2,067 
3,024 
2007 
712 
3,272 
2,448 
5,102 
6,575 
2,380 
1,311 
1,496 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
23 
70 
42 
77 
18 
62 
77 
28 
2007 
10 
32 
54 
52 
11 
47 
60 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
84 
402 
211 
398 
515 
443 
698 
74 
2007 
(D) 
418 
250 
270 
210 
255 
658 
292 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
57 
105 
103 
145 
50 
167 
193 
30 
2007 
43 
70 
43 
46 
38 
24 
58 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
295 
1,893 
1,040 
3,960 
2,758 
1,484 
1,938 
126 
2007 
203 
1,090 
147 
(D) 
1,791 
28 
117 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings. 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
86 
120 
135 
119 
58 
98 
125 
35 
2007 
52 
91 
112 
86 
63 
83 
95 
19 
$1,000, 2012 
723 
10,850 
1,390 
753 
12,217 
628 
518 
123 
2007 
349 
7,040 
592 
662 
10,573 
227 
536 
60 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery. 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
14 
34 
16 
31 
19 
21 
16 
9 
2007 
8 
15 
11 
9 
14 
20 
13 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
31 
1,843 
39 
67 
1,845 
61 
85 
11 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
2,201 
124 
57 
(D) 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
162 
146 
200 
276 
63 
237 
293 
90 
2007 
92 
90 
197 
219 
65 
159 
222 
78 
$1,000, 2012 
710 
2,615 
2,296 
3,699 
2,460 
2,345 
3,676 
690 
2007 
498 
1,741 
2,001 
2,788 
2,585 
2,462 
3,101 
404 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
118 
92 
161 
206 
25 
185 
231 
71 
2007 
78 
59 
153 
192 
31 
135 
177 
60 
$1,000, 2012 
509 
1,724 
1,991 
3,241 
753 
2,045 
3,264 
637 
2007 
364 
1,016 
1,626 
2,392 
565 
2,313 
2,826 
346 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
105 
79 
120 
165 
49 
132 
166 
43 
2007 
61 
58 
119 
133 
48 
77 
114 
38 
$1,000, 2012 
201 
891 
305 
458 
1,707 
300 
412 
53 
2007 
135 
725 
375 
397 
2,019 
149 
275 
58 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
480 
314 
635 
695 
110 
596 
624 
271 
2007 
483 
300 
715 
757 
94 
676 
690 
298 
$1,000, 2012 
592 
1,174 
999 
1,646 
(D) 
1,124 
1,247 
584 
2007 
566 
1,461 
2,019 
1,405 
986 
1,288 
1,031 
387 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
158 
129 
338 
408 
69 
358 
385 
126 
2007 
145 
130 
352 
382 
62 
313 
400 
116 
$1,000, 2012 
588 
3,990 
1,855 
2,581 
4,877 
2,443 
2,501 
1,608 
2007 
359 
3,737 
10,078 
16,283 
5,153 
13,683 
18,566 
677 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
174 
164 
297 
369 
82 
296 
353 
99 
2007 
102 
124 
293 
307 
59 
233 
269 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
1,609 
5,043 
4,262 
10,924 
6,262 
5,742 
9,424 
1,557 
2007 
793 
2,547 
3,974 
12,346 
4,661 
4,802 
7,274 
882 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 277 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
