Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Clay 
Doddridge 
Fayette 
Gilmer 
Grant 
Greenbrier 
Hampshire 
Hancock 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
114 
352 
232 
235 
486 
819 
798 
96 
2007 
145 
490 
265 
263 
471 
881 
677 
109 
$1,000, 2012 
643 
2,718 
2,367 
6,925 
50,297 
63,030 
35,535 
1,051 
2007 
1,316 
2,870 
2,213 
2,718 
34,649 
33,845 
26,914 
771 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
5,639 
7,722 
10,204 
29,467 
103,491 
76,960 
44,530 
10,953 
2007 
9,078 
5,858 
8,350 
10,333 
73,565 
38,416 
39,755 
7,074 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
24 
95 
129 
62 
184 
376 
345 
26 
2007 
77 
128 
144 
102 
193 
424 
346 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
29 
106 
235 
210 
381 
1,383 
781 
28 
2007 
84 
101 
196 
112 
280 
1,456 
662 
24 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
19 
65 
74 
64 
98 
241 
181 
16 
2007 
42 
55 
65 
60 
82 
205 
141 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
6 
14 
17 
39 
79 
(D) 
310 
(D) 
2007 
34 
(D) 
14 
17 
55 
291 
446 
7 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
18 
71 
74 
46 
104 
205 
176 
21 
2007 
24 
70 
58 
33 
70 
184 
165 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
3 
18 
35 
(D) 
131 
530 
331 
28 
2007 
(D) 
19 
29 
7 
49 
249 
225 
27 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
30 
111 
46 
62 
167 
291 
227 
15 
2007 
33 
97 
53 
70 
136 
249 
200 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
40 
297 
184 
4,126 
6,348 
12,122 
4,210 
30 
2007 
34 
229 
236 
507 
6,799 
5,947 
4,898 
28 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
23 
57 
30 
39 
104 
162 
106 
5 
2007 
23 
50 
31 
46 
59 
120 
69 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
30 
159 
113 
155 
1,468 
1,631 
943 
16 
2007 
27 
83 
55 
99 
278 
573 
195 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
11 
68 
28 
35 
77 
192 
148 
12 
2007 
20 
63 
27 
31 
97 
163 
157 
23 
$1,000, 2012 
10 
138 
71 
3,971 
4,880 
10,491 
3,267 
14 
2007 
7 
146 
181 
408 
6,521 
5,374 
4,703 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
89 
249 
147 
175 
348 
602 
552 
55 
2007 
73 
265 
145 
159 
282 
556 
436 
66 
$1,000, 2012 
150 
552 
481 
491 
35,364 
22,207 
19,934 
241 
2007 
177 
408 
283 
357 
18,292 
8,473 
10,776 
243 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
108 
326 
221 
228 
458 
797 
771 
92 
2007 
138 
467 
260 
250 
461 
867 
655 
105 
$1,000, 2012 
84 
305 
271 
404 
1,420 
3,029 
1,700 
86 
2007 
128 
370 
232 
282 
1,531 
2,510 
1,625 
107 
Utilities farms, 2012 
48 
153 
87 
102 
263 
400 
393 
58 
2007 
46 
95 
93 
73 
193 
328 
274 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
25 
82 
115 
91 
787 
1,040 
746 
42 
2007 
32 
63 
63 
32 
578 
905 
445 
23 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
89 
241 
163 
178 
381 
627 
570 
68 
2007 
135 
439 
242 
236 
431 
772 
614 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
153 
361 
290 
592 
1,618 
3,913 
1,881 
91 
2007 
572 
662 
407 
771 
1,502 
2,215 
1,714 
90 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
9 
61 
27 
35 
104 
143 
125 
12 
2007 
20 
43 
31 
36 
84 
171 
91 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
8 
159 
228 
202 
794 
3,176 
1,126 
177 
2007 
17 
79 
115 
93 
645 
2,133 
863 
5 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
5 
7 
12 
24 
20 
54 
27 
6 
2007 
7 
15 
13 
9 
21 
63 
27 
3 
$1,000, 2012 
9 
11 
27 
53 
161 
(D) 
543 
70 
2007 
11 
14 
17 
5 
101 
1,727 
253 
1 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
3 
16 
5 
24 
102 
97 
94 
2 
2007 
3 
24 
9 
22 
34 
60 
73 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
33 
377 
3,552 
360 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
12 
6 
14 
36 
985 
217 
(D) 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
16 
30 
19 
49 
115 
169 
139 
11 
2007 
4 
20 
19 
33 
93 
157 
88 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
13 
63 
35 
96 
387 
1,671 
669 
10 
2007 
(D) 
23 
22 
43 
195 
764 
300 
(D) 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
2 
4 
1 
2 
26 
29 
23 
- 
2007 
- 
4 
7 
5 
20 
30 
26 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
33 
168 
41 
- 
2007 
(D) 
4 
5 
55 
295 
87 
- 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
25 
68 
51 
45 
147 
272 
196 
25 
2007 
15 
65 
41 
57 
112 
232 
182 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
31 
267 
116 
134 
1,064 
2,252 
1,280 
122 
2007 
47 
277 
227 
166 
978 
1,966 
1,381 
58 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
16 
44 
27 
29 
117 
211 
150 
21 
2007 
12 
45 
31 
44 
86 
153 
145 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
22 
234 
79 
92 
890 
1,775 
1,086 
115 
2007 
41 
200 
107 
128 
871 
1,094 
1,147 
52 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
16 
44 
37 
29 
79 
144 
87 
8 
2007 
9 
46 
23 
38 
66 
155 
108 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
9 
33 
36 
42 
174 
477 
194 
7 
2007 
7 
77 
120 
38 
107 
872 
235 
6 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
112 
345 
222 
225 
475 
801 
781 
94 
2007 
139 
450 
234 
249 
452 
822 
640 
102 
$1,000, 2012 
61 
313 
256 
219 
420 
1,033 
753 
87 
2007 
121 
430 
218 
163 
381 
899 
848 
123 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
47 
109 
84 
114 
244 
406 
347 
27 
2007 
48 
124 
105 
108 
233 
452 
324 
31 
$1,000, 2012 
30 
150 
75 
217 
933 
4,492 
871 
31 
2007 
40 
161 
145 
143 
3,170 
3,030 
2,176 
35 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
28 
101 
60 
105 
224 
354 
310 
22 
2007 
28 
94 
82 
102 
211 
367 
292 
34 
$1,000, 2012 
106 
541 
275 
766 
2,443 
5,327 
3,862 
250 
2007 
156 
382 
310 
770 
1,583 
3,119 
2,663 
119 
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250 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
